Rebuilding from the Rubble: A Single Mom’s Love Story (Sort of)
When people ask how I’m doing, I’ve started saying, “We’re thriving… in a chaotic, heavily-caffeinated, emotionally-unraveling kind of way.” It’s…
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When people ask how I’m doing, I’ve started saying, “We’re thriving… in a chaotic, heavily-caffeinated, emotionally-unraveling kind of way.” It’s…
Continue ReadingWhen you are divorced, one of the hardest kinds of loneliness as a mother is being without your children for…
Continue ReadingMy greatest dreams were to get married, have babies, and build a happy family—and now I'm in my mid-thirties and,…
Continue Reading“Yay, Mommy is done with homework! Can you play with me now?” My heart sank, and I felt a sharp…
Continue ReadingIf there’s anything I’m certain of—other than my love for my babies and my faith in God—it’s that I can…
Continue ReadingMy marriage wasn’t perfect. It never was. I got married when I was only 22 years old. I was eager…
Continue ReadingIt takes a village to raise a family. For a single mom, the reason she is without a village is irrelevant—the…
Continue ReadingI have thought these words to myself countless times in the past year. With a fresh teenager in seventh grade…
Continue ReadingThey whispered to her: You cannot withstand the storm. I have had days when the storms hit me while I…
Continue ReadingI was sitting at the beach with a friend, watching our almost 2-year-old kids play at the edge of the…
Continue ReadingI thought I knew what love was or what love was supposed to be. It meant for better or worse,…
Continue ReadingTo the single mom during the holidays, I’ve thought of you as I bought each gift for my daughter this…
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