Latina Moms | Daughters
Everyone should be a parent. Let me rephrase that: Everyone who wishes to be a parent should be one, no matter their age, sex, or marital status… What really matters is whether they can love and provide for a child. Now, that’s easy for me to say because I am married with children. But the [...]
Shortly before Barack Obama was elected President in 2008, the U.S. economy took a nosedive. A few months later, I separated and then divorced, after two years of marriage counseling and a personal and professional downward spiral prompted by the recession. Shortly after that, I became a single mother on food stamps. That is, the [...]
After a divorce, adjusting to shared custody of your kids can be very difficult, to say the least. Maybe your children stay with their dad on weekends and major holidays or during their summer vacations. These periods of separation can be some of the most difficult in your life, particularly when the wounds of divorce [...]
I married at 43, to the collective relief of my friends, who feared I’d be the last, lonely single chick among them. Still, I remember well my decades of single life, and the struggle to stay strong and independent and not “need” a man, while all the while harboring the desire to marry and have [...]
For low-income single moms struggling to make ends meet, it can seem like there is nowhere to turn for help. Fortunately, there are programs out there to help ease some of your burden. Here is a list of financial assistance programs for single moms (and some for dads, too). Comcast Internet Essentials If you live [...]
It has taken me a while, but I have finally learned how to be single and love it. My happiness doesn’t depend on having a boyfriend or wanting to please a man. Instead, I feel more sensual and powerful than ever. That is, of course, after having gone through all the stages of love: having [...]
“A mom’s gotta do what a mom’s gotta do,” especially when it comes to a single mom going through tough financial times. There is practically nothing a mother wouldn’t do to feed her family, and I’ve certainly done my fair share of wacky jobs. Shortly after I divorced, I found myself struggling to make ends [...]
Their faces are on tabloid magazine covers at your local newsstand, and their exploits make for some of MTV’s highest ratings. They’re the stars of 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom, and the media treats them like celebrities. All you have to do is Google their names and you’ll find headlines to rival those of [...]
Editor’s note: In Part 1, Resa Barillas shared her experience learning about her pregnancy and breaking the news to her parents, with the help of her sister. It took me a little longer to muster up the courage to tell the father, but since we lived a good hour away from each other, we had [...]
The holidays can take a toll on any family with even a whiff of dysfunction (in other words, everyone). But as a single mom, this season has always been an unexpected minefield of situations and emotions, with questions that aren’t quite ready to be answered. And this year, the jig is up. Soulagirl is almost [...]
