Here I am, a single mom of two beautiful children – one who arrived in my life by chance and one who arrived in my life by choice. So how the hell did I get here? (Or like a college friend I caught up with this week asked, “Where the hell did this second kid […]
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Actually…is this month over yet? As far as news goes, this month started off with the horrific and powerful letter a Stanford rape victim read aloud to her attacker. And this week…well it has been one horrible, heartbreaking piece of news after the next. From the senseless murder of Christine Gimme, a singer on The Voice, to […]
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Mother’s Day…man…It’s so interesting. When I was pregnant and prepping emotionally to be a single Mom, I anticipated and worried a lot about many things that I knew would be difficult to navigate. I had no doubt Father’s Day would be a tricky trap of emotion. But I never anticipated that Mother’s Day would also be […]
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What if I fail? It’s a question that I’ve asked myself often. I’m going to guess you have too. Back when I was in my 20s, I was careful to only take on challenges that I was pretty sure I couldn’t fail at. I would dip my toe in, test out my skills in whatever […]
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I recently came across an opinion piece in The Washington Post titled, “The Dangers of Celebrating Single Motherhood“. The title alone put a knot in the pit of my stomach. The words contained within added to it. The author argues against pieces she has seen that have celebrated single motherhood saying, “Whether it’s good for […]
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It always feels so strange for me to give “advice” on anything…I can’t find my car keys most days of the week and I pretend that my jeans somehow shrunk in my closet when I put on weight…but I do have a little insight into what it’s like to be a single mom. So, in honor of the ½ decade I have spent solo parenting, here are my tiny tidbits of, let’s call them guidance and encouragement, for everyone who is about to make the leap…
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Ellie started Kindergarten this Fall and I feel as unprepared and blindsided for the torrent of information and schedule management that is now required of me as I did when I embarked on the lovely journey of exclusively breastfeeding and working in network news.
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Kathy Gambrell shared her path to single motherhood with me, explaining that Sept. 11, 2001 changed her view of how things should be and made her re-prioritize. At age 42, it was no longer about meeting the right person to start a family with, but instead was about starting her own family and having the honor and pleasure of nurturing a life. She became a single mom by choice and never looked back and says it has forced her to challenge herself, be a decision maker, become an advocate and learn the art of time management origami.
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This too shall pass.
It’s something I’ve repeated to myself time and time again over the course of my 35 years. When running the 12th mile of the New York City Half Marathon in 85 degree heat and my heels felt like there were knives sticking in them, I repeated over and over, “This too shall pass…this too shall pass…this too shall pass…”
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A while back I wrote a piece about how family is a firm foundation as well as a soft place to land, and how this all hit me when I watched Ellie play soccer for the first time because every time she kicked the ball in the net, the first thing she would do is look around to find my face. Well this past weekend I was fortunate enough to spend the weekend with my two college best friends and former housemates.
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