Single-Motherhood

I love my son very very much and want to be involved in his life every single day, although sometimes it is hard, being a single-mother.  I always want to hug my son, kiss him, watch him play, listen to him try to speak new words -- he is so cute when he is trying to talk to me--  he is growing smarter everyday.

When I was pregnant, I suffered from depression after my boyfriend broke up with me.  I am not crazy, so I never acted psychotic or anything.  I was just so sad that I would lay around crying all day and night.  In hindsight, I guess the break-up was good for me because from that experience I learned how to become a beautiful, strong, independent woman.  I have long since grown out of the depression phase of my life and now live a happily with my son and family.  Finally, I am just a regular mom like so many others out there.

My son is very happy living with me.  He can feel how much he is loved.  But sometimes I feel that he needs a father, and one day he will wish to be with his father as well, like many of the other kids he will see with their fathers.  So I will tell him that he does have a father, and his father is still there for him.  And that he is lucky, because although his father may not live with us, at least he still wants and is willing to be a part of my sons life, while there are many children who don't have a father at all.

Some people look at a single mother and right away they assume she is a junkie, or crazy, or there is something wrong with her.  That is not the case with me as I am involved with my son every step that he takes.  I am a very responsible, wonderful, strong, sweet, caring woman with a lot of goals in life.

I want all mothers out there who are living with their children to listen to me closely -- never take what you have for granted.  I was the type of woman who planned everything.  Marriage, family, beautiful home, great job, etc.  What I didn't plan was to be a single mother.  You can't control what the future may have in store for you. One minute you have everything, and the next, you may lose it all.

So all of you mommies reading this, go give your child/children a kiss, tell them that you love them, cherish the time you get to spend with them, take care of them, be there for them, help to mold them into the next great future generation.  For they truly are blessings to us from god.  They are and always will be the greatest little things we have ever done with our lives.