…you once liked him/her enough to have sex…
I enjoyed this short, but punchy post from The Smirking Cat on "Healing Families of Divorce." Here's an excerpt:
Treat your ex at least as well as you would a business partner.
Hello,
you liked him/her enough at one time to have sex and have kids, so grow
the hell up. The kids deserve parents who can work [...]
When one door closes…
We're leaving in a few minutes to my oldest daughter's school. Yesterday was Sophie's ABSOLUTE last day of high school and she was euphoric. She worked her little butt off and finished a year early and we're all so proud of her. This morning, we're all meeting (both families) for a big celebratory breakfast and [...]
Read more »Supporting our kids through daily actions
Blue Bamboo, a devoted
stepmom to her husband’s two young daughters (seven and nine), could use
everyone’s prayers at the moment. Last Thursday, the mother of the two
daughters apparently accidentally smothered her seven-month old infant to death
in bed while drunk. The daughters are in
the custody of Blue and her husband, the girls’ father. The whole situation is [...]
Stepmoms and Teens
Feel like you could sometimes throttle your teen stepchild(ren)? How about your own child?! Stepmother’s Milk features a not-to-be-missed interview with Emily Bouchard (Ms. April, but not to worry, she’s clothed), detailing her life as a stepmom with two teenage daughters. She does a great job of being honest about not only the nitty-gritty details [...]
Read more »Give me a parenting manual, and I'll throw it away
My daughter turned 17 this
morning. Seems as good a time as any to
reflect back on all these years, especially as the bittersweet waves ebb
and flow through me: she’ll be gone in two
months. This is it, I find myself thinking. I’m almost done…. How could
it have only been five years ago that
she was in Kindergarten, telling [...]
Staying Connected with the Little Ones
My youngest daughter, M., is living with her dad and stepmom now and I often miss her. While it makes me happy to know that she’s thriving there (and at almost 13, that’s quite a feat!), I still can’t quite get used to her room being empty most of the time and not having her [...]
Read more »Real life and bikinis
So here’s a question for you: how do you write about the nitty-gritty stuff of parenting while protecting your children’s privacy? This blog is primarily about the mother/stepmother relationship, but the only reason *we* have anything to do with each other is… the kids.
So, how to do this?
You can safely dance around a subject, but [...]
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