02
May
The leaves are shriveling in absence of water. They don't remember what color they were, How the breeze made them sway, Or how sunshine reflected off of them. They're barely surviving in the dull brown...
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07
Apr
Less than six months into my marriage I found myself at a lawyer's office asking about options to end the marriage. If I said it was the hardest thing I have ever done it wouldn't...
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21
Mar
https://youtu.be/WOATOf5DMSk Wish all you single parents lots of happiness and love. March 21, 2017
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05
Mar
https://youtu.be/c4Nf1Vq2Qns This is the audio recording of the session 'The Phoenix Family' (www.thephoenixfamily.in) organized in Bangalore with Dr. Ali Khwaja, chairman of Banjara Academy (www.banjaraacademy.org) on March 4, 2017. Sub topics discussed are: Grieving process...
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22
Feb
One of the constant complaints I heard from my son Akash's school teachers was that he did not bring conflicts to the teacher's attention at all. He handled them by himself. Sounds like a good...
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26
Jan
“Oh crap! I should not have done this to him”. “May be this would not have happened had I not been a single parent”. “He does not have anyone other than me”. Invariably all parents...
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02
Jan
This year started off with a bang. In January 2016, I broke both my ankle bones. And that wasn't even the worst part of the damned year. Physical pain I came to learn, bad as...
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13
Dec
One year ago, I had the chance of interacting with a family that had recently moved into the neighbourhood. They had a unique way of dealing with their kids' mistakes; I call it unique because...
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22
Nov
"Somedays I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything but to feel a few things twice" Pregnancy is one such magical experience in a woman's life. I would give anything to...
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08
Nov
I had married my soul-mate. Ours was a love story that had prevailed against all odds. It took me seven years and two childbirths to realize that I’d been kidding myself. Taking my husband down...
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Testimonials
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I have been pulling double duty from the time my little dumpling was born. Nevertheless, many a times I have felt completely lost and defeated. This community helped me gain back my lost confidence, realizing that I am not alone in this journey. I have thoroughly enjoyed the chit-chats, meet-ups, trips and candid discussions in our group. The urge to run away from life has reduced a lot since. The world just opened with its enormous possibilities and I started dreaming again!
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When I was hunting for a safe, credible, sensible and useful group for single moms, I came to know about the Phoenix community. Initially, I was skeptical cos it was run by a single dad. However, I gave it a shot and since then, there has been no moment where I regretted for it. It's a family of strong people, who are different from the lot and have beautiful perspective towards things in life. In this group, I feel at home and feel good to celebrate the good days, vent out on the frustrating days, cry on the depressed days and yet I know they would never look down upon me. The wavelength and the bonding is so strong that you can never fall apart or go wrong even if you wish to.
Hats off to the man who is keeping the group intact with his light headedness ( I didn't mean it literally), wisdom, practical solutions and for giving a different angle to all kind of problems faced by the fellow members of the family. It takes enormous commitment and he is fantastic!!!
Looking forward to a great family/community for the single parents who can be rest assured that they will never be mistaken or judged, whatever profession they may be!!! I am myself, when am in the family....thanks to all the beautiful people out here....