What I Learned After, “I Do”
Today we celebrate 15 years, my man and I. Fifteen years of love and arguments, children and teens, graduations and job, births and funerals. As a stained glass window tells a story through broken shards of glass, our story is told through broken hearts becoming a...
Diary of a Stepfamily Wedding
It has been fourteen years since we said, “I do.” How do you graft two branches from different trees? How do you keep it safe, and warm, making sure both sides have enough water, sun and futile soil to grow into a might tree that bears much fruit? You...
How To Be A Real Live Family
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...
Dealing with Suppertime Stress ~Stepfamily Tuesday
Suppertime stress is a time for me at the end of the day, when life gets a little crazy. Before we became a stepfamily, I was considered a reasonably good cook by my children, but these new children, they do not like much of what I cook at all. Everything I serve...
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