With great sadness, I have decided to take a break from blogging on Single Parents Town so I can focus on finishing my first book which I hope to have done by years end.

Thank you to all who have allowed my thoughts and feelings to be expressed and heard. Blogging about my life as a single parent has been truly cathartic. It’s brought me even greater joy when I have received feedback that it has helped someone too.

It’s allowed me to capture the trials and tribulations that otherwise would of just stayed in my brain and helped me to see how much I’ve grown, the challenges I’ve faced and how I’ve overcome them and how funny and interesting my life really is. Continue reading »

 

I know — the title got ya!  Well, for my 5 or 6 highly-refined, cultured readers, I must caution you.  You probably won’t have a clue where I’m going with this.  For the rest of you, enjoy!

As I travel and speak in different venues, I try to be very open and real with my audience.  Therefore, my stories are usually pretty uninhibited.  I am reminded this morning of one story in particular.

As I’ve shared often now, I didn’t come from money or refinement.  I wasn’t in Charm School learning how to cross my legs and smile ever-so-slightly, as my Southern gentleman swept me off my feet.  Quite the opposite. I grew up on a farm with dirt between my toes, picking peas and corn, and driving tractors.  My dad married a total of six times, and there was always drama! It wasn’t uncommon to hear of adult women at a basketball game duking it out or two high school girls cat-fighting over a boy.  In fact, in high school, I witnessed two girls getting stabbed, a gang fight breaking out, and a classmate getting his head pounded open, later needing stitches.  That was my life.  (Just wait……………………I’m going somewhere with this.) Continue reading »