Parenting – Once Upon a Lifetime

What No one tells you when you take on a New Build Home: The good, the bad, the ugly

I wish I could say that the process of having a new home built is all rainbows and butterflies… unfortunately, it’s not 😕 read on if you’re curious about what goes on and if it could be the right thing for you. For reference, I started my new build journey in January of 2022 in…
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The actual cost (in dollars) of a week in the life of a single mom:

I know everyone is struggling these days with inflation, shrinkflation and the supply chain shortages. I got a new car about a year ago, and when I first got it, I could fill the gas tank up with about $25 and it lasted longer than my previous car! Lately it’s been costing between $40-$50 and…
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Some Things that make life extra hard for Mom’s (especially single mom’s):

I work at a level 1 trauma center hospital and I absolutely LOVE my job. Anyone who knows me has heard me say what a blessing this job has been in my life. And almost 2.5 years later, I still VERY MUCH feel that way… this job has been a huge blessing in so many…
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Tough Questions for Good Parents

I’d like to start this thread to be an open-minded source to talk about some really tough parenting issues. (Please mind your manners: if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing). I’ll start with my most recent parenting issue: Maddie starting kindergarten. Her dad is deployed and gone and almost impossible to talk to…
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A few of the things that drive me crazy about parenting/single parenting

Here are a few of the things that happen regularly that drive me nuts: Maddie can literally not use the bathroom for over 8 hours at times, she is the exact opposite of me in this way… but ya know what will make her realize how she has to go potty? Me sitting on the…
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The best parts of parenting❤️

I woke up this morning to the sweetest little voice singing ‘good morning to you, good morning to you, good morning my mommy, good morning to you’ 😍😍😍 it melted my heart to wake up to her singing ❤️ It helped me to forget that I struggled to fall asleep at all last night, or…
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What are holidays like as a single mom?

I’m lucky enough to have had my mom come down and spend the weekend with Maddie 🥰 I knew I was scheduled to work for months ahead, and when you share custody, you have to pick and choose the battles 🤷‍♀️ So this wasn’t one I wanted to fight over. I just happened to have…
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