one single mother. one spririted preschooler. oy — what a life.
I’m on a compassion jag and I can’t stop it.
I have been gathering up Sami’s baby gear to donate to a local thrift store, but then as I was looking at those two bags of stuff sitting there in the front hallway this evening, it hit me that I know someone who can really use [...]
Otherwise known as adventures in online dating…
Out of those 973 views on a particular online dating website that will not be named, I’ve had a few nibbles. Last Saturday night there was a date with a very interesting person, a humanitarian, originally from Southeast Asia. A shy, mad scientist-type who unfortunately did not have a clue about [...]
I’m thinking about this 180 degree shift from dis- to re- empowerment and how it feels like my life has just split wide open. Much of the overlay of victimhood has dropped away and I am simply seeing things as they are, for the first time in a long while. I’ve become so much aware [...]
Welcome to this blog - my chronicle of the illuminating, character-building path of single parenthood. I'm making this up as I go along. My life is my practice, and my five year-old son is my greatest teacher.