A great place to share what most people don't like to talk about - stepcoupling and blended family situations. People have no idea what it will be like going from a romantic twosome to a complex system of adults and kids with different histories.
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Thanksgiving is coming …tra la, tra la! Excitement is high for delicious food, fires in the fireplace, people sharing homemade recipes, drinks, and most of all, fond feelings with family and friends. Sounds great!
We all know what Thanksgiving...
One day I went to the mailbox and saw a letter from my stepson addressed to me…written on yellow legal paper in his handwriting. I ripped it open and read this letter that brought tears to my eyes. I’ll never forget it.
THE LETTER SAID:
“I...
We all know that parenting teenagers is no piece of cake, but I have to say it’s harder with a stepchild than your own flesh and blood. It’s especially hard for stepmothers. The hardest time for a stepfamily to form is when there are teenagers in...
Gretchen’s story is heart warming. Childless, she married a man who had a young son. The bio mom had full time custody. When the boy was 6 years old, his bio mom got sick and died not long after. Dad and stepmom took over raising his child....
A man and a woman sat in my waiting room. When I ushered them into my office they sat obediently on the couch. They sat as far away from each other as they possibly could. They wouldn’t look at each other. They hadn’t talked for a week or two. ...
