From the monthly archives:

June 2008

Oh me, oh my. The sparks are flying.

June 18, 2008

Remember what crush butterflies feel like? Sparking all over the place, in the flesh or online – in your head, in your heart or in your throat. They’re palpable and you feel as if you could reach down into your soul and touch them. But what happens when those sparks are one sided? Or when [...]

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Single Mom S.O.S.: Can she take the kids overseas?

June 17, 2008

Occasionally urgent questions land in my Inbox from single moms or married women desperate for help and answers. They are so urgent in nature I call them Single Mom S.O.S’s. This one is the most urgent of all. Belle is European and has no family here in the United States. Her husband, who has abused [...]

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Your Turn…

June 17, 2008

The Best of the Single Parent Blogosphere Because we’re single parents and we don’t have time to read a million blogs every week, leave your favorite posts here. DON’T BE SHY. Shameless self-promotion is strongly encouraged. My personal favorites this week Smiles are Free Chrissy the author of Glamour’s Storked writes about a mean woman [...]

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Obama Calls Out Dead Beat Dads

June 16, 2008

During a powerful Father’s Day speech Barack Obama called out dead beat dads and heralded us single moms for all of our hard work. I love this man, I truly do. Raised by a single mother, I expect Obama will be very passionate on single parent issues if elected. On Friday he announced he would [...]

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Screw you, Disney.

June 14, 2008

Benjamin and I went to his best friend’s birthday party today. After Sydney, who’s just four-years-old, opened her fourth princess doll, her grandmother looked at me and said, “When we were girls, we didn’t have all of this princess stuff. Look it’s every where – this idea that some man is going to come kiss [...]

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Happy Father’s Day, Daddy (!)

June 13, 2008

In 1989, my father sent me this letter while on a business trip in San Francisco. Dear Alaina! This is a letter for you from your father who loves you from here to heaven and back, which simply is a distance that no person can even begin to imagine, until that person has been as [...]

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On fake wedding rings.

June 13, 2008

I didn’t realize what a passionate and proud single parent I’ve become until I read this. And now, Kristin is linking to this blog from hers! Hello everyone! I thought I would give this topic it’s own post so that the controversy isn’t trickling all over the place in other posts. Here’s the issue that’s [...]

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How to Make a Toddler Laugh

June 12, 2008

1. Tell toddler you are going to make him toast for breakfast. 2. Sit him on the counter or the table so he can’t move or run away. 3. When toddler says, “Toeeess?” answer with, “Toes??? You want to eat my toes???!!! NOOOOOO! Please, please, please don’t eat my toes!!!” 4. Jump up and down [...]

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My Disclaimer & My Apologies.

June 12, 2008

So this single parent thing … it just gets harder doesn’t it? I’ve been put in my place lately by those single parents out there who have been at it far longer than I have. Tisk, tisk, you young newbie. You think you don’t need a husband? What about intimacy? Oh yeah – that. Well, [...]

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My prince sent me a castle.

June 11, 2008

Thomas has been sending me little clues on the places we’ll be visiting during my trip to Denmark… like this one: A castle. Couldn’t resist passing it on. I’m so excited!

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