I watched the movie Young Washington and saw the spiritual battle taking place in our first president. I just wasn’t sure exactly what that spiritual battle was. Our Founding Father was only 11 years old when his father died. Young George was then left to be raised be a single mom. He was denied formal…
Being a single mom is tough. Even now, 17 years after my husband’s sudden abandonment when I was pregnant with our fifth little boy, single parenting is difficult. It is a challenge I would not have picked up had it not been forced on me. That said, there is nowhere I would rather be a…
My kids were going to their dad’s for a few weeks, and I wondered how I’d survive without them. The agony of surviving sans kids had lessened over the years, but the gut punch of its wrongness would never go away. No mother should be forcibly separated from her children without just cause. But America’s…
Thanksgiving kicks off the holiday season. The holidays are meant to be a time of joyful celebration with family and friends. For many single parents though the holiday season is a time of loneliness and confusion. What single parents need to understand is that they fight battles bigger than the ones in front of them….
Whether or not, you are a single mom, gratitude is the core of living a happy life. Sometimes though, it can seem hard to find something to be grateful for. Parenting alone is hard, court systems are unjust, and life is unfair. It is very easy to dwell on the negative, but God, who knows…