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MY “CRAZY” POINT-OF-VIEWS ON BITTER BABY MAMAS. I CAN SPEAK ON IT BECAUSE I U-S-E-D TO BE ONE.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY…
Despite all of the hard work we as Mamas do EVERY DAY, today is the day when we honor Y-O-U for your strength, courage, & going beyond yourself to be the BEST Mother any child can ask for. There’s NO gift in this world that can be greater than being able to give LIFE to our Beautiful babies. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!
From: MaxLaine aka Maxx
Thought For The Day…#001
I know as a Single Mom I hate talking about money and I’m sure some of you don’t like it either. However, you can’t ignore it & it’s important that you set-aside some money for the future. Whether you’re saving to buy a house or take a trip to Disney World with your kids, anything that you save NOW helps get you closer to your Goals. Don’t ever think that you can’t save because you don’t make enough money on your job or that you have to wait until you get a raise to start. DON’T WAIT, Start Now!!! You wouldn’t believe how much of the change that’s at the bottom of your purse can become hundreds and slowly into thousands of dollars. So, get that pickle jar and every time that you have change just throw it in there and include the kiddies to do the same. Make Saving Money a fun experience rather than a painful chore. See YOU at Disney…Stay Positive, Ma! Peace!
Break Time!!!
Sorry, I haven’t been posting but I have been shooting a lot of videos on my Youtube channel (My Youtube Channel). Can’t say exactly why I haven’t been posting but one day turned into a week then a month…and you know the rest. lol
I know that I want to do “something” different with this Blog and I’m working it out now so stay tuned for more details coming soon.
For the most part, I’ve continued to take my #RealTalk Workshop to college campuses to speak to college students who are also parents. My last visit was at El Camino Compton College where I found the reason why I do this. Those parents understood the things I went through and were realized that someone could relate to them. One mother shared her frustrations with raising a child alone and at the end of the event we hugged it out. I could feel her frustrations leaving her body.
So, Dear Reader…please forgive me for not writing these past few months like I should. I can only hope that I will reignite that fire to write for this Blog so I can continue to share my “Crazy” journey with you.
All The Best,
MaxLaine aka Maxx
Is ANYone There? Can You Hear Me Now?
To update this page on a daily basis is very challenging, especially, when I have a mouth to feed. I am constantly making sure that my daughter is okay and with that responsibility I have to “do what I gotta do” to make things happen. I would LOVE to write every single day and share with you, through my FIRST love of Writing, my journey as a Baby Mama but I can’t. BUT if I know that people are actually reading this Blog it will make things a lot easier and inspire me to do it. You don’t have to comment on every single post just somehow let me know that YOU are there. 
Thank You, Dear Reader!!!
FYI: Under the CONTACT tab there are so many ways to reach me…all you have to do is use one of them
#RealTalk Workshop @ Moorpark College
At the beginning of this year, I got an invite to speak at Moorpark College to students who are parents. I was SUPER excited because I’ve been working to get my workshop into colleges since last Summer and to see that my hard work paid off is AMAZING.
On the day (March 21, 2013) of my #RealTalk Workshop, I woke up with so much excitement that I was nervous that I wasn’t nervous. lol I really didn’t get too much sleep but by the time we got to Moorpark my energy was through the roof.
My #RealTalk co-host, John Russel helped give his “Crazy” Daddy’s point-of-view and the Mamas really appreciated to hear from a male’s perspective. In the end, “Crazy” Baby Mamas & “Crazy” Baby Daddies’ mission was accomplished. In my “Crazy” mind, we inspired Single Moms to #LetItGo and encouraged Fathers to be IN their child’s life no matter what. We all know it’s about the kids anyway.
Written by: MaxLaine aka Maxx
VIDEO: How To Let It Go
Through my relationship with my daughter’s father, I’ve learned a lot about myself. Most important is that I learned the TRUTH. Although sometimes I rather not deal with the TRUTH, it is so needed when it comes to healing & Letting Go. Here’s just ONE of the three ways that “I” learned to Let It Go!
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Let me just warn those Mamas who have a Baby Daddy who they know will NEVER change that he will do just that…NEVER change. Sometimes when you see things going well somehow that Baby Daddy who is just a well-known Fuck Up WILL Fuck Up again & again…I believe there are only a handful of Baby Daddies out there who are destined to change and mines is NOT one of them. The older we get the more I am confident to say that he will NEVER change. It’s maybe because he’s really smart or really dumb because of the responsibilities he tries to get himself out of.
For instance, he asked me to remove him off of child support for the 2nd time in less than 2 years. All he pays is $49.50 a week and an extra $10 because he is behind on payments so until he catches up they tacked on an additional fee. I guess for him that’s a lot of money considering he has a CDL license (a license to drive tractor trailers) which he has never used since he got it. He is SO concerned with losing his license while he doesn’t use it to the FULL extent so he could not be in the position that he is in now.
He’s at a point where he is willing to do ANYTHING to get off of child support and it’s REALLY sad because I do need that money. He doesn’t see that I live in California where gas is $4.35 a gallon and I still don’t have a car. Instead, it’s about him when I explain to him these issues. It’s becoming insulting because of the way he acts as if he is helping me support a dog that he’s grown out of love with.
The other day he calls me to ask why did our child support case close then re-opened. I explained to him that they had a computer glitch and it shouldn’t have been closed at all. Instead of being upset that OUR daughter didn’t call him to wish him a Happy Birthday, he called about yet again this child support case.
I apologize Dear Reader if I sound like I have no empathy for him but if he was paying a high amount like $800 and up a month like I know a few Dads who are paying that much then I would understand his concern but his portion doesn’t even cover close to half of what I have to pay out every month for our daughter. So, if I were paying $49.50 a week to him, I’d be in Hawaii every weekend enjoying myself.
I can’t and nor will I ever try to understand how difficult it is to pay $49.50 a week when I’m a Hustler who makes ends meet every day so that I can support OUR daughter. If he can’t do that then why are you in her life…FUCK that, then why are you still living. I know so many Daddies out there who are being ripped apart by the amount of child support they pay each month. They can’t even support themselves on what is left for them in their check after child support & Uncle Sam gets their portion. It’s always the Daddies who pay the less amount of child support who complains the most.
I’m SO tired of it and people wonder why Mamas who are so-called “mean” to their child’s father by not allowing him to see their child. For the most part, it’s because WE i.e ME has to hear our child cry and WE i.e ME have to provide answers as to why their Daddies are not there for them. Instead their Daddies run away like a Punk blaming their child’s mother for THEIR downfall.
Well, to make it easier for you why don’t you sign your parental rights over & disappear FOREVER just like you want the child support case to disappear.
SMDH…
Written by: MaxLaine aka Maxx
VIDEO: How To Deal With Your Baby Daddy & Mama?