single
Non-nuclear is the new normal; sometimes one head is better than two.
Tips to Buy a Home as a Single Parent
It can be hard to be a single parent. You have to work to support your children, yet you also have to be the one person that they can count on. They are going to look to you for everything that they need. You are going to want to give them everything that you can, but it doesn't always seem like enough.
By Shelley Wenger3 years ago in Families
Is Anyone Born to Be Married? : One Parent One Decision
I was sitting in my favorite coffee shop reading one morning when it hit me all at once. It was getting close to the age I had chosen to become a parent, but there was no way I could do this with someone else. I’m just too controlling to marry, and this started making me feel pretty anxious.
By Alejandro Betancourt3 years ago in Families
A Single Mom’s Adventures
The idea of sharing life with someone can be an amazing feeling. When I first met my husband, it was simple. Learning and exploring one another's differences, as well as their likes, made us grow into love with one another. The idea of dating, sharing quiet times, comparing and sharing dreams we have for the future was such a good feeling. We thought we had everything figured out. We had the same beliefs and we even went to the same church. We tried to hold each other accountable with some of our little annoying habits like smoking cigarettes and using inappropriate language. He even accepted my two children that I already had from previous relationships.
By Kimberly Pharrams3 years ago in Families
A Day in the Life Of a Solo Parent
My job is beautiful. My job is messy. My job hurts in big ways. My job is poetry. I love my job because my job is for love. I love my job because it is a fast track for spiritual growth. I don't always love my job, but I've come to know my job as my way back to the love that I am and that we all are. It involves burning through a lot of pain. If I want to do what my job is really about it involves the work beyond what is just on the surface. I will provide for my kids what they need to live in this material world. This has and still proves to be a challenge in itself so far. However, I know in my heart my job as a solo parent is my greatest opportunity to learn what I came to Earth to learn. I chose this job so I could grow in love.
By Leah Legault3 years ago in Families
Nowhere Man 2
Returning from my service with the RAF, I returned home to the island. I was fit, clean-cut, and looking. Life felt slow moving. I bought a secondhand Norton 750 motorcycle for the sake of my sanity. Dad was doing well; the cod wars were ending and in the nine years away, Dad took out a loan and purchased a second trawler, Nights Shadow, equipping her with new, superior equipment.
By harry hogg3 years ago in Families
10 Advantages Of Being A Single Mom
Single mothers do not need to negotiate All decisions in the house are one-sided, which means that the situation with a good and bad police officer will not occur. So the decision is only for mom. And the only reaction she has to deal with: "This is unfair! Woe is me! ", Or something like that. Bonus: Since you do not argue with a partner trying to reach agreement by responding to a child, you can teach your children how to communicate and express disappointment without shouting.
By Nish@nt Raikw@r3 years ago in Families
Are single-income households feasible?
I honestly believe the model of a single-income household is a healthy one ~ but certainly not along gender lines. Significant lifestyle changes that might seem uncomfortable at first are required. They are ultimately healthy choices.
By Thomas Tortorich3 years ago in Families
Single Mother
My mom has taught me many lessons. I can't even count the amount of times she has helped me in my life. She has taught me that I am strong enough, brave enough, and smart enough to raise my two boys on my own. Being a single mother herself, I do not ever remember her giving up or giving in to anything or anyone. She is the strongest woman I know and I can only hope that I am as strong and as brave as she is. She was a police officer before retirement and worked many hours to support my sisters and I. Because of her I have learned to work hard to make sure my kids have a strong and stable life. I could not have done it without her. She is definitely my hero. The grandkids consider her like a superhero. They talk to their friends about how their grandma hunts, fishes, rides motorcycles, and does all of these household projects on her own. Their friends say that their Grandmas sew and bake cookies. She is an amazing woman and I strive to be like her everyday. My parents divorced when my sisters and I were quite young. My parents did not have a wonderful relationship. There was fighting, my dad drank a lot, and anger filled the house. Unfortunately when I grew up I married a man who was a bipolar alcoholic and an abuser. Having 2 small children at the time, I was having a very hard time dealing. I could see the pain my kids were going through and I knew I had to get out of the situation. I thought back often to my parents' relationship and how strong my mom was being able to leave the marriage raising three children on her own. It gave me strength to do the same. After retirement she went straight into the Red Cross. She travelled all over the country helping people in need because of disaster. Loved the work even though it was very hard and took her away from family, including young grandchildren. But she knew she wasn't ready to stop working quite yet. She was in the red cross for almost 10 years before she finally decided it was time to retire and relax. Of course she spends a lot of time helping my sisters and I with our kids so I guess she hasn't quite stopped working yet. As I was a young single mother, it was the most amazing thing to have the support and help from her. She bought a duplex so my sister and I could live there with our children. My sister was also a single mom. If i couldn't pay rent, i didn't have to worry about being put out on the street. I could concentrate on my kids and their needs. She would come over and be grandma, but she would also come over and be the landlord and fix the sink or help clean up the yard. Anything we needed I knew she would be there to help out with. She would and still does help me out with money when I need it. She makes sure she writes down everything I owe her, which is fine with me. It makes me more considerate and more thankful for the help. Not feeling like I am just freeloading from her. I honestly feel like i would not be on this earth anymore without her help and her words keeping me calm on my bad days. I have gone through a lot in my life and she is always there to bring sense to what i am going through and helps me find ways to fix the issues and not just give up. I am literally here because of my mother, in more way than one.
By Stephanie Day3 years ago in Families
Super Mum
I’ve always admired single mums. Having to take on both parental roles with your child is something I find very commendable. I always had some sort of a father figure in my life. Whether it was my real dad or a step-dad, I’ve always had a “dad.” However, every parental figure in my life has never been good at taking responsibility, including my mother. For advice on subjects' people would normally go to their parents for I had to reach out to others. My best friend. I’ve always relied heavily on her for things my parents really should have taken a bigger role and interest in. From the boys I was seeing to the dark days of my life, she has always been there. I knew that no matter what I was going through, I never had to do it alone. So, when she fell pregnant and had a child of her own at the age of 18, I knew she was going to be amazing and do anything and everything to give her little girl a life she deserves.
By Shauna Mullen3 years ago in Families
Going, Going, Gone
Ellen pauses at the door to the ballroom. This will be her first social gathering in more than a year. The governor has finally approved larger crowds as the coronavirus seems to be subsiding. But that doesn't mean she isn't nervous to be in a group after spending more than 14 months alone. And this will be a big one, 250 people attending to raise money to provide assistance to the homeless in her small city. It is the long-standing social event of the spring, featuring dinner, dancing, and the showpiece, an auction of the city's most eligible single men and women. She was asked in the past to participate in the auction but something about being put on display in that manner didn't appeal to her. Her real estate agency always purchases a table and she attend as one of the principal agents. She enjoys watching the spectacle of the auction even if she doesn't want to be auctioned herself. The past year was very lucrative for the agency and for her personally. If there is a man who appeals to her she has decided she will join the bidding. Her last date was shortly before everything closed down and she is hungry to share a connection with another human being.
By Susan Mills3 years ago in Families