Single Mom – Chapter 2
I made it exactly 27 days living with my parents.
It felt like I was a kid again.
My mom actually scolded
me for leaving a pile of dirty clothes on the bathroom floor.
Moving in with them was a decision borne
of desperation, and...
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Single Mom – Chapter 2
I made it exactly 27 days living with my parents.
It felt like I was a kid again.
My mom actually scolded
me for leaving a pile of dirty clothes on the bathroom floor.
Moving in with them was a decision borne
of desperation, and the awareness that if I didn’t leave him now I might never.
On day 28 I packed up our stuff, and we moved into a rental house, just the three of us.
I thought I’d be
scared.
I was now an official “single mom.
” For the first time since the divorce, Mark and Billy would be
relying solely on me.
I wasn’t scared, though.
I loved it.
I finally had the freedom to make my own
decisions without worrying if my choice would make Paul mad.
I was my own boss, and it felt great.
The first test of our ability to function as a divorced couple came quickly.
A note came home in Billy’s
school folder from the school psychologist, Dr.
Peters.
Dr.
Peters was worried that Billy was beginning to
suffer from childhood anxiety.
The note was a pu
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