I have always been fiercely independent. From the time I was young I wanted to prove that I could do things on my own. So when I found myself as a young single mother with nowhere to go it was very difficult for me to accept the help from those around me. I was so thankful to have such an amazing group of people reaching out to me, but in my mind, accepting that help meant that I had failed. I wanted to badly to be able to do things on my own, but under the circumstances that just wasn’t … Continue reading →

As a single mother there are often times when we find ourselves in a bind, after all there is only one of us. It isn’t uncommon for our schedules to require us to be in three places at once. While this may seem physically impossible, somehow we manage. At times we have no other choice than to enlist the help of those around us. As much as we’d like to, there are times when we simply can’t do it all by ourselves. Many years ago, when my mother was at the beginning of her journey as a single parent, she … Continue reading →