During the first years, holidays as a single mom were really hard. Especially mother's day and birthdays. There's no breakfast in bed or sleeping in. No help with the laundry or break from diaper changes... but I'm finally getting the idea of how to enjoy the holidays instead of wallowing like a spoiled brat. It's to get us out of the house for the day so that we all enjoy ourselves!
When a client asked me what we were doing for this Mother's Day, I was excessively honest (as I always seem to be, for better or worse). I'm having brunch with my ex-husband and his wife, and his parents. And our combined kids. She asked me if I was joking. Which I wasn't. (Why I can't just answer with something simple like "having brunch with family, thanks for asking" is another topic for another day...)
We had a great mother's day out and about. I didn't have to cook or do any dishes. And I was reminded once again how amazingly blessed I am to have such a unique family, full of people who love me and my kids regardless of how odd we might look from the outside.
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Cross-posted from singlesupermama.com