The Infamous Glory of Single Motherhood

|”The last thing I want to be in life is a single mother of 5 children”, I thought when I pushed for my divorce after our marriage of 17 years from my husband and father of the 5 children, today 4 young adults (27, 25 and 24, three first sons, my daughter 20 and then my last boy, now 15 and a full-fledged teenager in 9th grade, plus Edvah his 3 month old puppy dog — half Labrador, and half Canaanite, an adorable female, non-barking quiet and playful dog.

That was in 2007. 12 years ago. The last 12 years on my own with the children, some co-parenting with their…