A young mom dropped me a line on this blog today, and I’m turning to your collective mama wisdom to see what we can think of to help her out. Here is her story in a nutshell:
“I am a single teenage mother and im finding how very hard it is. I had to put off […]
I don’t know about you single moms out there, but this summer just flew by for us… mostly thanks to my amazing mom, who took the King of Everything on adventures large and small, from an amazing playground to a waterpark to a friend’s house with a lake to a road trip down south. Me? […]
My recent post about the frustrations of collecting child support brought two good sites for help, information and support.
Jimmy Verner suggests checking out the Child Support Web for great resources when it comes to collecting your child’s money. And Kelly shared that SupportKids.com has helped her get what she was owed, though they do take […]
When someone ripped off Zoey White Calf’s money–literally ripping the wallet from around her neck–life suddenly got harder for the 55 year old single mother of a teenager.
She had just cashed her SS check, and now there was no money for rent, bills, groceries… and no way to make that money back. She lives the […]
Actress and designer Christina Fulton is on the move to help single moms. She has created a charity organization, The Single Mom Foundation, to start tackling some of the issues that stand before us single mothers. At a fashion show on May 9th, a show entitled, “Save America’s Single Moms!”, the intriguing Ms. Fulton will […]
Just a reminder, Kate at Baby Lune is donating the proceeds of her blog from Mothers Day UK to Mothers Day North America–that is, March 18 to May 13–to a charity that benefits women. She’ll let you choose which one, and if you’re paying attention to her blog, you’ll get background on the organizations she […]
My favorite solo mother lost two and a half fingers in an industrial accident last year, which seriously curtailed musical aspirations, unless you know a really good two fingered bass player… and has full custody of his two little kids, aged three and nine months. Full time.
And he does it. He does it with a […]
You don’t have to be a a close reader of SoloMother to get the hint: I’d like to combine families with someone to share the burdens and joys of single parenthood. We’re not meant to live in a vacuum, and trying to take care of children, home and career all by one’s self is less […]
When a family breaks up, it’s so hard to put together the pieces. Expenses go through the roof, because you’re suddenly paying for two of them. Two homes, two sets of clothes and furniture and toys. If you’re a single mother with a disappearing dad on your hands, you lose the partnership of having […]
I’ve written often about how well and how kindly my community has helped me get on my feet. This article from The Capital, in Annapolis, Maryland, tells an extraordinary story of how an entire community pulled together to replace a single mother’s heater.
She had been sleeping with her two children under all their blankets […]
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