I can't tell you how much I respect all the single parents out there doing it all solo.
I was a solo parent. Not a single parent as far as I was concerned. Single parent implies that the other parent is around somewhere.
I never worried about raising a kid on my own.
Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation.
No one chooses to raise children alone.
I don't think anyone imagines themselves being a single parent. But I don't have a choice.
Having a baby on my own is a dream come true, but in my world, there's no sheepish spouse on his way home from a work trip to offer me a stretch of alone time.
I would never say out loud that I am raising my children alone, but a lot of the time it has felt like that.
