Tome of the Mommy: The Fighting of the Tree

For some of us, holiday rituals are our happiest memories. For others, they are the flint that sparks our greatest fears. Maybe memories of unhappy holidays past haunt us. Or maybe we stress out at the pressure to project “happiness” during this time of year.
If something truly important is bothering us, faking some form of [...]

Holidays and Loneliness

Q: Because I’m single, I always feel as if I’m “odd woman out” during the holidays. After evenings and outings with family and friends, I come home to my lonely apartment—and wonder what it is I’m doing so wrong, to be here alone. After 35 years, I have a right to have someone by my [...]

Single Moms and the Holiday Blues: Lifting Your Spirits

Mistletoe? What mistletoe? Some single moms maybe spending the upcoming holidays alone due to custody arrangements.And it may be hard-well for some, impossible-to be cheery, while visions of the perfect Norman Rockwell familyinfiltrate our consciousness.
SMW asked Alaina Sheer, one of SingleMindedWomen.com’s contributors to share with us how she survives the holidays as a single mom:
This [...]

Bye, Bye Holiday Blues!

The holidays have arrived and so have the blues for many people. Between the economy, people losing their jobs or fearing they may lose their job, and let’s not forget lack of sunlight, it’s easy to see how one can fall victim to depression this time of year.
Take heart deary, everyone has the blues from [...]