by mssinglemama on September 20, 2009
A few things happened this weekend that I will remember for the rest of my life…
Lesson #1: Never leave home without your camera
I realized one hour into my drive to Katie and Brian’s wedding, six hours away from home, that I had forgotten my camera. I couldn’t turn around, although I thought about it. Instead I resolved to make good with what I did remember – my iPhone camera and my digital video camera. So a movie is coming… but forgetting my camera – devastating. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to leave the house again for a destination without triple checking for that camera.
Lesson #2: My single mom status may be in the midst of retirement
I left my son for 36 hours with my significant other, my partner. I came home to a perfectly clean house and to find Benjamin completely content, well-fed and napping like an Angel. I am beginning to feel [click to continue…]
by mssinglemama on July 21, 2009
UPDATE & DISCLAIMER: All words ever written about Mia’s Other Woman on this blog are mine and mine alone, unless otherwise noted. Because we have been best friends our entire lives, I don’t even have Mia proof my posts – she trusts me. Whenever I write about her Other Woman, again because Mia is like a sister to me, I tend to get a bit fired up. Equating her to a woman on Jerry Springer was perhaps out of line. For that I apologize but I meant what I said and have zero tolerance for people who cheat or sleep with married men. Even though it takes two, both parties are equally as guilty as each other.
I have dated enough men who have been cheated on to know that the effects of that kind of broken heart don’t heal so easily. It’s a horrible, horrible thing. But again, my apologies to the Other Woman for going below the belt and most of all to Mia for meddling in her business. I won’t be mentioning the Other Woman on this blog again out of respect for their privacy. And I also want to say that I believe her ex is a good father. He did make a tragic mistake but he loves their daughter immensely. To my readers who may be confused, I am writing this because the Other Woman is reading this blog. We know this because the post that follows upset her and she told her boyfriend (Mia’s ex) who called Mia immediately.
You thought the book was all I had up my sleeve?
Nah. I’m much crazier than that? Why launch just one project when you can have two? These earrings have been in the works for a few months now. I am also working on a silver set of the new leaf necklace and earrings, which are coming in a few weeks. In the meantime, check out the new earrings in my Ms. Single Mama Shop.
And here is the lovely Mia modeling them for us…
Mia is doing well by the way. Her ex-boyfriend is still with the Other Woman. Yuck. I can’t even imagine being with a man who left his girlfriend and little daughter for me. I mean, really? Have you no self-respect Ms. Other Woman? I imagine her as some chick who could easily take a seat on Jerry Springer and blend right in with the scenery. I digress, sorry, still clearly fired up about all of it but so incredibly happy Mia is not with him anymore.
He doesn’t deserve her.
Not very many men do because Mia is a true spirit, a rare soul and someone who has the strength to grow and heal faster than I ever thought possible. We were talking the other night about the new single mom sympathy stares she’s receiving and the comments like, “Oh, don’t worry honey, you’ll find another one.”
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by mssinglemama on March 18, 2009
Because today was Benjamin’s first and his last third birthday and because I didn’t buy him a single present in Austin I spent my lunch break on a mission.
My mission was to buy everything I would need to transform his room from a nursery/toddler room…
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by mssinglemama on March 12, 2009
Bringing my friend Mia’s story of becoming a single mother to this blog has inspired me to share more stories of single parents, all of whom – as it turns out – are very close friends of mine.
There’s Julie who is braving that big bad dating world again after over one year of getting over her ex who cheated (like Mia’s). She also works from home with her gorgeous daughter, Zoe, and is fighting the good fight right now to make all of their ends meet.
There’s Justin who fell in love with a single mom and her son. Despite their break up two years ago he is still very much the boy’s father. In fact, he spends far more time with his ex-girlfriend’s son than my ex-husband spends with Benjamin. It’s truly amazing.
And then there’s Katie who reunited with her ex-husband two years after their divorce. He never gave up on her and in the end it paid off. And now they’re planning a wedding. I’m so happy for both of them I just can’t stand it… I also had a little hand in pushing them back together (maybe she’ll explain that one).
Each of these single parents are dear, dear friends of mine. Their stories are coming up over the next few months… but first I want to share this one with you.
I have never met Isabelle.
And I’m not sure if I ever will. She lives in Australia but somehow found my blog when she was pregnant and uncertain about how she would manage as a single mom. [click to continue…]
by mssinglemama on February 10, 2009
I got a text message at 5:27 a.m. this morning from Benjamin’s father.
“So not coming.”
That’s all it said. No reason why. Nothing. Normally I would have rolled back over and kept sleeping but given that tonight is date night I shot up like a bullet.
“Why? He is expecting you,” I texted back.
Nothing.
Twenty minutes later I call him.
“I’m sick, I’ve been puking all night,” he says.
A wave of memories hits me – the sick days I’ve had with Benjamin, the long voyages to the store or to grandma’s nauseated as hell.
“That’s bull shit,” I said.
Then he hung up the phone.
When Benjamin woke up I had to break the news. He’s been expecting him lately, more than ever because he’s getting older and is now much more aware of Daddy’s presence or absence, whichever it is that week. He took it like a champ and gobbled down his cereal but I know tonight he’ll be crying for him. [click to continue…]
