I’m Ellamental Mama, aka Ella Davis – I have another name too, but this is my writing name. I’m a forty something year old single mum to two boys – six and two. I’ve been raising my eldest alone since the breakdown of my marriage when he was seven months old. The littlest joined our family more recently via a kind donation and a rather large nurses syringe. We have our challenges (often more than our fair share it seems), but I love being a mum to two.
Ellamental Mama is an alternative single mum blog where I give a raw and honest account of the trials and tribulations so many of us single mums go through, but rarely talk about. I try to find the positive in what are very hard experiences of divorce and mental health challenges. For me, single parenting is both a challenge and an amazing experience.
As well as writing about my life, I hope this blog helps to raise the voice of single mums and how we, as friends and family, can help single mums and others struggling with big life challenges like depression and divorce. I also hope it raises understanding of why many women are now choosing solo motherhood using sperm donation and what a wonderful – yet challenging – choice it can be. If you are specifically interested in my journey to motherhood through donor conception as a solo mum, then check out this page dedicated to my SMBC series.
My blog covers varied topics, mainly connected to parenting and life as a single mum but I hope they are relevant to a wider audience too. You can check out the ‘categories’ menu on your right to see what I’ve written about. Topics include: donor conception, single motherhood, mental health, breastfeeding, feminism, travel, refugees and toddlers and their funny, sleep depriving ways. My posts are rather eclectic, somewhat like me! I’ve had some really positive feedback which I love and keeps me going even when it seems like no-one is listening to my outpourings. So if you have something you want to say please do share away.
If you like what you read you can follow me on facebook and twitter or contact me here. If you want to read more, why not take a look through my most popular posts or articles I’ve written for other publications.
As well as writing about single parenting, I campaign for equal rights for single parents. If your a single parent who believes we deserve equality, or an ally who wants to support our campaign, check this out.
Here’s what others have said about my writing:
Cash Carraway, award winning playwright, screen writer and author, “Absolutely amazing. Amazing. One of the best things I’ve read in a long time. You need a book! I’m sorry that was your life, but the way you told it…wow.” on When Your Husband Suffers Psychosis.
N, Single mum to a toddler, “I’ve wanted to message you for a while now, but couldn’t quite find the words to write. But I’d like to say thank you. Thank you for helping me feel that I’m not alone, thank you for giving me perspective and thank you for sharing your experiences on your journey as a single mother.”
F, “Love your blogs.”
H, single mum, “Hi! Just wanna say a HUGE THANK YOU.”
“It is amazing. You’ve written it all so well and although I’m just so, so sorry for this hell you have been through I think that this might mean so much to those going through this and it’s an incredible story of love, real love, which finds both the strength to keep caring and the strength to know when to say, no more.” Abigail Oborne of award winning parenting blog, Like Real Life on When Your Husband Suffers Psychosis.
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I’m a writer at heart and I run this blog as my passion. However, passion doesn’t pay the bills and I’m open to collaborations so please do get in touch if you’re interested in working together. I’ve written for numerous other publications including the Guardian, iNews, Scary Mommy and the Metro. I’ve also been featured in the magazine Blogosphere.
You can email me on: ellamentalmama@gmail.com
And you can keep up to date with my posts and ramblings by liking me on facebook and following me on twitter and instagram at @ellamental_mama.
Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the read.
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