The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange

I’m Not Julia Roberts by Laura Ruby
This book made me so sad. I wanted it to make me laugh, but when I finished it, I ended up clinging to G asking him to reassure me that I had a soul (to the extent possible for an atheist). I felt cold, and in shock, and [...]

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“It didn’t work out with me an your mom / But yo, push come to shove / You was conceived in love” — Will Smith, “Just the Two of Us” (1997)
Continuing my love affair with Will Smith’s family, I found and loved this song he recorded years ago for his oldest son. Lyrics here.
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Karon Goodman writes from her life experience about how to live the stepfamily life with grace. She sent me a review copy of her new ebook, Seven Decisions You Can Make Today To Improve Your Steplife, and my absolute favorite of the seven decisions was to “decide to live well with imperfection.” That advice speaks [...]

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Check out what Simplicity, her stepdaughter, and her stepdaughter’s mom all did together this year.
I love seeing pictures and hearing stories about moms and stepmoms getting along and being friends. I know a lot of women are in much more painful situations, and sometimes it’s good to know that we’re not alone in the difficulties [...]

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Last year we set up a single email address for both of our houses. It instantly autoforwards to all of us (Kathy, G, and me) at our individual email accounts. It’s the email address we give to the kids’ schools, summer camp and extracurricular organizations, and this way we all know that everyone gets all [...]

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