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My Last Firsts (Video)

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Last week, my youngest (who just turned 4) learned how to swim by herself for the very first time!   She was SOOOO excited and SUPER proud of herself!  Of course, I was a “proud mama” as well but (I’m gonna be real with you) I kinda had to fake my happiness…. a little bit.   I couldn’t help but feel sad; it was THE LAST “first time swimming by yourself” experience I was going to have as a mother (I’m done having children).

Anyhoo…  I did a pretty good job at faking it and I wanted to share the “happy” moment with you.  Enjoy!   🙂

~Amber​

Single Mom Stats

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Lucky for us single moms, we live in a time when single-motherhood is becoming the new norm!  Don’t believe me?  Check out these stats:  

– There are 82.5 million mothers in America.

– The number of divorced mothers is more than twice as large as it was in the 1960s, at 15% compared to 7% then.

– An average of 69% of mothers in the US are married now compared to 92% over five decades ago. ​

– 40% of American women with children under the age of 18 in the US are the primary breadwinners for their families.  In 1960, the average was just      11%.

– More than 15% of American mothers have never been married, compared to less than 1%  in the 1960s.​

– Single mothers make up 83% of the single parent families in the US.     ​

See!!  It’s nice to know that us single moms aren’t alone in the struggle; We’re the new norm!   (I’m also grateful that I’m not a single mom in 1960)!

-Amber

 

I am so dorky and old!

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The older my kids get, the more dorky, uncool and older I feel.   It seems like I’m always asking them, “What are you saying? What does that word even mean?”  Today’s slang is so weird and ever changing; I’m constantly trying to keep up!   With that said, I’ve compiled a list of some slang words that I’ve recently learned from my kiddos.

PS  Don’t ever make the mistake and use these words in front of a real teen, they’ll Hundo P be V embarrassed by you!

  • Turnt – Excitement, hype.  It might also be used to describe someone who is intoxicated/high.
  • Shade –  (“threw shade” or “throwing shade”)  Insult, dissing someone, leaving a person in the dark or overshadowing someone.
  • Savage – Speaking your mind without a filter.   “Acting savage”  Doing whatever you want and not really caring about other’s opinions.
  • Fire – Describes something that’s “hot” or describing something that is new and awesome.
  • Salty – Describes someone who is angry or bitter, and usually at a specific person.
  • Woke – Knowledgeable, aware, and “with it.”
  • Thirsty – Desperate, impatient, or overly eager.
  •  V – Very
  • Hundo P – 100%.
  • Thot ​- Started out as an acronym for “That Ho Over There” ​but now it’s generally used as a synonym for “Hoe” or “Slut”

-Amber

 

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