Hi all,
I cried tonight after reading through all the MotherWoman material. I live on the coast of Maine and have a friend in Franklin County who sent me your web address. I moved here from southern Vermont over 8 years ago and immediately my marriage of 16 years fell apart. I've spent the last 8 years learning how to be a single mom, largely unsupported by a community that is too spread out and reticent to recognize the needs of single mothers. I've been getting really angry lately, finally no longer depressed but so unwilling to leave my kids while I go out and work 30 miles away so that I can financially support us. I really have gotten it recently that I, too, unwittingly bought into the cultural norm that any one not out there working full time is negligent and bad. So the guilt I suffer because I can't and won't do that is big but I also have to keep figuring it out, being creative and keeping some $ coming in. I am angry enough about this issue to begin getting politically active about it. I'd love to hear from other single moms and how they're figuring this piece out. We may end up in western Mass eventually-who knows! But in the meantime, I want to see about starting a branch of this beautiful work you're doing up here....is that possible?? And who can I talk to about that? Also, how do I get my hands on the MotheringManifesto to show it here? Thanks so much and joy to you all...