Jenay's Blog (6)

Watch this video and state your opinion. Is single parenting a 'bad' thing? Is it a 'good' thing? Or is it just a reality we all have to live with? What is the root to the origin of single parenting?

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The concept of a young girl, purposely becoming a teenage mom is not new, but the idea of a group of girls making a pac to all become teenage moms is. I was a teenage mother. Maybe for similar reasons that these girls choose this path, to fulfill some internal lonelyness. I needed guidance and understanding and didn't know where to get it, and thought a baby would be the answer to all my problems. Never, would I have let anyone know this about me, and surley would not have persuaded my friends… Continue

I just read an article on encouraging the absent parent to be a part of their child's life on about.com. I have mixed opinions about this. With the father of my oldest two boys, I pleaded with their father for about 2 years for him to be a part of his boys' lives. He continued to choose not… Continue

Celebrities reflect on lessons they learned from their mothers. Actress Hilary Swank's mother, Judy, believed in her daughter so much that she moved the family to California with only $75. Her little girl grew up to win two Academy Awards®. "The best life lesson my mom taught me is to always be myself," Hilary says. "She always told me that I could do anything that I wanted in my life."… Continue

Relaxed, laid back with a good movie, a large drink and a tub of popcorn is a great way to spend Mother's Day. Here are a few good movies:
Peggy Sue Got Married:

Kathleen Turner stars as Peggy Sue, a married woman with two grown children given the unique opportunity to travel back in time to high school and change the course of her life. Big Momma's House: When a street-… Continue

Sometimes I feel like I'm Adam Sandler in the Click movie as my children grow so fast right before my eyes. Sometimes I wonder what happened to all the time I planned that we would do so many great, family things together and what happened to all the precious moments and memories I'm supposed to have as my keepsake of when they were young? Sometimes I feel like I spend so much time working, that I'm loosing out… Continue