Come on, really? I know I'm a single parent. I know I look young, but staring me down like I have the plague while walking through the store with my two kids isn't exactly welcoming. I know how it looks, but I also know that I don't look dirty, my kids don't look dirty,and even the food we bought wasn't bad.
ok, so maybe buying the m&m's was a little much, but I can't make a trail mix without a little chocolate. I'm a female, so sue me.
Making me feel as though I committed some sort of crime by having kids:
a)out of wedlock
b)when I was young
-or-
c) out in PUBLIC, because apparently the looks I was getting were almost as bad as a blind person walking into a restaurant with a seeing eye dog. You know they're supposed to be with that person, yet you still give them the 'look'. I know there are plenty of people that still do that.
At least the blind don't have to see the stares.
Anyway, I've been debating on writing a book. Yea, I'm sure there are plenty of them out there, but what's another? I've always wanted to write a 'the single mom's instruction manual', which doesn't really have instructions, but experiences, because I'm sure-even though I've had kids for only 6 years at the age of 25 (you do the math)- I've had plenty of experiences to tell ANYONE that some choices, while they seem the right ones to do at the time, are probably either wrong, or could be done differently, all while keeping your loved ones informed, and being able to do what you were trying to do in the first place. I mean, come on, you've seen the pictures of the 'right' way and the 'wrong' way, right? If not, here's one:)
ok, so maybe buying the m&m's was a little much, but I can't make a trail mix without a little chocolate. I'm a female, so sue me.
Making me feel as though I committed some sort of crime by having kids:
a)out of wedlock
b)when I was young
-or-
c) out in PUBLIC, because apparently the looks I was getting were almost as bad as a blind person walking into a restaurant with a seeing eye dog. You know they're supposed to be with that person, yet you still give them the 'look'. I know there are plenty of people that still do that.
At least the blind don't have to see the stares.
Anyway, I've been debating on writing a book. Yea, I'm sure there are plenty of them out there, but what's another? I've always wanted to write a 'the single mom's instruction manual', which doesn't really have instructions, but experiences, because I'm sure-even though I've had kids for only 6 years at the age of 25 (you do the math)- I've had plenty of experiences to tell ANYONE that some choices, while they seem the right ones to do at the time, are probably either wrong, or could be done differently, all while keeping your loved ones informed, and being able to do what you were trying to do in the first place. I mean, come on, you've seen the pictures of the 'right' way and the 'wrong' way, right? If not, here's one:)
now you know what I'm talking about, huh. I bet there really are some morons out there that do this, have done this, or probably WILL do this at some point in their lives.
Anyway. I guess I just felt like venting this time I suppose. Not going to lie though, being a single young parent is seriously difficult, but I can promise you, if there are any single moms/dads reading this, it is NOT impossible.
Maybe I should write about this more often ;)
Later
-XO manda
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