I spent more than half of my life with the man I married, and because of our lengthy history, I never imagined that one day I would find myself a single mom to three young kids. But then two years ago, suddenly, I was. I left my husband and within a year I was raising my three kids ages five, three and one?all by myself.
As I went from mostly being a stay-at-home mom to being a working mom, money became tight and my time with my kids dwindled. I became more stressed and often wondered how I would be able to get everything done on my own. More than that, I felt guilty that I wasn?t giving them the best life possible.
But when I look at the big picture, I realize that parts of our new life are helping my kids grow into incredible people?not in spite of having a single mom but because they do. Here are nine life lessons I hope they take away from having a single mom: 1. Don’t stay in relationships that don?t make you happy
Amid an ugly divorce, my kids witnessed a lot of things?some of which I wish I could erase from their memories entirely. But my kids also saw their mom standing up for herself, leaving a bad situation even if it was scary and the future was unknown. One thing I wanted to make sure my kids understood was that if someone loves you, they treat you with respect. I want to model what a healthy, loving, compassionate and respectful partnership should look like. And if it doesn?t look like that" It?s important to me that they know they aren?t ever ?stuck...