Thanks for being in my lifeboat

I’ve been rowing upstream for weeks, working long hours and rushing around. A few days ago, I whispered “Good morning” to Mae to wake her up, but it wasn’t working. So, I climbed into her bunk bed to give her a string of good morning kisses. It worked.
The only problem was, as I rushed back [...]

I still don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day…

but if you’re expecting a pity party over here, you’ve got the wrong address.
My mom is still scheduled to pick Mae up from school on Valentine’s Day, so I just might hit a yoga class and have a glass of wine with a girlfriend (no, not at the same time, silly!). On my way home, [...]

Who’s your role model for celebrity divorce?

UPDATE: Go to Hot Momma Gossip for an update on Kate Hudson’s thoughts about dating as a single mom

BabyCenter blogger Carolyn Robertson says it’s Kate Hudson for sure (”Out and about with Kate Hudson“).

She’s got a point: Kate and ex Chris Robinson don’t bad mouth each other in the press. In fact, they make it [...]

Make room (and time) for you!

“Clutter has everything to do with single motherhood,” says Dr. Leah Klungness, author of The Complete Single Mother: Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Concerns. “How can good things come into your life when there is literally no room?”
Well said.
Dr. Leah wrote to me this week with some terrific advice for the upcoming [...]

How Do You Deal with Loneliness?

My single dad buddy, Peter Ehrlich, founder of Single Parent Love Life, wrote recently in his column for the Canadian Star:

“How many times have we walked into a video store, spent forty-five minutes in there, only to walk out with nothing but a cloud over our head that was darker than the one [...]