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Sydney Hutt

Sydney Hutt is a 20-something English major and future teacher, as well as a single mother of identical twin girls. She writes about her experiences as a young mom and divorcee on her blog mysoulajar.blogspot.ca, an essay from which was published by the popular wedding/feminist/lifestyle website “A Practical Wedding.” Sydney also writes fiction and poetry; her short story “The Information Age” was published in a Canadian anthology called “Fireside Dreams” in 2012.

Life

True life: Dating while being a single mom to young kids is complicated

Despite my wish for a personal life, my children have always remained my number one priority, and I refuse to loosen my grip on that, to compromise their emotional security so I can meet my own (or someone else's) selfish needs.

Life

Being a single mom over the holidays can be lonely—but there’s still so much joy

But our lives are full of love, happiness and health.

Motherly Stories

Being a single mom is the hardest, most empowering thing I’ve ever done

It isn’t easy—but it does teach you how strong you are.

Life

My lesson: There’s no one right way to be a wife

Maybe that was our biggest marital misstep—thinking that marriage was about shaping ourselves to fit defined roles.

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