February 6th, 2012 08:30am

The wicked stepmother, part 2

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I never thought it was possible to be utterly petrified of a teenager…

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January 30th, 2012 09:30am

The wicked stepmother, part 1

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There was an elephant in the room, and ignoring it wasn’t making it go away.

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November 1st, 2011 02:47pm

Blending a family

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It takes quite a few steps to blend a family. In our case, that included a trip to Disneyland.

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October 24th, 2011 08:00am

How to tell the kids you’re getting married

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Friends have been told. Family has been told. Now to tell the kids….

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April 11th, 2011 11:54am

Merging families without marriage

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Sound off: Is an unmarried merge of families setting a bad example for the kids?

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March 31st, 2011 08:42am

Goodbye single mom home.

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It may have been an imperfect white picket fence reality, but I made it mine and was proud of it. And now I say goodbye to my single mom home.

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July 27th, 2010 08:00am

Yin and Yang

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We ended our day on the made bed, our bodies perfect Yin and Yang semi circles. We faced each other this way, an uneasy feeling in the pit of our stomachs as we unfurled the day in a heap between us, determined to tackle it and sweep it aside before it plagued our dreams and interrupted our sleep. For an hour and a half, Mr. W and I pulled and kneaded the situation at hand, tossing the dough of our mixed family dilemmas as we tasted bite size pieces of moving forward in some areas and reining it in with others. (read the article…)

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December 11th, 2009 05:16pm

Step-parents and the blended family

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Years ago I was in a serious relationship. To be more exact, I was in the first real relationship since my marriage. It was with a recently divorced man with a 4 year old son. The first several months were honeymooned bliss, complete with fantasies about our future together when we made things more permanent. We waited a few months before introducing the kids, going out for pizza as a way to take the pressure off of the real reason for going out to dinner. The kids took to him well, and my son and his son, being the same age, easily hit it off. The next several months were great. We’d go hang out at his place and utilize his pool. And then we’d have BBQ’s in the evening. Everyone was happy. Sounds perfect, right? At first, yes. But reality has a funny way of creeping in. (Read more…)

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TAGS | CATEGORY Blending families