January 2016 - Epic Mommy Adventures

Be Good to Yourself: Inexpensive Ideas for Treating Yourself

January 30, 2016 1 Comment

As a single mom, your entire life is wrapped around your child(ren). You don’t have time or energy to think about anything that does not directly impact your child’s life. You ensure that everything runs smoothly so your child can have the best life that they can have. But it’s okay to take a moment to think of yourself too. I want to treat myself big time, but it’s extremely hard to do so right now. Instead, I have to find inexpensive ways to treat myself in small ways on an average day. It makes me feel rejuvenated and ready to […]

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I (No Longer) Resent My Baby Daddy

January 20, 2016 No Comments

If I am completely honest with myself, I can admit that I resented my son’s father for quite some time. We both had a part in making our son, yet he gets to go off and just live his life as he chooses while I had to become a full-time parent and caregiver. I felt that I had to put all of my dreams and goals on hold to be a parent, while he had to do nothing at all. I would replay the feelings of betrayal and frustration that I harbored in regards to our relationship and his lack […]

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Single Parents: Do You Struggle to Get Enough Sleep? Duh, Yes We Do!

January 9, 2016 No Comments

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently released the results of the CDC National Health Interview Survey, 2013-2014 with a major finding regarding single parents and sleep: Single parents, especially women, were more likely than adults in other types of families to have short sleep duration, frequently have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, and frequently wake up feeling not well-rested. If you are a parent, you must know that these results are not surprising. If you’re a single parent, you might be reading this and thinking, “Yeah, so what?” Regardless of the reason why you know this is true, […]

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Things to Consider When Choosing a School District

January 6, 2016 No Comments

Micah is headed to kindergarten in the Fall… To say that I’m freaking out would be an understatement…I am completely losing my mind! A lot of it is because I want to make sure that I’m making the best choices for Micah. I want to make sure that I’ve made the right choice in the school district that he will be attending. As I moved around quite a bit when I was younger (especially during high school) and lost the opportunity to make some long-standing friendships, I want to stay still when it comes to Micah. I would like […]

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HERE’S TO BETTER THINGS IN 2016!

January 2, 2016 No Comments

It’s 2016 ya’ll!!! We were at home all day yesterday, all bundled up under the blankets on the 1st day of what could be a great year. Doesn’t that sound like a relaxing way to enjoy the 1st of the year?? To celebrate the New Year, I decided to review some of the things that I focused on in 2015, and how I plan to do things better in 2016. It’s something that I’ve been thinking about for some time, and I got away from my plan for my blog as life got in the way (rightfully so). I intend on changing things […]