30 Days to a Better Step Family – Day 23

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...

30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 11

My angry words fly like red-hot embers propelled from a slingshot, creating collateral damage for anyone in their path on their way  toward my husband.  I want him to take my side, to set the record straight and do it where I can have the satisfaction of hearing it...
30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 3

30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 3

I love you.  Each child hears these three words each night before sleep wrestles those busy little minds, and bodies, into angelic slumber.  Why are they not this darling all of the time? Each morning Doc and I make breakfast for the children – bacon, eggs, biscuits,...

A Message Sent in DNA

Soap and Baby Lotion are her fragrances. She clutches the blanket, whose color is of tenderness, and whose lace took days to make. Long chocolate ringlets cascade over my shoulder. Her forehead hides in the bend of my neck, and my hair covers hers, as I whisper to her...

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