Takiyah Smith, San Franciscan native and author of the about to be released book Single Mom and the City, talks about what it takes to be a single mother while maintaining not only your own strength but flourishing as well. How easy it can be to fall into the doldrums of single motherhood with all the physical, emotional and financial responsibility of child-rearing on one set of shoulders. How easy it can be to look at this challenge with new eyes that look towards personal success with, as she says, time, money and a rich life.
For the joy of it, listen to Takiyah talk about her own single motherhood (you may be surprised at how it came about), what she does to lay down rules that foster communication, closeness and emotional security, how responsibility has not slowed her down at all and what her own upbringing was. As an aside here, she has been caring for her grown brother for years, and when you hear why, you will know you have met an angel on earth.
