Love Based Parenting: Turning irritation to love
Being a single parent, I get overwhelmed with all the things my daughter leaves around the house. I am always picking up something that shouldn’t be there. One of my biggest irritants are those long clear, tube popcicle wrappers. Of course, I buy boxes of them in the summer and leave them in the freezer [...]
Focusing on Love
What we focus on is what we will see. When I find myself focusing on all the things my daughter is doing that I judge as negative, I often find even more. When I’m tired and down on myself, I can walk in the house and within 2 minutes see everything that she hasn’t put [...]
This Isn’t Forever
Being a single mother can often be challenging. Getting my needs met, when I feel responsible for all of the needs in our family, can often seem impossible. So, I often find myself holding out and holding out and taking care of everyone else and then at some point the damn breaks and I can’t [...]
