Just a little patience…

Just a little patience…

10 March 2010

How to raise independent children? I really tend to lack the one thing that makes this happen….PATIENCE! Just like the good ole Guns N Roses song, “just a little patience.”

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Single Mom Reminder: Your Children Love You!

Single Mom Reminder: Your Children Love You!

04 March 2010

So, I was peering through a book the other day.  I  know, I work in a library so real shocker. Anyway, where was I..oh, yes..book…it was by Michael Chabon. The title of said book was Manhood for Amateurs. Now, the initial quote that stuck out to me was, “The handy thing about being a father [...]

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Winter Blues…

Winter Blues…

14 February 2010

I have really been struggling with what to write. My life has been fairly uneventful. My children haven’t had any serious injuries and miraculously enough, neither have I.  I’m not even sure if I have any advice left in me.  Maybe I’m feeling a bit of the winter blues.  I have always claimed to be [...]

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Tips for Dating Single Mothers

Tips for Dating Single Mothers

23 January 2010

Single mothers and dating -  yep, I’m going there. I have really tried to avoid this subject, but for some reason I keep coming back to it. I wasnt really sure how to approach it, because I think it’s just so personal. I’ve always considered it one of those “nunya” topics…you know, nunya bizness. I’m at the [...]

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To Healthier Single Moms in 2010

To Healthier Single Moms in 2010

11 January 2010

Since my race on December 12th, I have taken a running hiatus. I had actually planned to take the rest of winter off, but it seems my mind and body just can’t do it.  I need a way to let off steam, de-stress.  When I smoked, I would light up a cigarrette. Well, we don’t [...]

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Breaking Free of Self-Pity

Breaking Free of Self-Pity

04 January 2010

Well, looks like I’ve taken a couple weeks off and there were reasons for this. I found myself having quite the bad attitude the last couple of weeks. I found myself grumpy and, well, on December 26th I found myself without a boyfriend. BOOOO, twinmother05 got dumped. Hey, it happens…but you know, heartbreaks sucked when I [...]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

15 December 2009

I really hope you have all managed to avoid a nervous breakdown as the Holidays  near and the year ends.  During all the hustle and bustle try to remember the TRUE meaning of Christmas.  Embrace what you have, and forget what you don’t.  It’s December 15th and I have still managed to stay semi-sane.  I am so grateful for all [...]

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Stress Free Holidays Can be a Gift

Stress Free Holidays Can be a Gift

01 December 2009

I decided not to stress out about the holidays on November 23rd, 2009 at 7 something pm. It had been a dizzying day of GO GO GO and DO DO DO…I finally sat down to make a grocery list of stuff I had buy to make by that night because I had to take Aidan [...]

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What is the Best Type of Job for a Single Mom?

16 November 2009

In your opinion (which is valuable), what is the best type of job for a single mother to have in Indiana? Is it a good work at home job? Something skilled? The service industry? There are many different types of jobs out there, but I want to hear from you on what you think the [...]

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Jobs for Single Moms

15 November 2009

As a single mother, finding a job can be tough. With that in mind, I’ve added a jobs section here at Single Moms Indiana to help with your search if you happen to be a single mother looking for a job. If not, keep reading the great posts and leaving your comments. If you are [...]

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Repeat after Me “It’s only Money…”

Repeat after Me “It’s only Money…”

14 November 2009

I was tested these last few days…my emotional stability was tested…um, i failed, a little…I broke my unwritten rule of never letting money upset me. I’ve actually broken it a couple of times. As a single mom I have chosen to raise my boys alone. This means that I will not allow myself to work [...]

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Raising Happy Children

Raising Happy Children

27 October 2009

I don’t know a parent out there that wouldn’t say that they wanted to raise happy childen.  I believe it is far too easy to “say” the right thing. It is much harder to “do” the right thing. Are we raising our kids to be happy? Are we, as parents, happy? Sometimes we just need to [...]

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Children are the Best Teachers

Children are the Best Teachers

10 October 2009

My son aidan is considered special needs. We have spent the past 3 years with specialist trying to pen point what this means. He has an unknown disease.  Just recently I received an email from his Neurologist.  The email stated that a medical team from Atlanta discovered a “mutation in his mitochondrial DNA.”  This could [...]

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The Stuff Happiness is Made Of

The Stuff Happiness is Made Of

26 September 2009

I like to think my kids and I lead a fairly simple life … materialistically speaking. We don’t have cable, no cell phone plan (only a land line), no video games, flat screen TVs. I do have a laptop with Internet, and I wonder how much I really need that and sometimes guiltily if i [...]

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