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A child’s call to advertisers

By singlemomseeking ⋅ July 1, 2008 ⋅ 18 comments

Mae (who goes by “Mae Mae”) says that I spend way too much time with this laptop. She’s right.
Actually, her exact words are: “You love your computer more than you love me.”
I’ve asked Mae if she had any ideas, so I can pull myself away from this machine for some more cuddle time. “Let’s [...]

How one single mom got ‘out of the frying pan’ and opened top restaurant on her own

By singlemomseeking ⋅ June 16, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

When I call Gillian Clark, she’s at Colorado Kitchen in Washington D.C., just as her staff is getting ready to open. There’s a lot of bustling, and Gillian pauses on the phone to let an early customer know they’re not open yet.
I’ve just finished Gillian’s book, Out of the Frying Pan: A chef’s memoir [...]

My baby is graduating!…

By singlemomseeking ⋅ June 10, 2008 ⋅ 25 comments

My sweet Mae,
This week, you’re graduating from second grade, and you know how gushy your mama gets around any rite of passage. Just after your second birthday, we said “goodbye” to New York City in order to come out west and shack up with Grandpa in San Francisco. You were such a little firecracker of [...]

When’s the last time you were out without the kids?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 19, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

When I first moved back to the Bay Area six years ago this month, I was wedged between resentment and anger. I wasn’t what you’d call “a single mom by choice.” I hadn’t exactly chosen the “single” part.
Fortunately, I soon found two other local single moms — with daughters around Mae’s age — who have [...]

How do you still have fun?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 12, 2008 ⋅ 16 comments

For many single parents, yours truly included, the stresses of life are often so heavy that we forgot how to let go and laugh — even if it’s just for a short window in our day.
This week, the Biologist got a hold of a bike for me (thanks to his roommate for giving me her [...]

Wishing all of you a “Happy Mother’s Day!”

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 10, 2008 ⋅ 5 comments

I wish my words alone could thank all of you enough for being there with me on this parenting journey. It’s almost midnight, approaching Mother’s Day, and I appreciate all of you so much.
It’s amazing how people have come into my life through this blog. Just yesterday, a single dad named Stephen Miller contacted me [...]

Make Over for Mother’s Day?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 10, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

Heads up: for the past month I’ve been working on making this blog better — for you.
So, just in time for Mother’s Day, I’m re-launching in a new format, one that’s easier to read and multi-media (videos!). I hope the new blog will be more revealing, more real. Thanks for being patient with the changes [...]

Top Chef and single mom Camille Becerra says “I’m dating myself!”

By singlemomseeking ⋅ April 30, 2008 ⋅ 12 comments

When I emailed the publicist for Top Chef contestant– and single mom — Camille Becerra I was floored when she wrote back to me herself. After, all, 35-year-old Chef Becerra is a celebrity.
So what if she had to leave the show after judge Tom Colicchio called her pineapple upside-down cake “rubbery”? Any single [...]

When a single mom introduces the Boyfriend to her Kid

By singlemomseeking ⋅ April 23, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

Well, I did it. More than two months after my first date with the Biologist, I introduced him to Mae.
As you might recall, I’d uninvited the Biologist from our East egg hunt — after Mae said that she didn’t want to meet him. All of you were so helpful with your advice.
Amy from [...]

Squeezing in a date before the birthday gala

By singlemomseeking ⋅ April 7, 2008 ⋅ 6 comments

Thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes!
While my little sister and Mae baked the 8th birthday ice skating cake (above) — which turned into a frosting party that yours truly got to clean up — I went on a date with the Biologist. We went downtown to a little swank bar, where [...]

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