I am the daughter of a single Mum and...

[LittleBoysRock]

I was just answering a post regarding single motherhood and I got thinking. I am the child of a single Mother.

My parents split up when I was 13 and ever since my Mother raised me and my 2 siblings ALL alone.

Mum didnt recieve child support and worked full-time to support us herself. Mum paid for me and my sister to go to private school (it was VERY tight $$ wise). She clothed, fed and put a roof over our heads and provided us with a safe an loving home. She even took on DIY home improvments and made things like my ball-gown!

I was listened to, respected and educated by my Mother. :kiss:

I guess my point is that single Mothers are fantastic. I think every one of you out there deserves to be recognised for what you are doing. I think you ROCK!!!

I will always be grateful to my Mum. I will ALWAYS have so much respect for what she has done.

Keep on smiling and doing the best you can, your kids will appreciate everything you do for them in time. :yelclap:

[Elfin]

My mother and father divorced in 1975 but split when I was 6. I didn't have much contact with my father after that. There also weren't a lot of single parents around at that time so that made it hard for mum. I think she was a wonderful mother, I never wanted for anything, she worked hard and we had a really good life. I don't feel I missed out by not having a father around, probably better off in fact than having a lot of unhappiness in the home.

Having had my own children now I really appreciate how hard it must be for single parents at times and think they do a fabulous job bringing up their children without the support of a partner. Mum made sure I had the best education possible and encouraged me to stay at school and go to university. I am so grateful for that. Thanks mum:)

[LittleBoysRock]

Hi NattieB,

I am sure you DD will apreciate it some day and she will know you always did the best you could. :)

[justtwogirls22]

thanks for your nice words - although im only new to being a single mum i did everything for my DD before anyway but i still have some rough days & reading your post made my realise & hope that one day eliana appreciates everything like you do - thanks for making my day :smiliedance:

[Briannabear]

Im so with you on that one Monyfelix!!

My mother is a single mum (mum and dad split when I was 11, my youngest brother -at that point- was 3 at the time) and has done a bl**dy fantastic job raising us.
She remarried and had another little boy and pretty much straight after split with him! So she has raised my youngest brother (now 10 years old) entirely on her own without any financial support from the millionaire father!

She has gone without so much simply to put food on the table for us kids. (There were times she didnt even eat dinner herself because she couldnt afford to)
There's a hell of a lot of expence in clothing, schooling and feeding 4 children. (my dad contributes - but not hugely)

Anyways, you single mums rock for everthing that you sacrafice and go through for your children! :yelclap:
(and believe me... it doesnt go un-noticed!)

[Elfin]

Briannabear, you are so right, the single mothers do sacrifice a lot for their children even at times their own personal happiness or a career. I certainly appreciate everything that my mum did for me and only recently I realised given she was single in the mid 1970s she must have come up against some prejudice but that was never an issue for her. I see her as a trailblazer, someone not willing to put up with a miserable marriage just because at that time women were expected to do so:)

[loopi1]

I'm the same as NattieB, I feel guilty working and intern letting someone else raise my DS. I worked full time for his first 1 1/2, he has just turned 2. I am now only working part time. I can't afford not to work, can't live of centrelink payments. If I don't work we will loose everything, roof over our head, car etc.. and when it's my sons wellbeing invovled I will do anything to protect him. But as I said I do feel guilty in working and hope he doesn't grow up hating me for doing so. I have been lucky to see most of his milestone tho which is good.

It's been great to hear all the posts of you kids praising your single mums, it's something to look forward to.

I have sacrificed a lot since becoming a single mum, more than people know but I am doing my best to give my DS The Best.

[LittleBoysRock]

I just thought I would re-open this thread (send it back to new posts) as I think it is really important to support the single Mums out there! :thumbsup:

[melindabust]

im a single mother of two in brisbane i am trying to meet some other parents in brisbane but no one seem sto ans wer any of my posts. the things i have read you guys writing to eachother are really nice. sometimes you just need to hear yyour doing a good job. i would like to try and start agroup in the southe east please email me at melinds4157@msn if interested i think it would be great to all get toghter

[Briannabear]

Melindabust - There is a brisbane thread for mums who want to meet up - maybe thats worth looking at? :thumbsup:

[KiLLaKaZ]

but no one seems to answer any of my posts.

don't worry - i seem to be a thread-killer too! ;)

there are a few meets going on around brisbane (as mentioned) - just click on the 'queensland' section, then click on 'brisbane'! ;)

[saara]

im a single mother of two in brisbane i am trying to meet some other parents in brisbane but no one seem sto ans wer any of my posts. the things i have read you guys writing to eachother are really nice. sometimes you just need to hear yyour doing a good job. i would like to try and start agroup in the southe east please email me at melinds4157@msn if interested i think it would be great to all get toghter

Hi there, I replied to you in the single mum to be thread. I think it is a great idea. I don't live in the Redlands anymore, but I'm not far away and a good friend of mine lives down that way, so I go there a bit. Just let me know if you want to do something.

[Mum2Lucas]

My mums been a single mum since i was 11 and im a single mum too. it makes me really appreciate what my mum has gone through to keep us fed clothed and housed.

[tyler's mum]

My mums been a single mum since i was 11 and im a single mum too. it makes me really appreciate what my mum has gone through to keep us fed clothed and housed.

i hope tyler grows up to think this way,,, i get so worried about how she will deal not having a dad,,,,