Tag Archive for: single parenting

Five Lessons Learned in Six Years of Remarriage

It’s been six years. This weekend, September 2, Roy and I will celebrate six years of marriage. Six years of changes. Six years of blending two very different families. Six years of learning and growing. Six years of experiencing God’s redemption. Don’t let me fool you. It hasn’t been six years of wedded bliss. It’s […]

Reaping the Rewards

It’s a thankless job. When is the last time you read Proverbs 31? Let’s take a few minutes to read it: A wife of noble character who can find?     She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her     and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good, not harm,     all […]

Beating the Statistics

Children raised in single parent families have the odds stacked against them. According to one study by BMC Public Health, children is single parent homes are more likely to end up in the lowest educational and socioeconomic regardless of parental status. Pretty sobering for those of us who raised our kids alone. Monday evening, I […]

The Never Enoughs

Today is my baby girl’s first day of her senior year of school. Let me clarify. She is my only girl. She is also the baby of my three children. I’ve walked through senior year with my two boys (although my younger son’s senior year was cut short because of Covid). Today is my very […]

Four Truths About Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s can be painful when you are single, but here are four things I want you to remember.

Grief: Thoughts for Kobe Bryant’s Wife and Children

What would I say to Kobe’s wife and children if I had the opportunity?
My heart breaks with you…

What Single Parents Wish Their Married Friends Understood

No matter the circumstances, single parenting is a hard journey. What makes it different from parenting as a couple?

All a Single Mom Wants for Christmas is…

Single Moms have wish lists, too. Want to know what matters most to the single moms in your life?

A Moment of Clarity

I had an epiphany Sunday morning. I stood in church, my heart overcome with a desire to worship. It felt so right, so perfect to be in God’s house, my hands lifted high. The songs were more than words on my lips; they were from the overflow of my heart. It was the first time […]

Reflections on Single Parenting

September 1, 2017. The day is coming quickly, the day I will stand before God and pledge my love and my life to the one God has chosen for me. It’s also the day I turn in the title “single mom,” a title I have worn for well over eight years. I have to admit […]