Felicia Jackson made a promise to her sister, who was dying of cancer. She promised to take care of her sister’s children. All ten of them. And when her sister passed away, she kept that promise, even though she lost her job, got divorced, and often lived in temporary housing.
ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition […]
One single mother is facing homelessness because the house she’s renting went to foreclosure. Another single mother, recently laid off, won the lottery.
Tracy Mosley, single mother of five, is a restaurant hostess. She has no idea when she’ll be evicted–whether she has days or weeks to find another place to live. She can’t come up […]
Damn, I love this. I think it’s amazing, witty, brilliant, crackpot and, like every other berloody online dating opportunity, fraught with the potential for disappointment and tedium. But there’s a lady down in Florida who’s betting the ranch–actually, it’s a four bedroom with loft in a gated community–on the Internet’s ability to find her own […]
Two sides of the same coin. Women and musicians, both. Amazing women. You need to hear them both. Please.
Meet Esperanza Spalding, unofficial angel of the 21st Century. I’ve never been so gobsmacked in all my life. She’s heaven incarnate. She’s every avenging angel who never used a sword. She’s breath. She’s air. She’s essential to […]
If you are interested in crafts, you should check out what Modern Gypsy is up to this week. It seems she’s wielding her crafty imagination to come up with some gorgeous soaps. I think any stressed out single mom would love some of this stuff. I’m in heaven just thinking about it.
Did you know, George […]
My son is bleary eyed and amazingly exhausted by six at night, but so jazzed about the magic of his day he still can’t get to sleep before eight. His skin glows with the heat of the day and he turns nut brown in seconds, no matter how much sun screen we apply.
He’s at […]
I’m all done in on happy advice for us single moms. I’s tired. My day job? She’s trying to get me to save the world and golly gee, I’d love to, but it makes me feel so small and ineffectual.
So I’ll turn to what Savvy Mommy has to say about getting single moms up […]
I have to admit, I like getting an email from this woman. It’s amusing, reaffirming, and sometimes, she even tells me something I don’t know.
Last nights Dating Dish had some great advice about how to look for the right man and in the process avoid picking up Mr. Wrong Again. If you’d like to subscribe […]
This morning, I woke up shaking and nervous, unable to eat.
This morning, I put clay to the wheel for the first time in almost five years…
Under the blessedly disinterested eye of master potter Ken Matsuzaki.
I haven’t thrown since my son was born, not really. I own a wheel, and ordered all the parts I’d need […]
What on EARTH are we doing? Why did these teen-aged girls in Massachusetts, some younger than 16, intentionally get themselves knocked up? How selfish, self-centered, and stupid can we get? How unfair was this for the boys who helped these girls get pregnant, and who are now facing criminal charges of statutory rape?
I’m gobsmacked. 51 […]
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