Single Mom Slice Of Life: Teaching The Good Choice Of ‘Good Enough’
Single Mom Slice Of Life: Teaching The Good Choice Of ‘Good Enough’ Author’s Note: This piece was written two days after Mother’s Day. I have held off publishing it in fear that it would seem unkind, callous, and rude. Nearly a month later, after re-reading it, I still feel the fear now that I felt [...]
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Single Mom Slice Of Life: The Fool In My Fool-Proof Plan With an arrogance that only young 20-somethings tend to possess, I was not only the smartest person I knew, but had my perfect marriage planned, and the fool-proof way in which I would raise the best children anyone had ever seen set in [...]
Read More →Single Mom Slice Of Life: Sins Of The Mother.. I Try So Hard
Single Mom Slice Of Life: Sins Of The Mother.. I Try So Hard “I try so hard to do a good job, to stand out, to be the best, and it seems like no one sees it!” It wasn’t just his words that tore at my heart, it was the gut wrenching sob that [...]
Read More →Single Mom Slice Of Life: Watching Him Grow.. My Date With My Teen
Single Mom Slice Of Life: Watching Him Grow.. My Date With My Teen Something odd is happening. I’m not 100% certain what it is, but in one of those rare occasions when my teenager pulls his head out of his… um… own world… and joins the rest of the family, amazing things happen. After [...]
Read More →Single Mom Slice Of Life: What To Do..In My Own Skin
Single Mom Slice Of Life: What To Do..In My Own Skin This is Mr. Cho’s fault, really, when you think about it. If he hadn’t chastised me with his stern look the last time I ordered extra sauce with the Mongolian beef, I could have happily been sitting in front of the TV, oblivious to [...]
Read More →Single Mom Slice Of Life: Mom’s Secret, Kids’ Secret.. Secrets No More!
Single Mom Slice Of Life: Mom’s Secret, Kids’ Secret…Secrets No More! This is the story of how I found out how much my kids love me, how proud they are of me, and how humbled I am by it. Ok, so I have a hobby. I write. Not just for Good Enough Mother, I write [...]
Read More →Single Mom Slice Of Life: The BIG Question From My In-Between Teen
Single Mom Slice Of Life: The BIG Question From My In-Between Teen After 17, almost 18 years of being a parent, I can look back and think of certain things that have made me pause and think to myself, “This is their world, I’m just visiting it”. There was the first time I witnessed Justin [...]
Read More →Single Mom Slice Of Life: Visiting With The Head GEM
Single Mom Slice Of Life: Visiting With The Head GEM You know the name, have done your part to help support the brand, and without a doubt have an image of the woman and her glamorous life jet-setting across the country. After a recent visit, I am willing to give you some insight into the [...]
Read More →Single Mom Slice Of Life: Not My Story To Tell..My Lesson To Learn
Single Mom Slice Of Life: Not My Story To Tell..My Lesson To Learn A few generations back, what we call stress now may have been called plain, ol’ hard work. There’s no doubt though, that hard work, stress, or life itself is just… hard. Recently I spoke with someone who reminded me that it doesn’t [...]
Read More →Single Mom Slice Of Life: Wait! ..Am I Turning Into MY Parents?
More than once I’ve stated how I am not an average parent, I’m not traditional, and quite possibly, sometimes, I’m just barely good enough. But good enough counts, and it turns out that quite possibly, I just might be more traditional than I thought for. How do I know? Because the following age old [...]
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