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Since recently losing my mom to cancer, the isolation that can accompany being a mom is all the more poignant to me.
I may not be a new mom in the general sense anymore, but I am new to being a mom of a tween, and will be new to parenting a teen, [...]  My mother will love reading this. Do you remember those days when you heard “just wait until you have children of your own”? This stuff is small potatoes, but I really feel like I’m reliving what my mother went through with me when I was the very same age as my darling 9 year old [...] Digging into my archives I found an article that I wanted to link to in my next blog entry. This is several years old, but the still applies. I’ve updated the links, since I can no longer find my own article that was referred to here. ________________________________________________________________________________________ Finding the Right One – the challenge of [...] Forming a plan. Not as easy as it sounds. I had this fantastic idea last night, that I just need to sit down and truly plan what I want out of my life. Hell!? Where do I begin? Short term? Long term? What aspect of my life? This isn’t a new idea I had, I’ve [...] When I first became a single mom, I turned to running to maintain my sanity. Single parenting has been a lot like endurance sport training. I must pace myself, sustain myself, take cut-back weeks and most of all, keep my eye on the prize. How do I pace myself at this? Sick kids, challenging [...] I’m going to offer just a handful of my observations as a soon-to-be-divorced parent: children are far more insightful than we ever give them credit for; there are considerable differences in how siblings view their lives; as the primary parent with whom they reside for more than 85% of the time dad’s weekends when the [...] Article that I was one of the interviewees for. http://www.todaysparent.com/lifeasparent/article.jsp?content=20030903_135500_3888&page=1 What is it about kids and food that has such huge emotional stress attached to it? Are they eating enough? Do they get enough variety? Can they even sustain themselves on such the inconsistent diet kept by many preschoolers and schoolagers? Let alone grow? Is the sudden onset of non-stop eating a growth spurt? Are [...] |
 
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