Being a young single mum meant I stayed behind when my peers continued with their lives through travel and study. With two little ones I was never alone but desperately lonely every single day. I think that’s an important distinction and it’s certainly something that people parenting, especially parenting alone can suffer through.
When the boys were started going to school, I went back to work but colleagues don’t always equate to friends and while that took the edge off, I was working, studying, raising the boys and running a home. My needs were quite literally bottom on the list of those to be met.
While the boys are now 18 and 19, I fully credit my social life and a large majority of my social circles now with the people I have met online and through my blog work. It most definitely helped with my mental health and as a direct result with my sons’ mental health and mentality too.
