I am so excited that you have made your way over to my little piece of the Internet! But I am also crying with you, because if you are here it most likely means you are a newly single mom, with small kids, trying to work out how you are going to keep it together.
I became a single mom kind of abruptly in January of 2020 when my girls were 2 and 4. Not only was I now a single parent, but my co-parent was moving to a different country, in a different continent, not even in the same time zone. He is back now, but with that, I have been given a whole new set of problems and challenges.
Even though our separation and subsequent divorce was my choice, I still went (and to some extend still going) through the whole range of emotions. I grieved, for my own failure and loss, and also for the future we would never have. I felt shame and guilt and despair, and overwhelming fear that I had let my girls down. But more than anything, I felt tired and alone. So very tired and alone.
Now, I can honestly say that we have made it. It was not easy, and I am not expecting the challenges to become any easier. But I have become better at navigating the course, even when strewn with obstacles. We have settled into our new normal, and you know what? I am happy. In fact, I have never been happier. And if you are not there yet, you will get there too!
Yes, it is scary. And very overwhelming. To put your life back together after seeing it fall apart. You might wonder where to start, what to do, and how to go about it. That is what this blog is all about – to show you how I navigated the change and how I started to get my life back on track.
I know I can help you through those initial stages of newly single motherhood. I show you how I survived the first few months, and how we now continue with our new, normal life as a happy and stable mini family. Never a broken one.
From budgeting to mom-time, meal planning to capsule wardrobes, I can help you make this single mom parenting business a lot easier, all the while offering support and love, with a good dose of Godly motivation. Because even though you are now a single mom it doesn’t mean you have to do this parenting thing alone.
So, let me just remind you – you’ve got this! And although you won’t need it – good luck
xxx
P.S. Let me leave you with this quote, I found so much comfort and motivation in it, and I am sure you will as well
“It is not your job to create the perfect life for your kids. It is not your job to keep them happy all the time. It is your job to be their mom. In good times, hard times, normal times, crazy times, sad times and great times. Show up. Be firm. Love much. And mother well.”
Rachel M Martin
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My two beautiful girls. All of this, my entire life, is for them. One day they will hopefully too know what it means to love unconditionally, and for eternity.
