Comments on: Sending Love. Book giveaway!

By: Dora

Dora — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:01:14 +0000

Well, my family’s in the making. I’m currently pregnant as a single mother by choice, via open, directed embryo donation. My little miracle is due in December.

Dora´s last blog post…I am a sacred vessel and other miscellaneous stuff.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:30:00 +0000

Different Functional - love it! Ummm, I chose to get pregnant as a singleton and go it alone because I was ready and I just couldn't see waiting for a Mr. Right to come along. I carefully selected a sperm donor and 3 years later still cannot believe how lucky I am to be the mom to this AMAZING boy! We live with my mom, and my son sees this arrangement as a normal family unit: Mommy, MoMa and Owen - always. Alicia´s last blog post...Worst Fish

By: Issa (NYC Mama)

Issa (NYC Mama) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:17:04 +0000

My family is different-functional mainly because as a single mom, I am my son's main role model for a happy, stable, functional person. Yikes! Lol. We do have other people in our family though. My Mom comes through for one evening a week so that my son can see his father (if he actually shows up) without me having to see him too, and more importantly so that my son doesn't have to experience the extremely strained way in which we interact. I also have an older woman who has been a friend of the family for 20 years who will babysit him during the day 3 days a week so I can work and get things done without a 20 month old strapped to my hip. And then there's my Dad, who drives in from 2 boroughs away to chauffeur his Grandson to the sitter, just so he can spend a little time with him and so I don't have to commute during NYC rush hour madness with a baby. Somehow, we make it all work and I am so deeply grateful for it all. My son may not grow up seeing his Dad a lot, but he'll have so many people who love him and will be there for him no matter what. We really are 2 lucky ducklings! Issa (NYC Mama)´s last blog post...Who Put Me In This Time Machine?

By: Abby

Abby — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:28:01 +0000

In my family I came into our marriage with my son, I then gave birth to our daughter, and then we decided to adopt another baby. Even though each of my children came into our family very differently we are still a family all the same.

By: wendy wallach

wendy wallach — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:59:32 +0000

As my mother is divorced x2 and I am a single mother come to any of our holiday gatherings and you will find any number of friends who are also considered and accepted as family.

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By: Carlene

Carlene — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:02:30 +0000

We are different functional because I am grown and my mom has married and man close to my age. So I am 47 and have a sister who is 14. My step sister is a handfull and my mom really strugles with her. Please include me in your giveaway.
Thanks
carlene
iluvreading(at)verizon.net

By: Carlene

Carlene — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:02:29 +0000

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:48:35 +0000

We are different-functional on many levels. My son’s dad does not see him on a regular basis, and usually it’s about 3 or 4 months between visits. We also do not have family in town, so our “family” is really me, my son, and our fabulous babysitter! We are also different because my son has autism, which means we do things pretty differently than your typical family. But we are all thriving and happy!

By: judy

judy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:21:43 +0000

let’s see besides being a single parent we are different functional because my daughter was born with a cranio-facial birth defect, she learned to speak by lip reading, wears glasses, a hearing aid and now a mouth appliance to keep her jaw aligned. As a toddler she was considered for a kidney donor list but with meds and surgery we outsmarted that issue yet she does only have one kidney.

I recently won a book her and would not want another winning so quickly, just wanted to share.

By: Legal Editor Mom

Legal Editor Mom — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:52:25 +0000

My family is “different functional” because while I am a strong proponent of the sanctity of marriage, my own didn’t work out for reasons beyond my control and my daughter, who’s only five, already understands this. She accepts that daddy lives elsewhere and she calls our house “the girls’ house.” I smother her with love, always placing her first in my life, while emphasizing that her dad loves her, only from a distance. We do all sorts of fun things together, just the two of us, and she looks forward to the weekends or “home days” as she calls them because she knows I don’t have to go to work and that’s our time together.

I no longer feel embarassed or discouraged when we see two-parent families and I’m particularly encouraged when people remark about not only how bright she is, but also how happy she is. For me, that’s what our different functional family is all about.