In Defense of Single Mothers

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2. My fiancee was a single mom

Her daughter, now fully grown, is now a graduate of the prestigious Monterrey Institute of Technology and is getting married next year.

This is an excerpt from one of the letters I wrote to her during our courtship (translated from Spanish):

"Let me begin by expressing my admiration for you, for having the courage to continue your pregnancy, to accept being a single mother and to give birth to a girl. I realize how difficult it must have been for you, knowing what I know of Mexican society. That decision was not easy and frankly, if you had made another decision, you would still have my sympathy and support. Only a woman who lives these circumstances has the right to decide which future to create; a future for one or two human beings. I feel sorry and sad for the man who left you, unaware of the two immense treasures which he threw by the side of the road."

As for me, I'm the luckiest man in the world for having this courageous woman accept me as her partner.

Defense of single mothers? Praise is what they deserve.