Archive for May, 2010
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Monday, May 31st, 2010On May 29Th my little girl graduated from High School. The ceremony took place in a beautiful garden with an audience full of proud family and friends and an air of hope for the future all around. My mind drifted back to a time in my own life when naivety and optimism were companions I [...]
Lessons I Learned From My Single Mom
Sunday, May 30th, 2010I was raised mostly by a single mom. My parents separated when I was in 8th grade, but before that my dad had been a long haul truck driver who was on the road more often than he was home. Most of my childhood it was my mom, my sister and I. Having this background [...]
Holiday Illusions
Friday, May 28th, 2010“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” -E.M. Forster
I think of this quote often and especially on holidays. Somewhere a long time ago (probably around elementary school) I conjured up this picture of someday spending the holidays with [...]
Have I been Replaced?
Thursday, May 27th, 2010ave I Been Replaced?
This month’s article discusses a common topic of post-divorce relationships. How do you react when you discover that your children are spending a lot of time with your ex-wife’s new boyfriend?
Most newly divorced men come to the realization that their new life as a divorced dad comes with a consequence; you and [...]
All the single mommies all the single mommies
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010I have had the priviledge to live with one of my closets friends, who is also a single mommie, for the past month. It’s so nice to connect with other single parents and see that my struggles are their struggles, my exhaustion is the same look I see on there face, my attempt to [...]
A Dad’s Point-of-View by Bruce Sallan – Were Your Parents There For You?
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010A Dad’s Point-of-View, by Bruce Sallan
Were Your Father and Mother There For You?
This topic is so obvious yet I have yet to write about it. It may be partly because it is so close to home, for my boys. I was blessed to have my mother and father in my life completely and lovingly, [...]
Taking 15 Minutes to Dance
Monday, May 24th, 2010It seems that just when you think that you couldn’t possibly handle one more thing, the universe throws something else at you to prove you wrong. That has been my week. Actually that has been my month.
As women, and especially as mothers, we feel the need to be able to do it all. I’m not sure [...]
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