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Wedding Rings and Gender Roles, Pt. 2

Last time I examined the discussion over whether or not men should have to wear wedding rings. Just about all of the arguments either for or against skipped one relevant consideration: whether or not women should have to or even enjoy wearing them. Only one article I found briefly acknowledged the idea: the author said that neither of her parents has worn a wedding ring for decades, for a variety of reasons. That’s all we’ve got: in the wedding rings debate we have in-depth considerations of male class traditions, shifting perspectives of masculinity, and a man’s role in a marriage, … Continue reading →

Don’t Judge My Choices Until You Live My Life

Is there anyone who hasn’t heard about the horrific shooting in Colorado? Friday at work it was all anyone could talk about and as fellow blogger pointed out in her blog, Watch Where You Point That Finger, everyone had an opinion about people taking their children to the movies in the first place. Apparently those people have never been single parents. Or maybe they’ve never been any type of parent but I know, as a single parent, sometimes, midnight showings are your best friend. If your kids are young, you hope they will sleep through the movie. As a single … Continue reading →

Be Proud Of Your Accomplishments

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I’m on kind of a rant tonight, I heard something that has just made me see red. I live in Utah, which is a wonderful place, I love it here, but what I heard today has made me mad. It seems that the schools don’t want the graduating seniors to talk about what colleges they got accepted to or what scholarships they received. Why, you ask? Because it may make the other students feel bad. Are you kidding me? I’m typing this and I’m stunned. I am all for protecting our children from what we can protect them from and … Continue reading →

Those Crazy Tweens

The lovely tween years, they are almost as baffling as the teenage years. Your little angel has gone from being a smiling, happy, bouncy child to a moody, eye rolling, smart mouthed tween. How did this happen? As parents the behavior of a tween is challenging and as a tween, it’s completely new territory. Suddenly your child is talking back, rolling her eyes, crying over the tiniest imagined slight. Initially you look for reasons, just like you did when she was a toddler and overtired, but this time, the reason is just that she is a tween. Girls tend to … Continue reading →

Stepparent Names

Mom, Mommy, Momma, even Mother, it’s a title we’ve earned and we are not gonna share it with anyone! That’s not entirely true, when I was still married Hailey’s friends called me Mom and she called their mothers Mom, it wasn’t a big deal. After you have kids you kind of lose your identity anyway and the only thing you respond to outside of work is Mom. Then you get divorced and it’s a whole different ballgame. Your days are filled with stress, wondering if you are doing this right, if you are building the kind of relationship with your … Continue reading →

My Daughter, My Friend

I have such an incredible bond with my daughter and I’m so thankful for that. Hailey even tells people that I am her best friend. I feel like we can talk about anything and we have had some pretty awkward conversations so that must be true. Is this the price I paid for being a single parent? Because if it is, I’ll gladly take it. Having never been the parent of a child raised in an intact family I don’t know if we would be this close if I hadn’t gotten divorced. Maybe we would have, maybe this bond is … Continue reading →

Isolated

With over half of today’s marriages ending in divorce it’s a wonder why we single mothers still find ourselves feeling alone in this world. So often we find ourselves feeling that nobody understands the struggles we are going through day to day. We get so caught up in our own little world that we forget that there are literally millions of other single mothers out there who are going through the exact same thing. It is a rather isolating feeling at times. You don’t feel you fit in with the other single women out there because you’ve experienced things that … Continue reading →

The New Girlfriend

One thing I never thought I would have to deal with when Hailey was born was another woman coming into her life and either trying to keep her dad away or trying to be her mom. The part about trying to be her mother doesn’t really bother me, Hailey and I have a great relationship and I figure all kids need more people to love them and care about their well being. So as far as I’m concerned my ex husbands girlfriends can exercise their maternal instinct with my daughter to their hearts content. It’s the other scenario that bugs … Continue reading →

Back To The Basics

Sometimes we forget how important our job is a single parent, although we never forget how stressful it is and how much work it is. Sometimes you just have to step back to the basics and remember the most important thing, which is raising healthy, happy, well adjusted children. Often I search out advice, read blogs to see how other mothers do it, find out what is working for someone else, and I make a list. I’m a huge list maker, it helps me keep things organized in my mind. Things I always try to remember as a single parent: … Continue reading →

Becoming a Product Reviewer, Part 3 (The Media Kit)

Once you get going on reviewing products you will want to create a media kit. This is a simple outline of your blog and your blog statistics that you give to companies who are interested in having you conduct a review. The information contained is the common information companies ask for so it makes it convenient for you to already have it on hand. In addition, it also makes you look more serious and professional about your role as a product reviewer. What goes into a Media Kit? About Section: In this section you will briefly describe your blog, accomplishments, … Continue reading →