militant single mom

Now that my divorces are behind me (that’s one common law and one divorce), I sometimes digress and reflect on the separation, divorce, child support, and my life in general. My first husband…

When an estranged dad dies, or a deadbeat dad, dies, the children aren’t sure if they are to mourn or not. When my first ex died, my daughter’s half-sister called her and let her know. …

As a mom, I have tried to make my children’s lives easier, by not making too many demands and letting kids be kids, because you are only a kid once. When my step-daughter Erin had a mouth sor…

A single parent date is a little frightening. I’ve been a single parent (mom) twice. My first husband and I split up and I had our daughter. Later I remarried, then that didn’t work, an…

Single moms and back to school! Hard to decide where to start. In my small town, there are not a lot of options for post secondary, so that makes it a little easier. But what we do have, that can l…

Being a single mom back to school can be expensive, tiring, frustrating and difficult. But you must do it! Way back in high school, I could be looking out the window, planning my after-school and e…

I got married once. Didn’t really want to, but we were having a baby, and he kept asking. We did have a great relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, and yes we were having a baby, so reall…

I’ve been through two divorces. First was really a common-law relationship, the second a real marriage, yet both involved lawyers at the dissolution. The common denominator in both of these d…

Single moms and financial help, there really isn’t any, so we have to help ourselves. Below is a list of just things I’ve noticed or thought of over the years. Crazy things like not bei…

When my daughter’s dad died, it wasn’t a sad thing, mainly because he was not involved. This is what he chose, so what can you do? But my daughter and her half-siblings attend the servi…

What to do when your parent plays favorites? Financially or otherwise? My mother shows favoritism, and I’ve decided to hate. Growing up seemed rather ordinary, same as almost everyone else. C…

My daughter had a friend James in high school. One day James told his groups of friends, which extended to the entire school, that his dad had bought him a Hummer and was sending it up (from Florid…

My daughter Kelsey went to her older sisters wedding last weekend. This older sister is a half-sister biologically speaking and 6 years older than her. I have had problems with Kelsey’s dad o…

For moms going back to school, some advice. The older I get the wiser I get, yet I also get more cynical. As I’ve written I’ve started a Pharmacy Technician program that is mostly onlin…

A couple of months ago my son Mikey was heating up a pot of water on the stove and he told me that it sparked a little. I took a look and everything seemed okay, all lights and elements working, an…

I was watching a show on the end of the world, and what 2017 could mean, and the one guy was talking about “WE”. Saying things like, “Can WE help global warming?”, or ̶…