Here’s a neat documentary to catch if you’re in Alberta, B.C., or Ontario – Resilience: Stories of Single Black Mothers, from filmmaker Lana Lovell and Storyline Entertainment. The documentary looks inside the experiences of three different single mums in Canada – and yes, two of the mums are over 40. One quote from Simone has really stayed with me – “I felt like I just couldn’t make any mistakes because there’s nobody there to break my fall.” This one’s definitely worth checking out. On OMNI. 1 in Onatrio and OMNI in Alberta and B.C. on Sunday August 8 – check local listings for details.
I’ve been looking for an excuse to link to this blog post by Jennifer Lawlor for a couple of weeks and I’m going to have to put it here. Bring Kleenex for this one, as she looks back over 13 years of parenting a child with Tuberous Sclerosis. And at joy.
For a different sort of resilience, I wanted to point out this article from last week’s New York Times: The Un-Divorced. I have occasionally half-joked that my marriage would go better if we each lived in separate condos on the same floor. But this might be going a little far.
If you’re inclined to share, I’d love your thoughts or links to do with resilience – in large or small ways.
