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One day in September 2000, I sat down and penned a letter to my then-7-year-old daughter. When I was finished filling two pages of lined paper, I sealed them in an envelope upon which I wrote, "For Hannah -- to be opened only in the event of my death."
Yes, it can be very stressful, but there are actually a lot of benefits too.
I think of the string of coincidence (or are they miracles?) every day.
Picture, if you will, a 23-year-old woman, a single mother of a 1-year-old daughter, struggling to make it -- living in the Bronx and surviving thanks to subsidized housing, public assistance, and the support of her family. That was me in 1995, when I first heard about NEW.
Shame rises within me as the word "takers" resonates throughout my body. I take a deep breath, attempting to calm the anxiety and heat rising from my belly. I find it difficult to hold the complexities of this issue of poverty within me -- I know the face of poverty well.
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I have often wondered why the Bible includes 'Honor your father and mother' among the ten most important commandments, right up there with not murdering or stealing. Perhaps the reason is this: Gratitude is the mother of all virtues.
My husband and I were in marriage counseling and it was becoming evident that divorce was on the horizon. The one thought that kept going through my mind was how I was going to handle the demands of my professional career as a single, divorced mother.
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If I had to pick out one year from my childhood that most stands out in memory, it would be 1964 -- the year my mother introduced me to Sex and The Single Girl.
The turnaround in my life was the day that an orphaned child said to me he could have as many children as he wanted to have, because someone from overseas would take care of them.
We can do no big things, just little things with great love. Each of our offerings will be little but together, they will become great.
It's been six months since my third husband moved out. After noting all of the feelings and the extra workload, I've decided to make a checklist of things I need from a man and things I don't.
Motherhood that expands us. Expands our definition of ourselves. The impossible becomes possible. We thrive on less sleep, less sex and fewer breaks than we ever thought we could.
As a single working mother, it doesn't take much to feel insecure. I'm traveling, I'm at the office and, when I can, trying to fit in a yoga class so I can still feel connected to my old self.
At some point, I don't remember exactly when, I stopped replacing my fraying lacy underwear with new lacy underwear and instead bought packs of three or five single color elastic fit.
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I believe that moms who date have a great opportunity to teach their kids -- especially their daughters -- essential lessons about taking care of themselves and interacting with boys.
"We have six minutes," I say, my head under my son's bed, looking for his red baseball shirt. It's 7:50 on Saturday morning, and Johnny, age 8, the yo...
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Issa Mas is hardly pining away for a man. She's not entirely sure where she'll find room for one, actually, in her blissfully full life. But she ha...
Sunday, May 8 is Mother's Day this year. It is also graduation day at Northern Kentucky University. I'll be at Northern, watching my nephew, Nick McNay, go through the graduation procession.
No one should have to risk their livelihood when marriage ends. No one should have to choose between parenting and paying the bills. Employers ought to be more amenable to flexible arrangements.
