My mother gave me two amazing gifts for my birthday.
After our fabulous waffle brunch, she took the kid swimming, and loaned me a Steven King novel. Brain candy. Pure and utter brain candy. I settled into my couch in front of the fireplace and read. For hours.
I think it’s been at least seven […]
I’m always looking for the bright side of things, even when I’m stumbling around in the dark, banging into things and getting bruised. The economy going down the toilet is going to do great things for my waist line, I’m sure. Even bulimics are going to want to get in on this diet. I figure, […]
I’ve been debating whether to write about this publicly, or if I should just let Rachel Sarah do the single mother seeking blogs and let my love life–or lack thereof–go off record.
I got dumped right before my birthday. And I had to let go of a friend who was needy and manipulative and no good […]
When I added up rent and utilities, loan payment, groceries, and summer camp for the King of Everything, then subtracted it from my take home pay, you know how much I have left?
$100.
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Joeprah on the Examiner is wondering the difference between Mr. Mom and Mrs. Dad. An article in the Times UK looks at single parenthood from the pointy end of the distaff and finds what I’ve been saying all along: a single parent can do a great job at filling in most of what a child […]
This was quite a weekend, capped off by my 40th birthday. Want a peek at how this SoloMother lives?
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If this long, dragged out, never ending contest for the Democratic nomination has done nothing else, it has kept the idea of voting alive in the minds of the American people that maybe, just maybe, we’ll actually get out and VOTE this November.
Wouldn’t that be something?
We need to pay attention to our local elections, […]
I love Imogen Heap. She’s got an amazing voice, a turn of phrase that makes the hair on my arms stand on end, and a comfort that has pulled me through breakup and breakdown.
So if you need a friend beside you this weekend, if you have come here because you know the next step is […]
Christina Wilcox, a single mother in Omaha, Nebraska, put her kids on a street corner for over an hour, recently. Each of the three, a teen and two little ones, stood with home made signs proclaiming their crimes for all to see. The oldest held a sign reading, “I’ll never have a girlfriend. I can’t […]
It’s A Party! Lifestyles Channel Is Celebrating Summer
The Lifestyles channel is celebrating the good old summertime. Gayla compiled this list of wonderful summertime links. Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend. Check out all the summer goodness.
Mary Emma Allen at One Book Two Book reminds you to check our your local library for […]
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