by Diane W. Bailey | Aug 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
One of the most difficult things to do is live in a stepfamily. Scars on our soul and voices of the past can torment our sleeping and waking hours. All who come into a stepfamily bring with them wounds, and images from the past. Some images are of a family that...
by Diane W. Bailey | Aug 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
She is an angry teenager – Half woman, half child and her maturity is not ready to face such difficult times. She is trying to work through a life she never wanted. I am in love with Doc and married him, and though our lives are better, she feels like she is in...
by Diane W. Bailey | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
I do not have a PhD in physiology, though there have been so many times that I wished I could download such a degree for immediate use. But even a PhD in physiology does not have all of the answers we need to deal with a Stepfamily. Like it or not, an Ex is a part of...
by Diane W. Bailey | Jul 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Turf wars were raging between a step-child and me. Determined to be in charge of the house, this one would dictate what would, and would not happen. I, however, was sure that this would not be the order of our lives. Knowing that this child ruling the roost would...
by Diane W. Bailey | Jul 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
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,...