30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 16
“I didn’t asked to be born!” shouted my teen from the bedroom. “It’s not fair. Nobody else has to do this! You’re so mean!” And the door to the purple room closes with a slam. “Good thing you didn’t ask to be born today,” I thought to myself. “Today...30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 15
We are a family with a history, some wonderful and some not so wonderful. We are a stepfamily trying to become a real family. Sometimes I can identify with Pinocchio wanting to be a real live boy, because I want – we want, to be a real live family. Sometimes we do...30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 14
She talks and talks and talks. She can talk for thirty minutes straight and never take a breath. My head is spinning and I want to put duct-tape over her mouth for just a few minutes and give my head a break. I need just a few minutes with my own thoughts so that I...30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 13
Suppertime is a stressful time for me in this stepfamily. Before we became a stepfamily, I was considered a reasonably good cook by my children, but these new children, they don’t like much at all. Everything I serve them is discussed and suggestions made about how...
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