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Love, Loss & Lessons

honoree@corpron.com — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:00:00 +0100

I've lost two friends this week - one age 41 and the other age 35. Between bouts of sadness, I've been sitting in contemplation, asking questions. What are the lessons? Why the loss of such lovely spirits so young? Sometimes the question is just "Why?"

As a single mom for almost 7 years, I can look back and see the lessons. Had I asked some key, powerful questions, I might have learned some of those lessons sooner and even had the opportunity to miss having to learn some quite [...]

Thriving as a Single Mom

honoree@corpron.com — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:00:00 +0100

I know, given the choice, I'd much rather thrive than just survive, and from what I hear, so would most anyone -- single moms included! Unless you're a single mom, or you've been one (married moms with husbands who work a lot do not count), it's impossible to understand the stress that goes with the job. I'm a believer, though, in making the best out of every situation. It's possible to be a single mom and thoroughly enjoy the process.

To that end, I've compiled a few great tips for th [...]

Take Some Time for YOU

honoree@corpron.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0100

With a list of things to do as long as your arm, I know it's tough to take some time for yourself. Perhaps the likelihood of you taking a two-week European vacation is as likely as me going to the moon (very-highly-unlikely). I get it.

Time to relax, recharge and rest is an absolute necessity. It's good for the mind, body and spirit. As usual, single moms are the first to put themselves last, so what can you do? You can take mini, super-mini and ultra-mini vacations.

The mi [...]

Can Therapy Help Your Child?

honoree@corpron.com — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0100

I met a fellow single mom for coffee yesterday. Her four-year-old child acts out after visits with her dad, wants mom to have dad's rules (no bedtime, eat anything and everything ... I guess that would be dad's lack of rules), and throws temper tantrums with increasing frequency. I shared with her one of my secrets to single (and married) parenting sanity: our child-and-family therapist.

For the record, I was completely resistant to therapy when it was first suggested to me. What? My c [...]

Banangrams, Trips to the Pool, Reading & Other Fun

honoree@corpron.com — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0100

My daughter doesn't care how much money I make (or don't make), what kind of car I drive or how good I look in a pencil skirt, all she wants is quality time. She wants to help me cook, play the Wii, even help me file my receipts. She's an excellent "shipper" ... she puts labels on packages I mail out and stamps on notes I write. All of that in her mind is QT: quality time.

It's so hard working, keeping the house in order, the paper monster under control and let's not mention [...]

Faith

honoree@corpron.com — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:00:00 +0100

The first couple of years of being a single mom were some of the toughest and darkest years I can remember. Wondering if I would be single forever. Hopeful I would be a good mom and would raise a happy, well-adjusted young lady. Wanting to be successful enough to provide not just the basics but some extras, too.

The lesson that kept repeating itself until I got it (and isn't that the way it always is?) was this: Everything always works out the way its supposed to, and suffering i [...]

Feel Great Action Item #4: Bonding

honoree@corpron.com — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0100

I'm on my way to a jewelry party this afternoon with about 20 other women ... most of them moms. Their children (including mine and two of her friends) will all be there, for a total of about 40 people. It promises to be a wonderful time of laughing, eating, drinkings, shopping and bonding.

We've been doing events like this, both with children and without, for the past few months and they are such great fun. We're even working on starting a book club in the next few weeks.

If its [...]

Let Your Past Help Determine Your Future

honoree@corpron.com — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100

Hello, single moms!

I recently weathered a challenge with, you guessed it, my daughter's father. He was really creating some challenges around here for a couple of weeks and for about half a minute I got upset. Then I realized the situation would play out the way all previous challenging situations would play out, and I got back to business as usual.

I think that was the lesson I needed to learn: challenges come and go ... don't get so upset about them!

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Dating Dilemma

christine@simplewham.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0100

I have a dating dilemma.... and no it's not me. It's my son! Roger, who will be 16 this month, may be going out on his first date this month! ACK! I just don't know what I should or shouldn't do, so I need some sage advice from moms who have been there and done that.

My question really is, do I go with them to the movie or do I just drop them off and pick them up?

Part of me wants to go with my son and his date, to make sure they behave themselves. Bu [...]

Dear Single Mom

honoree@corpron.com — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Hello! How are you? How are you really? Did you wake up this morning full of excitement, focusing on the possibilities, ready for another wonderful day?

Or have you forgotten what that's like? Are you facing challenges that sometimes seem insurmountable? I resonate with that, more often than I'd like to. Maybe you do, too.

I'm writing this to you so you remember. I want you to remember you're amazing, every minute of every day.

If you're not nodding your head, think about [...]

Press the Reset Button

honoree@corpron.com — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0100

I wrote a bit about my vacation and although it was wonderful, it is so great to be home! After a good night's sleep, I woke up ready to get ready to take on the world. :)

I got on the scale this morning and let's just say I brought home more than a few souvenirs! I am also apparently still in possession of bread and butter, Froz Fruit bars, fried conch fritters, peanut M&Ms, and pineapple and key lime sanchwiches.

Here's the truth: the first week of my vacation I ate anything [...]

Feel Great Action Item #3: Rest

honoree@corpron.com — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0100

I write this blog from my current favorite vacation spot in the Bahamas: the front porch of our beach house, which has an oceanview.

It occurred to me that the one thing I didn't do enough as a single mom was rest. There always seemed to be so much to do and not enough hours to do them.

One day I tired of being tired and started resting on [...]

Have You Listened?

honoree@corpron.com — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Morgan and I have done a half-dozen shows. We're clearly not professional radio show hosts, just two (former) single mom gals who have a heart-based desire to help our fellow single moms.

In case you're here for the first time, you didn't know we had a radio show or you are not sure where to find it, go here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/singlemomrevolution. Listen and pass it on. We're doing this for YOU!

To you!

To Get There from Here, Start with a Decision

honoree@corpron.com — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0100

I'm on my way here in just a few hours (Harbour Island, The Bahamas). I'm taking my first two-week vacation ever, and I'm so excited! Its also my one-year wedding anniversary today. There simply a lot to be thankful for and I am definitely (beyond!) thankful.

I met a woman a few days ago who said, "You wrote this book, but you're married. How did you come to write the [...]

Coming Out of the Single Mom Woodwork!

christine@simplewham.com — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0100

So it seems to me that single moms are coming out of the woodwork... or maybe I'm just seeing it more? Although I've been a single mom for over 12 years now, it seems it's just been this year that single moms are everywhere. Maybe it's because I don't feel as if that is some sort of affliction anymore. Maybe it's because of Honoree and her book that I feel that I'm not so alone. Whatever the reason, I'm feeling the strength of single moms growing!

Part of my awar [...]

Are You Sure Its Time for Sex?

honoree@corpron.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:00:00 +0100

I chatted with you awhile ago about holding out for Mr. Wonderful. There's nothing better than being in relationship with a truly amazing human being that you can't imagine living without.

When coaching the single moms, we talked about our sex lives post-divorce and what we'd learned. I promised I'd share what I'd learned. Maybe you'll find a little helpful nugget here ...

The same woman that taught me to say what I wanted and ask the tough questions taught me about how sex affect [...]

Single Moms Are Like Weebles ...

honoree@corpron.com — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:00:00 +0100

... we may wobble, but we don't fall down!

Its been a week of challenges. Starting with some wicked PMS and the accompanying headache (Lord, is all that really necessary?) and ending with listening to my girlfriend share with me that her soon-to-be-ex-husband told her today (and I quote), "I won't stop until I've pummeled you into the ground. Until [...]