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Kick Negativity to the Curb — Choose the Positive!

It can be easy to see everything that is stacked up against you. Money is tight, you work too much, the housework is never ending. You have two choices – you can see it as a challenge to overcome, or you can feel sorry for yourself. If you consciously choose the positive mindset, it will start to come naturally. Before you let something weigh you down, take a moment and think of your options. Do you want to be angry and sad or do you want to take action and be happy? Being a single parent has unique challenges. Instead of dwelling on them, come up with unique solutions, and the world will start to look brighter!

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Lessons in Dating: Don’t Date A Male Stripper!

I became a single mom at 22. I quickly learned that the dating world I had just entered was light years away my teenage years, when I had last been single. I decided I needed some sort of guidelines to follow; a sort of roadmap, which of course didnt exist in the Geography section (or self-help section) of Barnes & Noble. So I charted my own course, starting with two general rules: No relationships for 6 months, and Dates only on the nights I didnt have my son