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Cutting Grocery Costs without Cutting Nutrition Simple, healthy, and affordable ways to weather the rising price of food by Karen Collins, R.D., American Institute of Cancer Research Grocery prices are projected to increase again in 2008 – that’s following 2007’s highest annual increase in 17 years. But surviving these tough economic times doesn’t have to mean sacrificing good nutrition. Some simple strategies can help you cut food costs and eat more healthfully, too. 
Madlynn is Kid of the Month Some things should never be said... by Kristyn Kusek Lewis
What Not to Say About Someone's Appearance
7 love rules you need to break ‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine lists nonconventional tips for happier relationships These relationship secrets go against conventional wisdom, but “Cosmo” believes in shaking things up. Colleen Rush shares seven new rules for today's relationships:
Just because you’ve always done something one way doesn’t mean it’s the right way. Remember how much your life improved when you finally gave up super-low-rise jeans, dating only bad boys, and dial-up modems? Relationship experts say that ditching the following seven love rules can be just as liberating — maybe more. Holding Her Head High
Actress Janine Turner Inspires Single Mothers
by Janine Turner Nashville, TN – History yields to all types of mothers. Helena Augusta, abandoned single mother of Constantine, helped forever change Christianity. Widowed single mother Belva Lockwood would become the first female presidential candidate in 1884. And Harriet Jacobs, a slave, chose to live in a small airless attic for 7 years so her children could have freedom while diligently fighting for her own freedom and her children's safety. Single Mom Dating Tips from Ms. Single Mama
I have been a dating single mom for over two years now.
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Day to Day ArticlesWash the Dishes with All Your Heart "In a charmed life, the best thing going is what is happening now"
by Victoria Moran, author of Living a Charmed Life:
Even the most dazzling lives are punctuated more by commas and periods than by exclamation marks. You virtually guarantee a charmed life when you can give yourself as fully to doing the dishes, and tending to the other miscellanea that make up your day, as to some grand adventure. This is because you can count on the dishes. They’ll be there alongside the grand adventures, and if no adventure is immediately forthcoming, the dishes won't let you down. Besides, feelings of enthusiasm, excitement, and positivity about anything and everything attract adventures to a life the way an open bag of trail mix attracts bears to a campsite. They just can't stay away. Cheap Chic Dressing's Here to Stay Designers partner with affordable retailers to create budget-friendly fashions.By Kristin Larson
"Cheap-chic" dressing is nothing new. But thanks to the merry-go-round of designers and celebrities entering the realm of affordable fashions, it's always exciting to see who's next. And in this price-conscious climate, cheap-chic style makes sense. Who can afford European-made designer goods anymore?
...read on about Practicality of 'high-low' dressing and 'A fascinating challenge'. The Genius of Your Inner Wisdom Contributed by Jennifer Snyder - Stop everything you’re doing for a moment…Erase all of those racing thoughts and fragmented to-do lists from your mind. Take a nice, deep breath… and another. Feel your heart rate slowing down. Now, whisper to yourself, “What do I most need in this moment?” Feel your excitement and hopefulness rise at the prospect that you’re finally focusing on your own needs. The notion almost brings goose bumps to your skin, doesn’t it? “What do I most need in this moment?” Wait a minute... don’t allow your mind to race ahead, or give you seventeen reasons why you can’t take time for whatever answer might be coming forth. You can take time... perhaps you must take time... Everyone Can Discover Their Intuitive Gifts by Carole Lynne, author of Cosmic Connection: Messages for a Better World Would you like to use your intuition to make better decisions for yourself, your family and the world? If so here are some tips on dealing with the challenges living an intuitive life brings. Inner guidance can be extremely helpful, so it’s worth learning how to overcome the challenges of intuitive living. Grow a Balanced, Empowered Self by Charlene M. Proctor, Ph.D. - Author of Let Your Goddess Grow! 7 Spiritual Lessons on Female Power and Positive Thinking
Life Lessons for My Sisters: How to Make Wise Choices and Live a Life You Love! by Natasha Munson
Managing Your Energy After Childbirth by Sylvia Brown, author of The Post-Pregnancy Handbook: The Only Book that Tells What the First Year After Childbirth is Really All About -- Physically, Emotionally, Sexually
First a Bit of Advice for All Single Moms Out there
Mommy Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety
How to successfully date a single mom... & her kids by Victoria Walker by PageWise, Inc
MEN-O-PAUSE, I TRULY WOULD PREFER THE PAUSE by Delores Thomas
by Devlyn Steele - Life Coach Advice
How to successfully date a single mom... & her kids by Victoria Walker by PageWise, Inc
by Cecily Harrison
Day-to-Day section where all single mothers will find from articles to researches, from tips for a new mom to things that matter to all Single Mothers. by Jeremy Carper
I was saddened when I learned that a friend from many years ago committed
suicide. I'll call him Larry. Larry's depression, and his shocking death, had
come as a surprise to friends and family.
by Leslie - New York
Recently I attended several NYC meetings, asking mothers, tryers and thinkers
what advice they would give to women embarking on this adventure of single
motherhood. Suggestions ranged from follow your heart to practical tips on
finding babysitters.
by Donna J. Grisanti On the cusp of World War II, Raine Foster buries her beloved grandmother and flees impending marriage. After faking her own death, she forges another life intertwined with three strangers. Their lie-sealed odyssey encounters forbidden love, racism, natural disaster, and murder. Wandering Hearts is a romance for men and women who love to work the earth and tend the home. How I focused a spiritual lens on celebrities by Jenny Roemer from Spirituality.Com You could have called me a celebrity junkie. It’s not a term I like, but on a typical lunch break at work you’d find me surfing the Internet to find articles about the latest pop singers or to get the skinny on celebrity romances. And if you tried to talk to me in line at the grocery store—forget it. I’d have my nose buried in the magazines at the checkout displays. A stranger's care transcends a language barrier by Marta Greenwood from Spirituality.Com My elderly Iranian parents have managed to live in New York City for over twenty years without speaking English. My sister lives several hours away and I live in London. So when a car backed into them as they crossed the street near their apartment in November of 2004 they felt a million miles from home and family. Critically injured, they were rushed to an intensive care unit. What if you could dedicate an entire year to spiritual study?
Imagine how much you could learn about your potential, your strengths, ways you
can grow. Now there's a way to do just that-a structured approach to reading the
best-selling book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker
Eddy.
There's no "mid-life" in eternity by Annette Bridges from Spirituality.Com I’m almost 50. Half a century. For 21 years of my life, I focused on raising my only child. Then she graduated from college, married and moved to another state. Some people experience mid-life crises at this stage of life—I know I started thinking things I’d never thought about before. Daily prayer instead of daily binge by Tresha Thorsen from Spirituality.Com
For many years, I suffered with bulimia.
Extend a hand, transform a life Lori White from Spirituality.Com Random acts of kindness. Going out of your way to care for others. These things transform people, says Phil Stack, a retired psychologist and author of the book I Am a Good Person. a Spirituality.Com commentary If there is any venue where it is essential to be neutral, it is in the sacred region of the heart where prayer takes place. In this elevated sanctuary, thought can witness spiritual reality unembellished with personal agendas, emotion or habit. It is a place where personal will submits to the unchanging spiritual nature of things and the heart responds with a humble, “Thy will be done.” "What the Bleep Do We Know!?": I can know my thoughts Shirley Schwaller from Spirituality.Com How often do you hear in a movie, “Our mind creates our body,” or “Matter is actually a thought manifested”? If you are a reader of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, as I am, these would not be entirely new ideas—but even I was surprised to hear these comments in a movie. a Spirituality.Com commentary
When the panel investigating the September 11, 2001 attacks announced its
conclusion that a “failure of imagination” prevented US officials from
understanding the urgency of the al Qaeda threat, it seemed to exonerate
everyone.
About Reagan, Bernie, and Alzheimer by Shirley Schwaller from Spirituality.Com
A friend once confessed it’s hard to know how to pray for someone trapped in an
empty shell of a body that doesn’t work.
Images of Inhumanity vs. The Whole Picture a Spirituality.Com commentary In 21st century warfare, images can be as devastating as bombs. Whether terrorist “photo opportunities” of executions or evidence of abuse by soldiers against prisoners, instant communication allows the average citizen back at home to be hit with painful images of man’s inhumanity to man. a Spirituality.Com commentary People commit offenses all the time. On the highway, in crowds, at work—wherever people get together—there are opportunities to cause and feel affronts. And, many instinctively want to strike back. Movies, TV, video games and such set up scenarios that justify not only striking back, but doing it in an overwhelming way. Even news reports often show examples of “shock and awe” tactics, with people trying to get even for atrocities by committing even worse atrocities. by Amanda Tucker from Spirituality.Com
"You are perfect…made in God’s image...”.
"Eternal Sunshine" Remembering the good by Meg Dendler from Spirituality.Com
If you could completely erase someone from your memory, would you do it? Would
life be happier if you could remove every sad memory or heartbreaking event?
Those intriguing questions enticed me to see Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind.
Running the race of life with patience by Sarah Nelson
Once, years ago, when I was feeling overwhelmed as a mother with three young
children, I phoned an older and wiser friend for comfort. After I poured out my
woes, she told me, "Dear, I just think you need to be more patient." I nearly
hit the roof!
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Top 8 Tips for Reducing Kids Screen Time This Summer Reducing time spent in front of televisions and computers is one of the easiest ways to improve your family's health. Here are eight simple ways to limit screen time so you can help crank up your kids’ energy, re-charge their minds, and improve their health. What would you change? Weekly Column, by Annette Bridges Change -- some people dread it, and others can’t get enough. It may be much like the idiom, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” When it comes to what we would alter or why we would make a modification, the answers vary because we all have different things we value, want, need and consider important.
Being a Role Model by Laurie Cesario-Overton If I had to choose one sentence that would best describe what I feel parents need to learn, it would be this: Be your child's BEST ROLE MODEL in all the ways that truly count. Be your child's HERO. Whatever you do, do it for all the right reasons. How to Find the Best Car Loans for Single Moms Financial Advice for Single Moms The best car loans for single mothers might be just around the corner at your local car lot. 3 Money Rules for Stay-at-Home Moms
As we all know, life is unpredictable. We lose jobs, get divorced and even become widowed...
You May Have Too Much Debt But You Also Have Options How Life Works If you feel like you're in over your head with personal debt, you're not alone. Millions of Americans have become overextended, many as a result of easy credit and the recessions. Credit cards, medical bills, personal loans and raising interest rates do not make a good financial mix. Could fat babies mean fat toddlers?
A new study from Harvard Medical School found that babies who gained weight quickly had a sharply higher risk of obesity. The study followed close to 600 babies and found those in the top quarter of weight for their length at 6 months had a 40 percent higher risk of obesity by age 3 than smaller babies. Crystal Bowersox - A Single Mom And A Real American Idol Read how the amazing Crystal Bowersox. the runner-up of American Idol Season 9, handles fame and life as a single mom, raising her 17 month old son. 5 Ways for Single Moms to Save Money Single moms are always looking for ways to save money, and for good reason... It’s important to find ways to cut corners on the little things that perhaps you don’t think about too often, because those are usually where your biggest money drains are. Suze Orman's Recession Rescue Plan - helps you survive in times of financial crisis OPRAH.com Do you know what your family would do if you lost your job - or worse, your home? Financial expert Suze Orman is ready to help you devise a recession rescue plan to survive - and possibly thrive - during this deepening financial crisis... Your Just-in-Case Emergency Plan by RealSimple Who do you call if you can't make it home in time to meet the kids' bus? Who do you trust to take in your mail when you're on vacation? Who do you trust with the extra set of keys to your house? How to save $10,000 By Liz Pulliam Weston If you were hoping for a list of small tweaks you could make in your spending to save $10,000 a year, sorry. The reality is that $10,000 is a lot of money. And saving big money usually means making big changes in the areas where we spend the most, such as: Housing, Transportation, Food. The Super, Sexy, Single Mom on a Budget by Renee Rayles A quick reference guide designed for the busy, single mom who has little time to read while running the mom taxi, cooking dinner, helping with homework, and trying to fit in a date night every now and then.
Single Mothers & Single mothers carry an enormous load of responsibility, especially those having sole and/or primary custody of minor children. They nourish, they nurture, they teach, they discipline, they shelter, they protect, and they provide… all without the assistance of another equally-invested adult. Mom's Obesity Raises Newborn's Heart Risk from the National Institute of Health The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her newborn baby will have a congenital heart defect, a new study suggests. The finding raises concerns because 1 in 5 women are obese at the start of pregnancy in the United States. The 10-Ingredient Shopping Trip By Tara Parker-Pope and Mark Bittman ... In his latest “How to Cook Everything” segment on the Today Show, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman makes it surprisingly easy to cook a week’s worth of dinners with just a 10-ingredient shopping trip. Your 5-minute guide to protecting your identity 20 steps to protect yourself from identity theft, and seven ways to clean up things if you become a victim. TheOnlineMom.com offers parents and consumers a guide to the top-rated, age-appropriate, kid-tested and parent-approved tech toys and gifts. Single Moms in the News
6 Best Celebrity Single Moms
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney For those wondering why tween boys don’t read very much, the answer is that more books aren’t like this... Get more self-confidence Psychiatrist Gail Saltz and body language expert Janine Driver discuss ways to gain more confidence. Teens Report Parental Inattention to Their Important "Rites of Passage" has high price tag by Amanda Bach Almost half of America’s high school teens report parental inattention to what they consider to be key transitions during their adolescence, according to a SAAD.org study released. The study suggests that this lack of timely parental involvement in important “rites of passage” comes with a high price tag: the potential for dangerous behaviors that can lead to illness, injury, or death as teens seek alternative milestones to demonstrate growing maturity and independence.
HowToDoThings.com Is resource with a multitude of "How-To" topics. For instance, single moms can find helpful information about family life with informative articles on the topic of "Building a Family". HowToDoThings.com presents expert-contributed information on a wide variety of family-related topics, including adoption, pregnancy & birth, parenting, and celebrating family events. Some of our most popular articles are on subjects like "How to Understand a Fetal Monitor", "How to Prepare for Breast Feeding while Pregnant", "How to Set Up an Inflatable Birthing Pool", "How to Choose Nanny Agencies", and "How to Buy Infant or Baby Cribs". The Breast Cancer Site Please support the site sponsors, above, that make The Breast Cancer Site possible -- they pay for the mammograms your daily click provides. 100% of collected revenue from site sponsorships goes to pay for mammograms. Your click, along with others today, will fund free mammograms for women in need. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Breast cancer affects all women, young and old, directly and indirectly. This is why the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation www.komen.org stresses the importance of the breast self exam, the mammogram and early detection during October and throughout the year. Get back in the game! Dating after divorce Dr. Laura Berman offers smart strategies for finding romance again TODAYShow.com contributor
Dating is often a risky and adrenaline-pumping adventure, but when you date after divorce, hearts aren’t the only commodities on the line. Between kids, potential step-relations, money issues and exes, dating after divorce can be a tricky and stressful undertaking.
My Story as a Single Mom
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