About Me
January 12, 2025
Happy (belated) New Year everyone! I can not believe that it is 2025 and I can not believe that I have had this blog for almost 11 years!!! That is absolutely insane to me! Last year I said that I wanted to try and update and maybe even change up this blog and while I still am not sure how things are going to end up I will say that I am currently in the process of actually getting something things updated and changed. There will be more details to come as things start to fall into place, but for now I wanted to not only make note of the fact that changes are finally getting started, but also provide a quick update on me and my life.
My son is now 13 years old (he has grown up far too quickly for my taste) and I am still struggling with the fact that I officially have a teenager. I am still single (though not for lack of trying) and while I accepted and came to terms with the divorce some time ago dealing with my ex is still difficult more often than not.
I am looking forward to the changes that are being made to the blog to be completed and to see where I am able to go from here.
March 16, 2024 – Update
Wow, how time has flown by. These past years have been difficult in so many ways and as a result I have not used this blog as much as I had hoped or intended when I initially started it. I still do not want to remove my previous ‘About Me’ posts as just now I found it interesting to reread and as a reminder of all that I have made it through to get to where I am today. Having found my way back here I am really hoping that I can pick up and continue to use this as a resource and a place of reflection and support. Not just for myself, but for anyone out there that may be struggling as well.
While I started this as a way to process everything that was going on due to being forced to accept an unwanted divorce I have had thoughts about trying to transition it into something that is more generally focused on being a parent. The thought behind this is that all parents, at some point or another, struggles with something and when we are struggling we all want to find support to help us through. I have no idea how this transition would look or how it would work, but it is something that I have been thinking about and if there is anyone out there who still reads this blog or has just found it would be interested in something like that I would love to hear from you. You can comment here or reach me by email at: singlemomletters@gmail.com. If you have found this blog I sincerely hope you will consider reaching out.
November 17, 2018 – Update
It has been an extremely difficult year and has felt like there has been no real and serious downtime to deal with all the stress 2018 has brought with it. I can only hope that next year will be a little less stressful and I will be able to post here more frequently, but life as a single mother continues and I have even been seeing someone. Could that mean that 2019 will be an improvement? 🤞
August 23, 2015 – Update
I wanted to write an update, but at least for the time being I didn’t want to change the original description written below the day I started this blog, April 17, 2014.
I am now almost 2 years into this nightmare and there is so much that is still up in the air, and therefor stressful. I am unsure as to whether or not I am adjusting to everything. I am not even sure if I am getting used to it, but here I am, somehow making it from one day to the next and doing my best to keep my head above water. I am not sure how much longer this whole process will take, but until everything is finalized I will continue to take things one moment at a time and hope that will be good enough.
My best wishes and support to anyone and everyone who is going through a similar experience.
April 17, 2014 – Original ‘About Me’ post
I am only a few months into my new (and unwanted) life as a single mother. My soon-to-be-ex-husband decided, well truth be told who knows what he decided. As far as he is concerned our marriage and life together were not worth saving and as a result were over. My desire to try to save my marriage was of no consequence and therefore entirely disregarded.
I am lost and alone with nowhere to turn and no one that I can truly trust. I have so much that I want/need to say or feel that I will burst, but with no one that I feel I can trust with absolutely everything that I have to say where am I to turn to try to work through this?
As a result I am struggling to transition from a life as a loving wife and full-time stay at home mother to my beautiful son to a single mother and woman grieving the death of my marriage and loss of the man I love.
I write this blog in the hopes of helping myself through what will be one of the most horrific experiences of my life as well as reaching out to others who are now going through or have in the past gone through a similar experience.