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When “Mom” Becomes a Dirty Word

by Kathryn Abercrombie-Rodnick | May 18, 2018 | (5) May, Blending, Family, Step Children, Stepmom

I have wanted to be a mom since before I can remember. Seriously. Mothering has been so ingrained in my DNA that I was always mothering someone, somewhere for as long as I can remember. When I met my husband, he had three children from his previous marriage, had...

Making Her House My Home: How To

by Kathryn Abercrombie-Rodnick | Apr 23, 2018 | (4) April, Blending, Custody, Divorce, Family, Step Children, Stepmom

In my teenage years and through college, I had a pretty clear vision for what my first home was going to be. I was imagining a small apartment or a little townhouse, something in a big bustling city with very little square footage. What I was not expecting was a 4...

Loving the “Un-Loveable” Through Divorce and Custody

by Kathryn Abercrombie-Rodnick | Apr 13, 2018 | (4) April, Blending, Custody, Divorce, Step Children, Stepmom

My first experience as a mom was when I became a step-mom! When I married my husband, I became a step-mother to three children. During that time in our lives, custody was a scary subject. Both sides of the divorce were still living in chaos, trying to pursue healing,...

When A Change In Custody Feels Like Betrayal

by Kathryn Abercrombie-Rodnick | Mar 22, 2018 | (3) March, Uncategorized

I never thought I would ever find myself inside a courtroom, testifying under oath, being cross-examined, and waiting for a call from a lawyer to tell me how drastically my life was about to change. But that, my friends, is the ugly side of custody battles. It’s...

Can We Have A Custody Re-do?

by Kathryn Abercrombie-Rodnick | Mar 14, 2018 | (3) March, Blending, Co-Parenting, Custody, Divorce, Marriage, Prayer, Step Children, Stepmom, Wives

Within a year of meeting my husband, my world went from a single, childless, 24-year-old woman, to a wife, step-mother of a teen, tween, and toddler. I felt completely in over my head with life and to top it all of, my husband was going through custody issues. Since I...