The Teenagers
As an “older” mom and stepmom (my teens are 13 and 16, I’m 45) I am regularly directed step mom questions that as my natural children reach this age I realize are simply questions ALL parents of teenagers are facing.
“my stepson doesn’t want to be in this family… Continue reading
Sometimes Simply Surviving Counts…
Sometimes you simply survive long enough in life regardless of the subject, that later you realize you are the one who has travelled the road where others seek assistance . We’ve been a step family for over seven years, almost eight. The beginning of our life as a step family was… Continue reading
Post Holidays Wrap Up
The holidays seemed to be a jumble of dashed plans. Our children have a stepmom this year, so we are trying very hard to work with everyone’s family schedule. In years’ past we had split the children to go to their Dad’s by the 23rd or so and then… Continue reading
And one moves away…
Our oldest son, my stepson, has at twenty, decided to move to another state to be near his natural mother. This is a big step for him, it meant transferring his full time job, most likely not returning to college this spring, and changing his environment completely. A hundred… Continue reading
Sharing Families
Sharing children sometimes sharing illnesses. It rarely fails that if our children go for more than a day to their other family’s home in another state that they will come home and within a day be ill. They run so hard while they are gone, bed times are thrown to… Continue reading
We All Do it Differently
The children just returned from Fall break with their new Stepmom and Dad. It was a good week for all. They hunted deer together, they attended a college football game, they gathered at their grandparents home…..they did life their way. The homes are very different but we all love the… Continue reading
The Berrys
