Thanks for this post.
I'm a single mom too.
It's not easy.
Some days its so freakin' hard!!
But...I've been doing it for years.
I was a single parent even when my exah was here. I assumed all the responsibilities, made all the decisions, and did most of the heavy parental lifting.
Once in a while, exah would 'help out' but the help he offered didn't make up for the stress and chaos his addiction brought into our home.
I was listening to a radio show the other day and there was an expert talking about this very subject...about the stress and strain of being a single parent...and how we worry so much that we aren't enough. And a guest on the radio show (a counselor) said he had one message that he wanted to send to us single parents and it was simply this: "YOU ARE ENOUGH". That simple phrase brought tears to my eyes because so many days (and nights) I worry if I'm enough...if I can possibly give my son what he needs.
I hope I'm enough.
I'm gonna have to be enough 'cuz I'm really all he's got.
Hang tough...we're all in this boat together!!
Mary