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Wit, Wisdom, and Wine: One Woman’s “Confessions of a Mediocre Widow”
While Mile High Mama blogger Catherine Tidd has spent the last few years developing a global online support ...
Dealing with Holiday Grief: How One Widow Learned to Appreciate Christmas
My mother’s finger slipped underneath the flap, separating the tape from the red and green paper. She ...
The Widowed Parent and the Back-to-School Blues
Back-to-school time is here and like many parents, I am greeting the first day with a sigh and a, “Whew. ...
Widow Milestones and Getting By with a Little Help from Cirque du Soleil
Acknowledging the anniversary of the death of a spouse is difficult for many widows. Usually, aside from ...
Single Parenting the Opposite Gender
As a widow, I was thrown into the deep end of the single parenting pool when my kids were 5, 3, and 1 year ...
Becoming Mothers: I’m Alive, Because I’m a Mom–A Teenage Mom’s Experience
What do you get when you mix a 17-year-old girl who lives with friends, has no boundaries and no desire to ...
Becoming Mothers: From Infertility to Foster Care to Widowhood to Adoption
In 2001 I started dating the handsome man that would eventually become my husband. We wanted to start a ...
Single on Valentine’s Day: Is a Reservation for One Really So Bad?
I have a love/hate relationship with Valentine’s Day.
On the one hand, I can’t get enough chocolate. ...
Finding the Christmas Spirit after the Loss of a Spouse
Dealing with the holidays after the loss of a loved one isn’t easy for anyone. Believe me, I know. I ...
Working Mom vs. SAHM …and my modern-day superhero phonebooth.
Wise words by Christine Lagarde on the topic of career and motherhood resonated loudly with me recently. She ...
