I have previously written about the benefits of going on holidays with other single mums on the Single Mother Survival Guide blog. There are huge advantages to this (which you can read about here). But now I’m going to try a different holiday – just my daughter and me. My 3-year-old daughter and me to be specific.
Am I crazy? Probably. But I’m going to do it, I’m going to give it a go anyway. Our flights are booked, our hotel is booked, our transfers are booked. Next week we are off to Fiji.
OK stay with me, because these two things are as important as they are boring. The first is to make sure you are covered insurance wise. I am a big believer in insurance. If it’s offered, I’ve probably got it. I’m not talking about health insurance or car insurance (though I am covered in these areas as well), I’m talking about trauma insurance, child trauma insurance, life insurance, TPD insurance, and most importantly income protection insurance.Continue Reading →
The best thing I did when I became a single mum was to meet other single mums. Having a young baby, I found I couldn’t relate to other mothers as much. We had different challenges. All my friends either didn’t have children or were partnered up. I did have one friend who was a single mum, but her children were in primary school and she had completed the baby phase a long time ago. So I sought out meeting other single mums with children around the same age as my daughter, but I had no idea where to find them. Continue Reading →
When I first became a single parent, I felt totally alone in the world. I felt so supported by my friends and family, but I felt like I was the only one going through what I was, and no one would EVER really understand what my life was like now. Some of my friends had kids, but none of them were separated or divorced. I felt like the biggest failure in the world.Continue Reading →
I can’t believe it has happened again. I only know about it because a fellow mum in an online mum’s forum I am in, posted about it anonymously today. I do not know her name, but I feel for her, and for her child. How many other children is this happening to that we are not being made aware of? What are we as parents, as social citizens, and as a country doing about it?Continue Reading →