Single Moms

In the spotlight

“We Got This: Solo Mom Stories of Grit, Heart, and Humor”

Frank, funny, and unflinchingly real stories by Solo Moms, for Solo Moms

In the spotlight

Solo Mom Marina Aris: From Foster Kid to Foster Care Advocate and Author

“What came before didn’t have to dictate the future.”

Sons & Daughters

Tom Cruise: Resilient

“My mother is a very warm, charismatic woman,” actor Tom Cruise once told interviewer James Lipton. “Very kind, very generous.” Mary Lee South, Cru...

Sons & Daughters

Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Men Are What Their Mothers Made Them”

American essayist, philosopher, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was just shy of his eighth birthday when his father, the Reverend William Emerson, die...

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