Single Moms

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Please give this single dad some advice about how candid he should be with his daughters

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 17, 2008 ⋅ 13 comments

I’m not sure how many of you saw this comment yesterday from one of the new single dads on the “blogging block:”
Just A Man’s Journey lost his wife one year after their divorce, and he’s raising two daughters (ages 9 and 4) and one son (age 7) on his own. He describes himself as “a [...]

All I got for Mother’s Day was a finicky orchid…

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 16, 2008 ⋅ 14 comments

And it already looks dead.
No really: I was so tickled when the Biologist showed up for our date the day before Mother’s Day with an orchid. So sweet! It’s the first time in his life that he has ever dated a single mom, and he gets an A+ for his sincerity and genuineness.
Before [...]

Why having sex toys mailed to your home is a bad idea

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 14, 2008 ⋅ 13 comments

Tuesdays are my “late” nights: my dad takes Mae to ice skating class, then they go out for burritos, and back to our place to do some homework. When I got home last night, I didn’t even notice the opened cardboard box on the floor, near our shoes. I was overwhelmed with bags, which I [...]

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 [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 10, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Thanks to Divorce360, I got my hands on a Webcam for the first time in my life. I kid you not, over the past week, Mae has made 26 videos of herself. The one time I tried to get her to tape me, she kept asking potty questions… Sorry, you won’t see that one here.
Finally, [...]

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 [...]

Single, broke, and pregnant, Babble.com writer shares what it’s like to move back in with her parents

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 6, 2008 ⋅ 16 comments

I learned a lot from all of you yesterday, after posting about Mother’s Day. It was Kat Wilder (thanks!) who pointed out that “Mom’s Day is a day for your kid to honor you — not a boyfriend, not your father, not your kid’s dad. And a day for you to honor your own mom.”
Maybe [...]

Single Moms: How are you celebrating this Mother’s Day?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ May 5, 2008 ⋅ 19 comments

My first Mother’s Day on my own, I will forever be grateful to my father for coming to New York City to spend the weekend with us. He took Mae and me out to brunch. Then we walked over to the playground, where Mae, who had just turned one, piled sand onto Grandpa’s black dress [...]

Am I a bad mama for taking my kid to Baby Mama?

By singlemomseeking ⋅ April 29, 2008 ⋅ 10 comments

I belong to that parenting faction that believes kids grow up too fast. Although Mae has watched her fair share of Hannah Montana, I do try to draw the line. Once a month, my mother-daughter splurge is going to the movies — often a matinée and always a kid flick.
After eight years of seeing “G” [...]