Louise Sloan

Kathleen Hayes, a teacher in Chicago, had always wanted to be a mom. She’d wanted the husband and the picket fence, too. But when she turned 40, she realized it was now–alone–or never.

Ahhhhhh!!!!! Who starts a sentence with a scream? I do–a single quirky mom with five children, two dogs , a son-in-law-to-be and a failing heart. Single with…………. DRAMA!!!

When Lineska Thompson-Perez first met her ex, she was newly arrived from Puerto Rico and he didn’t know how to cook. Over the years, she taught her then-husband her Latin cooking secrets and he took over in the […]

“This is good,” said our 7-year-old taste-tester. “No, I mean, really, REALLY good.”  It also takes about 5 monutes to make. We used frozen corn and organic black beans. […]

Tips from my toddler son

When he was 3 years old, my son was Curious George for Halloween, but the Tasmanian Devil may have been more apropos. His intense, highly regimented preschool had been stressing him […]

Take some time to play!

I have discovered the Fountain of Youth and it lives in my apartment. It goes by the name of Scott and strongly resembles a 6-year-old boy. My downstairs neighbors will tell you that […]

How do you celebrate if he’s dead, deadbeat or a sperm donor? 

Father’s Day week when my son was in pre-K wasn’t my best week as a single mom. The weekend before I was terribly sick with bronchitis; I needed to […]

..if you go to the Dark Side.

I’ve been called a lot of names for choosing to have a kid on my own (and daring to write a book about it): “selfish,” “thoughtless,” even “diabolical.” I brushed these off as the […]

Instead of throwing a pity party, I hit the beach.

By Sherrie Page Najarian

This past Christmas accentuated one of the many complications of divorce — sharing children. My ex and I both wanted our kids. The […]