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On Single Parenting.
Posted by: | CommentsWhenever I come across something that is directed specifically towards single parents I cringe. Most of the information focuses on how hard parenting is and turns everyday life into a big sappy story. When a friend of mine on Twitter shared this link with me I was very skeptical as the video started.
What I found were tears welling up in my eyes.
When people ask me about single parenting and “how I do it” I never really know what to say. I approach it with the logistics and logistically single parenting isn’t all that hard. Aidens dad is very involved with him and I get a few days a week to spend by myself. The day-to-day work of parenting is the same as any parent faces. I do it the same way you do it.
What I don’t look at is the emotional part of single parenting. The part of witnessing something so magical and not being able to really share it. This video says it better than I ever could.
(go get some tissues)
Staying With Vegas from karl brandstater on Vimeo.
The Silence.
Posted by: | CommentsThe hardest thing about shared parenting is the silence. A mother never gets used to the silence.
One minute the house is filled with noise and you have a child whining.
“mom…mom…mom…MOMMMMM”
He is running through the house. Making a mess. Driving me CRAZY.
But the next thing you know there is a knock on the door. A rush to get shoes on and give kisses and hugs. It is a very hustle bustle moment.
And, then the door shuts.
And that first moment when you are standing there in the middle of your living room and it is completely silent. and you think….”What now?”
That never gets easier.
I love my life. I love that Aiden gets the best of both worlds. I would not change it if I could. But the silence…oh the silence…
