My path to becoming a single parent began like many other single parents, with a divorce.  While that was the beginning, I had no idea the twist God planned for me and my children. Five years ago, my ten-year-old marriage officially came to an end.  My world was thrown into turmoil and I had no [...]

Experience as a single mother of two has taught me many things, but the most important thing is that God doesn’t give us more than we can bear. I was thrust into single parenthood after divorce and suddenly had the task of raising two children on my own. In the beginning, I was very apprehensive. [...]

In my 30’s I found myself divorced and raising two young children alone. I was gripped with fear that my children would somehow be penalized by the divorce and not be successful in school or in life. At the time one of my problems was how to select positive role models for my son. I was driven by the desire to make certain that they would be successful despite the parents being divorced.

have heard this enduring quote time and time again. It suggests that when life presents obstacles that would otherwise stifle your creativity, spirit or mere existence, combat that challenge head on. Little did writer, producer, Diana Rivera know that the words once uttered by Joan Collins would be a mantra for her day to day survival as a single parent.

We had a home computer and we had been receiving internet access for a few months. But I didn’t think any harm could come from it. I had AOL and I had set the child safety restraints on the computer, not knowing there would be any danger.