Raising Daughters - Tips, Advice and Experiences

Raising daughters is fun, challenging and the most amazing part of my life. As a single mom, my daughters need a strong, reliable roll model. As a mom, I need support, love and understanding. Parenting in general is better with usable parenting tips, parenting advice and a supportive friend along the way. ADayinMotherhood.com aims to be that friend! My posts offer honest and real life struggles and celebrations that surround motherhood!

The Depression of Blogging

The Depression of Blogging

I went to my Houston Bloggers meeting last night. Normally a meeting that educates and energies me for the month. I’d had a great day. My parents came to visit, we went to lunch and they gave me a new laptop as an “investment in my business” which, literally, brought me to tears. I took [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:28-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|20 Comments

Do You Have Advice for the Newly Single Mom?

Do You Have Advice for the Newly Single Mom?

**update** I am not a single mom but when I posted this, I was in the process of ending my marriage. My friend and I are closer than ever as two moms making our way on our own. However, we often still have questions and concerns as to whether we are doing a good enough [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:28-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|4 Comments

Is This the Best Parenting Advice Ever?

Is This the Best Parenting Advice Ever?

Years ago, with a brand new 3 year old, an 18 month old and a 3 week old, I got some advice that has run through my mind almost daily. I thought it was great parenting advice at the time. I did. But the more I think about it, the more I wonder if it [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:28-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|6 Comments

Just Be NICE!

Just Be NICE!

I dropped Katie at preschool this morning and headed home with a very sick 18 month old (double ear infection/ bronchitis) and a very active 3 year old. We came to a three way stop that happens to land in a construction zone right now. I sat and waited and waited ...and waited some more [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:28-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|9 Comments

Love and Hate: Do My Kids Like Me?

Love and Hate: Do My Kids Like Me?

I wonder if my children like me. Really, I wonder on a daily basis if my children had the choice, would they pack up their baby dolls, milk and Color Wonder books and hightail it on the Yellow Cab Express? I often think when they are in one of their rooms together and it is too quiet, they are [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:29-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|0 Comments

When the Emotional Dam Breaks When You are Overwhelmed with Life

When the Emotional Dam Breaks When You are Overwhelmed with Life

I sat there in gymnastics, tears streaming down my face, hand trying to shield anyone else from seeing me. It was bad enough my good friend was watching. She had her hand on my back and, at that kindest gesture, I felt the tears coming on stronger. I am not a crier. Not anymore. Not [...]

2020-09-01T12:11:40-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|10 Comments

An Open Letter to Brandi Glanville on Mom vs. Stepmom

An Open Letter to Brandi Glanville on Mom vs. Stepmom

For you, Brandi Glanville, and all other women in our position, trying to figure it out. There is a lot written about relationships in Hollywood. Because people put themselves out there, they are fodder for intense judgement, opinions and hateful comments. I never feel sorry for stars, like, ever. Because it comes with the territory. [...]

2020-09-01T12:11:58-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|4 Comments

6 Tips to Survive New Years as a Single Mom

6 Tips to Survive New Years as a Single Mom

I am a proud SheKnows.com contributor. See all of my articles now! Let's be honest, there are some holidays during the year that pretty much bite if you are a single mom. Especially if you are a single mom who does not date for various reasons. Especially if your kids are with their dad and you don't [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:29-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|0 Comments

CrossFit Tips for Beginners

CrossFit Tips for Beginners

11 weeks ago I walked into the ‘box’ and thought to myself, ‘I will never, ever be able to do this!’ Walking out an hour later I thought, ‘I can not WAIT to go back!’ CrossFit is highly addictive, at least for me, and I threw myself into it and have not regretted it for [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:29-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|6 Comments

Mommy, Why Don’t We Have a Normal Family?

Mommy, Why Don’t We Have a Normal Family?

“Mommy, Why Don’t We Have a Normal Family?’ Blink. I turned around and looked down into my daughter’s beautiful brown eyes that she got from her father, pushed back her curly dirty blond hair that she got from me and my mind went blank of my usual, witty, question brushing off remark that has always worked for [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:29-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|2 Comments

As a single mom I really don’t want to go to your holiday party

As a single mom I really don’t want to go to your holiday party

I am a proud SheKnows.com contributor. See all of my articles now! I sat home on Thanksgiving Day, in a quiet house with no plans. My lunch dishes lay discarded on the floor, licked clean by the dogs, while candy wrappers littered the floor. Yes, candy — with no pumpkin pie in the house, I [...]

2020-09-01T12:12:56-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters, SheKnows Articles|3 Comments

How I Explained Terrorism to My Daughters

How I Explained Terrorism to My Daughters

I sat on my big, cream colored chair, the news on, looping through the horror happening in Paris. My girls walk in, Katie with her nose in a book, Sarah running to ask if she can play on the computer, Megan with a warmly wrapped baby doll lovingly in her arms. The image of the [...]

2016-05-11T15:35:30-05:00By Lori|Raising Daughters|0 Comments

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