by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 20, 2012 | Diane's Posts
Being a step mom is probably more difficult than a birth mom, there are not as many hugs or “I love you”; and, at times, there are none at all. You work hard and are given little credit or recognition. I am on the sidelines with some conversations between...
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
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...
by Diane W. Bailey | Dec 14, 2012 | Diane's Posts
The greatest gift you can give a family is grace. Whether birth or step, family needs an unending supply of grace. Grace cannot stand without love, coming down like beams of light into the heart of one who is to give it away. It does, it must, come down from heaven...
by Diane W. Bailey | Oct 11, 2012 | Diane's Posts
Okay, let’s just call it what it is! I have entered the sandwich stage of life! I am old enough to have children and grandchildren, and blessed enough to still have parents. But coaching children that are becoming parents and encouraging parents that are becoming...