Single Mom Lifestyle

Sometimes it is very comforting knowing others have experienced similar trials. There are some amazing moms doing amazing things and they are very anxious to share their stories to motivate and comfort others. Life as a single mom can be very difficult but can be just as rewarding. Being able to relate to one another is something special and this single mom living overview integrates all of this wonderful information of encouragement, direction and guidance in one place making it easy reading for the busy lives endured by moms. Discussion forums are a wonderful way to make new friends and books for single women especially those written by single mothers are wonderful resources.

Life as a Single Mom

The Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree

I’m sitting in my apartment, staring at the blank place where a Christmas tree should be, and tears are just flowing. Everyone is in bed at this … Read More »

Negative Balances Equals Negative Attitudes

Negative Balances

In this day and age, everyone has a bank account, and usually a few credit cards to go along with that. You rarely see anyone pay for anything with … Read More »

Organization – Key to Success

Success

Organization is one of the greatest tools to success.  To validate my point let me give you two examples from systems we rely on daily.  If your … Read More »

My Hero

Love my mom

In life at some point or another I think we all have our own personal hero. For me, it is my mother. Well, let me not lie, at first it was Rogue (from … Read More »

The Day

I was sitting on the black leather couch Mike and I had just bought only a few months ago. Leah was at my feet, wagging her tail, looking for … Read More »

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting is my least favorite concept in life.  Sometimes waiting feels like torture; because while I’m waiting I have to trust that waiting is what … Read More »

Labels

Label

Have you ever given labels much thought?  In this context of labels I am talking about labeling people. Society seems to have a type of pecking … Read More »

Special Ed

“It’s not supposed to be like this!!!”  I heard the voice in my head say over and over. “I did not ask to raise four children by myself!  … Read More »

Gratitude

Gratitude

Thankfulness, appreciation, gratefulness, praise; Encarta Dictionary: a feeling of being thankful to somebody for doing something A feeling... Let … Read More »

GIRL IN PROGRESS

Girl in progress poster

A movie about the relationship between a single mother and her young daughter Grace (Eva Mendes) is a single mom. She is too busy juggling work, … Read More »

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Books for Single Moms

Raising Abel

Book Raising Abel

At 38, Carolyn Nash had a good job, no apparent struggles and few conscious regrets--save, perhaps, her weight and her childlessness. She remedies the … Read More »

7 Easy Ways to Put Compassion Into Action

Compassion

Happy May! For my family, that means this is Compassion Month, the time every year when we focus on this incredibly powerful value. In this excerpt … Read More »

I Hate My Life, A Teenager’s Story

I Hate My Life book cover

A true story of a young man who lived with mental and physical abuse. He tells how he cried, ran away and eventually used drugs to deal with his hurt, … Read More »

Paolo’s Adventures – The Tale of a Very Brave Little Kitty

The book's cover

...A True Story of Healing Hearts Banguero’s book tells of Paolo’s rescue from the wild last year with his three siblings. They were healthy, … Read More »

Angel on a 747

Angel on a 747

The saga of a single mom's travels, loves, struggles and triumphs during her life in France, the Ivory Coast and California. This true-life story was … Read More »

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Amazing Mom Stories

Not Single Mom, but Double Parent

Not Single Mom

I did not decide to be a single Mom. I actually had a Cinderella plan all worked out, but the update caught a virus and my prince-charming story went … Read More »

How I Became a Single Mother

It all began with my brother in law who stays in UK. When he came to Uganda for his wedding ceremony, it was the last time I was happy with my … Read More »

Married… Divorced and 2 Toddlers at 25 Years Old

"Mommy, don't leave me." That is a statement i hear from my 4 year old. almost every day. "We can't leave Danny!" He usually says that to me about his … Read More »

Dream Again

There I sat at my kitchen table asking myself “what happened”?  My life as I knew it was over.  I was now a divorced Single Mom, YUCK!   My … Read More »

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