I am a single parent of two teens with SEN. I won’t get anything tomorrow, but I’m fine with that. Today DD2, whose behaviour has been challenging to say the least, suggested we go for a walk together in the forest. I cooked her a bacon sandwich before we went, she said “thank you mama!”, which is real progress. And we had such a lovely,
chilled time walking in the forest, we really enjoyed each others company. Things have really moved on from a few months ago when honestly I could have put her into care, things were that bad.
My eldest DD is completely away with the fairies and won’t have any idea that it’s actually Mother’s Day, so I’m not expecting anything there 🤣. But she tells me every day that she loves me and that I’m the best mum in the world. Mother’s Day is just another day.
I know it’s twee but honestly looking at my kids and marveling at the lovely young adults they’re becoming is worth more to me than any bunch of flowers. I’ve been a single parent for a long time and god, it used to be hard. Social media would be full of ‘look at the amazing things my partner did for me on behalf of my kids’ posts, and I couldn’t stand it. But many years on I am well over that and instead I use it as a day to take stock of how far we’ve come over the last year as a little family. So if, like me, you’re a single parent who will get sweet FA tomorrow, my advice is don’t try to compare, and know that your kids do love and appreciate you every day, even more so because you’re all they have.