Single Parenting

This is our little family portrait that my daughter made on the computer.

This Mother’s Day, I’m sending a warm hug to all of you single moms out there. Whether you’ve been parenting solo for a long while, or you’re a recently divorced mom, or you’re about to take a separate road as your partner travels down the other lane… This Sunday, please know that you’re loved.

At the moment, I’m making little cards for all the mothers I know: my close single mom friends, a few moms in the neighborhood, a new mom, my cousin. As much as I snub all of these Hallmark holidays, I do think that moms deserve a day to be adored.

Today, my daughter made me a flower pot — complete with dirt and Zinnia seats to send — with “I love you” written on all the petals. Thanks Mae. (At her school, by the way, we celebrate “Parents’ Day” because we have so many unique forms of families.)

And my single dad from Canada, Peter Ehrlich of Single Parent Love Life, put this word out to the guys:

“If you’re her Ex, think for a moment of the nine long hard months she carried your child. Then acknowledge that she is a good mother who loves your child as much as you do. So why not call her or if that’s too difficult, just send her an email and say something kind?”

Mother’s Day, moms, mothers, Sunday, May 13, single moms

Love and kisses!