Being a stepmom is hard. I can tend to have a bit of a temper and my filter wasn’t always at the ready when words would fly out of my mouth. These characteristics aren’t exactly ideal when it comes to being in a blended family. I remember the feeling, the pit in my stomach, whenever […]
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“If it were up to me” is a phrase I regularly catch myself saying. I’m smart enough to know it’s not up to me. It’s not my place and that I don’t get to change the dynamic of our blended family when it comes to their mom, but I can tell you the current system
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When we first met with the lawyer, we were told we had a very real shot at having the kids move out to live with us. This was exactly what we had been hoping, partly expecting, to hear. It was “in their best interest”, which was a term I had read a whole lot about
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I met a man with kids. It wasn’t ideal, but I was excited. I felt as though my clock was ticking, so the fact he already had two children was somewhat comforting. We would have a big family, with lots of kids to love and we would live happily ever after… If only it were
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The drive was gorgeous! There was no phone reception for hours and every turn was picturesque. We were headed west for a few days while my guy was off work for Spring Break. We arrived in an adorable little town and I immediately fell in love with its charm. We spent the evening in the
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It wasn’t supposed to happen, but I fell in love with a man who had two children. The littles lived in another province, so it wasn’t very complicated for the beginning stages of our relationship. There were Skype calls 3 times a week and I loved getting to know them by listening in. Still, there
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