Who’s in YOUR extended family?
Who’s in your extended family? How often do you see them? Who can you call when you’re in a pinch? Most families are spread far and wide these days, so when you need a parent, sibling, grandmother or grandfather to step in, you’re out of luck.
But sometimes, the two linked households after a divorce and [...]
Top 10 Reasons for a Mother/Stepmother Relationship Revolution
(Angelina Eberly* / photo by Alan P. Van Dyke)
1. While our overall divorce rate has dropped down to 49%, a staggering 75% of remarriages involving children end in divorce.
2. Moms and stepmoms are desperate to escape the feeling that a perfect stranger is constantly trying to undermine them. Who IS this person, really? Do you [...]
On not even peeking behind the curtains, because there are no curtains…
Sometimes I struggle with tone on this blog.
I want so much to inspire people – to show them a different vision of what’s possible between families (originally I typed “bision” instead of “vision” which reminded me of “bison,” but I’m not up much on buffalo, so clearly, that wouldn’t have worked) after a divorce.
To encourage [...]
One big, weird, happy family…
What are some examples of celebrities that have gotten divorced, remarried, and then created a brand new extended family that works?
Here's what Rumer Willis, daughter of actors Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, said about her father and step-father Ashton Kutcher in Us Magazine…
"We all have so much fun together. I’m so lucky," she tells [...]
Happy Holidays!
Some early Thanksgiving quotes for you, courtesy of Interlude Retreat's Thought of the Day archive, since we'll be out of town.
May you feel blessed by abundance and realize all the many, many ways in which you are truly lucky!
To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.
-Saint Teresa of Avila [...]
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