Giving New Meaning to Parenting

I am a part-time single parent: My husband has a job which takes him away for a month at a time, sometimes more.
This does, in fact, work for us. We are both fiercely independent, born in the Year of the Ox, and love getting back together again and exchanging tales of our adventures apart. [...]

My husband and I have been married for close to nine years.  We have yet to spend a night away from both of our kids.  Sure we would love to have the kids spend the night at the grandparents’ houses or with an aunt or uncle.  However, because we live so far away from family [...]

When my older son was 11 months old, friends of ours volunteered to watch him for 24 hours so we could get away.  We drove from our home in MA to Freeport Maine with lots of plans of what we would do.  As soon as we reached our quiet hotel room, though with a nice [...]

My husband and I have been married for just over 10 years. Most of the time our relationship is easy. We have our moments, but truly they are few. We seem to parent as a team with minimal effort, although this has taken time and an understanding of what is important to each of us [...]

My husband takes an annual ski trip each January. He is an avid skier and since we live in Arizona doesn’t get to snow ski nearly as much as he would like. I feel he deserves this trip since he is the main financial contributor to our family. He allows me the opportunity to stay [...]

One of the toughest things for me as an adult has been to set boundaries.  Whether it’s preserving some sense of privacy  (Yes, I am finally allowed to take a bath without a parade of children coming through…) or setting boundaries and rules for the kids, or even with friends, deciding when something is a-okay [...]

My husband and I live far away from our families.  My MIL is in Colorado and my family is in Chicago.  We live in MA.  When my husband and I were first married, we saw a marriage counselor because we were not having a religious wedding and thus wouldn’t be getting the counseling that the [...]

A friend sent me an email about a retreat center. We could go there, Nancy and I, quite inexpensively.
We’ve thought about it before, but haven’t wanted to take the time away from our kids. We’ve had a few weekends away in the past couple of decades, but we have tried to make those time line [...]

Mr Incredible and I just got back from several days without our kids.   It was nice, it was relaxing, and even though I did miss my kids, it was a wonderful way for us to reconnect and spend some down time.  We do have date nights every few weeks or so.  But, having days and [...]