On Friday, after an incredibly successful photo shoot for Cement Marketing client, Lifeline of Ohio, Morgan and I met up Jen K for a night out.

I think this picture speaks more than 1,000 words.

The three of us were so happy and excited to be hanging out that people nearby asked us what we were celebrating.

Friendship.

That’s what.

I don’t know where I would be without the friendships I have formed because of this blog and the virtual ties it has afforded me. Being single moms, it’s hard to meet new people because our free time is filled with kid-time. What do you think? Is finding new friends easy for you or tough?

How do you let your guard down to trust? Is there hope for us 30+ year olds who don’t yet have a tight niche of friends to form new ones?

P.S.

I start my 7 days of the 30 Day Shred tomorrow. Will let you know how it’s going. And yes, I’m nervous but pumped, too.

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1. Can single moms have married friends?
2. New friends = good times.
3. Toxic Friends

Tonight Julie (my new single mom friend) and I are taking the kids to a singles event at our Whole Foods called Animal Attraction.

You can meet a man and adopt a dog! How convenient. I won’t be adopting a dog but I will be on the look out for a cute man. Benjamin will be dolled out in his new iHeart t-shirt. If you can’t read it, it says, “I like single moms, do you?” Too cute!

Anyway, I think we’ll be the only single parents there brave enough to bring our kids …

Julie vetoed hiring a sitter because she wants to get all of the Zoe face time she can before another weekend apart. Besides, it will be more fun with the kidlets there and maybe other single parents will bring their kids. I don’t see why not. There will be puppies, food, live music and singles. The perfect ingredients for a fun single parent family outing. Oh, and you can do your grocery shopping!

Regardless, I still have butterflies and there’s no way I could do this alone. Life as a single mom is just so much easier when you have another single mom to hang out with.

Thank god for Julie, Jim and Morgan and for you guys, my readers. It’s just so refreshing to be around other single parents. There are no pity stares. No “So how do you do it?” questions. And we all just get each other. In fact, I’m finding that my friendships with single parents are by far the most comfortable and rewarding relationships in my life right now.

But how do we meet each other in the flesh? Other than jet hopping…

I met Julie through this blog. She picked up on a clue in one of my photos and nailed my location (turns out we live in the same city). I do keep my whereabouts on the down low because, well, I’m just scared of that fluke stalker. But maybe I should come out of the closet – I wonder how many more of you might live in my home city?

So my burning question. How do you meet other single parents? Do you have other single parent friends? If you don’t – you absolutely must make some. It’s amazing.

P.S.

Morgan and Clare at iHeart are trying to organize national events for single parents to promote their new Single Parent Magazine. So we’ll need amabassadors in every city. Contact us if you’re interested in helping out.

Related posts:

1. The two bravest single moms I know.
2. New friends = good times.
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