Yah, I am a single mom too (of 4 ;) I just watched The Desperate HW of BH (while I worked out ;) Great hour ;) So sad though (I knew it would make me feel better about myself ~ so I watched it ;) no, I also wanted to see my childhood friends Kim (and Kyle). It made me sad ;( Sad for the girls that their mom is not around anymore ;( Sad that they have no grandma for the 8 kids (4 each ;) Sad that they do not have their mom to talk to. I just remember many park days, birthday parties, and playing at each others houses (while our moms gabbed away ;) Our moms were really friends. Carrie Anne Warder and myself were friends (bc our moms were bff's) and Carrie Anne's mom knew kim and kyles mom. We all grew up working in Hollywood (as child actors). My moms real bff was in OC with us. We met when I was really young. We would take tap, ballet, jazz, all kinds of dance classes together ~ our moms became like sisters. Terri and Kristi Wood were like my Cousins. They had horses and rode with Kim and Kyle a lot. They are still "Besties" today. I like that. That they my mom is close to me (by location and in my life ;) and that her BFF since I was 4 is still close to her (In OC and as her bff ;)
I'm not really a housewife. Well an Ex housewife. An ex rich housewife ;) I ran away ;)
I think I just wanted to be alone. Well I have 4 kids so I am not alone. I have pets, a dog and a cat ;) I like to homeschool. I always wanted kids and to homeschool. I just forgot to get speciic with the guy. I just pictured cute, charming, sweet, kind. My first boyfriend was like that. His mom gave me my bible. His mom and dad. I was a part of their family and I just loved that. I wanted to run away and get married and have kids. I was 15. So that didnt happen ;) He moved away and we broke up (I had way more damage to do to myself first ~ I guess, I needed to do more research ;)
So i ran away for the first time. He was drinking and starting to change and we both started to date others. I was glad really cuz i just bacame a Christian (well a Born Again Christian ;) and I wanted to not drink anymore.
It was 1982
I got married in 1992. I would have been 18 years this Sunday. But he took off with his secretary the day his second child, my daughter Amanda was born ;( He never came back.
I was a single mom for 5 years. I didnt date for 4.5 years. I got sober and did meetings instead. I worked really hard on being a sober mom. My sponz use to say, Your kids need one sane parent. She was right. Daddy was gone 2 years (and I thanked God for that). I got the bank statements. $10,000 salary in and zero balance ~ every statement.
All over the place traveling with her. Filling her car with gas and not paying any of our bills. Two years I supported my kids all by myself. I was a stay home mom for Evans first 3 years and I was so grateful. I was heart broken to put my new one year old baby in day care all day while I worked, and I prayed not to hate steve for ruining my dreams. I would have never had kids if I knew i could not raise them. Why have kids if you cant raise them I would say. I was 33, I was 30 when I had Evan, my first born. I was ready to wait 5 more years to see if I felt ready. I worked really hard in therapy from age 20-30 and I knew I was a major drunk, cutter, death to myself and the world hater ;) I hated people. Nothing else. Just ppl
I liked my family (most of the time ;) but we fought a lot too ;) My God and my family were my saving graces my whole life.
When Steve took off it did force me to get sober. I knew when my sponsor said "God has a plan", I knew she was right. I knew God was right. I was one of the only born again Christians in AA/Alanon. I smoked a lot and drank here and there but I knew I was different. I knew I had seen The Devil and God more than anyone I knew (and I was with the sickest of the sick ;) I just loved that. Adventure I guess. Seeing God work. Seeing God's plan.
I felt bad when I watched the show and I could relate to Kim (and her pain). Kyle and my younger sister worked and went out on interviews together. I didnt know kyle too much since i stayed home when my mom went to Hollywood (after age 10 ;)
I do remember being at The Richards house when Kim's older sis went out on her first date with Rick. I remember her mom and her sis fighting (but with love ;) we all did that ;) Fought and loved each other all the time ;) My kids are not allowed to fight ha ha well not mean anyway. Yelling, getting angry at each other. Taking out anger on the one you love. or something weaker than you really.
All though my ex didnt care about being a small guy. He took on any one. Anything. Wow, that was cool and horrible at the same time ;)
I did learn to not fight with him.
My kids learned to be quiet and talk nice or I'd go off on them ;) They did not like that so it taught us all to talk nice and be kind when I got into Alanon. After trying to find God myself from age 20-30 now it was time to teach my kids. So I spent age 30-40 nursing, working, teaching and raising my kids.
I got remarried in 2003 and I ran away in 2009
I did 3 years of therapy again in 2007-2010 with my kids, myself and a few with the ex (maybe 3 times ;) My guys are not really Therapy Types ;)
I love being a mom. I love homeschooling. I get so much joy from hanging with my kids. I did see Sen and The City 2 last nite and that made me a bit sad too.
I worked a lot with SJP too. She mad me happy that I didnt work so much. They both did (Kim and SJ that is ;)
I prayed a lot for them as a kid. They always looked sad when I would play with them. Waiting for interviews or hanging at a park while our moms talked for hours.
We would dance and sing and play games like we were kids in a movie ~ we wrote our own scripts ;)
We ran around and chased each other and laughed.
Our moms laughed a lot too ;)
I remember thinking I hope when I get all old (and sad) like that that I have a group pf best friends to yack it up with ;) They just went on for hours.
Yentas I called them as I got older. 12.
Fixing up to marry and settle down her wild teen age girl ;) All 3 or 4 moms talking mom stuff, work, dads ;)
We traveled a lot and so did the other families. CarrieAnnes mom was a travel agent (and a great one ;) I just loved going to see the world ;)
I loved swimming and we had a pool and they had amazing pools ;) I loved the beach and going to play at the surf a lot and my mom took us to The West Indies and Hawaii a lot ;) I loved that.
Communication is the key and loving kind words are the answer ;) I follow God and Jesus and I try to study and learn. I have wanted and waited my whole life to feel joy (and not pain ;) ~
When I stay sober, honor God, take care of myself and my loved ones, help others and look for ways to serve and be kind to the ones that need it the most ... well then I have joy ;) and the pain is like child birth ;) You seem to not care that it feels like your dying and being tortured along the way ;)