Decisions, decisions, decisions
As I am rather busy with craft things for Karoove this month, I have asked a few other single mums for their thoughts and posts. Todays is from the lovely Faith from Jam Making for Beginners.
Often when people ask me how I cope being a single parent I say fine. Because, on the whole I do. I feel the frustrations that many parents share and I won’t dream of saying it’s easy, but for me I have never known any different. From before the day my son came into the world I had sadly known that I would be his only parent.
Read MoreI Am What I Am
Jo from 2starsandaswirl took the plunge last year and went from employed to running her own business. Here is a post from Jo about it.
The conversation starts like this
Them “So what do you do?”
Me “Erm…I erm…”
And then I add in a long pause and get more and more flustered.
Read MoreI’m not a mum but a M.U.M
To me the word Mum was short for Mummy. According to the dictionary it is an informal word for mother. It also means keeping information to oneself and its a strong beer or ale from Germany. The meaning of Mum can be different to each person though. Some think of it in an endearing way, to some it may set their teeth on edge and others think of a motherly type figure surrounded by children. I suspect my teen, and at some point most of the world’s population of teens, think Mum stands for Mainly Utterly Mortifying.
Read MoreWhen I Was A Child….
There are a lot of us who probably grew up in less than favourable conditions. Most of it didn’t hurt us one bit and maybe if anything made us better people. I know I was one of them and when I became a parent I subconsciously wanted better for my children. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s a natural parenting reaction. But there are times I wonder if I am doing the right thing. It feels a day doesn’t go by that I don’t say something along the lines of….”When I was a child…” followed by any Dickensian scenario I can think of. To name just a few from my childhood…
Read MoreMy A to Z of Being a Single Parent
Attitude. As a single parent you get tarred with the same brush and either people think you have an unsavoury attitude or they will have attitude with you for being a single parent.
Benefits. Some single parents are entitled to them and yes some of us do claim them. They can be a god send to get you through the rough times and contrary to popular belief most of us don’t actually like being on benefits.
Caffeine in copies amounts to get you through the day.
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Merry Christmas
Well Its Christmas Eve so I will keep this short and sweet. The presents have been wrapped, the house is duly christmasfied, the food shop battled and Christmas biscuits have been made. All that is left is to wish you all a Merry Christmas however you celebrate it.
If your struggling to cope with Christmas you might like to read my post about Coping with Christmas on your won as a Single Mum
Read MoreWhich Sites Do You Use For….
You might know that I have another site Parenting Directory. I am trying to compile a directory of useful resources that are recommended by parents for parents.
Parenting Directory now has voting enabled so if you think a site listed on there is really useful you can vote for it or add a comment.
But I need your input on what sites you think are helpful to parents. You can fill in as many or as few as you want below so that they can be added to Parenting Directory.
For example if you always go to a certain site for maths homework, let me know.
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