Having put the kids to bed with good-night kisses. I Sat down alone in the living room with no one to talk or play with. My only companions are the TV and phone, objects with I couldn’t have a conversation.. on the TV is a program *love is blind* it has been One of my favourite TV programs I enjoy because it portrays the inner beauty of love. People fall in love without knowing what their partner looks like.
But here I am alone in the house. Its cold and quiet with no one to talk to, and its still early for bed.
This is not my first night alone with the kids, but it feels different in the sense that the energy is not the same as when my partner is home. Then imagine myself in her shoes. She has been the one all night with the kids, as I am always at work. So also all the years I have not been around. Is this how she feels sometimes? I ask myself. I wish she was around even if we didn’t talk; her presence alone could warm up the atmosphere add cosiness and make the house complete. Before the kids went to bed, we studied, had fun and it was good. But now that they are asleep, it feels different.
To decompress and release some of the tension I was feeling from being alone, I picked up my phone and made a video call with my spouse. It helped, but shortly after the conversation, the strange emotions returned. My mind began to wonder what it takes to be a single parent with kids. It feels weird because my spouse was on a night shift, and all of a sudden the house doesn’t feel the same anymore. Then I ask! again Is this how it feels to be a single parent? .
Does it feel like this when one parent is away from home?
It may not feel familiar to you as a parent until you find yourself the only one with the children at home. Before deciding to go away for an extended period of time, we should all consider the needs of our partners and children.Takenotedad
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