The Merchild & The Unicorn, Part 1

I don’t know how to adequately describe the shame and embarrassment I felt at becoming a 28-year-old divorcée and single mother to a first-born 1-year-old, so I won’t try here. I will just say that, whether they were or they weren’t, I felt that everyone must be thinking, “what on Earth is wrong there?” IContinue reading “The Merchild & The Unicorn, Part 1”

The Merchild and Her Questions

“Mamma, have you ever been married?” E was four years old, and it was the first time she asked one of the questions that I had known would come since her dad and I split up a month after her first birthday. I didn’t know when the questions would start, or what form they wouldContinue reading “The Merchild and Her Questions”

About Me

Hello, and thank you for visiting my blog! I am the mother of one adorable “merchild” (my six-year-old child, E, she/her unless and until she tells me otherwise). I was a single mother and coparent for most of E’s life until I recently remarried. I have found that while there is no shortage of parentingContinue reading “About Me”