The Fragile Bridge of Trust
When Indiana Jones threw sand out into the precipice,
suddenly revealing an invisible bridge, he found the magical solution to
quickly getting across, away from his enemies. But… he still had to actually
cross the narrow bridge without
falling. Trust between you and another person (in this case, the stepmom
or ex-wife) is like that same skinny bridge made real [...]
Meet Carol, TV teammate extraordinaire
Imagine
yourself in one of those adventure races – with orienteering challenges,
cross-country running, kayaking, maybe a touch of horseback-riding and cycling. Now imagine how much harder this would
be with a partner you can’t stand — the hidden resentments, the one-upmanship,
the stubborn lack of cooperation. Then… envision
the relief of being spurred on past your limits by someone [...]
Two dinners
Carol (the stepmom) and I (the mom) have been going at this ex-wife/stepmother relationship-thing for eight years now. We recently had two back-to-back dinners that illustrate what a work in progress our partnership can still be. Sunday was Sophie’s 17th birthday, so off our two families went to a fancy restaurant. Sophie and Madeleine’s 3 [...]
Read more »How do you reach out to the stepmother or ex-wife in your life?
It’s a similar refrain on
this site by now: try to get along with the ex-wife or stepmother; it’s worth
it in the long run; take an honest look at yourself to see how you’re getting
in the way — blah, blah, blah. But how do you actually GO ABOUT making this
happen? What does it look like? Why [...]
Fields of… huh?
Sunday evening, I sat on the green velvet footstool in the living room, the one that makes creaky stair noises like a Victorian house on a dark and stormy night.
Six pairs of hands were upon my migrainous self. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Massaging my tender head: Carol (the stepmom in [...]
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So no red door: our sunset "golden hour" was more like the gloomy gray-hour, weather-wise. Here’s what we came up with (Jennifer’s on the left, Carol’s on the right):
We had a lot of fun – it was nowhere near as painful as we were expecting it to be…. Thanks to David Marine for being Mr. [...]
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