My dad was amazing. He raised five boys. All by himself. Without the rest of us knowing.
You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.
I was not prepared to live as a single parent.
I think it is important to say that though, of course, it is wonderful to have children, it is a disservice to others not to also say how hard it is to do it alone.
I was divorced when my children were young, so I was a single mother for a while. It's so hard to have to do every little thing yourself and be forced to navigate the rocky emotions of motherhood alone.
To all you mothers out there who are raising your children alone either by choice or necessity, don't let anyone tell you you're not a family.
I would never say out loud that I am raising my children alone, but a lot of the time it has felt like that.
