November 1, 2010 at 8:26 am (Parenting, single mother, single parenting)
Tags: online magazine, parenting, parenting magazine, parenting website, single mom, single mum, single parenting, vivacious mum, website, working mom, writing for web
So in addition to my work fiddling away with legal language in my oh-so-beige cubical, I’ve started writing for a parenting website!
It’s UK-based and features articles and all things interesting for working and single moms/mums.
It launches today so take a look and see if you can find my article…
September 11, 2010 at 9:25 am (family, Parenting, single mother, single parenting)
Tags: days of week socks, single mom
In the absence of there being anyone else around to assure me that I’m doing a good job of being a parent I’m going to go ahead and take my assurances from the fact that last week I made sure that Finn wore the right socks on the right day of the week. Every time.
The right socks!
Mommy points for me!
September 3, 2010 at 9:16 am (family, Men folk, Parenting, single mother, single parenting)
Tags: cats, husbands, married mom, mom, single mom
So as you are all well aware, eight weeks after becoming a mother, I became single. This being the case I have no idea what it’s like to be in a relationship with someone who is the father of your child. The only thing I can compare the situation to is being in a relationship with my cats. OK, stay with me now. I have to say that after becoming a mother, my cats (who were previously a couple of central characters in my life – I mean I could/should have had a blog about being a cat owner – I would have had a lot to say) became two insignificant hairy objects that ran around my house, sometimes getting in the way of my feet. Mr. Pickle Pants and Shenanigans suddenly became just another couple of chores and my feelings changed towards them – dramatically. (I’m not saying this makes me a good person – I’m just telling you the way it went down.)
So what I’m wondering is: If two things I previously loved so much became so insignificant to me after having a child – is this in anyway similar to how some women feel about their husbands when they become mothers?
I’m just curious. Married moms… care to fill me in?
