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What does being a single mom mean to YOU?
This is in the spirit of reading beccaga16's post. What does it mean to all of us?
Here's what it means to me:
-Being content with spending a Friday night cuddling with my little man until he crashes at eight. And then falling asleep on the couch at 9 after trying to catch up on my Tivo.
-Expanding my circle of friends to include many moms who are in similar circumstances as I am.
-Getting up at the @sscrack of dawn to quietly do my Jillian Michael's DVD so I don't wake P, and so I have enough time to shower and get ready before he wakes up.
-Ignoring certain posts on FB which are all about how perfect people's traditional families are.
-understanding that sometimes you don't understand why things happen in life
-loving that moment in the morning where I pick P up out of his crib and he rests his head on my shoulder because he is still sleepy
-never getting tired of seeing the look on P's face when he sees me walk up to the door at my mom's house after working all day
-learning how to do what's best for him and realizing that I'm not going to make SD's family happy with my choices. Hey, you can't please everyone
-curling my hair while singing "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands" and watching P dump out an entire box of Q-tips on the floor
-not being certain what my future holds, but knowing that it will be far, far better than it would been, had I stayed with Super Douche
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Re: What does being a single mom mean to YOU?
It means:
-Good enough is not enough. I need to strive for the best I can do.
-That I have two wonderful reasons to keep going through all the tough days.
-That even the most difficult days are punctuated by blissful moments of joy when my girls hold my cheeks still to give me a kiss or run up and nearly knock me over trying to hug my leg.
-That I really need to be the best person I can be, do the right thing, and act with integrity, because there are two little people watching me and learning how to handle life based on my example.
-That someone who comes along to love me is going to be blessed with two extra bonuses in their life.
-That as long as my kids are ok, there is nothing in life I can't handle.
-That I am a much stronger person than I ever thought.
-That I know that I will always be ok.
DD2 11.17.08
All of the above, plus not having to share any of my hard earned money with an alcoholic/drug using DB who was more concerned with keeping beer in the fridge/cigarettes in his pocket, than formula and food in the house.
Yup yall said it right...
Realizing I am alot stronger than I thought I was
It means:
*E will love me stronger than any other person in my life, and I will exchange that same love.
*Knowing that God gave me such a wonderful gift, and knew that I would give my last breath to protect his life.
*That even though I don't make the big bucks, I make enough to make E smile at me when he plays with his .60 cent rattle from WalMart.
"There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living."