I've been divorced for over 9 years, but even before that I was basically raising my son, Nick on my own. During the 11 years that he's been on this planet, he has brought me more happiness that I thought possible. However it hasn't always been a walk in the park. This blog is my way of sharing my successes and failures in the hope that I'll learn from them and become a better parent along the way. By sharing them with others, I am hoping to help anyone out there whoever feels inadequate, frustrated, fed-up, exhausted, or any of the other million and half emotions that rise to the surface when you have a child. I can't even fathom doing this gig with more than one kid. I've probably made enough mistakes with Nick to cover a football team's worth of children. But more of that later.
Being responsible for the day-to-day raising of a child is not easy. Nick's dad is in the picture, but since he is in Texas, he isn't a real part of Nick's daily life. We have entirely different parenting styles and this has been the cause of some stressful situations over the years both with me and Nick and with me and Nick's dad. I think overall, though, as time has progressed, we are more and more on the same page about what we want for Nick and our expectations regarding his school work and behavior, which you'll see through some of my blog entries are not always what I'd like.
I hope others read these posts, but even if I am the only one reading them, my hope is by recording the experiences that both aggravate and thrill me, I become better more patient and tolerant parent.
Time will tell...
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