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Solo Mother

March 7th, 2008

A wealth of info for the single mom: Psychology Today

I try very hard not to buy into pop psychology or become an armchair shrink. Life is hard enough without always trying to be your own analyst, you know? But the cover of April’s Psychology Today (why, oh why is the April issue out at the beginning of March?) caught my eye: CHANGE YOUR […]

By christina -- 1 comment

August 18th, 2007

here’s a hard one: ten things you like about yourself

Maria over at Mme. Meow’s Daily Dose of Zen Sarcasm tagged me to write ten things I like about myself.
I’m having a hard time doing that, right now.
Ahem. In the interest of full disclosure, I think I have a hard time doing that any time. I’m rough on myself. I demand perfection and, since […]

By christina -- 4 comments

August 12th, 2007

what can we do when we don’t want to do it anymore?

I do have a private journal. I don’t share everything here… but I recently wrote down my deepest fear and secret, and then thought I should share it with you here: sometimes, I don’t want to be a mother.
Is that horrible?
Sometimes, I feel like I can’t do a good enough job for him. I […]

By christina -- 16 comments