Solo Mother

January 28th, 2008

Introducing Choice Mom Mikki Morrisette!

There’s a book on my bedside table that I’m dying to delve into, called “Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman’s Guide” by Mikki Morrisette. Ms. Morrisette chose motherhood twice, with the same donor father, as a single woman. Along the way she put together a tool kit for other women who might be considering this […]

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October 20th, 2007

Louise Sloan on Salon.com

Apparently, Louise Sloan, author of Knock Yourself Up: No Man? No Problem! A Tell-All Guide to Becoming a Single Mom is taking a bit of heat in the forums for her choice to have a child. Please read the article at Salon and weigh in on the comments there. My personal favorite is from St. […]

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June 11th, 2007

Single mother of the week

Cora Mae ran off and joined the circus, adopted a son as a single mother, and all of this in the 30’s.
 There’s a great article about this remarkable lady here in the News and Observer.
Tags: circus, Cora-Mae-Kent-Teander, single-mother-by-choice

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April 25th, 2007

Musing on the meaning of single by choice

I love the idea of single by choice mothers, no matter what the pundits in the pulpit or that man in the White House might think of it. To have a child purely out of the love and wonder of having a child? To know that you love that kid, and that you want that […]

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