by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 18, 2012 | Diane's Posts
30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 26 I want to share with you some communication that took place between Doc and me early in our marriage. I have mentioned more than one, that I had a lot of growing up to do to be a stepmother. In the beginning, I cried…A LOT!...
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 17, 2012 | Diane's Posts
My children are twenty-something and thirty-something years of age. Doc’s children are in their early twenties. Both sets were about the same age when their parents divorced. No matter how old a child is, they always long for their family of origin to be one. This...
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 16, 2012 | Diane's Posts
Outside my home right now is a painter, scraping old paint from around the windows and the fascia of our house. It is time for a fresh coat of paint. We purchased this home about a year after Doc and I married. I had sold my house and moved my daughter,...
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 15, 2012 | Diane's Posts
Praying for all who have lost loved ones, all who are brokenhearted, and all who are crushed in spirit.
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 15, 2012 | Diane's Posts
Long before I was a stepmother, I was the neighborhood mom. There have always been children in and around my home. Sometimes it got a little crazy. One day, the boys were outside jumping out of the two story oak tree in our front yard. Going out, I cautioned them...