There is perhaps no more rewarding romance heroine than she who is not expected to find love. The archetype comes in many disguises - the wallflower, the spinster, the governess, the single mom - but always with one sad claim: Love is not in her cards.

I love being a single mom. But it's definitely different when you're dating.

Of all the myriad ways we define love, there is perhaps none more honest and powerful than this: Great love is rooted in great partnership.

I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.

This isn't the life I thought we'd have, my love. This isn't the way I thought we'd be living, my dear. This isn't the way things were supposed to happen, my angel. But yet here we are. Here we are still smiling. Here we are still laughing. Here we are still loving. Here we are still learning. Here we are together. The way I knew it would be. I have you. And you my dear, will forever have me.

I didn't plan on being a single mom, but you have to deal with the cards you are dealt the best way you can.