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Dating, sex and love

The Crush

July 24, 2009

An excerpt from Ms. Single Mama Uncensored: Dating, Sex and Love, my eBook coming out on July 30th. Leave a comment here and be entered to win a copy. The Crush Why losing your heart as a new single mom is not an option When I first saw him I couldn’t stop staring but I [...]

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New roommates

July 13, 2009

Within just a few weeks of dating, John Bear had bought Benjamin a Transformer, saying “I couldn’t help it. I hope it’s okay. I just can’t believe he doesn’t have one.” And why would he? I’m a chick (in case you hadn’t noticed) and now that Benjamin is becoming a boy I’m realizing I don’t [...]

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Pillow Talk

June 24, 2009

do you want more kids? I started this discussion in the single moms forum the other day and the responses are really passionate. Leave a comment there or here.

And let me know what you think about the idea of me – having twins. I mean what do you do if the love of your life happens to have a twin gene, a fricking twin gene. Just my luck, right? Oh me, oh my.

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Everything you’ll ever need…

June 10, 2009

to know about being a dating single mom. A few days ago, I spent hours sorting through my archives to produce a lovely table of contents to this blog. It’s funny to put your own life into categories, but I think you’ll enjoy them. Like Chapter 11 – “The Ex Files: the Men I’ve Dated [...]

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The weekend

June 7, 2009

On Saturday morning John Bear (he now has a first name) and I headed up north to Cleveland for his cousin’s wedding. Between meeting his entire family and the ceremony we took a drive and made a few pit stops along the way. The first to snap a shot of this and the second to [...]

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Secret Code

June 4, 2009

A few weeks ago the Bear and I were on a date. I still can’t believe how much he spoils me. Dates galore, dinners, drinks, whatever I want and it’s lovely. We were talking about something or another in regards to this site and some issue I’ve been having and then he said, “Let me [...]

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That Couple

June 1, 2009

Larry is in his seventies but his eyes are young. He had a major hand in creating the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway, a thriving tourist destination for Athens County and his energy seems to be endless. He’ll never acknowledge his age with words or by his actions and I find this amazing and inspiring. We’ve [...]

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Meet the Bear

May 28, 2009

I can’t be sure but I think you are all going to like him as much as I do… Click here to watch the video. He comes in near the end, so bear with us. UPDATE: Here  are more pictures from the trip. And here are those eyes I’ve been raving about. There aren’t many [...]

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Unexpected reality

May 27, 2009

A few weeks ago, or was it months? my ex offered, or did I ask? to take Benjamin two nights a week instead of one. For several weeks he upheld his new commitment, enjoying every extra moment with his son until on week four he told me he was tired. I understood. It’s hard. This [...]

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So there’s this dog…

May 23, 2009

Meet Murphy. Or Murph, the slobbery yet totally cute wonder pup who can tackle me in one pounce. He belongs to the Bear. Meet Benjamin. He belongs to me (for now).

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