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Win a Disney World Trip in the Fantasyland Sweepstakes

Now that the new Fantasyland is up and running (though not every single aspect of the park is open yet), it’s time for Disney World to offer fans a chance to win a free trip there.  The Disney Store is currently running a sweepstakes to win a 5-day, 4-night vacation at Disney World. Although the sweepstakes is in honor of the new Fantasyland, the prize doesn’t revolve too much around it.  Guests could win and choose to spend most of their time outside the Magic Kingdom, if they wanted.  Grand prize winners get to spend one night in the Cinderella … Continue reading →

Meet a Families.com Blogger – Lisa Pietsch!

As the former Community Manager, Lisa was the first person I met when I became acquainted with Families.com, and has become a good friend. Lisa, how fun to interview you today! How long have you blogged for Families.com? I’ve been with Families.com since September 26th, 2005. I believe we had about twenty-six members back then. When management announced they would be hiring bloggers, I applied for the topics of Food, Weight Loss and Disney. When they launched the blogs here in early December 2005, they hired me for all three topics as well as the position of Community Manager. Eventually, … Continue reading →

Fantasies, Daydreams and Single Parenting

It may seem like the typical single parent has to be a constant pragmatist–after all, we do have to deal with the every day realities of family life without much respite. Plus, many of us may have suffered through the shattering or shifting of our dreams and it can be tough to muster up the courage to revisit those dreams or figure out what we want our lives to look like now. Despite all those realistic realities–I do think that daydreams, fantasy and imagination can be important coping and inspirational tools for a single parent. I’m not talking about living … Continue reading →

Are You Trying to “Recreate” or “Create” the Unattainable Fantasy?

Staying hopeful and optimistic can be challenging for a single parent. With one foot firmly grounded in the “real world” and another reaching for a better future—many single parents work to build a healthy family and a great life. Some of us can get hitched up, however, when we are clinging to a fantasy of a perfect family; or trying to recreate an ideal that may have never really existed in the first place. I must admit that I do think a certain amount of idealism and fantasy is a good thing. But, we single parents can drive ourselves crazy … Continue reading →

Married for Years and Finding Yourself Single

Being married for years and then finding yourself single can leave you without knowing what step to take next. No matter why you are now single (divorce or death of a spouse) you can experience a new found loneliness. Even if the marriage ended on your own terms, it may be difficult to get used to living in an empty house. You may dread coming home in the afternoons knowing that no one will be there. While it may be hard to get accustomed to the new single life, you can make the best of it and even enjoy your … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for September 17-23

After a bit of a hiatus, the Marriage Blog Week in Review is back! Karri and I will be taking turns posting it. As you might have surmised, this is my week to do it. So without further ado, here’s what we covered on: Monday, September 17 Karri pondered the connection (or lack thereof as the case may be) between husbands and household chores. I detailed how Wayne and I celebrated our 12th anniversary and how happy Wii be. Tuesday, September 18 I shared my single fantasy, the reality of which I’m sort of living and there isn’t much fantastic … Continue reading →

Can Married People Have Single Friends?

Of course! But it’s not always easy. By nature, single people and married people lead different lifestyles. Case in Point The other day I wrote about my single fantasy and how I’m sort of living it at present due to the fact Wayne took a new job out of state and we’re currently separated until the house sells and I can rejoin him. Well, in some respects Wayne’s living his own single fantasy. He’s bachin’ it up eating out every night, doing whatever he wants after work, and hanging out with friends as much as possible. We have a lot … Continue reading →

The Single Fantasy

National Singles Week runs from September 15-21. This year the National Singles Association is hosting events in Atlanta from September 17 thru 23. Unmarried America is also celebrating singles during the same time period, with what they call National Unmarried and Single Americans Week. “Why the fascination with Singles Week, Courtney? I thought you were happily married? And didn’t you just celebrate an anniversary?” Yes, I am happily married and, yes, we did just celebrate an anniversary, our 12th in fact. But sometimes I have this fantasy of what it would be like to be footloose and fancy free… The … Continue reading →

Denial and The Single Parent

You may know by now that denial is an amazingly powerful survival tool. Like many human coping mechanisms, it is not one of those things that is inherently good or bad, but, instead, is a survival skill that has its place. As single parents, we may find ourselves utilizing denial to help us through a particularly difficult time, but at some point, we do have to learn how to process and let go of all that denial. Denial can show its face in many forms–in thinking that we will get back together with an ex who has left or abandoned … Continue reading →

Dealing with Guilt as a Single Parent

I never knew what guilt really was until I became a parent. I found myself on my own by the time my daughter was just two-months old. Working full-time was a necessity. It broke my heart daily to leave my infant and head to work. Fortunately, I was able to lean on my twin to help me with her during the day. Daily I faced issues of guilt. I wanted to be home with my daughter being the Mother I wanted to be. Instead I was forced to be in an office away from my baby and was forced to … Continue reading →