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day in the life of a newly single mother

Hello friends  I'm Mrs Columbia and I'm new to being a divorced single mother and trying to be a homesteader. I want to share my story so I can look back over the years at all that's changed and we have accomplished.  This morning after breakfast the kids and I went outside to play They have a sand pile. We played with trucks and shovels. They enjoy filling their trucks with sand and bringing it to different spots in the sand pile. After that, we went down to the pond that's on the property where we are staying. They have a little boat the kids and I went out fishing We didn't catch fish very often when we went fishing. After we came back and my friend watched them while I went to work. At the moment I'm working at a bakery. Today I made chocolate chip muffins, double chocolate muffins, blueberry muffins, and cinnamon chip muffins. After I baked some chocolate chip cookies, Reese cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies and coconut pecan cookies.  While those were coolin...

getting a divorce with kids

Hello friends,  I'm Mrs Columbia and I'm new to being a divorced single mother, and trying to be a homesteader. I want to share my story so I can look back over the years at all that's changed and we have accomplished.  Getting a divorce with children is hard I was a stay-at-home mother of 2 children for 5 years and I just started working a few months ago and I'm trying to afford an apartment. If I could get some income from these blog posts that would help me start up my cleaning company.  It has been very challenging for me lately working and trying to afford everything my kids have been used to. I feel like I'm failing as a mother as I don't see my children as often as I used to and when I do see them I'm tired from work and stressed about money and that's not fair for them. I would like to be able to be with them more I just don't know how to make that happen and still financially take care of them.  If I were able to make extra income from this ...