Single Parenting

“Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile” Have you seen it? The movie with Zac Efron playing the role of Ted Bundy? The movie about how a single mother falls for this stunningly handsome and articulate law student who lives a double life as a serial killer?  Well I did. And I’m changed forever.  This movie practically marks the time of my life where there is everything before it and then everything after it. There is pre-Ted Bundy movie and post-Ted Bundy movie. That is how my life is now defined. If my life were a book, I would now be entering into Part 2.  I’ve been a single mother for nine years now. And I have lived my life fearlessly, going on...

I recently read that 50% of America's children will see their parents divorce.  That one statement hit me like a ton of bricks, but sadly I can relate.  I was raised in a divorced home, and now my dear son is living it too. I was married at the mere age of 20 years old.  I was told to wait, I was told to think things over before I rushed into a marriage, but like I said, I was 20 years old.  At 20, I had just enough freedom to know that I was the one who made decisions in my life, and with that knowledge my boyfriend and I got married.  A short three months later the little white and pink...