“I had no choice but to take my 4-year-old into the stall with me. Aspen watched as I struggled, blue eyes wide and supportive, hands clapping. Good job, Daddy! Good job! You make two poops! Now three poops! I’m four!'”
‘The man in the stall next to me was holding back tears of laughter, laughter that busted loose when she called me a ‘pooping-farting robot.’: Dad recalls hilarious gas station bathroom incident during road trip
‘He says: ‘Oh, so you just stay home and look after the kids?”
“We went to a wedding the other week.. They started that awkward conversation which we all have when we meet new adults. ‘So what do you do with yourself?'”
‘Today my husband was ‘CAUGHT IN THE ACT.’ He had a special request for dinner, so I stopped in our nearest grocery store to pick up the items needed.’
“I focused on the guy wondering ‘why’s this guy hiding?’ looked into their eyes & noticed it was my husband! He was TRYING TO HIDE from me! As if I didn’t already know his secret!”
My Toddler Drowned—Here’s What I Want You To Know
“How could I have known that every parent’s worst nightmare would be my reality? It happened so quickly.”
‘You are a teacher, right? I just want to thank you for everything you do. I see your cart is full with supplies, and I just wanted to help out as much as I can.’
“I was feeling pretty jaded this morning as two different sets of parents at Walmart stopped me in the school supplies aisle to complain about how much they had to get their kids this year. ‘This is just ridiculous. I don’t know how these teachers think we are suppose to get all this stuff.'”
‘When it’s all said and done it’s not the money we’ll be thinking back to as our fondest memories.’
“I asked him about his life at home and how it was going to change. His entire face lit up as he told the story.”
‘Umm… your mom is sitting on the floor. She tried to get up by herself.’ ‘I’ll be right there.’
“It is now 11:00 p.m. and I am tired. I crawl in bed, and as I put my glasses on my nightstand my phone buzzes. NOOOOO! I lift it up hoping, just this once, I’m wrong. Nope, I’m right. ‘Hi Dad.'”
‘I am a single mom of 7 through foster care and adoption. Dating is hard enough. Adding 7 other humans into the mix feels impossible.’
“If I can be a honest, I am scared of him too. I worry that no one will ever love them as much as I do. I worry about the logistics of switching off single mom brain, allowing a co-parent to join us. I am afraid of getting hurt again.”
The Hidden Blessing Of Single Parenting
“The moment we realize this blessing is more than recognition, a future spouse, friendships, prestige, or money, is when we can finally begin to understand it. Because it isn’t anything tangible or even visible to people around us.”
‘You are NOT a widow.’
“It might be meant to be funny and it might be catchy, but if you are saying it and your husband is still alive, you are using the term wrong. You are not a widow.”