Worrying is a huge part of parenting, and stepparenting is no exception. When it comes to my stepkids, there are so many things that I spend my energy stressing over. Are they happy? I am constantly in fear of the unknown. Are they thriving at their mom’s? Will they miss biomom when they come to us? […]
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I often hear Stepmom’s call themselves controlling. This resonated with thinking of myself too, I hated not being able to decide what was happening in the kid’s lives. I disagreed with some of the decisions that were being made for them and the lack of power over that got so frustrating. Learning to let go of
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Blended family life is so complicated. We have so many scenarios that are out of the norm or aren’t talked about, leaving us to blindly navigate our way through. One of the big ones is whether you treat your stepchildren and bio children the same, or if you should. In my situation, there is a
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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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The door swung open and in walked two chatty children along with the love of my life. I was meeting his kids for the first time. The kids were not expecting me to be there and were stunned by my presence. I anxiously filled the silence with a hopeful hello. They each grabbed one of their
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When my best friend called to inform me she was engaged, I was ecstatic! Partially for her, partially because she told me which groomsman I had been paired with … It Felt Like Fate I was to walk the aisle with the groom’s undeniably attractive friend. We had met years prior, when I had a
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