Making It Through the Rain: Sickness and Being Single

Being a single parent in itself is rough enough. Compound this with any type of disturbance in your body and this only magnifies itself in an enormous way. This out of the ordinary disturbance makes it that much harder to cope. I remember times of sickness when I first became a single parent. I had trouble lifting my head off of my pillow and there were my child’s needs to be met. A little voice in my head would cry out, “I cannot do this. I need help.” If your child is old enough to understand or help this makes … Continue reading