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Balancing your life - Dating Articles, Fun & Good Books
I HEART MY IN-LAWS: Falling in Love with His Family--One Passive-Aggressive, Over-Indulgent, Grandkid-Craving, Streisand-Loving, Bible-Thumping In-Law at a Time - Girlfriends, fiancés, and wives rejoice! Here, at last, is a book you can turn to in times of stress, panic, and family vacations to the smallest cottage ever built on the island of Nantucket. Mirroring the natural progression of a relationship and incorporating interviews from women just like you, this hilarious, savvy guide will help you survive your first meeting with future in-laws, from the holidays, weddings, and new babies, to the day they retire to the house next door because its a great real estate investment. Discover a wide array of sanity-retention techniques and tips on scoring major points with each and every in-law. Learn how to sweet-talk his sister, mollify his mother, and defuse potentially explosive situations like when your pumpkin pie gives Nana a bad case of hives. Stories range from the tragic my father-in-law just pinched my ass and not in that sportsmanship kind of way, to the triumphant I'm now CEO of my grandfather-in-laws cement company. Thanks Pup up! Offering handy translation charts with curse words in Persian and compliments in Cantonese, a list of gifts and how to interpret their hidden meaning, tips for reclaiming the holidays one Bastille Day at a time, and your very own set of Mother-in-Law MadLibs, I Heart My In-laws embodies the old saying, Its funny because its true.

Sword and Blossom: A British Officer's Enduring Love for a Japanese Woman - by Peter Pagnamenta and Momoko Williams - Authors of the book Sword and Blossom  - A real-life Madame Butterfly. The tragic love story of an aristocratic British officer and a young Japanese woman, played out against the turmoil of the early twentieth century. In 1904, when thirty-four-year-old British Army captain Arthur Hart-Synnot was sent to Japan to learn the language of his country's new ally, romance was the furthest thing from his mind. Arriving in Tokyo on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War, Arthur met Masa Suzuki at the Officers' Club and tested out his first few words of Japanese on her. Masa had grown up in the working-class section of Tokyo, amid small-shop keepers and craftsmen. She was a dutiful Japanese daughter-when she helped her mother serve meals, she would kneel at a respectful distance while her father and brothers ate. Arthur and Masa fell in love quickly and powerfully. Throwing convention to the wind, they lived together in Tokyo until orders came for Arthur to return to England. For the next decade and a half, the two unlikely soul mates attempted to make a life together, testing the limits of racial and cultural tolerance in their countries and in themselves. Separated for years at a time, they stayed in touch through long, deeply affectionate letters they wrote to each other in Japanese. The great love affair sustained Arthur through some of the most horrific battles of the First World War, and even when the relationship came to an end, in a way that neither could have foreseen, they continued their correspondence.

Hey Moms, What Do You Really Want this Mother’s Day? How About Getting Your Old Sex Drive Back? A special interview by Amanda Bach with Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O’Neill, and Julia Stone, Co-authors of Babyproofing Your Marriage and You know you wanted it once upon a time. You know you had a good reason for buying that black suspender-corset thingy that’s gathering dust at the back of your closet. But since you became a mom, your enthusiasm for sex has dwindled to folding the laundry levels, right? And who can blame you? You’re tired (to put it mildly). You’re afraid of getting knocked up again too soon. Your may have some uh, issues with your post-baby body. Your days are already filled with vile bodily fluids. And you may be feeling more than a little resentful that romance from your husband has been reduced to a nightly Ten O’Clock Shoulder Tap. But are you not, somewhere within the sleep-deprived haze of your new identity as mother, still a woman who wants and deserves a good sex life?  Hell yes! So this Mother’s Day, give yourself a little present and reclaim your sexuality. Do it for yourself, not for your husband. Haul yourself far enough out of the Mommy vacuum to think about what it would really take to get you in the mood again.

What Do Men Want From Women? - by Bob Grant, “The Relationship Doctor” - Actually, it’s pretty simple but most women have the hardest time with understanding exactly what men want. Deep inside the heart of every man is a secret wish to be trusted. How many times have men said to their wives, “If you would just trust me.” Many men wonder why it seems so difficult for their wives to do something so seemingly simple. The answer stems from the physiological differences between the sexes. Men, when the woman you love sees your words lining up with your actions, trust will naturally follow. When you don’t keep your word it causes your wife/girlfriend to become fearful. From her perspective, she has entrusted you with her Heart and WANTS to trust you. She simply needs your help in giving you what you want.

The Issue of Boredom & an Interview with Author Kim Marshall - Author of The Great Sex Secret: What Satisfied Women and Men Know That No One Talks About - Amanda Bach - Traditional sexual intercourse almost always produces an orgasm for men but rarely does for women. This is because the location of the clitoris prevents most women from getting sensitive, appropriate and sustained stimulation when they make love. Full satisfaction for both partners is neither easy nor obvious; it doesn't "come naturally." Astonishingly, almost none of the literature on sex is helpful on this issue. Almost without exception, the 'experts' have been asking the wrong questions and are stuck in an old paradigm of how sexual intercourse is supposed to work. Why do some couples get bored with sex after a few months while others continue to enjoy making love throughout their adult lives? The conventional wisdom is that the way to stave off sexual boredom is variety -- that "great sex" consists of different positions, different techniques, different routines, different times of day, different venues, different toys and devices, different perfumes, different condom colors -- and different lovers. Much of contemporary sex material caters to this view, constantly feeding people new ideas on how to add to the sexual menu. Why else would all those women's magazines tout a sex article on the cover of every single issue?

Becoming Cinderella - A Single Mother's Journey From Tatters to Triumph - By Cheryl Steinberg - Who is today’s Cinderella? Is she still waiting to be rescued by her Prince Charming, or is she now ready for conscious evolution? Cheryl Steinberg takes us on her passionate journey as a modern-day Cinderella. She shares with us her lifelong dream of becoming a Mother, which is filled with a deep desire to connect with the spirits of her children. Her pregnancies inspire her to question our culture’s conventional approach to everything from pregnancy to childbirth, feminism to motherhood, and health to education. As she embraces her maternal instincts her husband stays staunch in his conservative viewpoints, causing their marriage to completely unravel. As a 42-year-old single Mother, picking up the tattered pieces seems impossible. With her faith in her spirituality she courageously commits to transforming her life anew. Like Cinderella, she never stops believing that she can still have it all. She creates a vision in her mind’s eye and through her own spiritual powers she rises above her dire circumstances.

The Intellectual Devotional - By David Kidder and Noah Oppenheim - Daily Devotionals have long been a favored tool of those looking for a regular dose of spiritual growth. Bedside volumes, read upon waking in the morning or before retiring at night, Devotionals consist of 365 exercises in learning and reflection. One easily digestible entry is tackled each day.  The Intellectual Devotional is a secular compendium in the same tradition. It is one year's worth of daily readings that will refresh your spirit, stimulate your mind, and help complete your education. Each entry is drawn from a different field of knowledge: History, Literature, Visual Arts, Science, Music, Philosophy, and Religion. Read one passage a day and you will explore each subject once a week. These readings offer the kind of regular exercise the brain requires to stay fresh, especially as we age. They represent an escape from the day-to-day grind into the rarefied realm of human wisdom. And, they will open new horizons of intellectual discovery.

Single Parents Need Support - By Bernie Siegel, MD - Author of Love, Magic and Mudpies: Raising Your Kids to Feel Loved, Be Kind, and Make a Difference - During his many years working with thousands of patients and their families, Dr. Bernie Siegel became an expert on how to turn sometimes trying situations into opportunities for personal growth. In his newest book, this husband of more than 50 years, father of five children, and grandparent of eight, shares the gems garnered from his practice and his own family life to show readers what he's learned about raising kids with love, wisdom, and humor. How much time with you do your kids need? How do you teach your children values? When kids misbehave, how do you mix appropriate anger and discipline with love? What are some ways to help children adjust to separation or divorce? Should you get a family pet? With a wealth of quotes, anecdotes, parenting tips, and his comforting, caring, down-to-earth tone, Dr. Siegel addresses the myriad questions that parents face as they strive to guide their kids to happy, healthy adulthood. Delivered with just the right dose of compassion, inspiration, and gentle humor, Love, Magic and Mudpies is an insightful and supportive guide on every aspect of parenting.

  What Makes a Man Fall in Love? - by David Zinczenko with Ted Spiker - Author of  Men, Love & Sex: The Complete User's Guide for Women - Why we can't let love in until you've shown us the way -- and the simple words that can unleash our deepest affections. In this funny and fascinating guide for women, thousands of men confess what turns them on, what turns them off, and what turns "for now" into "forever." What makes a man fall in love? Why do men really cheat? What does he want in the bedroom? What's the one thing that men crave in a relationship more than anything else (besides that)? The surprising and insightful answers to life's biggest relationship questions can be found here in the pages of MEN, LOVE & SEX: The Complete User's Guide for Women. Using an exclusive Harris Interactive poll that surveyed more than 5,000 men and women, Men's Health(r) editor-in-chief David Zinczenko and coauthor Ted Spiker have written the book that explains and decodes the male creature how they act, what they think, and what they want in their relationships.

Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family - Rosanna Hertz, M.A. & Ph.D. - A remarkable number of women today are taking the daunting step of having children outside of marriage. In Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family, Rosanna Hertz offers the first full-scale account of this fast-growing phenomenon, revealing why these middle class women took this unorthodox path and how they have managed to make single parenthood work for them.  Hertz interviewed 65 women--ranging from physicians and financial analysts to social workers, teachers, and secretaries--women who speak candidly about how they manage their lives and families as single mothers.  What Hertz discovers are not ideologues but reluctant revolutionaries, women who--whether straight or gay--struggle to conform to the conventional definitions of mother, child, and family. Having tossed out the rulebook in order to become mothers, they nonetheless adhere to time-honored rules about child-rearing. As they tell their stories, they shed light on their paths to motherhood, describing how they summoned up the courage to pursue their dream, how they broke the news to parents, siblings, friends, and co-workers, how they went about buying sperm from fertility banks or adopting children of different races.

How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk - by John Van Epp, Ph.D. - A nationally renowned therapist presents his proven strategies for giving blind love 20/20 vision - Every day, single men and women spend millions of dollars on dating services to try to find the ideal partner. Finally, here is an easy-to-use, scientifically based approach for figuring out what a person will be like as a marriage partner. Drawing on clinical research on love, attachment, and intimacy, How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk reveals how to prevent your judgment from being distorted by the bonds of a growing relationship. Based on Dr. John Van Epp's nationally renowned "How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk" workshops, this book presents his trademarked Relationship Attachment Model (RAM), which breaks down the five dynamic bonding forces that influence a relationship. Van Epp helps you simply and succinctly identify--and break--destructive dating patterns. Most important, he shows you how to recognize "The Right One" when he or she comes along.  This book will really open your thinking and give you a very solid perspective in the area of evaluating people.

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian - by Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is set in Peterborough, where 84-year old Ukranian immigrant Nikolai Mayevskyj announces to his daughters that he's in love and will remarry. The object of his affection is Valentina, a 36-year old Ukranian woman with a visa about to expire and a pair of marvelous breasts. She's determined to use Nikolai to achieve the Western lifestyle she's assured she deserves, and he's willing to let her while he works on his book about the history of tractors. Meanwhile, his daughters, although markedly different in outlook and lifetime rivals, band together to thwart Valentina's ambitions. Valentina's turns their family home inside out, digging up old family secrets in the process. It's a battle of wills with all the participants shaped by their own pasts through recent Eastern European history. Marina Lewycka's novel is a comic look at family bonds and Western lifestyles and has received mostly positive reviews. The Telegraph says, "Lots more happens but the plot is really a vehicle for social satire, some good jokes and an overdose of slapstick. It adds up to a clever, touching story."

On Finding Mr. Right - By Adrienne Brodeur - Author of Man Camp -  You think you know exactly what you want in a man, right? You can probably even list the attributes, qualities and qualifications that your future husband needs in order to apply for the job of your mate. I had a three-tiered system myself. First, there were the requirements: an interesting profession (preferably in the arts), a great sense of humor, a sterling character, financial security. Next, there was the frosting (as in, wouldn’t-it-be-nice-if-he-were…): over six feet tall, devastatingly handsome, a cat lover. And finally, there were the deal breakers: children, difficult ex-wives, bad toupees. Of course, like you, I fancied myself to be magnanimous and flexible in as much as I was willing to overlook certain undesirable traits – say, thinning hair and a few extra pounds – for the perfect guy. Now, even if your list is different from mine, I think you know what I’m talking about. Here’s some advice: Lose your lists now, Ladies! Mine almost kept me from getting to know my husband.

Single Mom Manifesto - By Rachel Sarah - My boyfriend -- who was bipolar and an alcoholic -- walked out the door on Thanksgiving Day in 2000. His whereabouts? Unknown. In hindsight, I feel lucky to be free of him. But I wasn't exactly prepared to be the 28-year-old single mom of a seventh-month-old baby.My daughter is going into first grade this fall, and I'm going on Year Six of Single Motherhood. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than ten million single mothers whose children under the age of eighteen still live at home. Being a single mom is both fun and knotty; every day, there are new pleasures and pitfalls. But being a single mom is not a problem or liability. I recently took a plunge into online dating for my first time. Before posting my profile, I showed it to my best friend, who is also a single mom: I am a warm and generous single mom who is looking for a wholesome man…. What I enjoy: a good book, fresh berries, and holding hands. I've put a lot of energy into exploring myself - have you?

Why You're Still Single - Things Your Friends Would Tell You if You Promised Not to Get Mad - By Evan Marc Katz and Linda Holmes - "This book isn't about catching men or reeling anybody in. Catching is for nine-year-olds playing freeze tag, and reeling is for trout . . . This is about you, considering the possibility that you're tripping over your own feet -- no matter how much of an amazing, smart, hot, totally worthwhile ass-kicker you may be as a general rule." --Linda - Some food for thought: If you wouldn't date the "women are bitches" guy, don't be the "men are pigs" woman. If he doesn't want to talk, he won't. Act like a crazy person, and you'll be treated like one. The logical follow-up to “He’s Just Not That Into You”, “Why You’re Still Single” attempts to answer the big question for any woman over the age of thirty. It’s easy to say the only reason is that you haven’t met Mr. Right, but there’s more to it than that. 200 pages more. To be clear, this book doesn’t point the finger at women and let men off the hook. Rather, it acknowledges that a) women can’t change men, they can only change themselves and  b) men don’t buy self-help books, so why write one for them?

Dating and the way you think - By Devlyn Steele - Life Coach Advice - You have decided that it’s time to get out there and perhaps connect with someone special.  Since it’s not always easy finding a concentrated group of individuals with the same objectives, you have decided to enter the different and exciting world of online dating.

How to successfully date a single mom...& her kids - Written by Victoria Walker by PageWise, Inc - Dating a single mom requires patience and understanding, among other things. With more than 11 million single parents in America today, there is a good chance that you may date one at some time.

Balancing your life - Day to Day Articles
MEN-O-PAUSE, I TRULY WOULD PREFER THE PAUSE - By: Delores Thomas - Menopause, such a lovely topic to write about, but with ALL honesty its mind-boggling. Remembering how jovial my physician was when he informed me, and I quote, “You are entering a new chapter of your life, enjoy…What the good Doc, did not mention, were the hot flashes, the without appointment necessary mood swings, the crying jags, etc., etc., and etc.…Now, I used to be an even-tempered individual, not these days.  Standing in a short line at the grocery store will set me off, and please must I mention traffic?  Just seeing a light suddenly change to red might jump off a killing spree.  But in all honesty, I am willing to give this Menopause thing a try, I mean do I really have a choice in the matter?

The Genius of Your Inner Wisdom - Contributed by Jennifer Snyder - Stop everything you’re doing for a moment…Erase all of those racing thoughts and fragmented to-do lists from your mind. Take a nice, deep breath… and another. Feel your heart rate slowing down.  Now, whisper to yourself, “What do I most need in this moment?” Feel your excitement and hopefulness rise at the prospect that you’re finally focusing on your own needs. The notion almost brings goose bumps to your skin, doesn’t it?

Grow a Balanced, Empowered Self - By Charlene M. Proctor, Ph.D. - Author of Let Your Goddess Grow! 7 Spiritual Lessons on Female Power and Positive Thinking - Generating woman-power to overcome inevitable everyday problems, or perhaps deeper issues of self-love, acceptance, or forgiveness, is about knowing the spirit-power within at an intimate level. The word empowerment means power put into action. When you reach the point of empowerment, you operate from an unfathomable sense of spiritual balance, a profound knowingness that you are composed of the All and are able to use it in the real world. It’s impossible to generate self-love or put any spiritual principle to work until you fully embrace all aspects of who you are. Loving self is about loving spirit. Your power to effect change and cope is your inherent spirit-power put into action.

Life Lessons for My Sisters: How to Make Wise Choices and Live a Life You Love! The May issue of Ebony Magazine www.EbonyMag.com is on stands now. Life Lessons was created out of a need. A need to empower, encourage, and prepare women for life. Life Lessons for My Sisters is for anyone who has felt stressed or depressed about the choices they made in their life. It's for anyone who has felt overwhelmed and discouraged. It's for anyone who is struggling to change the course of her life. It's for those who are desperately trying to push a dream into existence. Life Lessons gives you the foundation to live a life you LOVE. -- Ebony magazine

Managing Your Energy After Childbirth - The Post-Pregnancy Handbook: The Only Book that Tells What the First Year After Childbirth is Really All About -- Physically, Emotionally, Sexually - by Sylvia Brown
While some mothers feel “back on their feet” after just a few days home from the hospital, medical studies show that fatigue generally reaches its peak two to four days after you return home. Many women also go through a slump between the eighth and tenth week after childbirth when the accumulated lack of sleep really begins to cause damage.

First a Bit of Advice for All Single Moms Out there - The story was submitted to us and she would like to be anonymous because of her living children. Sometimes, and more often than not from my observations over the years after becoming a single Mom: Many children act a great deal like the father, even when they don't know him.  If he was nice it is great if not, no matter how kind you are to them, no matter the sacrifices, no matter the hopes and time you share and all the "give ups" for them, they turn out like the father and it can be extremely painful.

Mommy Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety - A lively and provocative look at the modern culture of motherhood and at the social, economic, and political forces that shaped current ideas about parenting Manic cookie-baking at midnight. Play dates as complicated as peace summits. Mother-of-the-birthday-boy meltdowns. Ambien nights and Ritalin days. No sex. No nights out. No sleep. Ever. What’s wrong with this picture? That’s the question Judith Warner asked herself after taking a good, hard look at the world of modern motherhood—at anxious women at work and at home and in bed with unhappy husbands.

How to successfully date a single mom...& her kids - Written by Victoria Walker by PageWise, Inc - Dating a single mom requires patience and understanding, among other things. With more than 11 million single parents in America today, there is a good chance that you may date one at some time.

Day-To-Day Articles
Day-to-Day section where all single mothers will find from articles to researches, from tips for a new mom to things that matter to all Single Mothers. 

Finding Reason to Live by Jeremy Carper
Single by choice - A survey by Leslie - New York
Holiday Cheer by Kerry Hook from Suite101.com
My New Husband by Eileen Stoecklin
A Snow Shower of Spiritual Meaning by Tom Black
Discovering True Motherhood by anonymous
Grace On & Off The Ice by Katie Brown
Making wounded by anonymous
Overcoming fears of parenting by Meg Dendler
The Poorhouse Lament by Tina Russell
What do they know? - Ms Teri Worten
Stress-relief the preschool way - Kim Shippey
Making Amends - Tina Russell
Divine Day care - Laura Matthews
Handling sharks in my own home - Elizabeth G. Richards  - Spirituality.com
Quiet down, there's an Angel coming - Susan Boyd - Spirituality.com
Question about an absent father
He left us - SingleMom.com Forum
Another frustrated Mom! - Sally
Don' give up your dream - Monique Bussiere 
The Census Consensus 2000
Frustrated single mom - S. Boss
I can do this... so can you - Sherann Marie
Moving on - La Juana R. Brown
It's really not that bad - Kathryn Tsintzas
My son asked me for a father - Janice Saunders
Less is more - by Lisa Henning, Dallas, TX
Unrealistic - by Joy from SingleMom.com staff
Suddenly single mom - by Rebecca Stuck  

Encouragement & Inspiration
No Matter how hard you try, you can't change the past and you can't hurry the future, so focus on living in the present.
-Antoinette Pedroza

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