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Trying New Traditions
Single Moms and the Holidays
By Teri Brown
Kira Nunez from Aurora, Colo., didn't expect to spend the holidays as a single mother to three boys. "My husband moved out on Halloween, so we were all still in shock during Thanksgiving and Christmas," says Nunez, who is raising a 6-month-old, a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old. "The first holidays were unbelievably difficult."
The divorce, says Nunez, led to many painful moments for her and the children that first year, including an unfortunate Christmas pageant. "The older boys were shepherds in the play, and they were sure their dad would come to the play to see their baby brother be Baby Jesus," says Nunez. "By about halfway through the play it was clear to both of them that their dad wasn't coming, and there were two shepherds crying through the Christmas story that year."
"There are three things you need to be especially aware of as you go into your first holidays after the divorce," says Vickie Lansky, author of more than a dozen books on parenting including Vicki Lansky's Divorce Book for Parents: Helping Children Cope With Divorce and Its Aftermath
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