Introducing Sage Mentoring Moments Blog Talk Radio Show About Single Motherhood

Hey Y’all Hey!!!

Oh my goodness words cannot express how excited I am to be a part of this fabulous opportunity with Sage Mentoring Moments on Sage Network! I’m Monica Sumter, known as the romance author MoGeSu. I’m a single mom of one teenage daughter who is slowly but surely dancing her way to the top! When I was a kid myself, teachers realized that writing and storytelling came natural to me. I myself didn’t realize it until I was an adult and a dream quickly turned into a full length romance novel. Helping others has always been a passion of mine. Teaching others and helping them in any way possible brought me joy inside and out.

I used my new found voice as an author to become a motivational speaker and connect with some really great and inspiring people. In doing so I was moved to create my own organization, #GrownWomanhood, which will encourage women to realize their feminine worth and diversity in order to live and act accordingly as well as teach men how to appreciate them. My goal is to have it fully up and running within 2017. In the meantime I’ve partnered with Ms. Jennifer Pink and other awesome single moms like myself who are willing to be open and honest about our lives as single mothers.

I never felt that my being a single mother was anything to be ashamed of. I will admit it was hard for me because I came from a two parent home and so did the majority of my friends. I couldn’t grasp the understanding of a father not wanting to be an active and constant fixture in their child’s life, whether together with the mother or not. This show and its topics are so important because it will break down the misconceptions and bad rapport that comes along with being a single mother. I personally hate seeing that most of the negativity is coming from other women, several of who are single moms themselves.

It seems as when the term “single mother” is mentioned a lot of people automatically jump to the conclusion that the woman is overly promiscuous and having random sex with random guys or dealing with someone she knew from the beginning was no good. Either way it goes the end result would make being a single mother her fault. Yet when the term “single father” is mentioned everyone feels that the mother had to be especially trifling for the father to have custody and he looks like a hero.

This show will help people get a better understanding of the impact that stereotyping single mothers have. Not all single mothers are on some form of government assistance. Not all single mothers have a house full of children all by different fathers. Not all single mothers who are on government assistance are just on it to take advantage of the system. There are so many scenarios that it’s wrong to try to place an entire group of people into one category that not all of us fit into.

We as hosts have taken on this opportunity knowing that our lives and personal journeys as single moms will fully be on display. I myself was engaged when I became pregnant. We weren’t play engaged. He proposed with a ring and all. We’d been living together for two years and he’d expressed several times that he wanted a baby more than anything. We both worked a lot so making wedding plans fell by the wayside and the baby ended up happening first.

Nothing could’ve prepared me for the roller coaster ride I was about to be taken on. I’m a dreamer, hence me being a fiction writer. I’d always dreamed of my child’s father singing and telling funny stories to my belly while I was pregnant with our child. Next to a fairy-tale wedding, it was what I’d always day-dreamed about. I thought he was supposed to rub my feet and we’d lie in bed hours after we should’ve been asleep and come up with baby names. I’d read in my “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” book that men sometimes would be jealous in the early stages of pregnancy because they couldn’t actually share in what was happening but once the mother’s belly start growing and he could see and feel the baby rolling around inside then things would change. That didn’t happen in my case. He got jealous alright but it only grew as my belly did.

Things didn’t change after our daughter was born. They’ve never had the relationship I I wanted them to. Again, it’s hard for me to be a part of coming from a two parent home and being a daddy’s girl myself. I tried everything including trying to guilt him into being a father but to no avail. Here we are 14 years later and the periods of time between their visits and conversations became even fewer and farther in between.

MEN!!! We need you to listen and speak up too!! Being a single mother is not a one way street! Just as we needed you to help make these babies it’s imperative that we get your input on the subject matter as well. Don’t worry this is a classy sassy show! There won’t be any judgment or male bashing. Don’t get me wrong things may get a little real but it’ll always remain respectful.

Rest assured all the show topics won’t be hot and heavy. We’ll have some fun and informative shows also! I’m so glad you have taken the time to get to know me and my story. I can’t wait to get to know all of you too so please don’t be shy! Call us up, email us and connect with us on social media to voice YOUR thoughts and experiences as a single mom or a baby daddy who loves us…or not!! LOL

Be on the lookout for more from your girl MoGeSu!!!

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