The Health Club

I went swimming this morning after I dropped my daughter, Gabriel, off at school.  I swim about 1/2 mile before I start work.  Swimming is very relaxing and helps me feel better physically and able to cope with the gray days.  After spending time in the sauna and hot tub, I talked with a couple of other women in the locker room about being single parents.  One woman has a severely disabled child.  It made me think that to be a single parent is hard enough but to have a disabled child on top of that would be a lot to have to handle.  It was sobering to think about.  This woman is an incredible artist and I love her watercolors.  I respect people that can support themselves through their art.  Not an easy thing to do.  There was another woman who also talked about being a single mom and how uninvolved the dad was.  It is so sad - all these families impacted by divorce.  I know my sanity was on the line - so I had to get out of the situation that I was in but it is tough being a parent on my own.  My son is 13 and I wish he had more positive male role models in his life.  I never envisioned myself being a single mom but here I am with two beautiful children.