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What I Learned When The Kids Were Gone For Two Weeks

August 18, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

The kids spent the first two weeks of August with their father. This is the longest time we’ve ever spent apart (except for Ingrd who goes to school about 5 hours from home). I knew I needed to file for divorce for a long, long time. For many years. What kept me from pulling the […]

Filed Under: Life at My House Tagged With: divorce, divorce guilt, setting boundaries, single moms

Helping A Single Mom Start Over – Amy, Kaylea and Savannah

August 4, 2022 by not your average mom 1 Comment

If you’ve been following the NYAM Facebook page you know my cousin’s husband unexpectedly died two weeks ago. He died at home, their daughters were there and witnessed hime die, and this started a chain reaction of events that led to Amy and the girls needing to move immediately. It’s been a very long and […]

Filed Under: Personal Tagged With: Go Fund Me, single moms, single moms in need

Two Weeks Without The Kids

August 1, 2022 by not your average mom 8 Comments

The kids are spending the next two weeks with their father. This is an opportunity I dreamed about when I was married and in the thick of it with the kids. Two weeks alone and able to do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted? YES PLEASE. And now, here we are. I’m used to Ingrid […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned Tagged With: divorce, single moms, single parenting, surviving divorce

I’m Nowhere Near Ready To Date

June 23, 2022 by not your average mom 9 Comments

I went out to eat with my cousin a few weeks ago and she asked me if I was dating at all and I replied with F*CK THAT and she was a little surprised. I belong to a Facebook group for divorced women and there are tons of posts about “never being able to find […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: being ready to date, dating after divorce, life after divorce, single moms

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