My husband had hernia surgery yesterday, which leaves me as the sole caregiver for our two boys, ages 4 and 5. Whenever something comes up and my husband isn't able to share the kid load, I wonder how single parents do it.
Actually, that's how I feel during the first few hours. As more time passes, I'm awestruck by the strength, time and patience it takes to parent solo. And a day or so into the experience, I'm practically on the ground kowtowing out of deep, deep respect for those moms and dads without partners.
Wow. It's a lot of work to single parent, and so many of you, my own parents included, make it look easy. I raise my coffee cup to y'all right now. Cheers.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
