Mommy Gets Schooled (Guest Post by Author Maggie Lamond Simone)
Hi Everyone: I am so honored today to have a guest post today written by Maggie Lamond Simone. Maggie is the author of the book From Beer to Maternity, which captures the wit and wisdom of her adventurous life as a late-blooming adult, and then wife, and then parent, and through it she shares the [...]
I Have a Confession to Make
Actually, I have two confessions to make and one very strong plug, but who’s counting? You don’t even have to wait until the end of the post to find out what they are because the confessin’ starts now: 1) I excel at coming up with a multitude of tactics to address any less-than-desirable behavior from [...]
Kissing Kids, Fainting Mommies
“Mom, did you know Lauren kissed a boy last year? She didn’t tell her mom so don’t tell her ok?” Who is Lauren? Who is Lauren?! How old is she? What the hell is going on? “Umm…do I know Lauren?” Who IS she?! Who IS she?! “Remember she has blond hair, and blah, blah, blah…?” [...]
What I Learned From Hazel Soares (busy moms and dads, take a look)
Hi Everyone: As I was lamenting to myself about what I hadn’t gotten done today/this month/this year, I came across an article about a very special and inspirational woman, nintely-four-year-old Ms. Hazel Soares. She has just graduated with a degree in art history and her comments about her accomplishment taught me a great life lesson. [...]
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 [...]
Learning to Trust My Gut: How Divorce Taught Mandy to Listen (Guest Post)
Hi Everyone: I am heading off on vacation so we have some guest bloggers making an appearance over the next week…you are in for an amazing piece of writing today courtesy of fellow single mom and blogger Mandy Walker. Mandy writes the blog Since My Divorce, where she shares the stories of women describing their lives [...]
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 [...]
Why I Don’t Date Men Without Children (Guest Post)
Hi Everybody: I am so pleased to have fellow single mom and author Tiia Jones joining us today with a guest post!! Tiia is in the process of finishing her book, called Love, Alt, Delete: 237 First Dates that Changed My Life (though she’s still tweaking the title..). I truly enjoy her posts – sometimes silly, sometimes [...]
Humping: An Eight-Year-Old’s Inquisition
Episode I: 6 weeks ago at PAWS Animal Shelter “Mom, come look at how cute these dogs are!” “Where Honey?” “Right there! They’re dancing and one doggie has his paws on the other doggie’s hips from behind and they’re bouncing – it’s so cute!” <Unmistakable, not so muffled giggle of other onlookers> “Err…” drag kid [...]
Universal Truths About Divorce
Hi Everybody: I am so very honored today to be a guest blogger at my bloggy pal Mandy’s site Since My Divorce. My article, titled Universal Truths About Divorce, is featured there today – please check it out and let us know what you think! (FYI for all you single moms, single dads, and kidless divorced folks, [...]
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