Category: Single Motherhood
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5 Forbidden Things to Say to a Complete Stranger (Me) with Children
Have you ever been at the mall or the grocery store, or maybe a birthday party, and a total stranger and asks you an extremely personal, sometimes offensive or painful question? Parents of adopted children, adults who have chosen not to have children, single moms, by choice or not, and parents of two (or more) different…
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5 Reasons to Wait Until You are at Advanced Maternal Age to Have Children
I didn’t fully commit to the idea of having kids until I was in my mid-30s. At this point I had already reached a period called “advanced maternal age” and when I became pregnant, it was called an “at-risk pregnancy.” Needless to say, while my own doctor was cool as a cucumber about my risky…
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Parenting Bloggers: 3 Ways to Use Quantities in Your Blog Title to Make It More Appealing
I’ve been reading a lot of blogs over the past few weeks because my own creativity has gone on sabbatical. Two blog characteristics that have jumped out to me, which are not rocket science, but interesting to a new blogger like myself are: 1. Blogs that state a specific problem in the title that I would…
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Battle of the Pops, or “A Lesson on Gratitude”
As single moms, we often find ourselves including our children in activities where we might not have otherwise included them. My vice is the drive-through liquor store down the street from my house. Convenient – why isn’t everything drive-through? Why did Walmart finally start doing online ordering and convenient pick up conveniently after my kids…
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