A mom and a stepmom share stories, ideas, friendship and family
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 22nd, 2008
Most of us here are pretty experienced bloggers — how about an open discussion about safe, anonymous blogging? I don’t want to sound too much like a teen sex talk. (“I want you to be happy and safe and to enjoy yourself. You’re the one who knows best what you want and need to do. [...]
Posted in Perspectives on Jan 20th, 2008
It’s really, really hard to be a stepmom. The level of challenge is huge compared to the skills so many of us have going into the gig. And the sacrifice is perpetual. Some of us won’t end up having babies, even though we want them very, very much, because it’s part of the bargain of [...]
Posted in Quotes on Jan 20th, 2008
“Hatred never ceases by hatred,
But by love alone is healed.
This is an ancient and eternal law.”
– Buddhist chant
Posted in Quotes on Jan 20th, 2008
“…perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke
Posted in Links on Jan 18th, 2008
Lisa Cohn: Workin’ Out: Feeling the Burn as Stepfamilies Help You Stretch — Emotionally - “’You are the model,’ says [Susan] Wisdom. ‘If you stretch, the kids will. If you can be open and loving and flexible, they will benefit.’” (more)
The real world: Enough is ENOUGH!! - “So I have had it. In the [...]
Posted in Quotes on Jan 18th, 2008
“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.” — Helen Keller
Posted in Quotes on Jan 17th, 2008
“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.” — Helen Keller
Posted in Play on Jan 17th, 2008
A little over a year ago, G and I bought ourselves World of Warcraft for Christmas. The kids were playing it, G wanted to play with them, and I wanted to get to know them better.
So I installed World of Warcraft, created a character and plunged in. At first, I couldn’t understand what I was [...]
Lisa Cohn’s A Stepfamily Christmas is that wacky, heartwarming, true story that I think we’ve all been hoping to find about ex-partners spending Christmas together for the sake of the kids and growing to love and enjoy it over time. Check it out. This story gives me even more faith that we’re doing the right [...]
Posted in Links on Jan 16th, 2008
Marketplace: Lessons for Iran’s working woman - This segment mentions in passing an unusual and heartwarming arrangement than an Iranian mom and stepmom worked out.
Hindsight, Relationships & Looking Inside Me: The Sub - a poem about what it can feel like sometimes to be the stepmom (by way of The Wicked Stepmom)
37days: F is for [...]
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