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Relationship Reality Check

What happens when a single mom takes the leap of faith back into love and moves across the country with her son to pursue a family with the man she adores?
The truth is, true love doesn’t always resemble a fairy tale.
Even when it feels  like you have a choir of angels rooting for you, and [...]

Falling in Love: The Back-Story, Part 2

(Didn’t catch what happened first? Read  Falling in Love: The Back-Story Part 1 .)

This is the second part of  the  ‘falling in love, the back-story’ series, but it’s actually the first part of my own single mom story: It’s about when I first found out I was pregnant; dealing with that feeling of absolute fear [...]

Falling in Love: The Backstory Part 2

(Didn’t catch what happened first? Read Falling in Love: The Back-Story Part 1 .)

This is the second part of the ‘falling in love, the back-story’ series, but it’s actually the first part of my own single mom story: It’s about when I first found out I was pregnant; dealing with that feeling [...]

Single Mom Friendship

“Friendship? Yes Please.”
-Charles Dickens
Spending time with a fellow single mom is good for the soul.
Actually, it’s good for the souls–the mother and the child’s.
Lucca hasn’t had nearly enough play-dates since we made the move across country. Coming up to see Alaina was as much for Lucca’s sake as it was mine. I knew Benjamin and [...]

Cold Spell

I woke up yesterday with icicles dangling off my heart. Not pleasant. I feel like the warmth and joy of life has temporarily frozen over.
Need a break from all the worries here in Kentucky. Stress about survival (financially, emotionally) puts a tremendous amount of pressure on even the best love story. Lucca and I [...]

Falling in Love: The Backstory Part 1

If someone would have told me 4 years ago that I was going to fall madly in love with the mystery man in the picture below (yep, that is actually me, the one with the horrible platinum hair), I would have thought that person very strange.
If they told me that one day I would find [...]

Custody Issues: Advice from a Family Law Attorney

A few weeks ago I experienced every single mom’s worst nightmare: Out of the blue, the Father-Who-Never-Was, sent me an email threatening custody hearings for my 2 year old son, Lucca.

A firestorm of advice ensued on this blog.(Thank you so much for your support and help). I realized, though, how unprepared I was when [...]

Falling the Love: The Back-story, Part 1

If someone would have told me 4 years ago that I was going to fall madly in love with the mystery man in the picture (yep, that is me, the one with the horrible platinum hair), I would have thought that person very strange.
If they told me that one day I would find myself at [...]

Video! Day by Day: Life of a Single Mom

Gosh my heart goes out to all single moms! The one thing we can do is support each other by helping stories get told. Here is a
day in the life of AJ, a 23 year old student and mother a 2 year old son. She talks about custody issues, and I feel her fear.
(Can’t [...]