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Tips on the beauty of single parenting (every cloud does have a silver lining)

by Megan on Jul 1, 2010

I miss being married. I miss the things we used to do. I
wish our differences didn't bring us to divorce... BUT they
did so.... I have to do my best to deal with the cards I
have been dealt. I do this by focusing on the good in my
life now, cherishing the time I spend with my son, living my
life to the fullest, and making my own rules.

My son was 3 when I got divorced so he wasn't at the age to
establish any homework patterns yet. But he went to a school
that gave homework at an early age so by the time he was 6
we had homework to do every night. I think that is where the
term "nightmare" was born.

It was horrible. I would get off work at 5:00 and get home
at 6:00 pm. Then I would make dinner and by 7:00 we sat down
to start homework.

Unfortunately, by then he was exhausted from a long day at
school and in no mood to sit and do work. That's when the
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