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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 →

Soup–a Single Parent’s Best Friend

This isn’t really an article about how to make great soup, and I won’t be including any recipes–instead I just wanted to remind all you single parents out there what an amazing blessing a big pot of soup can be! As most of us are always looking for ways to stretch our budgets, nurture and feed our children, cut back on work lunch expenses, and manage our time well–soup can be a way to tackle all those issues. Making a big pot of soup on a Sunday afternoon can serve as a bonding meal for the entire family on Sunday … Continue reading →

Getting Help when You’re Sick

I was definitely one of those single parents who tried to save a buck or two in day care costs when I was home sick. Why send the child to day care and pay all that money when I was home and could look after them? Add to that the fact that just getting up and getting everyone ready for day care seemed daunting on a day when I was really sick and it often seemed like the best idea. Alas, it didn’t always turn out that way since there were times when I was too ill to really look … Continue reading →

Still Working on the Christmas Fudge

Christmas 2007 is long gone. The tree and all the trimmings have been tucked away, the house is clean and all the gift cards have been spent. I generally breathe a sigh of relief when the first week of January rolls around and I can focus on the next big holiday (my birthday). This year, however, there is just a smidge of the holiday that lingers—I am still working on a tin of homemade fudge… This seems unusual to me—I don’t know if it is because my kids are growing up and have less of the sweet teeth than they … Continue reading →