She dumps him via SMS and files for sole legal and physical custody of their two children. He counters the very next day with a suit for sole custody and spousal support.
I’m not a mind reader, and I’m not going to pretend I know what’s really in their hearts. But it seems to me, he’s […]
Sometimes, the only thing standing between a divided family and poverty is… child support. If a parent decides to withhold that money, for whatever reason, he or she is putting the child in jeaopardy. And since I’m a single mother, I’m going to only write about it from the ex-husband not paying […]
I’ve lost ten pounds since we decided to break up. This is good.
I’ve done it by not eating more than one real meal a day. This is bad.
Diuretics have been veddy veddy good to me: if I drink any more coffee, I’m going to have to put a Starbuck’s bathroom in my purse — […]
Listen up. I make this look good. If you asked my friends and family, they’d tell you I’m doing fantastically well for myself, in great spirits, up and upbeat and…
Want to know the truth? I’m tense most of the time. An inner voice inside me is screaming in fury and frustration over the way things […]
I don’t get a break. There is no one to whom I can pass the buck. I am end-all be-all in my son’s life. There is no father to trade off with. It’s hard. I have to console my son when he’s sad his father isn’t with us. I have to put up pictures of my […]
Disclaimer: I’m not even a month into singlehood yet. I’m not interested in jumping some poor man’s bones. I just want that delicious feeling of desirability in all my mama-hipped, stress-acne glory.
Share This
In honor of this month’s Carnival roundup on b5media, courtesy of Kelly over at Thrifty Mommy, I present, without further ado:
Top Ten Most Fabulous Things for Single Mothers
The Six O’Clock Scramble - when you absolutely, positively, do not have time to shop or cook.
Satsuma: It’s impossible to be depressed when you smell this good.
Everyday Minerals: Flawless, glowing skin, […]
More than one path leads to single motherhood. I know women who never married the fathers of their children and women who never even met the fathers. One woman I know used a form of artificial insemination that brought images of turkey basters to mind: she wandered around with a capsule of frozen swimmers tucked safely […]
Solo Mother: All the responsibility. Half the time.
Written by Christina Zola for b5media.
A Child Chosen
A Creative Journal
All Holiday Cafe
Babylune
Baking Delights
Behind The Vines
Blog Fabulous
Brew Ha-Ha
Busy Family Meals
Career and Kids
Chocolate Bytes
Cooking Gadgets
Dating Dames
Declutter It
Drinks after Dark
Foodie Obsessed
GenBetween
Hankering for Yarn
Inside Fatherhood
Inside Motherhood
Jewelry and Beading
Junk Creation
Keeping the Castle
Kettle and Cup
Layers Upon Layers
Macro Cats
Mad Cropper
Marriage Actually
Mom Gadget
Mother Earth's Garden
MyCrimeSpace
Noodles and Rice
Offbeat Homes
One Book Two Book
Our One Heart
Parenting Tweens & Teens
Parents Behaving Badly
Play Library
Psycho for Love
Quilting and Patchwork
Robust Cooking
She Knows Parties
Simply Home Remedies
Simply Thrifty
Solo Mother
StampingMad
Supernanny Rules
Tangled Thread
The Food Bowl
Thrifty Mommy
Toolbelt Tips
Tree Hugging Family
Unplugged Living
Widows Quest
Recent Comments