• After my divorce, the invisible labor of being a solo parent became very heavy. • Then, my kids and I moved in with my mom and stepdad, and our lives changed for the better. • Moving in with my family has allowed me grow my career while my kids bond with their grandparents.

In August 2019, my ex-husband moved out of state. I was suddenly a solo parent to my two young sons, then just 2 and 5. My kids and I stayed in the three-bedroom ranch that we had bought before my second son was born, and within its walls I tried to create stability through upheaval. That house saw it all: my divorce, the pandemic when it became a schoolhouse, and the growth of my marketing agency at the kitchen table. Yet every room still echoed with ghosts of my marriage, and the invisible labor of being a solo

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