| Single Mom or Ruthless Dictator Contributor(s): Sventy, Carol (Editor), Ciarfello, Steve (Editor), Sventy, Carol (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1696585902 ISBN-13: 9781696585903 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Divorce & Separation |
| Series: Reality Reading & Writing |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (1.08 lbs) 206 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Divorce |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reality reading and writing... that is what this book is. It is the reality of what I walked through as a single parent. It is not censored or scripted by a production company/ director /producers such as the actions of a reality TV show are. People are hooked on such TV shows, thinking they are real, they are not. They are an image of what sells. I am sure this book will "piss off" many people and it spits in the face of modern day trends and it lacks political correctness of today's society. It is real... This is my story, my journey through being a single parent, a single mom. It was never my intention to be a single parent. I was married young and I became a mother at a young age. I believe that all children deserve to have two parents. I also believe to deliberately have a child and be a single parent is a disservice to the child and it is also a disservice to society in general. Children need families. Society needs families. Children need both parents to be balanced. They need a mom and a dad. It was never my intention to be the primary and sometimes only parent to my children. Yet it became my circumstance through divorce.This "single mom journey" of mine, happened a generation ago, during a time I was the anomaly not the norm as it is now. I have a lingering guilt, was it my generation that set the stage for this societal dynamic, "disposal marriages and families". My now grown children tell me that my generation was one of selfishness. Funny I do not remember it being such as a single parent. I learned to empty self during those years. I also remember the denying of self to elevate my children. Every generation sees the present and previous ones as the "bad guys" or they are labeled the "greatest generation" I think they are neither. They just are. Moments of time in human history, a person living out their lives in the circumstances that are presented to them. I am not a fan of pigeonholing anyone into a "brand name" such as one generation being great and one being selfish. Everyone has individual worth and dignity and should be looked upon as such. Everyone also has individual failures. To blend all into one pot and label them as one is unfair to both the achiever and the failure. I have a strong sense of responsibility, step up to the plate, take the credit when it is due and take the "hit" when wrong. Own your actions, you created them.I have learning disabilities and I grew up in a "generation" where they were not diagnosed. Hence although academics surrounded me within my family, I was never up to speed. My lessons in life came from walking through it. Taking it on the chin many times, looking back on my life, I realize that it was those times I learned the most. These lessons taught me to reach deep inside myself. My father taught me that history is written by the winners not by truth. I have lived long enough to see this is a true statement. I also learned that everyone is a walking "history book" and it is "their truth", it is their "voice" that speaks it to you. Although I realize that there are two sides to every coin and everyone "sees" events through their own eyes as an eyewitness. Interview them and you will get conflicting reports... The "real truth" blurred by personal perceptions of what went on. Still in order to get to the "truth" one should be open to hear all sides not to judge either but to learn from it. Then maybe; just maybe we as society will produce the "Perfect Generation"... |