Following is a message from a single mom - well, more of a plea for help than a message. I've copied exactly as I received it. Then I posted my reply to her as the first comment.
I encourage all of you to discuss here. Comment here with suggestions, affirmations, or even just a "girl, I know exactly where you're coming from."
I know for a fact, that this is something all moms struggle with - single or not.
"I need some help from any of the single moms who can help me with this question......my heart is broken and yet I'm trying to figure out how to be a mom and a human at the same time. A mom in that my kids don't see me cry or sad or frustrated to where they feel it but yet somehow hold it in until i can cry at night or some other time and not react when they share upsetting information about the ex or when the car breaks down and the computer doesn't work and the house is a mess and working all week and the kids fight and no one is there to pick it all up but mom. I don't want my daughters to be sad because I'm sad, yet how to show them it's ok and normal for people to be sad sometimes. I don't know if this makes sense at all, but I do appreciate you listening. Please let me know if I'm totally crazy but I don't understand sometimes how I can be all these things the most healthy way possible for all."
