Holiday Time As a Single Parent

Well, I’ve spent a lot of the holidays with family and a week-long
vacation with my son. Spent Christmas Eve at my parents
and Christmas day at my sister’s house. Our children are
only a year apart and they get along great. Taking videos
of them opening presents is guaranteed to be classic films
we’ll all look back on down the road. After going through
the divorce, its a great comfort to spend meaningful time
with my family to remind me of the important bonds in my
life that will always be there regardless of what happens
in my love life. My parents and sister were my “Rocks of
Gibraltor” throughout that whole ordeal.

I took a hietus from the single dance scene during this
time while having my son Blane for overnight visits for
a week. We spent a lot of time playing with his Xbox
videos, going to movies, play times at my sister’s
house, and doing the Chucky Cheese thing. As I view
it, these are the times you never get back, so there’s
no way I was going to dilute it in any way with the
dating scene online or off. As you can read from
my other blog entries, I’m a firm believer in not
mixing family and dating activities. If you manage
your time right, there should be plenty of time
for both. Even though Blane is young enough to
adapt to new people in might be dating, I just don’t
feel its necessary to expose him to that.

So, all in all, I’d have to say that my first holiday
season being “unmarried” and a single parent wasn’t
a complete disaster. Even though I missed the
companionship and feel the loss, I believe you have
to focus on the blessings in your life. Having such
a close knit family, quality time with my healthy
son, and no more tension from living in a loveless
marriage, that’s more than a lot of people can count on.