Photo Gallery

View The Our Friends Album

Our Friends

The people we have met along the way.

View The 4th of July Album

4th of July

This weekend, I took a leap of faith, and headed up north to spend a night with John Bear and his family. I was worried about diving in with Benjamin - exposing him to all of these new faces, but it was beyond awesome.

View The Winter 2009-10 Album

Winter 2009-10

Oh, the weather outside is frightful but... we're still as busy as ever. Find the photographic evidence in this album.

View The Easter 2011 Album

Easter 2011

In which, we all have an amazing Easter during which I give up the camera to a stranger, Benjamin and John Bear.

View The Montana Album

Montana

Benjamin and I went out to Montana this summer (2011) to visit my brother Ezra.

View The Our wedding Album

Our wedding

Seth and I, thanks to the children's persistence, got married in the backyard one day. The post is here. http://mssinglemama.com/2012/04/19/backyard-wedding/

View The Me & Us Album

Me & Us

Pictures of yours truly and Benjamin.

View The Recently Album

Recently

Benjamin and I are always up to something - makes life more interesting that way, right? Check out this photo gallery to see where we've been recently.

View The Mission 1: Moth Man & The Bear Album

Mission 1: Moth Man & The Bear

My first Ford Fiesta Movement Mission was to cross as many states as I could in one day. Check out this album for pictures of my trip and to see the first published pictures of John Bear.

View The Your New Leaf Album

Your New Leaf

Photos of all of my lovely readers and fellow bloggers wearing their new leaf necklaces.

View The 2009 Fiesta Road Trip Album

2009 Fiesta Road Trip

John Bear and I took off in Fiesta Dave to reach a secluded cabin in the middle of the Poconos Mountains. Then it was off to New York City and then... well, you'll just have to stay tuned to find out the rest.

View The Fall 2009  Album

Fall 2009

My recently folder was too big, so I made this one. Fall 2009.

View The Spring 2010 Album

Spring 2010

Happy Spring! We absolutely love Spring, here is the photographic evidence.

View The Summer 2010 Album

Summer 2010

Summer, summer, summertime... oh, yeah.

View The Benjamin Album

Benjamin

My sweet and only one, little Benjamin.

View The My Leaf Tattoo Album

My Leaf Tattoo

I decided to get a leaf tattoo on the way home from my Fiesta Mission training. Inspired by the spirit of the mission and single moms... hope you like it!

View The Our Apartment Album

Our Apartment

When I left my husband I had to move into my mother's house for the first year. Some how I managed to get us back to the city and to my career which meant I got to pick out a new apartment. And even though it's small, this place is absolutely perfect and is Benjamin and I's little Heaven on Earth.

View The Joshua Tree Album

Joshua Tree

In February, Benjamin and I went out to Joshua Tree National Park. We rented a house in the middle of the desert just near the park and got a visit from Matt and Maddy.

View The Mother's Day Album

Mother's Day

On Mother's Day I went for a hike with the Bear and then to a picnic with my family.

View The Austin (SXSW) Album

Austin (SXSW)

SXSW Interactive in Austin - always a good time and an incredible chance to connect and learn.

View The Weddings Album

Weddings

I'll be going to a few weddings this summer. I'll put the pictures here.

View The Trip to Vancouver Album

Trip to Vancouver

Benjamin and I went to Vancouver to visit my single mom blogger friend, Kristin and her three-year-old son Nolan.


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Taking it easy
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Smooth Operator
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This land
July 5, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Trippin’, Part 1
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Trippin’, Part 2
August 13, 2009 at 11:04 pm
My Super Hero (a Contest)
August 16, 2009 at 10:15 pm
The Trip Story: Part I
August 17, 2009 at 8:13 pm

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christine May 29, 2009 at 4:40 pm

LOL!

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Sharon McMillan May 31, 2009 at 1:49 pm

We love, love Yellow Springs and vacation there almost every year (usually during their spring fair). Antioch University has undergone some difficult times recently…if not for that my daughter would be attending school there instead of somewhere else a little further north. I think I need a Ha Ha pizza…

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xxx June 9, 2009 at 11:21 pm

be less lame please!

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bebe1561 June 15, 2009 at 12:57 pm

If you have a problem then stop reading her blog….please!

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Jamie June 15, 2009 at 4:29 pm

there is NOTHING lame about this!! This is exciting :)

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Lucy McBees October 10, 2011 at 12:15 pm

Hi Jamie,

That is very excited. I can believe, how can you be single mom!

Hope it would be very short.

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lk March 29, 2010 at 12:23 pm

be less of a dick, please!

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PT-LawMom June 12, 2009 at 4:38 am

Awww, this is so cute!! He's adorable. :-)

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ProfessorTruth June 15, 2009 at 5:58 pm

Sweet T-Shirt, Bear. Did you steal that from my bag when I was home for the weekend?

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TorontoMama June 17, 2009 at 12:37 am

That's it. I have to get mine now.
You know what's incredible?
All the women in the pictures look beautiful and so strong. Single mamas do rock!

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piscehanna June 17, 2009 at 3:07 am

Ugh can u tell I work in a cubicle from this picture of me?

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supermomintraining June 17, 2009 at 6:43 am

i totally love that necklace!!!
but how can i get one from where i am now?!?! :(

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mariley June 20, 2009 at 11:14 pm

love the necklace. pls let me know how to get one.

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mssinglemama June 21, 2009 at 10:02 am

Hi Mariley –

You can buy a necklace here on this page…

http://mssinglemama.com/your-new-leaf/

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Suevonne May 12, 2012 at 3:38 am

Thnkiing like that shows an expert at work

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Pete July 5, 2009 at 11:10 pm

The "Yellow Guy" is Hot Rod, who became Rodimus Prime. I'm all about the Transformers.

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Pete July 5, 2009 at 11:10 pm

The "Yellow Guy" is Hot Rod, who became Rodimus Prime. I'm all about the Transformers.

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Gitte Gorzelak July 16, 2009 at 11:15 pm

LOL it’s a very nice picture. The dog mug is funny though..

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a July 19, 2009 at 9:45 pm

SOOOO CUTE AND ADORABLE!!! LOVE ALL THE PICTURES! THANKS FOR SHARING!

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a July 19, 2009 at 9:46 pm

Nice, red shoes!

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April July 21, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Love the hair, you definitely look like a hot mama!!

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Tomi July 31, 2009 at 2:53 pm

Glad to know you also have the “limited contact” rule.

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erin. August 13, 2009 at 9:10 pm

Wow, totally cool that your at the Wayne County Fair.. so close to my PA Home. That’s not my favorite fair in PA but it does rank pretty high up there. Hope you have a great trip!

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jen August 17, 2009 at 7:26 am

your moving to brooklyn? although your photos in nyc look a little more queens-like! can’t wait to hear more!

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rbckim October 16, 2009 at 2:10 am

btw, what camera do you use again?

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mssinglemama November 2, 2009 at 7:13 pm

I use a Canon Rebel. LOVE it.

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JR November 13, 2009 at 12:13 pm

At a girl! Shiner is like my favorite!! i missed SXSW :(

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Shannon Kieta November 16, 2009 at 6:35 am

I love the pictures! You guys are the cutest couple! I LOVE those damn boots! I tried to order them, I couldn’t get them to fit around my calfs. It was hilarious! I was on the phone with the lady at midnight ordering these boots, we were both cracking up, I am in my kitchen with my husbands measuring tape, trying to measure my calf’s. Every pair of bot I liked…NOPE! My big calf wouldn’t hear to it! But they sure do look good on you! Shannon

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mssinglemama December 27, 2009 at 7:57 pm

What a bummer! I hope they took them back…

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Isabelle December 17, 2011 at 9:46 pm

It’s always a plseuare to hear from someone with expertise.

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Melissa Collins February 10, 2010 at 11:50 pm

I love lake Erie! My roommate is from Erie, PA and every summer around the 4th of July my other friend and I head up there to visit her for about a week! If you ever go to Erie sometime during the summer go to Presque Isle and drive to Beach 11…great scenery and in my opinion their best beach! =)

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Anonymous April 30, 2010 at 3:37 am

i just ran into your blog and i love it…your are all of us single moms rolled into one and i love it…good for you…live your life and enjoy every moment and i hope to do the same…

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Irene June 10, 2010 at 3:50 pm

Waoh I just ran into your blog like right now and man am I glad to read stories ,trial and tribulations of a single mother. I just became a single mother not too long ago – I have a 7 month old after a betrayal of a lifetime from the father – well not point of lingering in negatives.Well you have inspired me miss lady and I feel a bit alive again .Thank you for giving me hope that there can be love happiness and optimism again .

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Nova McNeal January 18, 2011 at 8:50 pm

Hi my name is Nova McNeal and I’m a single mom of two beautiful daughters name Miracle and Hope. I really want to connect with other moms that are out there making it happen.

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Nova McNeal January 18, 2011 at 8:52 pm

Hi my name is Nova McNeal and I’m a single mom of two beautiful daughters name Miracle and Hope. I really want to connect with other moms that are out there making it happen

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Marian September 29, 2011 at 5:42 am

Hi, My name is Marian. I’m a single mom of an almost 4yr old boy. I stumbled upon your website and totally love it. I walked out on a 5yr marriage a year and half ago and have been raising my son on my own.

I would love to connect with other single moms and just rave and rant about anything under the sun.

Let me know how i can subscribe. Oh, I live and work in Nairobi, Kenya.

Best regards,

Marian

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Michael Gunn October 5, 2011 at 8:35 pm

Being a single dad is not easy, even if the benefits and rewards of having a great kid are so kool, you still need more out of your life than just being alone with a great kid. As a busy dad and a working one who has time to go clubbing and bar hopping, I don’t, let alone organizing a guys night out so I could actually have the opportunity to go out on the prowl. And as we all know, those nights rarely produce results that would be suitable for a long term relation So that what brings me here to you. I am lonely to lonely I am good looking in shape and I want a woman to love to stand by me, ” her man”, Take me, it will make us both happy, I am a good one! My # is two one two four seven zero two nine zero seven, Please no crazy’sssssss.

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littlebear89 November 26, 2011 at 1:49 pm

i dont know how to being single mom

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Carlie December 16, 2011 at 7:09 am

As Charlie Sheen says, this aitrcle is “WINNING!”

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Moz8 December 31, 2011 at 12:58 am

God, I would so get with you. You are really sexy, if you are in to young guys shoot me an email :)

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