A mom and a stepmom share stories, ideas, friendship and family
Posted in Books on Nov 30th, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in Movies, TV & music on Nov 30th, 2007
“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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Posted in Books on Nov 30th, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in Holidays on Nov 28th, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in Communication, Tips on Nov 27th, 2007
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 [...]
Posted in Links, Parenting, Quotes, Remarriage on Nov 27th, 2007
“From my own observations, the biggest variable to the success of blending a family is the behavior and agreeability of former-spouses. If you are divorced or divorcing (with children), there is probably nothing more important for you to do than to get on good terms with your ex. If you are falling in love with [...]
Posted in Quotes on Nov 26th, 2007
“In Africa, there is a saying, ‘I am because we are.’ The individual flourishes because the community flourishes. Too often we say, ‘if only I can have my little space.’ You will find trouble there. We need the drama of other people in our lives.” — Ifeanyi Menkiti
Posted in Divorce, Miscellaneous, Perspectives on Nov 24th, 2007
By Katherine Shirek Doughtie
Chilling.
I just looked up some statistics on second marriages and, boy, they are not good. When Jill and I first started talking about this blog, we tried to figure out roughly how many marriages were second marriages and how many ended in divorce. We both guessimated — based on what? [...]
Kathy and the kids came to G’s and my place this year. (We usually refer to the houses by the numbers from our street addresses instead of saying “your house” and “my house”. It has a nicer ring to it somehow — kind of like talking to people with arms open instead of crossed across [...]
What kind of women are we? We are bad women. Why does this delight us so? We’re not sure, but it does.
More pictures here.
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