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Single Mom Kelly Ozley Ponders Life After Adoption

Posted by Swati on Jan 10, 2011 in Guest Posts, Meaningful Mommy Moments

I was tickled as can be when Swati asked me to write a blog about the two most important things in my world… my daughters. First because I think Swati is just the coolest Mom and person…EVER. And I love to talk about my girls. I should probably give you a little intro. Four years [...]

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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. [...]

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The Engagement and How I Became a Trendsetter

Posted by Swati on Sep 10, 2010 in Dating as a Single Mom, Meaningful Mommy Moments

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 [...]

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TO DATE OR NOT TO DATE: SINGLE MOM DATING CONUNDRUM (Guest Post from Choice Mom, Kelly O)

Hi Everyone: I am so happy to have Kelly as a guest writer today.  Kelly O is a choice mom – a single mom of two little angles whom she adopted.  She works in sales the technology industry and her entrance in to the “blogging arena” began as she chronicled the adoptions of her two [...]

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Learning to Trust My Gut: How Divorce Taught Mandy to Listen (Guest Post)

Posted by Swati on Aug 13, 2010 in Divorce, Guest Posts, Meaningful Mommy Moments

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 [...]

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An Actual Conversation in an Actual Relationship Between a Single Mom and a Single Dad

Posted by Swati on Aug 9, 2010 in Dating as a Single Mom, Meaningful Mommy Moments

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 [...]

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What’s This Single Mom Up To?

Hi Everyone – I thought I would share a little update on goings on with my book, some of my posts at Working Mother Magazine, and what I’ve been doing on The Single Mothers Chronicles Facebook page….so first the book… I am so happy to say that there is a publisher interested in my book! [...]

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Jabari of the Water and Children’s Water Safety

Posted by Swati on Aug 4, 2010 in Tips for Single and Partnered Parents

Did you know that drowning is the second leading cause of death in children ages 1-14?  I didn’t!  And it’s completely preventable by taking a few simple steps towards better water safety…which is why I love the website, Jabari of the Water!   The goal of the site is to significantly reduce the number of children’s drowning [...]

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Dating Raj

Posted by Swati on Jul 27, 2010 in Dating as a Single Mom, Guest Posts

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 [...]

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Single Mom Watches in Horror as Her Local Starbucks is Repeatedly Violated

Posted by Swati on Jul 22, 2010 in Crazy Days, Random Thoughts

Scene One, 7:17am: Single mom peacefully sitting outside local Starbucks with Orzo (our six-month old Cavalier puppy) one Friday morning…daughter inside getting herself banana bread and getting me a decaf coffee. Scene Two, 2 minutes later: Disheveled stranger with adorable grey poodle plops at the table next to me.  Opens laptop and begins clicking away. I [...]

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