Lets hear it for single moms! They are the unsung heroes who tough it out alone, kids in tow. They have to deal with all the normal mommy stuff, and earn a living too. I don’t know how they do it!
A single mom has to be the super-parent for her kids. With no-one else there to help on a day to day basis, she bears the brunt of making sure each one gets attention, meting out discipline and worrying about their future.
A typical day for a single mom can be hard for us to imagine. She gets up at the crack of dawn to make lunches, fix breakfast and rouse her little ones in time for the bus. Next is the mad dash out the door to drop the baby at daycare, and hurry to work.
If she’s late, an excuse of ‘the baby threw up on me and I had to change’ just won’t cut it! And she hopes she gets off work on time today - the daycare told her if she was late one more time she would have to find a new center. Why do the daycares close at 6:00?
She’s worried about her oldest; he threw up last night and still had an upset tummy this morning. If the school calls and says she has to come get him she doesn’t know what she’ll do - if she has another ‘family emergency, the boss has already told her he’ll have to let her go. She feels so guilty for making him go to school…
The light bill is overdue, because her car broke down and it took her whole paycheck just to get it running again. She knows on her lunch break she will have to go through the humiliating process of calling and asking for just one more week to pay. Sometimes she just wants to lay her head down on her desk and cry.
But she doesn’t. She picks herself up and keeps on going. Her kids are #1 in her life, and that will never change! They make everything worth it, at the end of the day. When her kids grow up, they will have a love and respect for her for doing everything for them, and doing it alone.
I am a single mom. it is sooo hard!!!!. My hart is broken and i feel miserable. But i have to wake up every morning, smile and pretend that i am fine because i do not want my son to feel the stress.
Oh, Anna!
It will be OK as long as you have your little boy. He will be even more special to you, and he will make you smile even on the bad days!