Reflections of a Single Mum

One of the things about being a single mum is that you don't often get a break, which is fine because to mothers like me, raising my children, especially raising them to grow up to be decent human beings, is worth all the time and effort you put in, despite not getting a lot of time to yourself. As my youngest is on the threshhold of turning 18, new journeys await both of us.  It is with some trepidation (for me, that is!) as he begins his new path that is lying ahead of him and all I can do is hope and pray that the lessons that I have spent the last 18 years teaching, will stick, hoping like crazy that somewhere in the recesses of his mind, he will recall at least some of the things that I have tried to teach him!  The biggest test, of course, will be when I head overseas in 3 weeks' time for a much-needed holiday for a glorious 6 weeks, all by myself, no less! I have spent the last few weeks typing out lists of things for him to remember to do (like watering my plants!)...