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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 07:08 AM
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A day in the life of a single mom
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 07:15 AM by Maine-ah
A good and long time friend of mine has been published at commonties.com

http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/01/08/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-single-mom-2/

it's a beautiful insight to her and her two daughters, and I can imagine many single moms here will be able to relate.
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Bassic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 07:13 AM
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1. I can't imagine how hard it must be sometimes to
be a single parent. I just don't know how I'd manage if I ever became a single dad. I guess you just sort of do it, you don't have a choice, but still. Hats off to all single moms and single dads. :hi: :yourock:
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 07:16 AM
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2. ditto that!
I couldn't imagine doing this on my own.
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hickman Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 07:29 AM
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3. Sounds too Disney to me. n/t
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 07:33 AM
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4. nice.
where's Tigger when you need him?

:thumbsdown:
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hickman Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 07:51 AM
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5. Heres mine.
Alarm goes off at 3:45am Try to remember if you washed your hair yesterday. snooze.

Alarm goes off at 3:50 hit the floor and get in the shower.

4:10 find the kids backpacks and load them in the car. Start the car.

4:15 Pull daughter out of her bed, carry her down the stairs and out to the car. Strap her in.

4:17 Pull son out of bed, carry him down the stairs and out to the car. Strap him in.

4:20 Make sure you haven't forgotten anything and scrape snow and/or ice from the windshield.

4:35 Carry a kid into ex-husbands house(he's got the other one)

4:45 back on the road.

4:50 stop for coffee.

4:56 slide into work.

4:58 run to your job.

5:00am Boss comes by and checks you in on the time sheet.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:06 AM
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6. really doesn't sound much different from my friend's life
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 08:10 AM by Maine-ah
but for some reason you had to insult her. Her's was just much more descriptive than yours. As it was intended to be. If she wrote it like you did, I doubt it would have been published. I find it odd that one single parent would "dis" another for their lifestyle. Everyone does what they can.

I grew up with this person, and I can tell you, this is exactly how her family is.

on edit,

again kudos to all single parents, it's got to be the most difficult job there is.
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hickman Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:12 AM
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7. Oh dear Lord. I am so sorry.
It was never my intention to insult or dis her in any way. Sometimes my mouth runs away with me. I would never slam anyone who is going through what I went through. Maine-ah, please accept my apologies.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:17 AM
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9. hey, no prob! I appreciate that!
:hi:
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hickman Donating Member (904 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:21 AM
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10. Sometimes I'm just bitter about the hoops I had to jump thru,
and now to be told that because I was working mother I was a failure as a mother.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:30 AM
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11. that sucks.
I'm sure that you do everything you can to make a good life for your kids, and anyone who says you're a failure is an ass.(I'm betting it's the ex & one of the reasons he's the ex.):hug:
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 12:42 PM
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12. all moms are working moms,
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 12:43 PM by tigereye
and no moms are failures. WOrking at home and on the job are incredibly hard, and actually, I think that kids do just as well, if not better, when mom has other parts of her life, like outside work. ANother reason that Rick Santorum got the boot, IMO.

I don't know if I could do what single moms have had to do. (however, if I had to, I simply would have to!) Kudos and :hug: to all.


:yourock:
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:14 AM
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8. Adorable!
Sounds much like my life as a married mom. Except I'm responsible for getting the larger child out of bed and off to work too. ;) Three cheers to anyone who is in charge of keeping a household and its inhabitants running...and stay sane at the same time.

Thanks for sharing that! :hi:
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