Donna Air Opens Up About Life as a Single Mother

You go from a certain family dynamic to adjusting to a completely new one. It took a few months for us all to find our feet. But I feel like I’m back in business now, and I’m managing pretty well as a single mum. I’ve proved to myself I can do it. You come out the other end and think, 'Wow, I’m pretty good at this!' And Freya ... is happy –- that’s the main thing.

That said, her daughter has "taken it upon herself" to find Donna a new special someone -- which can at times be "very embarrassing," the 29-year-old says. "I’m like, 'But darling, that’s so-and-so’s Daddy and he’s married.' She hasn’t quite worked it out, bless her," Donna reveals. "She just thinks of people she likes and reckons they’d make a good boyfriend -– regardless of their family circumstances!" Donna, who would like to have more children someday, feels that motherhood "starts an amazing journey in a woman." "You don't obsess about yourself in the way you used to, as the bulk of your time isn't spent on you." Fortunately, spending so much time with Freya -- whom Donna describes as a "lovely person" -- is easy.

My daughter is the funniest person I know and I couldn’t imagine my life without her. She’s quite independent and tough and bossy, but then there are points in the day when I’m reminded she’s just a little girl. Like when she looks back over her shoulder for her Mummy when I wave her off at school. Or just giving me a cuddle and saying, 'I love you Mummy.'

Source: The Mirror; Photo by Nick Harvey/WireImage.