Tranquility • Lifestyle • Contentment

Self-care is a gift to your children

As a single mom you constantly pour out TLC to your children, keep up under the weight of total responsibility, push on in spite of the loneliness of being alone, cope with the joy and stress of making a home, and deal out time and energy for your job to support your family. You, the single mom:

	Find the patience and wisdom to keep your kids on track, deal with homework, childcare, soccer schedules, play dates, not to mention emotions
	Handle the finances, pay all the bills, somehow manage to make ends meet
	Maintain a home, squeezing in time to clean, cook, do yardwork, shop for groceries
	Work, continually giving to the demands and responsibilites of a job or career in order to support your family

You are the pitcher that fills your children’s cups with security, love, and self confidence. Parenting will shift and change as your children get older, but you’ll always be the one they look to for a refill. BUT how do you, the pitcher, get replenished? Caring for yourself is important too!

You’re standing at the doorway of a fresh start

Supplying your own needs is not selfish or self-centered. Self-care allows you to:

	Make choices that displace fear, defeat, and disappointment
	Focus on what you’re truly capable of doing now – not what went wrong in the past
	Examine your beliefs about yourself
	Plug into the power to create your own happiness instead of looking for someone to deliver it
	Connect with your spiritual side to create a strong personal foundation inside of you and not feel alone
	Make your children’s lives as rich as possible

Filling your pitcher generates energy, not guilt. It’s essential for you and good for your family.

Self-care is your fountain of replenishment

Self-care replenishes your resources to blossom as a whole family, instead of merely surviving as a single mom. Page Winter offers a wellspring of self-care ideas for when you feel depleted and need a place to turn for help. When you spend quality time on you, without children, you return refreshed with more to give back to your family. You feel less stress, more in control, happier, at peace, and ready to handle life’s challenges.