Adventures in Single Dad-dom – At Last

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On Friday evening, my adventures in single dad-dom came to an end, right on schedule. And that right there is one of the most humbling lessons I have learned in this little experiment of mine. I guess that is the difference between an adventure and life. No matter how hard some of the days were, I knew the end, if not quite in sight, was looming not far behind; I could tell myself to hang in there, because when this day ends, it would be one less to go. 

Unfortunately, that is a luxury most single-parents don’t have. When they are sick or tired, down and under, yesterday and today, they still plow through the day knowing tomorrow life continues. It can either be paralyzing or motivating.

Adventures in Single Dad-dom – All Alone

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I knew this week was going to come. Maybe not exactly as it did, but I knew the honeymoon was going to be over. One way or the other.

Last week I thought I would take the kids up north to St. Cloud to visit my sister and her family, but more importantly, with more adults in house, I could get a much needed break.

My hopes were a little dashed when I was told I had to pick up a cousin (a four year old girl) on my way. But I still kept hope alive. Three adults to four children is still better than lonely old me to two of them.

Adventures in Single Dad-dom – The Missing Link

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I use to be a party animal. I was never the drinking kind, but man, I loved the club scene.  I started going before I was barely in my teens. That was back in Koindu, Sierra Leone. At Disco J you couldn’t tell us we were not Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown and George Michael all wrapped in one. When I came to America, I took a break in Chicago, but quickly found my steps going to school in St. Cloud. Before 21, I brought the party home. Long story short, I got kicked out of quite a few apartments.

Now I don’t know the last time I stepped inside a club. My motto was “never in bed in the pm, never up in the am.” These days by the time noon rolls around I have a day’s worth bagged with two more to go. I better be in bed by midnight.

Politics at the Playground?

by Nelima

Dr. Grace Yoo amused me today when she talked about how her kids were having a fight in the back of the car over who gets to be Obama. “I don’t even know why you are arguing over politicians when you can’t even vote,” she said. “We can vote at nick.com” said her son. From Oct 12th – 20th a record breaking 2.2 million kids got to vote for president in Nickelodeon’s  2008 Kids pick the President ‘kids’ vote. Senator Obama received 51% of the vote (1,167,087), and Senator McCain received 49% (1,129,945). While the vote is not a scientific poll, it should be noted that the kids have correctly predicted the president in four of the last five U.S. elections.