Raw and Honest Blog of a New Single Mom

I am a single mother of a biracial baby boy just trying to make it on my own. This journey is hard, yet rewarding. Blogging is my therapy, these words are my heart, and people doing better and being inspired by what I have written is my passion and hope.

How Am I Going to Survive This?

I hope everyone is doing well! I’m hiding out at home sans baby so I have a moment to write. Ok, this is SO much harder than I thought it was going to be .. being a single mama to an infant. I never thought it was going to be easy, but damn it’s tough! [...]

Dear Daddy

Why do I have to go through this shit all over again? I spent my whole pregnancy dealing with this and finally came to a point where I was OK with my situation as a single mother. I was OK with him not being around, I became OK with the fact that he’s a drug [...]

My First Week Being a Mother: Things I’ve Learned!

My first week as a mom. This is such a huge change and it’s kinda like a whirlwind that I’ve been blindly tossed into over night. Some things about motherhood have so far been expected, but I kind of have had to realize how severe they are, especially being a single mother. While so far [...]

He’s Here! (My Labor Story)

Hey everyone. I’m going to try to updte this as best as I can. It’s 2:42 am and I’m a tired, sore mommy with an attached, yet semi-demanding son so I don’t get much rest On the 5th, my last entry I wrote about being concerned about labor being around the corner. That morning I [...]

Week 40

Hello everyone! This is the big week! (I hope). I’m hoping baby Jack Jack and my body cooperate and grant my wishes. As of last week I was still dilated at 0 so my doctor and I started talking about induction. If he’s not here this week, next week he would like to thin out [...]