In the past 6 months, I have met an incredible number of single moms through my blog. Some have blogs of their own, and others just were seeking advice for their own single mom experiences. In no way do I pretend to be an expert on all things about being a single parent, but I offer the one thing that many of their friends cannot – someone to listen to them that’s experiencing the same thing. It’s rare to meet other single parents – for numerous reasons. I have 2 friends of my own that are single parents and I’m incredibly blessed […]

The other day while at work while driving off to sleep at my desk at work (hey, it happens to all of us at some point!), a woman that I work with (we work at the same company, but we don’t work in the same department) had a peculiar question for me:  “Don’t you feel weird being a statistic?” What do you mean? I asked. Well being an African-American woman, and a single mom. Don’t you feel weird fitting into that statistic? she questioned. The precursor to the question was a series of rambling statements, explaining that she was curious and didn’t […]