Before my mother died, she made me promise to do everything that could be done to make sure my father was not left alone after she was gone.
I am trying to be both mother and father to my children.
It is very tough to bring up a child on your own.
I was a single mom.
Seven years after becoming a lone parent, I feel qualified to look anyone in the eye and say that people bringing up children single-handedly deserve, not condemnation, but congratulation.
I'm the sole provider for my child, I don't get any help. I'm not saying we're poverty stricken, but it does mean I have to work hard.
My mom, for all intents and purposes, was a single parent.
There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet.
