This is a shoutout to single moms everywhere. I don’t know how you do it, ladies. The two of us are handling things fine, but … well … there are 2 of us. For the first few weeks of our new life, Elvis and I lived in shifts. I’d get up early in the morning to tend to Henry’s needs while Elvis slept, and he would stay up late into the night to let me get a few hours’ sleep. Let me tell you, it was very convenient to be pumping in those early weeks, so that I COULD take a few hours "off" each day to maintain my sanity. It also helped that Elvis’ parents live about 5 minutes away, and that my mom took a few days off work to come help after we brought Henry home from the hospital. I do my best to take care of my son, and I feel pretty confident that I’m doing a good job. He’s happy, healthy, alert, and you can practically hear him getting fatter by the second. But there’s no way I’d have survived those rough first couple of weeks without a LOT of help, support, and love from Elvis. He made my pregnancy such a pleasure, and he continues to uplift and encourage me every day. In more ways than one, Henry and I both would be lost without him.
I have known a handful of single moms in my time, and I know that each one is an amazing, smart, strong, wonderful woman. I could never have imagined how difficult motherhood could be, but now that I’ve experienced it, I stand even that much more in awe of these incredible women. I hope your children appreciate the hard work you do every single day, and I really hope you know just how fantastic you are. Go mommies!
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