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 to get through Difficult Pregnancy

Question: I have a friend who is pregnant–she is about 6 months or so. She is very frustrated. She feels like nobody understands what she is going through. I think she needs therapy or something. What can I do as a friend to help? Can you write back or write a blog about it. Maybe [...]

Scared

I’m so ready to have this baby and get everything over with. Arrrgh. I can’t take it anymore! I’m so scared. Somewhat excited, but mostly scared. I hate living my life with a bit of fear in my heart It’s just soo .. not how I like to do things. I’m afraid of the pain, [...]

Nightmares

I’ve been having what seem like nightmares every time I go to sleep but they’re really not. One was an innocent dream about me shopping for the baby yet it was making me toss and turn. The others are unfortunately about Daddy. In some of them he calls me, in some of them he doesn’t. [...]

Overload

I’m only 1 month pregnant and already I’m showing too many symptoms. Teehee. My GAWD .. cramps, tender boobs, heart burn, mood swings. I feel so depressed right now and really for no reason. Am I gonna bitch about Daddy this entry? Eh, not really cause I don’t feel like its him this time. Right [...]

Boy oh Boy?!!

I talked to my friend, Scott today who used to be one of my best friends from when I was a teenager up until a year ago. I told him about the baby and he did some Chinese Horoscope on me which basically just told me that my baby is gonna be a boy Teehee. [...]

Where Are You?!

Day 6, no call from Daddy I’m still counting, still caring. How long is he going to ignore us? What’s he doing right now? Does he ever think of me and baby? If so what kind of thoughts cross his mind? Does he still talk about us? If he does what does he say? Ugh [...]

Making Progress.

I managed to finally crawl out of bed today and take a shower (I know, ew, right? LOL!) and generally give half a damn about my appearance, hygiene and health. I feel like eating today. I haven’t eaten much since I first found out I am pregnant and have lost 10 lbs so far. But [...]

Who I Was, Who I Am …

I’m thinking about the road my life was headed before I knew I was pregnant. I was a 23 year old single girl living in a small studio apartment in Oklahoma. I was self employed and took great pride in my work .. it was a dream come true to be in the position that [...]

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