“Being a working mother and a working single parent instills in you a sense of determination.”
“I want to show the example that you can be a single mother and work and handle a lot of other things at the same time.”
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“As a single mom, I’m juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content. It helps us to bring out the best in each other, which is what a family should do.”
“I have a great career, and I have my daughter. So what I don’t have is not as important to me as what I do have.”
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“I think it’s really important for every mother to find their own way.”
“I think moms, single or not, put a lot of pressure on ourselves trying to balance it all. It’s never going to be perfectly balanced – the sooner you know this, the sooner you can relieve some of the pressure you put on yourself.”
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“What is free time? I’m a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl.”
“I was really young when I divorced his father, so I raised him trying to set the best example and give him the best that I could … When people compliment me on him, on how well mannered, how charming, funny, and well-behaved he is, makes all the sacrifices worthwhile.”
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“For me, motherhood is learning about the strengths I didn’t know I had, and dealing with the fears I didn’t know existed.”
“I had a lot of guilt as a single mother trying to raise a child. I had to go to work and Jeffrey was screaming that he didn’t want me to. You have to give yourself permission to let go of the guilt.”
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“It is really challenging to be by yourself, to be the bread-winner, to make sure your child is having a complete and lovely childhood — and it’s all on you, sort of, on the day-to-day.”
“You do the best you can. Some days you feel really good about yourself and some days you don’t.”
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“Don’t feel guilty about being a single mother. Patience is super important as a single mother. You do have to be a little more patient because all of the responsibility is on you … ask for help!”
“ to any single parent currently feeling the weight of stereotype or stigmatization that I am prouder of my years as a single mother than of any other part of my life.”
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“If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do matters very much.”
“Adopting my boys — that’s just been the biggest everlasting event that has informed everything, and really for the better.”
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“My kids come first, always. There is nothing more rewarding than being a mom and watching my sons grow into young men. I am so lucky that I get to experience all of life’s adventures with them.”
“I do want to say there are so many women out there who are single moms, really not by choice, and doing it and making it work every day. I think it’s becoming much more a part of our culture and I hope that it will become more accepted and that those women are going to be more and more appreciated, respected and supported.”
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“I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that … where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.”
“I don’t try to sugarcoat things. I’ll say, ‘I’m doing the best I can.’ I like cooking, I like presenting. I like it to be an experience and [my kids] help me with it, but if they want something after that, I’ll be like, ‘Look, I’m placing a meal out for you like a king. I can’t do everything. I’m going to have to be the okay mom.'”
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“I have bad days. I make mistakes … It’s a lot for one person. But after six years of having my two nuggets, there’s not a day when I wish I hadn’t done this.”
“My family is blended and diverse, nutty, and loving and understanding. That’s a family.”
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“I think it is definitely difficult for any professional being a mother, and a single one at that. It’s hard not having a partner to raise your child. It’s difficult, but far from impossible and we smile more than we cry.”
“Even the President of the United States — four of them, in fact — were raised by single mothers … Nevertheless, mention that you’re a single mom, and all-too-many of us still have to cut through a thick, gristly layer of stigma before we’re given our proper due.”
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“My life is so full. It’s not like, ‘Aww, I wish I had a man.’ After I had Xander, I went on a couple of dates and I was like, ‘I’d rather be at home sleeping, or watching TV, or hanging out with my kid.’”
“I’ve had to learn to release myself from mom guilt at least a couple times a day … I’m also learning to feel better about asking for help, whether it’s from family or hiring help. It’s not profound, but I love my career and I don’t want to make myself feel bad about pursuing both. Just cutting myself some slack has been very helpful for me.”
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“When you’ve been a parent for 11 years and you’ve done it alone, you don’t have romantic ideals, because you have a practical understanding that you can do it by yourself. “
“Motherhood is the most completely humbling experience I’ve ever had. It puts you in your place, because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in — and if you can’t stand up to those principles when you’re raising a child, forget it.”
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“What I do feel, very deep within myself, is a strength that will not fail me. You have to carry on as a mother, no matter what, and that’s what I’ve always done. “
“You don’t have the bad cop when you’re the good cop and you don’t have a good cop when you’re the bad cop; you’re like the whole police force in your family … and so it’s challenging.”
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