Family Forum / Parenting / Single Parents / December 2003

Trust in the Lord
Christian Fellowship- a means of Making a Difference in your life.
During Difficult times a  great means of support and finding peace of  mind
in my opinon can be found through Faith in Jesus Christ.

K, I really thought my life couldn't get any worse... but it has.  I don't
want to go into any details but I just found out some MORE stuff about this
whole thing with my ex, and here I thought I was able to move on and put
that snake behind me... but no, life likes to kick me while ...

When I was young, we played outside and did not play video games and
watch TV all time.
Now these lazy kids sit there playing videogames and watching Tv all
day, if you send them outside they complain.

My personal life just seems to be going from one bad move to another.  My
now ex boyfriend and I split up in August just after his ex girlfriend had
their child, and obviously he went back to her.  It's been 3 mths and I've
managed to keep well and trully away from him, except for ...

First time onlooker, First time poster
I have a spouse who continually uses social services and child protective
services as a means to poke her nose into mine and my sons affairs.  She
continually calls them about alleged neglect and abuse charges yet how can

I saw an article in this issue of "Working Mother". It was about
pastors, women and parenting. I thought of you, and did not know if
you were still pastoring.
This article was great and I enjoyed it and wanted to know if you

Sorry...we're recouping from the superflu that we caught over the
holidays....
I'll catch up this weekend.
any additions, requests, or deletions just reply to this email.

Glad to see that we haven't scared ya off... yet.  We're an odd mix but
the common thread - raising our children as single parents, keeps us
together.  Welcome.
'Kate

I saw a Dr. Phil the other night. It was a mother they revisited who
has been in therapy. Her own daughter called her a monster, due to her
horrible parenting style.  But there was hope and she found it. It was
amazing to see mom taking time out for herself. I think doing too much

Someone posted something recently to the effect that this group had always
been about moaning how tough it was being a single parent etc (hence the
subject line, also a damn good marketing ploy for getting you to read it I
felt). Well, I would like to say that I think it is tough ...