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Solo Mother

February 17th, 2008

A mother worries, you know

I have a pretty morbid imagination if I let it run wild. I think we all do, but we keep our fears under lock and key and padlock and vault and buried chambers deep in the underground of our psyche. Otherwise, we would none of us leave our house. Ever. For fear of being hit […]

By christina -- 2 comments

February 3rd, 2008

Are you looking for a little hope, a little honor, solo mother?

I’m so sick of saying, “It is what it is,” about so much that’s going on, in my personal day to day life, in the lives of single mothers throughout the world, in the political and environmental sludge that seems to be suffocating every bright and hopeful possibility…
So I’d like to thank Jim for sending […]

By christina -- 6 comments

April 8th, 2007

Spring: a season of hope, renewal, and second chances

As we raised our glasses to toast the day today–with milk, with wine, with water–I heard the words we always speak at this time of year, at this celebration, and I wondered at the wishes we always make. For health, for peace, for prosperity. For a second chance, for the strength to begin again. I […]

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March 8th, 2007

i got something to sing about, spring about, baby

b5media is celebrating Spring, the season of hope and renewal, on our family and relationships channel’s carnival this month.
It got me thinking, again, how lucky we’ve been, how good the universe has been. How are you doing out there, single moms? How is life treating you? What do you need? What do you want? What […]

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January 3rd, 2007

portrait of a single father, part one

I’ve been interested in this man’s responses to my questions for a long time. In working on this interview, we’ve had some pretty amazing conversations via e-mail and cell phone, and I’m always struck at his ability to be so honest, so candid, and so even-handed when talking about how his marriage crumbled and the […]

By christina -- 2 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