So you want to be a single mom?

In light of recent trash magazine articles talking about Jennifer Aniston wanting to pursue motherhood alone I got to thinking how absolutely crazy she is.  Bill O'Reily publicly attacked her for her wishes and she bit  back stating something to the effect that women no longer have to wait for a man to have a child, science has provided us with ways to reproduce and this is what she is choosing.  Two words for this deranged woman...GOOD LUCK!  Parenting is not meant to be a one sided ordeal and it is not meant to be weathered alone.  As the world should have many have and are doing it this way but it is a constant uphill battle and as a single mother myself one that I feel I am constantly slidding down rather than progressing upward.  Don't get me wrong, I love my daughter, I am accepting my role and trying to do the best I can alone.  The saying "it takes a village to raise a child" is more true than I could have ever realized.  I am alone in a sense I do not have a significant other in the picture to enjoy this experience, to nuture Hannah, to watch her grow, to laugh with me, to cry with me, to scream with me.  But I am by no means making it by myself, my family has sacrificed their time and money and sanity to help me raise this little girl. 

I guess my point to all of this is I personally from experience think it is crazy to just decide to have a kid by yourself. It is supposed to be a team effort and joint decision, granted there are situations where it happens without planning and the persons involved then make a decision to go it alone, but to intentionally stand up and say I am going to be a mom by myself is absurd.  This is not a lifestyle or choice to be envied, admirable as it is to see a parent taking on the brunt of the responsibilites by themselves it is not how this whole gig is supposed to work.

In my rambling I am not sure if any of that made sense but it is just what is in my head at the moment and I needed to rant.

Ms. Aninston I wish you well in your journey of motherhood... I am certain your levels of stress will be somewhat minimal due to the fact you can and will hire a full time nanny to raise your child.  People and US Weekly will photograph you going to the park and dote on what a wonderful mother you are.....  you will sing a different tune I assure you, not publicly, but you will.