Loneliness of Single Motherhood

“I felt utterly alone… I’d wake up, always at 2 or 3am… Kids are sleep, the house is quiet, it’s dark. That’s when I felt the loneliness really set in… That’s when I would have the darkest despair, that I would no longer have a companion, I would never find another companion, I wouldn’t find connection with anyone else… Never trust your thoughts at 3am.” After her marriage of 20 years ended, Amy found herself achingly lonely — even when she wasn’t physically alone. Now, the 42-year-old mom of 2 has an important message for moms everywhere: the gig of single motherhood might be hard, but it doesn’t have to be lonely.