How To Deal With Entitlement Issues In Stepchildren: Part 1
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve always had a significant level of expectation I was set to meet. My three younger sisters and I were raised by a single mother — and I mean a single mother who never saw one red cent of child support (or alimony) from, or had one millisecond […]
Why I Never Wanted to be a Stepmother
For the most part, I consider myself fairly blessed in the life department. Aside from some poor choices I made in my late teens and early twenties (like getting an Impaired Driving conviction when I was 19 and dating that jerk for way too long who beat me up at least once or twice), I […]
Stepmom Sanity Savers: Self Care
I’ve come to the conclusion that the reason women love their bath tubs so much is because there is no better place to temporarily escape from the demands of the rest of the world. I remember my own mother saying to me and my 3 younger sisters: “I’m going to have a bath; don’t interrupt […]
3 Ways to Transform from Stepmom to Stepqueen
A Stepmother’s Guide to Embracing the Queen She is I couldn’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve heard friends and acquaintances lament about how difficult it is to be a mom. Being a mom is the absolute hardest job you could ever have, they’ll say, wiping some form of burnt sienna-hued mystery […]