Single Mom Letters

About: Raising a teenager (alone) is harder than I would have imagined and I have a large imagination. Come along and read about our adventures. It's not all drama. It is not all fun. There is a balance to the life we are experiencing.

Tags: Drama, Stress, Teens, Teenager, Parenting

Share |

Owner: ToscaSac

Listed in: Family

Language: English

Latest Blog Posts - Single Mom Letters

It Aint All Roses
on Mar 2, 2013
So we’ve had an EXCITING week and not totally in a good way. Winning a stop in the Top 25 Single Mom blog challenge by Circle of Moms is an honor I have to share with my friends and followers here in social media.In off line life however the teen h...
Apple Crisp
on Feb 27, 2013
The time before last when I went grocery shopping I bought oats and Granny Smith apples. You should know what that means. Apple Crisp! YUM This dessert is so easy and relatively healthy due to both the apples and the oats.It is super simple and...
How Many Pets is Too Many
on Feb 23, 2013
A few years back had the daughter and I living together in a one bedroom apartment trying to get back on our feet as a family unit.It was a spacious one bedroom but we had furniture for a two bedroom apartment. We live in a two...
Kitchen Adventures
on Feb 22, 2013
After a recent shopping adventure I told my daughter to cook some flank steaks I had brought home.The kitchen was a mess so while she was cooking I was washing dishes. We decided on a rice dish to go with our protein so that was working as well.With...
Girly Anxiety
on Nov 2, 2012
"Mom I need anxiety pills." Good thing I like my life random because that so came out of left field last night.After our Halloween adventures we were having a little chat catching up and preparing for bed time.Our collective Thursday was about to be...
Canceling the Mom Taxi
on Sep 25, 2012
We all understand. Kids can’t drive. In these years as kids get closer to jobs and driving privileges their calendars are full of activities.In days of old children walked to school. Then there were buses and now we have carpools. With friends and...
Not Back to School Living
on Sep 5, 2012
Oh September! We always get excited because it means birthdays. Hers and then mine in the space of three days.I love my baby girl who is of course not so much baby these days. This is the big year 16. I want to get Miche bags and she wants...
The Eruption
on Aug 13, 2012
What is anything we get into disagreements over really ever about?I do not know which is worse feeling like we keep getting stuck on the same issues or that every time we conquer one another one is around the corner.Never the less here we are.So ther...
Error Mode Mom
on Aug 10, 2012
Some days I wonder: How did I get here?When things go wrong I try to look at the structures and rules we have in place. In this moment they might seem a little lax.We have lived a relaxed life.I grew up with an unwritten code of conduct.The thought o...
A Solution Idea
on Aug 8, 2012
So after a protracted blow up a new idea has popped up.I know my daughter and I know what she is capable of. I know she has some challenges. Still here we are.I would not say we fight. That is my daughters phraseology. I know we disagree but I do not...

Loading Comments...

Comments

{ds_PageTotalItemCount} commentcomments

${pvComments::user_name}$ {pvComments::user_name}

{pvComments::date}

{pvComments::comment}