I Am a Married Single Parent
I'm a ten month out of each year single married mom. My husband is in the Royal Air force and isn't home very often. We have three children who are 10years 3years and 2years. My youngest two are boys and they are a year and 2 days apart. My limits have been tested and there are moments I think why did I ever get into a situation like this. But I wouldn't give up any of it for the world. Sure its tough. But it is all worth it. I love my kids and my husband. I couldn't imagine my life without them. I'm a very Strong willed person and this has helped me along the way. Their are times I think I can't go on and then my kids will just do something that makes me laugh and that makes it all worth while. I don't want to ever end up a statistic. My husband and I only have five more years and then he retires from the RAF. When you marry into the forces this is what is expected in this day and age. You have to be strong and hold your family together because you are the mother and the father. You have to be the shoulder to cry on. You have to pick up the piece and be the one that every time they leave something seems to happen and there is no one to turn to. You are the one who has to give all the physical love and attention and respect nothing in return for all that you do as a mother. You are the one that isn't really single you are married and you have to put your emotions behind you and to the side because no matter how much you miss them they can't come home. Everything is placed on you even though you are not a single mom you have to explain that daddy loves you very much but, he has to do his job and when your children want to go with daddy you have to explain not this time but at the same time you don't want them to know how scared you are Daddy may not come home and then you are a single mom left to pick up the pieces. Being a single married mom is the hardest job I have ever had in this world but it is the most rewarding job at the same time.X
