Confessions of an urban single mom

2012 was… inspiring. i broke down routinely, which was awesome. i’ve learned you can’t truly breakthrough if you don’t break down.

2013 will be… The light at the end of the tunnel, the rainbow after the storm, the icing on the cupcake and various other Disney Channel analogies of fairy dust and yumminess. The world ends today, what’s the last thing you’ll do?Say a prayer and hug The Trolls. They are the first thing i think of before i open my eyes, and they’ll be the last thing i see, before i close them.Three items you’ll never leave the house without?Lip gloss, cell phone, and an emergency pair of flat shoes. Bunions are not attractive ladies.Wet your pants moment of 2012?i’m a city girl who thought it would be fun to move to farm for a while. On my first night there, i fell off the toilet pot because a cow suddenly bellowed by the bathroom window and i got a fright. i ‘wet my pants’. Literally.Open mouthed moment?Troll 1 asked me what ‘naked’ means. i told him it means ‘going to the circus’. He then turned to his younger brother, Troll 2 and said; ‘Mamma says, if you want to go to the circus, you have to take off all your clothes and go lie in bed with a girl, like they do in the movies!’ You just can’t win with kids these days. Weirdest moment?i was really looking forward to meeting a man person this year who is sane, grounded and stable. instead, i met The Captain. Somehow that turned out better.Most inspiring moment/person?Life itself is the inspiration! if you can’t find it in the little things, you’d be hard pressed to find it anywhere else.Best Troll Advice for 2012?in response to me yelling after they kicked the vase with a soccer ball. ‘it’s okay Mamma. it’s not like your bum is on fire!’ i find that this little piece of advice works for all seemingly bad situations.Worst fashion trend/accessory?Colour blocking. Why is everyone walking around looking like giant Lego projects and no one finds this strange?Comeback of the year?Hage geingob. Enough said!Worst rumour about youi love rumours about me! nothing says ‘i have a life, and you don’t,’ better than a nasty rumour. it’s ridiculous how gossipmongers don’t understand that this is the ultimate irony!

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