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It does not mean that you are a terrible person, or that you are a bad mom. You need to take care of you, for you, and for others.

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I will not be with someone who views my son as ‘baggage.’

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See, this life of single womanhood and single motherhood combined is a tough one. And with all the love and attention my beautiful son gives me, it actually still gets very lonely.

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I have never felt incomplete despite not having a father figure because my mum took on both roles to the best of her ability.

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Thank you for empowering me to never let him be hurt by your absence. He doesn’t know you exist and because of your abandonment, he never will have to until he wants to.

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My mom doesn’t take any shit, so I was raised the same way.

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Dating in any circumstance has its obstacles of course. Throw a couple kids into the mix and you my friend will have a whole shitstorm of challenges ahead of you.

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No matter how hard I tried to keep chapstick on their dry lips, or make sure they took their multivitamins during breakfast, or picked up their loose toys and put them in the chest, or swept the floor, I felt like I was never going to catch up.

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“I’m emotionally deformed. While most of my peers have grown up and created adult lives for themselves, I’m still a four-year-old.”

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“I know it’s not true,” you say, “but sometimes I think no one really loves anybody.”