Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming Our Families – and America by Adam Pertman (Book Review)
Hello Everyone: Today’s post is a book review on Adoption Nation: How Adoption is Transforming the American Family by Adam Pertman. It’s an incredible read for anyone touched in any way by adoption (which it turns out is more people than you may think) or any one interested in learning more about the topic. As [...]
DO’s and DON’Ts of Internet Dating: Advice from eHarmony UK (Guest Post)
Hi everyone: Here are some wonderful words of advice from my friends at eHarmony UK – I have to say that filling out those online questionnaires on eHarmony really made me think hard about what I wanted in a partner…hope you find this useful! Swati Do’s and Don’ts of Internet Dating Here are [...]
And Then He Said “I Do” (or, Single Mom Gets Married)
Hellooooo Everyone! I am SO sorry about my long absence! Life has been a whirlwind, with an engagement in August, and then our wedding on New Years Eve 2010…add on a new job that I started in January, and, well, I am just coming up for air! So on to the first and most important [...]
Starting Over After Divorce
Hi All: Mandy at Since My Divorce continues to tell my story….this one relates how I started to dip my toes into the land of dating as a single mom (which often made me relaize I was standing in a swamp ) Oh well. It ended well, didn’t it? There is also another post about me [...]
How to Write an Online Dating Profile (guest post by eHarmony UK)
WOW! Am I ever thrilled today to share a guest post from eHarmony UK on how to write an internet dating profile. I was contacted by them and could NOT resist because, as some of you may know, eHarmony holds a special place in my heart…because….as some of you may also know…J. and I [...]
The Single Mothers Chronicles is featured at the Single Mom Seeking Blog today – check it out!
Hi Everyone: I am SO tickled pink about this! Today, Rachel Sarah, author of Single Mom Seeking: Playdates, Blind Dates, and Other Dispatches from the Dating World, has included a piece about me and the Single Mothers Chronicles on her blog! The topic is “A child’s role in your wedding.” Rachel recently go married herself [...]
The Engagement and How I Became a Trendsetter
My last post, The Wedding Announcement, made an implication about me – only it wasn’t actually about me. So I can see how you may be a bit wary of me starting this post with “The Engagement…” Have I set you up again or will I come through? Is this post a metaphor or is [...]
An Actual Conversation in an Actual Relationship Between a Single Mom and a Single Dad
Her: I hate being in limbo. Him: Are we in limbo? Her: Yes we’re in limbo! Him: What are we in limbo about? Her: We have two places, two lives, all this back and forth is all keeping our relationship in limbo. Him: I thought we were…happy? I’m happy. I didn’t know we were in [...]
Dating Raj
I am so honored today to have my post, titled Dating Raj featured by my bloggy friend and author, Tiia Jones! Tiia’s blog focuses on life and dating as a single mom so I went into my diary to write up another tale of woe from my dating files – I think you’ll get some laughs out of [...]

