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Solo Mother

Archive for the ‘emotional pain’ Category

November 9th, 2006

A single mother of five’s story

I’ve only ‘known’ Rose for a short while, but already I count myself lucky to have met her. Her courage, determination, and all out guts have taken my breath away at times… and the sweetness, passion and hope of her music brings a little bit more joy and happiness into my own home every time […]

By christina -- 45 comments

November 7th, 2006

Rolling with the punches

I finally unzipped the last suitcase just tonight. I hadn’t opened it since we got back from Dubai, as it had mostly formal clothes and those few precious possessions I was loathe to leave to Fate and the whims of an ex-husband to ship.
Who would have thought I could be so homesick for a place […]

By christina -- 6 comments

October 22nd, 2006

In tears today

Being homeless sucks.
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By christina -- 6 comments

October 13th, 2006

The importance of ritual

This is a theme to which I will be returning often. I believe that life should be filled with ritual. No, there doesn’t have to be incense and chanting. Nothing like that. I’m thinking more along the lines of things you do, as a family–every day, every week, every month, every year. Things that, when […]

By christina -- 7 comments

October 11th, 2006

I need you more than you need me

I often wonder how it is that I’m so effing SANE, considering where I am in my life. The secret might be in this, and other more personal writings.
 Apparently, we do ourselves a world of good when we write about the things that are bugging us. Writing is good therapy. I stumbled across an old […]

By christina -- 0 comments

October 10th, 2006

How are you feeling today?

  Divorce means heartbreak. Divorce with children means multiple heartbreaks, and somehow, you have to be the woman with the BAND-AIDS for the whole tribe. Do you remember your first real break-up? Did you feel as though your heart was in a million, tiny shards that littered the bedroom floor? I remember my first heartbreak. He […]

By christina -- 2 comments

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