Candle in the Darkness: Surviving Winter as a Single Parent

Ophelia Turner
5 min readFeb 15, 2024

Chronicles of the Determined Divorcee — The nights are long, the mornings cold and dark, and your strength might be starting to dip on these cold days, but I’ve got some ideas that may help bring a little light to your night.

Photo by Rajat Verma on Unsplash

It has been a cold Winter in my little nest of California and we’ve entered a spell of rain supposed to last about a week. Gloomy days…

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Ophelia Turner

Dancer with words and my body. Writer of poetry, fiction, and essays. Member of the California Writer’s Club. Determined Divorcee and single mom of 4!