| All I ever hear is how difficult it is to be a single | | | | situation were different than it is, guess what? The |
| parent. Almost every single parent I've ever met | | | | situation is going to be difficult and hard. You can |
| laments about how terribly difficult it is. I'm a single | | | | think about your situation in the opposite way. |
| parent and don't find it to be all that difficult. It is | | | | You can spend your mental energy focusing on |
| what it is. Parenting isn't the easiest thing I've ever | | | | what's great about the situation. Such as how much |
| done, but hey, what is when you first start out? I | | | | time you get to spend with your child and how |
| liken this whole situation to when I quit smoking. | | | | blessed you are that he or she came into you life. As |
| When I was "trying" to quit, all I heard was how | | | | you know, having a child incarnate into this world is |
| difficult it was going to be. Everyone had an opinion. | | | | an outright blessing, and it should be treated as such. |
| It wasn't until I let go of all of that and said to | | | | The bottom line is that being a single parent isn't |
| myself how simple it was going to be, that I quit. In | | | | difficult for me because I spend my energy focusing |
| my mind being a single parent is the same. And so | | | | on what's great about it, rather than what's not so |
| far (my daughter's now 3) it's not that difficult. | | | | great. At the end of the day, it is what it is, and the |
| In my opinion it would be much harder to have | | | | important thing is you're child. Harrison Ford hit the nail |
| arguments with my ex in front of my daughter, than | | | | on the head when he said, "Parenting is an impossible |
| it is being a single parent. My point is that being a | | | | job at any age." I would also add, whether there are |
| single parent is as difficult as you think it is. If you | | | | one or two parents present. It's an impossible job, so |
| think about how hard it is, and how you wish the | | | | all we can do is the best we can. |