The Joy of Valentine’s Day as a Single Mom

February 11, 2014

My son and I spent a good two hours making 18 Valentines for his school friends. I was so proud of him as he carefully wrote out their names: SA-VAN-NAH! TIM-O-THY! He took pride signing his name (18x!), adhering little heart stickers and fun cartoon tattoos. He took equal pleasure in making his teacher a special Valentine and selecting a chocolate treat for her at Target. His classroom is…

Single mom Christine Coppa is the author of the Target Breakout Book, Rattled! (Broadway Books, 2009) and the founding blogger of glamour.com's acclaimed Storked! blog where she spilled it about navigating an unplanned pregnancy and single motherhood minus her son's father. You can also find her witty (and often controversial blogs) on parenting.com, babble.com and Nickmom.com A professional writer/editor, she's contributed to Glamour, Marie Claire (Australia), First for Women, In Touch, Parenting, Baby Talk, and Parents among other publications and notable websites. Her work has been buzzed about in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and on ABC's 20/20. Coppa and her son represented the Yoplait Kids brand in 2011. The Sunday London Times called her a writer "at the forefront of a wave of modern moms who are reinventing the parental publishing genre." Coppa lives in North Jersey with her son Jack Domenic, 6 who is currently campaigning for a Golden Retriever puppy.