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Photo February 4, 2012 by S. Clark @ Bella Angel Photo.

My name is Sarah. I'm a 29-year-old single mom, born and raised in Pensacola, FL.  I lived in a couple of other places in the first years of my adulthood, but ended up right back in Pensacola.  This time, I'm here to stay.

After graduating Tate High School in May of 2001,  I met and married a United States Marine.  It didn't take but a couple of years for us to discover that we had married too young and didn't know each other well enough, and so the marriage ended just a few months after our 2nd anniversary.  Coincidentally, our divorce was "official" in the court system on Valentine's Day of 2004.

Since my divorce, I have tried a little of everything that has interested me.  I have read, traveled, studied, worked, loved (& hated), and tried to shape my life into a collection of experiences I can be proud to remember and share.

I've been single since late September of 2007, and it has been the most wonderful and freeing feeling.  Nearly everyone I know keeps telling me that I'll eventually meet the "right" person, but as far as I'm concerned, I don't need to meet him.  When people ask me about my relationship status, my standard answer is that I am "permanently & happily single."

Photo January 8, 2009.

In early 2009, I became a mother and my life changed forever.  I had spent more than half my life taking care of other people's children, first in a church nursery and later as a foster parent.  But nothing prepared me for the overwhelming emotions that came along with becoming a mommy to my very own sweet little boy.  Being a single mom is certainly not the easiest job in the world, and not at all one I had ever planned to try out (the "single" part, that is), but my son and I are working through it together, and I think we're both learning a lot.

Though I have worked many jobs over the years, my current job working with special needs middle school students is among my favorites.  The kids can be both endearing and infuriating, but there's something to be said for working at a job that gives you an opportunity to make a real difference in someone's life.  It's the same appeal that previous drew me to jobs within the foster care system and a correctional substance abuse treatment setting.

Having enjoyed writing for a great portion of my life, I began writing this blog to share my thoughts and keep record of them.  I can't say that this blog has any specific theme, but is instead a collection of random thoughts and opinions that I choose to share with the world.

I'm always open to making new friends or meeting new people to correspond with online.  I don't have much free time during the school year, and am generally not interested in or open to activities that aren't kid-friendly.

I welcome comments on any of my posts, however comments that are racially inflammatory, overly profane, perverse, or in any other way inappropriate for readers of any age will be deleted. Additionally, comments intended to slander, defraud, or offend any person or group of people will also be deleted.  Keep it civil, please.

Email can be sent to PcolaRedHead@gmail.com.
[I was born Sarah Tuley, but kept my married name after divorcing and so remained Sarah Getz.]