Sep 20, 2023 | Adults, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon Like many single moms, I never intended to become one. However, sheer will and prayer cannot govern another human being’s choices, so at the age of 42, I found myself the solo parent of three kids. Also, I’m a homeschooling mom...
Jul 25, 2023 | Family Time, From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Single Parenting
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Time is a crazy, uncontrollable, and hard to understand concept. No matter how old I get it always seems to allude me. But time has also brought me the gift of patience and wisdom. At 23, I became a single mom. Those difficult days...
Jun 27, 2023 | Adults, From the Doctor, Hot Topics, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Dr. Juan Santos, CRC, LCMHC, of Santos Counseling Do you want to raise a happy, kind, and successful child? One of my favorite books is The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. One of the habits is to keep the end in mind. This is the...
May 22, 2023 | Education, Homeschooling, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon I’m a solo parent. I work full-time. I also homeschool my kids. Like many aspects of my life these days, it isn’t what I would have chosen. But it’s possible, and you’d be surprised how many people do it. If you’re considering this for...
Nov 23, 2022 | Adults, From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon Ahhh…November. The month of gratitude. Cue the cute social media posts. That are full of gratitude jars, gratitude trees, and gratitude journals for kids who somehow can’t hold a pencil yet. To be clear, I’m not against any of...
Jan 14, 2022 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Karen Cooper Some brave souls set out with the clear intention of being a single mom, but not many. In my case, I didn’t choose the single mom life…the single mom life chose me! After a 10 year (not-so-happy) marriage, I found myself divorced with...
Dec 24, 2021 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Holidays, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Dionne Jenkins The Christmas holiday is, by far, my favorite time of year. I love finding the perfect tree, decorating our home, and picking out the perfect gifts for my family. While the holidays are a time of joy and laughter for many, they can also...
Sep 11, 2020 | Family Time, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Meka Harrell, author of the blog Hanging with the Harrells On this day, I can’t help but think about my husband. Currently we are halfway through his deployment. He left the states with 3 kids and a pregnant wife, come November he will be able...
Sep 5, 2020 | Adults, By Stage, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Camila Dos Santos, M.Ed., HRI Program Coordinator The Healthy Relationships Initiative promotes happy, healthy, and safe relationships of all kinds and provides resources for marriages in distress. But when divorce is the healthiest way forward, how...
Aug 22, 2020 | Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Health, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger HRI Program Coordinator, Camila Dos Santos, M.Ed. The Healthy Relationships Initiative promotes happy, healthy, and safe relationships of all kinds and provides resources for marriages in distress, including our Toolkit for Couples and E-Book on...
Jan 10, 2020 | Adults, By Stage, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative Parenting is full of joys and challenges in all families, but parents who are separated or divorced can face unique challenges. Through our work with the Healthy...
Oct 9, 2019 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Kristen Daukas With 50% of first-time marriages ending in divorce, it would be almost impossible for you to not know someone who has or is going through a divorce. And considering that 70% of divorces are initiated by women, there’s a good chance that...
Feb 4, 2019 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Lauren Falber “Wait, what?” It’s the question I get asked the most when explaining how my ex husband walked out on me and our kids on our 5-year wedding anniversary nearly four years ago. “But, you’re like,...
Sep 14, 2018 | From the Heart, Helpful Lists & Directories, Hot Topics, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Rachel Hoeing With Triad Moms on Main, one of my favorite parts of this job is giving women a perspective that they may not have thought about previously. We’ve been able to promote empathy from our readers by sharing stories from moms with special needs...
Dec 2, 2016 | Education, Elementary, Just for Dads, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger John (J.P.) Mundy “Just when you think you know the answers, I change the questions.” – Dr. ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper, Chairman Emeritus, Applied Sciences Department, Harvard University (not really) Reaching to the ranks of pro wrestling history to start...
Aug 1, 2015 | Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Suzy Fielders Being a single parent is one of the hardest yet most gratifying things a person can do in life. This is best summed up in the simple statement; a single parent has to be both the mother and father. I can attest to this as I am a single...
Mar 15, 2015 | Local Events, Parenting & Family, Single Parenting
We hope you have had a fabulous weekend! Enjoy today’s Sunday Spotlight which features: ~ An upcoming performance by the NC Theatre for Young People ~ Summer Camp info from the YMCA of Northwest NC ~ A Fun Speed Dating event from TMoM PINOCCHIO The North...
Jul 16, 2014 | Marriage & Couples, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Dionne J. My life changed forever on July 4, 2009. Not only was that the day that I got married, but it was the day I went from a single, career-oriented woman with no children to being a stepmother of a three year old toddler. Although I knew very...
Mar 17, 2014 | Just for Dads, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Scott Rigdon, author of ThreeFiveZero blog There was a time in America when the color of your skin determined which schools you could go to, where you sat on a city bus, and what careers you could choose, among many other things. That time long ago passed. There...
Jun 9, 2013 | Bereavement, From the Heart, Health, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Religion, Single Parenting
By Debbie Wilkins “Don’t make me a single mom. You know I couldn’t handle it.” This was the phrase I always told my husband Aaron before he’d go on camping excursions. These words now ring eerily in my mind. Because I am now a single mom. My husband of 11 years, the...
Jul 19, 2011 | From the Heart, Just for Dads, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting
By Guest Blogger Scott Rigdon, author of the blog Three Five Zero I have a stunningly beautiful 7 year old daughter. There, I said it! And it didn’t even hurt. I used to lose sleep over raising a daughter alone. I have a strikingly handsome 10 year old son too,...
May 26, 2011 | Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting, Tweens & Teens
TMoM Interview with Guest Blogger Lauren Falber No one will argue the fact that being a mom is a tough job. But for most of us, motherhood is, and has been, a joyous time – a rite of passage. Most of us couldn’t wait to tell others we were expecting....
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