“Life as a Single Parent Part 1 Finding a Road that Leads to a balance -Dealing with your own Children”

Victoria & Wallace

Victoria and Wallace had been married for 12 years and together have three children, two girls and a boy.  The children are aged, 4, 8, and 10.  One day Wallace told Victoria he was leaving her for another woman and he did it the exact same day he told her.

Victoria was really in love with Wallace and did not see it coming.  As a matter of fact she had no clue.  She spent most of her time so engrossed in the marriage and family she took little time for other things.

Well reality struck and she was now faced with having to raise three small children on her own and deal with the fact her husband walked out on her to be with another woman leaving her to deal with her own emotional issues.

She found it very hard to cope with everything including her job considering Wallace did not cooperate fully with child support payments since he claimed self-employment.

She was now faced with the challenge of getting a second job just to make ends meet.  The problem is, she does not have family nearby and does not know anyone in the new neighborhood that she feels trustworthy to keep her kids.  Now she has to deal with this along with all the other things of being a single parent, which includes but not limit the following:

• Maintaining safety and security for the children
• Ensuring they have food, proper clothing, school uniforms, shoes, shelter and all the necessities of life for them
• Pay the bills as best she could and not usually on time
• Report to her job on a daily basis
• Maintain proper and sufficient health insurance for herself as well as the children
• Maintain her automobile and the bills and challenges associated with such
• She dare not think of another relationship as it is too early for her.

She would often find herself crying repeatedly over not being able to keep up with all the duties and responsibilities associated with being a single parent.  She would seek solace in her two girlfriends that happened to both live in another town.

Despite all this, she continued to do the very best she could to find some balance as a single parent.

Question is: Is there really a road that leads to a balance with life as a single parent?

Which brings us to tonight’s topic: “Life as a single parent Part 1 – Finding the road that leads to a balance – dealing with your own children.”