Being a widowed mother

My father passed away when I was 6. My other sister was 2 and my mom was pregnant with my youngest sister. My mother would relate to me how terrible it was to raise the three of us alone. After she gave birth to my sister, I had to take care of her (baby sister). My mother worked several jobs at a time so that she would be able to put me to a better school when I turned 7. I would remember my mother cry a lot out of desperation. Good thing she met someone who became my stepfather and everything turned out to be better. I believe that there's always an end to misery. The question is when, but then there'll always be hope. My mother sacrificed a lot for us, and I would never forget that. That alone is something that a single parent should be proud of.

i am not a widow but i feel that it is hard for you,i wish you goodluck and have courage to continue what you are doing! good day to you

I wasn't a widow, but single parenting is something that I know of. I raised four children on my own. I left the kids father one week before the birth of our twin sons. That was a tough decision to make. Their father was not much of help to me. He provided little support financially or emotionally. Being the single parent is a tough job. You do what you have to do. The hardest part was explaining to the kids why I left their father. They always questioned me on that one. My response was that we fought all the time and now that we didn't live together, we no longer fought. They accepted that.

I currently have my husband with me to help raise our four year old son but he lost his father when he was seventeen and his father was in his forties. My husband is thirty now so I worry I may lose him at a young age and have to finish raising a teenage autistic son on my own. The thought scares me and I don't know what I will do if this does happen... Coupled with the fact that I hate being alone! I think I would have to remarry if anyone would want my son and I... I pray I never have to face it but the possability is there.