tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014880043626797980.post3097249726351207836..comments2023-11-05T02:28:08.378-08:00Comments on SINGLE Mom in a complicated world: redefining familyDebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680221201312100448noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014880043626797980.post-35286786652813406882009-03-19T04:25:00.000-07:002009-03-19T04:25:00.000-07:00Try not to idealize what "was" Deb. It's a hard th...Try not to idealize what "was" Deb. It's a hard thing not to do. But I remember it much differently...Absenteeism was the name of the game before. You were alone more than together, literally and figuratively. This redefining will be your first taste of real family life because even though you FEEL broken, you are more whole than before. There is an honesty and truth to your life now where there was none before. You ROCK my friend. and your FAMILY does too!Steph C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04835569557764911719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014880043626797980.post-7451665025380942532009-03-09T20:39:00.000-07:002009-03-09T20:39:00.000-07:00Sounds like you are figuring it all out Debbie! Ar...Sounds like you are figuring it all out Debbie! Aren't the moments like that empowering to you as a woman? I find that if anything came out of being a single parent was the realisation that I, Me, Alone, can do anything!!! I am woman hear me roar! lol<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your beautiful family!<BR/><BR/>BreezeCarolyn R. Parsonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14529999558075983828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014880043626797980.post-52575638465582699962009-03-09T20:23:00.000-07:002009-03-09T20:23:00.000-07:00Debbie, family is what one makes it. I'm married, ...Debbie, family is what one makes it. I'm married, but we're not all 'family'. We're a blended family, but it's not 'family', all of us, unfortunately. Sounds crazy, but the Brady Bunch was TV - not real life. I'm still family with my kids, but not necessarily my husband with both my kids and not me with all of his kids. Complicated, I know. But, I love my husband and I love my kids and they all know it and that is what matters.<BR/><BR/>My advice...just be family with your kids and enjoy it to the fullest.Annie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07774350914255922163noreply@blogger.com