I realize now the time I spend away from my children is the time I need to take care of myself. When you’re co-parenting with an ex, it’s all or nothing. Unless you have one of those ultra-modern (and rare) arrangements where you all live together, which certainly makes pickups and drop-offs easier — “Daddy is […]
Were you invited to a Moms’ Night Out Holiday Cookie Exchange that demanded you bake 72 homemade cookies and don’t know how to say no? Ask a Single Mom. Thinking about divorce and want to know what life is like on the other side? Ask a Single Mom. Have no idea how to make time […]
You know what’s worse than getting divorced? Feeling lonely every day. A friend once confided in me that she wanted to leave her husband, but one thing was stopping her: the idea of becoming a single mom. I get it. The term “single mom” is loaded—you’re either ruining the moral fabric of the country, you’re a victim […]
Marriage doesn’t mean automatic happiness. I am a single mother of two living in New York City. Even though my kids attend a culturally diverse elementary school, I still stand out like a sore thumb. When I go on playdates, half the time the moms are trying to set me up with someone “they know.” The other half the time they’re asking me how hard it is […]
Just because it’s hard doesn’t mean I’m not happy. Single + parent. When those two words come together, most people think of the stereotypical exhausted mom or dad living a life full of hardship and struggle (emotionally and financially). And, of course, we all tear up over those beautiful stories of professional athletes who buy their mother a new house as a “thank you” for all […]
You can do this, even when you don’t think you can. I won’t lie. There were times growing up that I hated my mom. She was a single mom. She spent her days teaching emotionally disturbed children and would come home totally exhausted. Some days she was so tired that she locked herself in her […]
A call for a new name for single mothers that’s free of negative stereotypes. When I left my husband, I walked out of our apartment with our newborn baby in my arms. As I walked to my already packed car I thought to myself, “I’m a single mom with a daughter.” That judgment—my own—weighed heavily. “Single […]
