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Having It All as a Single Mom
Twitter: @ChoiceMoms
I am the author of "Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman's Guide," which has spawned the ChoiceMoms.org website, discussion boards for more than 1,000 women, podcast series, and more than 20 workshops. Choice Moms are women -- generally in their mid-30s and older -- who realize during their careers that they didn't find a lifelong partner to raise a family with.... so they decide to do it on their own. My blog will celebrate, and be honest about, the joys and concerns about that lifestyle. I know hundreds of our stories personally.
Raise your hand if you raise your hand too much.
With both of my kids now back to school -- my self-employed career now ready to re-engage for fall -- I could feel the itch of post-it notes and to-do checklists and "new way ... Read more...
There was a tiny girl with spray-painted purple hair leaping into the air on a bungee jump at a small town fair periodically squealing, “This is the best day ever!”
My 13-year-old daughter, just prior to that, had noted how ... Read more...
On a cloudy, dampish day, I packed up the kids and drove us to a lakeside cabin for 24 hours. I left behind weeks of unopened mail piled on a table. I abandoned work that required an Internet connection, which the cabin did not provide. I ignored a backyard that nee ... Read more...
The tantalizing Atlantic Monthly magazine title, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” was designed to get our attention. It was written by a former high-level White House adviser who stepped down to devote more time to her teenagers. It raised some level of ... Read more...
