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Camping in Nature: Single Moms Edition
My 9-year-old daughter and I are nature enthusiasts. We love the great outdoors! We take several yearly trips to hike, explore, learn and appreciate the beauty of the land. As a single mama, it has taken me quite a few incremental steps towards gearing myself up with maps, tools, supplies, know-how, and courage, in order to gain the confidence and the wisdom to go on these expeditions! But truth be told, after a long day trekking gorgeous terrain in the wilderness, we have always found solstice in checking into a nice hotel with a pool for the kiddo and a hot tub for me! There is nothing wrong with this scenario. However, as I said, I have slowly been acquiring the gear, the knowledge, and the guts to full-on camp in a tent, under the stars, in the woods, with my kid. This year that happened.
By Bridget Vaughn4 years ago in Families
Just What The World Needs, Another Single Mother
The single mother status, in my opinion, has been hyped up in recent years. This hype has come most from single moms because the world seems to see this population as not worthy of positive recognition.
By Tiff4 years ago in Families
Travel Is No Cure for the Mind
At this very moment, you'll be here: Or you'll be here: Or here: But maximum possibly, you’re likely right here:
By Joe Walter4 years ago in Families
I Am a Single Mom
I never wanted to be a mother. Ever. That was not part of my life plan, and I had no intentions of changing that. This decision was for a few reasons, all based in fear: primarily, I really did think I would be awful at parenting a child. My evidence? I could barely take care of myself, I had no energy whatsoever, and I struggled profoundly with mental health. I had also developed an eating disorder from a young age, and that didn't seem to be getting much better despite years of trying to recover. What would having a child do to my body? Would I even be able to control my behaviors enough to deliver a healthy child? Even if I eventually got better, what if I relapsed because of all the weight I would gain from pregnancy? I also was--selfishly, I admit--worried about my career. I am an actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer, and I was terrified that I would be out of commission for quite some time if I ever had a child.
By Meg Flinders4 years ago in Families
To the Moon and Back
I hit 18 the way I was always expected to: thin, pretty, clean, smart, graduate on good standing after 4 years of high school, sober, college prospects, no children, and no arrests on record.
By Guenneth Speldrong4 years ago in Families
Confessions of a Mom Who Doesn’t Fit In with the Neighborhood Moms Anymore
When my two youngest kids were 3 and 5, my then-husband and I moved into a beautiful neighborhood with big oak trees and oversized yards. I'd wanted to live in this neighborhood for years. It was highly sought after and 'the place to be' in my piece of suburbia. So when a fixer-upper came onto the market in 2012, we jumped at the opportunity to buy it and renovate.
By Lena_Ann4 years ago in Families
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 Wenger4 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 Betancourt4 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 Pharrams4 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 Legault4 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 hogg4 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@r5 years ago in Families