Wow, I've never done this before and I'm not exactly sure how it's going to turn out.
Officially, I have been a single mom for three years but unofficially, I've been a single mom since the day my first child was born. In the past two years, my ex-husband has gone to prison, and my children and I have done more things together than we had ever done before. We've gone to Knotts Berry Farm, Disneyland, Texas, and the beach. We've laughed till we cried at least a million times and we've loved every moment we've spent together.
Have I always been a good mom? Heck no! In fact, I was a pretty cruddy mom to my older kids. I made mistakes that I can never fix and I have at least a million regrets. I learned from those mistakes though, and I have made myself a promise that I would never make those mistakes again. Right after my divorce was final the friend of one of my kids asked her how it felt to come from a broken home and my daughter replied that her family wasn't broken anymore, it was fixed now. I'm doing something right finally:-)
