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5 Step Simplified Bedtime routine for Single Parents
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Divorce & the Holidays: Q&A with author and life expert Liz Pryor
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3 Tips for Surviving the Holidays after Divorce
Whether it’s divorce, death, or any similar trauma….. the holidays can be HARD. (They may have been hard before, but for different reasons- right?) So with Thanksgiving right around the corner & Christmas looming- How do you DEAL with it?? Acknowledge that it will look VERY different this year. Prepare for an emotionally difficult day. Try not to cling to the past! If you only have your kids for 1/2 the day, plan out what it will look like: when you’ll eat or open gifts. Kids leave at 2 pm? Eat your meal at noon. Kids arrive at 5 pm after eating at their dad’s? Serve pie and play board…
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Happy Valentines To You, Single Mama
It’s Valentine’s Day! The day of cupid, love, and lots of pink & red. Also, a day that reminds you of your divorced or newly single status… (As if you need another reminder, right??) For me last year, the holiday loomed up in front of me like a red flag (or open heart surgery). I was one month into my new, grief filled life: ringless, husbandless, and a newly single mom. I was devastated, angry, and still in shock over what my then husband had done to me and to our family. But that morning, on February 14th, the dreaded day of love arrived even when I wished it wouldn’t.…
