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How to Survive and Thrive as a Single Mother this Mother’s Day
Experiencing my first I remember my first Mother’s Day, it was in 2009 and I was a Single Mother and although my family tried to make it special for me, I still felt left out. I had dreamt about my first Mothers Day and being woken up with breakfast in bed, a little hand written card from my son or daughter and being spoilt as we had done all the years for my Mom but mine was different and it left me feeling a bit left out and disappointed. Truth be told I had set myself up for failure, I had placed such a huge emphasis on what society says…
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How becoming a Mother has changed my life
It all started with a series of bad decisions and a very unhealthy relationship but ended in love, marriage and a new baby in the carriage (well not such a baby anymore). Surviving pregnancy My pregnancy was relatively uncomplicated and easy (well except for developing preeclampsia towards the end of my third trimester and 2 unexpected hospital admissions), I didn’t have many people to share it with as I was still an outcast to my family and suffering the consequences of my actions but I had a handful. This was definitely not the life or pregnancy I had envisioned for myself while growing up and it certainly was not a…
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Boys VS Girls – Pink or Blue
For the last 6 months I can honestly say I have taken a blogging back seat, not because anything had happened but I chose to live in the now and shift my focus to my family and not stress about building my blog, stats, views, content and all that shiz. Now whether or not you agree or look down on my decision I couldn’t really care, I needed to do what was right for my people. Now the only reason I’m really here now is not to talk crap about something that means nothing to me, but rather speak about my kid. In the last month I have had 3…
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Starting new traditions: The Night Before Christmas Box
The night before Christmas or Christmas eve, whatever you prefer to call it has always been a special one in our family. Growing up my Mom did a movie night, we’d watch Little Woman while wearing our new Christmas PJ’s and eating junk food and chatting about the reason we celebrated Christmas. Over the years this tradition has changed. We no longer live under her roof, have our own families and rather do a Christmas Eve dinner with our extended family. The evening is always filled with amazing food, lots of laughter and listening to Hugo tell the kids the Christmas story and also lots of pictures. It’s a special…
