Category: Step Children
Savvy Ways to Save This Summer!
For blended families, summer may mean more than just summer vacation… bring on the summer custody schedule! For our family, this schedule switches from every other weekend to every other week. Though there is great value in...
Read MoreDebunking the Myths around Summer Visitation
My stepdaughter spent 42 days with us every summer, usually broken into two chunks. That’s a lot of time with the sweet girl we only saw four days a month during the school year! I don’t know about you ladies, but I was a bit...
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Stay-At-Home-Step-Mom’s Summer Survival Guide
For me, SAHM (Stay-At-Home-Mom) life was the DREAM!! I love kids, love organizing, love...
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The Ultimate Guide to Parenting a Blended Family – Straight from a Father’s Heart
Expectation vs. Reality. I write A LOT about this!! I had always imagined what it would be like to...
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Blessings, Not Baggage: How Stepmoms Really Feel About Marrying a Man with Kids
Years ago, amidst one of many uphill battles in our stepfamily life, my husband apologized for all...
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Mother’s Day Martyrdom
This year I celebrated my first Mother’s Day as a “real mom” – you know, the kind of mom...
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Be Kind to Yourself: Gift to A Stepmom
The journey of blended motherhood can be completely overwhelming and utterly beautiful. Somehow...
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’Stepmom’ is (Not) a Dirty Word
What comes to mind when you think of a “dirty word”? I’m sure quite a few words pop in your...
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When “Mom” Becomes a Dirty Word
I have wanted to be a mom since before I can remember. Seriously. Mothering has been so ingrained...
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What’s a Stepmom to Do with Mother’s Day?
I’m not sure where I stand on the Mother’s Day holiday. Some years it passes by without incident...
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Making Her House My Home: How To
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 bedroom, 2 bathroom house partially attached to a restaurant in a part of Pennsylvania that I had never visited let alone wanted to live in. Oh, and to make matters worse, it was the house my husband shared with his ex-wife and their children. Talk about an interesting start to marriage and my new family.
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Loving the “Un-Loveable” Through Divorce and Custody
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, and create a new normal. It definitely took a toll on the kids. The greatest heartbreak, in my opinion, was the 2 1/2-year-old that was stuck in the middle. She had no idea what it was like to have both parents living under the same roof and, to her, chaos was a normal part of life.
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Stepkids Are Not Accidents
When I first joined the family, my stepdaughter shared with me that she was “an accident.” As a believer, I am acutely aware that our words have the power of life and death (Proverbs 18:21). I realized that she must have overheard an adult conversation, and it hurt to know that these words were spoken over her.
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Can You Really Love Everybody The Same?
What is love? No, I’m not referring to the song by Haddaway from the 90s. I’m talking about...
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Can We Have A Custody Re-do?
As of today, we are coming up on three years of custody stuff, and I finally feel like I’m allowing myself to begin the healing process. Oh, if only I could do it over again with what I am learning now, things would be much different. If you find yourself along for a similar ride, let me give you a few helpful ways to cope with a custody battle, that I learned after the fact:
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Lessons Learned in the Court Battle
My stepson is a Leukemia survivor, and within a few months of being diagnosed, the Make-A-Wish Foundation awarded him a trip to see “real” castles in England. Naturally, we wanted his big sister to share this once in a lifetime experience, and my husband approached her mom (different mom than my stepson) about getting my stepdaughter a passport. She refused to give permission for the passport or the trip, and we sought the help of a lawyer.
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