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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a widower with three kids. I never, ever thought I'd be a single parent and we live in the DC area while my parents are on the west coast, so no major family support.

The first thing I did was downsize my job. I make a decent living, but I went from being a partner in a big firm to working in-house. The hours are consistent, I take the kids with me to work (daycare is a block away) and we drive home together. It's an extremely telecommute friendly job and I don't travel (maybe once a year).

Second, I made the decision to move to a smaller house. It's just the three of us and I couldn't handle the maintenance of a yard on top of everything. We live in a nice townhouse that's about 45 minutes closer to work than our old house. I also made the move for personal reasons obviously (we built the old house together), but downsizing was smart nonetheless.

Third, I have a routine schedule for EVERYTHING. Grocery shopping, menus, laundry, activities, etc. Everything is planned and I pretty much have every minute of time accounted for until the kids go to bed. I don't exercise, but I lost 30 pounds on the grief diet. I imagine someday I will get back into running.

Fourth, I have a cleaning lady who comes and does a deep cleaning bi-weekly.

Fifth, you just make do. You try your best and you hope for the best because life is imperfect, we're imperfect, but that doesn't take away from the deep, deep love I have for my kids. This isn't the life I imagined for myself. But you don't get to choose sometimes.[/quote]

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