Happy Christmas to you. Whether you've got them today or it's a Christmas without them. Or perhaps you have zero shared care and can only dream of what time apart from them might be like.
Our days will not look like what the days in the main bit of Mumsnet look like... and that's ok. Good enough is good enough.
Sometimes it's hard to summon excitement and make magic when your family is tiny and it's just you steering the ship. When you're tired and overwhelmed just from life itself and now you have to expend energy and money you don't have on a day that will soon blend into all the other days. But you'll do it. Because you always do. I see you. I am you. Much love to you.
Here's a thread to post about how our small, non-traditional days are going. Single mum fam - you're the best.