Cheers to you, as we start the new year! Two thousand and twenty or twenty-twenty, however you prefer to say it, is officially upon us. As I was busily writing the crystal ball post I promised you, my mind was flashing back over 2019 and all of the great progress our website has made since the official […]
What Does Single Parenting Teach Our Children?
Three days after Christmas I asked myself, “What will I write about this week?” And then, it became perfectly clear after what happened at our home yesterday. More about that in just a minute. Would You Look in a Crystal Ball? First, I want to tell you about the crystal ball. You know, the fortune-telling object that supposedly […]
One Way to Let Go at the Holidays
We often talk about family traditions that revolve around our holidays. Traditions, though, are unique for each family. To illustrate, what is sacred for one may be entirely different for another. Furthermore, single parents may take on a very different approach to traditions to manage our well-being, health, and healing. Old Tradition Before I became a […]
Twelve Days of Christmas
As promised, here is more of the unexpected surprise, more “light” for your holiday season. Oh, and yes, for those of you who missed my post called Unexpected Surprise (published December 4th), feel free to read that post first to get the backstory for this one! What is your favorite version? We are all probably familiar […]
O Tender Tree
As my teenage child and I set off to the Christmas Tree Farm this past weekend, I thought to myself how easy this was compared to when I was a single parent and my child was a toddler. We both knew what we had to accomplish to get ourselves a family Christmas tree! Life today does not […]