Single mothers learn dating from her son

"Lemon water"

Jodi was born and grew up in a heavy land the traditional doctrine between modern America. From small she was taught that marriage is what binds two humans throughout life, that it should exist in perpetuity and that li kiss is a shameful behavior to not only individuals but also families, their line. But when married, obviously life is not perfect as she thought. The differences can not reconcile between the husband and wife each day a lot up causing the air at family stress.

The birth of her son, little Sam also doesn't do everything better. Jodi realizes that married perspective must try to live together because of the outdated ones because for a long time. Year round Sam 5 years, Jodi and her husband officially separated.

The single mother becomes not off making Jodi the embarrassment and fear. She is afraid of loneliness, fear will never be able to love anyone again, and most importantly, she is afraid of itself not enough strong to be able alone to raise her son. The first challenge Jodi confronted are hurting from the li for not only her but Sam small.

Peaceful and beautiful world of the boy suddenly being upside down and it is angry with both parents because they cause. Sam also fear as much as Jodi and it search all the way to change reality. It's hard to adjust to life between the two houses, at the far right with his mother in and vice versa. Furthermore, ruinous in the head Sam start rekindled the idea my parents divorce is his fault.

To help Sam easily overcome this difficult phase, Jodi to libraries, toss the book prices to find a useful book. What surprised her was the very rare material about motherhood and simple solution for the child as Sam. Disappointing returns, Jodi decided to help Sam in his way. She spent time chatting, patiently explained to the boy.

Her son also produced the children's story is related to the problem of divorced parents, to Sam understands that separation is a trivial thing in life that you have to learn to accept and is comfortable with it. The most important thing is for Sam found her abandoned, always is the most important treasure with both parents.

When Sam starts is also the most obvious at Jodi perceived feeling of nervousness and a single mother's disconnected. She doesn't feel comfortable when going out with those old friends anymore because they are quiet and warm family can't understand all of her hard work. The party, the gathering that anyone travelling with his wife, husband, girlfriend or boyfriend as she saw his body and broke the bag out of the crowd.

But Jodi understands that no one can survive alone on the this life and she decides to seek shares from those who have the same plight. Luckily, her son in a very open school. Then Jodi personally looking to the Board and proposed the creation of a society of single parents. She began to call for the participation in the meeting of parents and even flyers to each one.

The first meeting of the Assembly of single parents at Sam's unexpected success in the presence of 40 people, including her Deputy Principal of the school, is also a woman are raising children alone.

From then onwards, the network of single mothers fathers Jodi increasingly expanded with dizzying speed. She connected the fathers, single mother at work, in the neighborhood and gradually a large area near the Habitat.

In the title encounter, participants can talk, share about the circumstances and his difficulties as well as the experience of a particular situation to go after people who are easily solved when encountered. The kids, the nucleus of this single parent community, also had the opportunity to meet and play with each other so they don't find themselves alone and too different. Along with that is the psychological treatment for both adults and young children by anyone through this phase also easy to fall into a State of stress, depression, inferiority and isolation.

Through the meeting, many families became close and the benefit of this is that the parents can share the work looked to have the children more time for myself.

Don't stop there, Jodi wanted to expand the contact network between the single parents worldwide. Only in the United States, there are up to 52% of the fathers mothers are raising children alone. Some majority ratio like that makes this group of people should be of particular interest.

About 10 years ago, the Internet has not yet really popular as now, and it's hard to find a website dedicated to single parents. Jodi decided to set up a website like that. She purchased the domain name makinglemonate.com, meaning "mixed lemon juice" as a philosophy about the views of his life: If your life threw you a Lemon tart ulcers, take a sweet lemon juice mix and share it with everyone.

Today, the "lemon water" has become the reliable address for all single mothers, and fathers in the world every time they need a place to share confidences, to seek advice on how to feed the children that, tackle trouble with old people or simply to find a cooking recipe , an entertainingstory. Jodi also published a book of the same name "lemon water" to give these tips helpful in life for single mothers. Learn how dating from her son

When Sam started grew, became the young guy healthy and fun, Jodi also had more time for himself and his private life. She realized, after the crash along the bitter nghét divorced many years ago, she still longing to be loved, to be shared and refuge. But finding love is never easy, especially when you are a single mother.

Ago Jodi often thought, until my son started to interest you, she'll be the other open media teach your flirting experience, love and dating. But the truth is that it looks like your son does not need the advice. Look at the number of times the phone rings the boy every day, Jodi began to think maybe I should observe and study from it.

The first rules Jodi learned from Sam that's always made the date comfortable and fun. If you keep the "hold out" with traditional dating is the shimmering candle-lit dinner in a romantic restaurant, now, mimicking Sam, her you go bowling or wandering in the Trade Center.

A useful thing that's pruning these standards dripping, cumbersome about the ideal mate. There have been times, Jodi sit down listed these characteristics "necessarily" in her future boyfriend, are most of 3 sheets of paper, and as a result she never found him.

But when she asked Sam about the standard select boy's girlfriend, it's only two conditions: the beautiful and smart. And when Jodi shorten long list 3 pages down to only 7 most important things, she quickly found the man not perfect in her eyes at first turns out to also have lovely private definition.

A parent may feel discomfort when her son for embankment embankment mobile phone message to her lover during the day, but Jodi didn't, because thanks to the world that she discovered the many ways of communicating other than the type of talk "face to face".

By sending mobile messages, e-mail or chat, she absolutely can develop a relationship with someone more stick. And the most important thing that Jodi had learned from the son in the story of dating, love, it's never important chemical problem.

Past, each facing the other sentiments, she often spends too much time procrastinating, hesitation, weigh and think, and then it will go to. But Sam has to wear for the natural development of feelings with the immortal belief is something to will come, not to .... This may sound naive and stupid, but in this age of her, Jodi thought a bit naive, stupid is the condition necessary to be able to find love.  =