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Category Archives: single mom
Follow Up: Leaving Someone You Love
To this day, the most popular post on my website remains “Leaving Someone You Love”. It both strengthens me and disheartens me to see this week after week. On one hand, people are moving to take control of their lives … Continue reading ...
Posted in Blog, Life & Advice, single mom
Tagged leaving someone you love, live your life
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A Valentine to My Teen: Surviving Middle School
Valentine’s Day for me has always been an anxious day. It started to become weird somewhere around middle school and stayed that way. I remember going to middle school on Valentine’s Day and it being incredibly awkward due to the … Continu...
Creating Frankenstein: Piecing Yourself Back Together After Change
We’ve all seen or read some variation of Frankenstein, right? The monster put together by patchwork pieces of other people. Sounds gruesome, eh? Well, not always. I can explain. Years ago, I found myself broken into a whole heaping pile … Co...
Letting Go of Expectation: The Day the Divorce Became Final
I got divorced today. That will be the only time you read that in a post, I promise. Despite the last three years of ups and down, battles and inadvertent wars, I find myself very sad today. All this time, I … Continue reading →...
Posted in Blog, Life & Advice, single mom
Tagged divorce, expectations, failure, marriage, not how I thought it would be, single mom
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The Worst Thing to Say to a Divorcee? I Dont Think So!
I wonder often if normal people form an opinion about every single thing they read or watch. My brain is in constant overload since society provides so much food for thought on a daily basis. Even if I stay away … Continue reading →...
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Tagged divorce, empathy, ex husbands, humility, shared experience, what not to say to a divorcee
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Going Back to the Start Part 3- Saying Goodbye to One Life and Hello to the Next
The remainder of my trip felt as though a weight had been lifted. I felt as though I had different blood running through my veins, electrified and charged. I was in my young 30’s but I felt as though I … Continue reading →...
Posted in Blog, Life & Advice, Simple living, single mom, Travel
Tagged Burntfork, changing your life, living a new life, single mom, the west, wyoming
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Back to the Start Part 2- Ready for the Fight
A few short weeks later I was in a Chevy van with three kids and my parents, heading towards Wyoming. I knew it was where I should be. After all, I’d read my great grandmoms words and they’d resonated with … Continue reading →...
Be Proud to Wear You: T&A and Self Confidence
If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. ~Author Unknown I’ve been thinking a lot lately about self-confidence in women. I can’t help it, given that the lack of … Con...
Going Back to the Start Part 1- Fate Intervenes
Shortly, I leave for my summer trip out West. This year my destination is Wyoming. Burnt Fork to be specific. This trip is a coming home for me, going back to the start. Over my next few posts, I’ll be … Continue reading →...
Posted in Blog, Life & Advice, Simple living, single mom, Travel
Tagged burnt fork, elinore pruitt stewart, fate, fate intervenes, leaving a marriage, single mom, wyoming
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Sometimes the Biggest Assholes Teach Us the Biggest Lessons
As with everyone, I have my moments when I forget myself. I forget what I’ve worked so hard to achieve during these few years. And sometimes, I forget to practice what I preach. I’ve been stretched a bit thin these … Continue reading &rarr...
You *$%@*! What Not to Say In Front of the Kids After a Split & The Lessons I Learned
When I got divorced, the basics where clean cut. He moved out and took his belongings, and moved to his mother’s house. I stayed at the house with the kids. I didn’t want to fight over anything. I’ve written before … Continue reading &...
Why You? Why NOT You? My Lesson in Humility
I am a firm believer in making your own destiny. I also believe that along the way, things will happen that will derail you, time and time again, but where you end up is your choice. These speed bumps, detours … Continue reading →...
Posted in Life & Advice, single mom, Uncategorized
Tagged bank of america, foreclosure, humility, starting over, why not you
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Building my Legacy
I think often about legacies. I’ve written about it a few times, and then deleted it. I was, and still am, fuzzy on what it means to me. I know the traditional sense of a legacy is anything handed down … Continue reading →...
Posted in Blog, Life & Advice, single mom, Uncategorized
Tagged becoming wise, legacy, living life, single mom legacy, wisdom
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A Letter to My Teen Self
I had to go back through my blog since inception and figure out if I’ve written about this topic before. I haven’t, but I’ve written it a million times in my head. I read an excerpt from my O magazine this … Continue reading →...
Posted in Blog, Life & Advice, single mom, Uncategorized
Tagged a letter to yourself, friends, high school teen angst, teen self
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