الاثنين، 10 أبريل 2023

When did I decide to become a solo mother by choice? I have so many answers – but none are true | Alexandra Collier

A bad breakup, bad dates, a podcast: the series of moments that led to the decision that changed Alexandra Collier’s life – and created a new one

“When did you know that you wanted to be a solo mum?” reporters and friends and strangers often ask me. They wait for a story of a life-altering revelation that crystallised my decision and rerouted my path. That’s because the way we tell – and write – stories, the heroine is usually catapulted out of her life by an event. Lightning strikes. Strangers collide. A ringing phone brings the news. And everything changes.

I’ve crafted various answers to those asking when I chose to become a mother on my own; I’m a writer after all, I can spin a winning anecdote. But none of them are true.

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