I suck. Everything was going well, on the surface. A friend picked up the King of Everything for a playdate with her daughter — his bestest friend in the whole wide world. Great! I show up to make dinner for everyone, and he’s happily playing, pretending to ice skate on some old carpenter knee pads. […]
Ouch. I am not liking this single mother guilt trip I’m constantly on. The latest pangs came on Wednesday when I made my way, happy and excited to finally see him, to school to pick the King of Everything up. He came running around the corner, saw me, and stopped dead in his tracks. Burst […]
They were constant companions. Thick as thieves. If one couldn’t, the other could. If one was afraid, the other was fearless. If one was lost, the other found him.
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When we moved back to the States, I made a few conscious decisions while running around in a panic of FOOD! CLOTHING! SHELTER! WORK! This newly single mother decided that the Earth was a place worth taking care of, and that she’d better start doing a better job of it.
Tags: activism, Amish, divorce, food, guilt, […]
“COCK.TAIL.”
”COCKTAIL. COCK… tail,” my child crows upon opening his eyes this morning. He waits for me to get the joke, a smile just hovering on the edge of spilling all over his face. I don’t know whether all parents care so much about what Other People Think, but as a single mother, as a soon […]
This week’s Carnival has something for everyone, so I think I’m going to toddle on off with a cuppa tea and catch up on how the other half lives. ;-) You know, the folks with other halves! I especially empathise with Kate’s post over at Babylune regarding finding adequate childcare while she works. It’s such […]
Solo Mother: All the responsibility. Half the time.
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