Solo Mother

I was just reading the President’s proclamation declaring today to be “Human Rights Day”. Today also kicks off “Human Rights Week” according to the document I’m reading. And the 15th with be “Bill of Rights Day”.
Do these Days mean anything to anyone? Do Americans stop and contemplate the meaning of the freedoms and protections we are afforded by our Constitution and our Bill of Rights? I think we take for granted the liberties we are given as citizens of this country; not all peoples in all countries are so fortunate.
I’m thinking about the PATRIOT Act today, and how it has …read more

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It’s not easy to establish an ongoing holiday ritual with your kids when you have them on alternate holidays. Yes, they are ongoing, but they aren’t in an unbroken string of memories.
Single parents and their children need an unbroken thread to weave through their lives. Special holiday events guarantee good memories every year.
This year with be the third year in a row that I have treated my son and my parents to the Christmas Revels. My son started asking when the Revels would be oh, right after Halloween. They start early, in the first half of December, so we can …read more

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I’m getting too old for this holiday stuff. I started looking at the year’s hottest toy and started to hyperventilate. What IS it with these toys?

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Every year I look for this story on the Web. Gayla is a friend of mine, three years and more, now. And every time I read it, it makes me smile, and be glad that a little boy named Tony’s short time here on Earth is still remembered… even by those of us who haven’t met him.
If you would like to create a wonderful family tradition around the holidays, I suggest you read this story of the Holiday Elf that came to her house.

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There is never enough time. NEVER. I find I’m accomplishing more than ever but am still out of time long before I’ve gotten finished with my tasks. Heaven forbid I should take some time for me…
How do you single moms (and dads) out there do it?
I mean, it’s Saturday night and I have just completed two writing assignments but am staring down the barrel at ten more… I have laundry to fold, clothes to wash, dry, iron, a kitchen to clean, a floor to vacuum (wow, do dogs SHED!), guests coming into town in week, another guest here for …read more

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One of the things I love about the holiday season is getting out our special books and revisiting old friends.

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Yes! Really! Act now, buy it fast, stocks are limited.
Well, not really. But I was looking at my bedraggled little back yard today and dreaming of spring. My patio is my favorite place to be when it’s warm. We have a table for two, and some blooming flowers. Herbs and citronella plants. It’s a nice place to be.
Which of course, led me to thinking about places that make me happy, and that sense of inner quiet I feel when I find them. So of course I began to think about zen gardens.
And so I offer you this, for when you …read more

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Sometimes, my career is glamorous. Sometimes, I remember where I live and what I am, and who I get to meet. It’s heady. Who did I hang out with tonight?

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Answer this: why DO you do what you do?
A simple question with no easy answer. Michelle Sullivan’s answer on “Why do you do what you do” was simply, “Life is short”.
A car accident, with a little one in the back seat and eight months pregnant caused her to take stock of her life and turn it upside down. There are two things she writes in her explanation, two things I would like you to take to heart, amid the amazing words she has to share with mothers everywhere.
The first thing: “To value oneself in a role that the world does …read more

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