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Can this city girl handle the burbs?

April 9, 2008

I’ve officially launched my house hunt.

The neighborhood I’ve set my sights on is in the suburbs. The houses are adorable. There are plenty in my price range (thanks to the housing bubble burst) and the schools are top-notch.It’s not a cookie-cutter suburb, it’s an old suburb, but a suburb nonetheless.

Tomorrow I am cramming three house viewings into my lunch break. So tonight I popped Benjamin in the car for a little trip … our mission to get a feel for the neighborhood in the evening.

First we stopped and looked at a few houses from the street, like this one!

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My birthday confessional.

April 5, 2008

If you read my blog regularly you hear a lot about now … but there’s an entire chapter missing – and that was the first year. It took time, a lot of optimism and quite a few dead raccoons for me to get to where I am now – mentally and financially. Divorce and single parenting is not easy. There’s a good chance you may lose your mind temporarily. The key is pulling out…and sucking it up along the way. Because there are no instant miracles.

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Weekend Single Mama Movie: Once

March 29, 2008

When I popped Once in, I couldn’t even remember what it was about. I ordered it from Netflix ages ago. The description says it’s a love story and a musical in Dublin. Oh boy. I usually hate musicals and couldn’t remember why I ordered it … but god am I glad I did. This might [...]

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Daycare ladies: a tribute to my better halves.

February 13, 2008

I call Benjamin’s daycare at least once a day to check on him. Is this weird? Am I one of the only parents who calls…or does everyone call? I just can’t help it.

I have to call every day…even though they always, always tell me the same thing. “Oh, he’s doing great!” Yeah, right. I know they’re trying to put me at ease but I know that he’s not always “great.”

Like all people and toddlers my son has good days and bad. So in lieu of a real description of his mood they give me stats on his day. “He’s been asleep or an hour, he ate nearly all of his lunch and that’s about it, he’s doing just great!” But even though it’s the same conversation every day – nearly verbatim – I keep calling.

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Can single moms really “fall in love”?

January 10, 2008

Being a single mom changes everything – including how we fall in love and what it feels like. The hardest part is trying to get our heads around the fact that we probably won’t feel that “young, gushy love” again…or will we? I just can’t imagine ever falling hard again – like I did in my single childless years.

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The test for any single working mother: the morning wake up.

January 4, 2008

Some mornings are better than others. This morning was a bad one. Benjamin usually wakes up between 7:15 and 7:30. But this morning it was 6:45. I had been up late last night cleaning and didn’t actually fall asleep until around 11:45. Yesterday was a great morning. He was in a happy mood, we got up and at ‘em with few whines or whimpers and were on our merry way. But this morning he knew things were back to normal – meaning mommy gets ready for work and then he goes to daycare – so he proceeded to push every one of my buttons.

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Do I need therapy?

December 21, 2007

My best friend, who’s also a single mother, told me yesterday that I should probably be in therapy. I have no problems with therapy. I think it works wonders for people and has for me in the past. But how will I manage the time it will take to go – and let alone find a decent therapist?

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To find a prince you might have to kiss a lot of frogs.

December 15, 2007

Five months after leaving my husband and before the divorce was even final I started dating again. And now one year later I’m embarking on my first relationship post-divorce. Yes, it’s been one year of dating. I know that’s probably not what you want to hear, but minus a few bumps and bruises along the way it has been quite an adventure and what a prize at the end!

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