A mom and a stepmom share stories, ideas, friendship and family
Posted in Quotes on Jan 15th, 2008
“[S]tep-families strain under the weight of trying to masquerade as biological families — instead of acknowledging that we are living with other people’s children.” — Yvonne Roberts
No One’s the Bitch is a blog by a mom-stepmom team about building happy mom-stepmom realtionships. Jen (the mom) and Carol (the stepmom) are close friends now, but they didn’t start out that way at all. Jen has knocked the ball out of the park with two must-read posts in the last few days:
How to [...]
Posted in Movies, TV & music on Jan 14th, 2008
I laughed out loud in the theater when I saw Enchanted’s evil stepmom emerging from the sewer wagging her tongue in and out of her mouth and shooting green lightning bolts from her fingertips. She’s so over the top that she looks like she’s there to poke fun at the Disney stereotype. And based [...]
Posted in Perspectives on Jan 11th, 2008
Kathy and I see G differently. G and I see Kathy differently. It used to bug me when one of them would describe the other in way that was different from the person I saw. Trying to get Kathy to see G through my eyes or G to see Kathy through my eyes didn’t change [...]
We got tagged with a ROAR for Powerful Words award by My Inner Edge. The rules are:
1. List three writing tips.
2. Pass the award on to three more bloggers.
Since there are two of us, we’ll both share our tips and link like crazy. There are too many people whose tips we want to hear.
Kathy’s tips:
The [...]
Posted in Quotes on Jan 10th, 2008
“We have to grow up, we have to develop a broader way of looking at things, we have to make room in our hearts and minds without losing either one. We can become more or less because of our stepmom role, and more of that choice than we realize is up to us.” — Karon [...]
Posted in Links on Jan 10th, 2008
We’re honored to have been interviewed by Karon Goodman, author of The Stepmom’s Guide to Simplifying Your Life and Stepping Stones for Stepmoms.
Check out part one of our interview on Karon Goodman’s blog, Continuing the Stepparenting Journey, and keep an eye out for part two, which will be posted next month.
Posted in Quotes on Jan 9th, 2008
“I don’t consider my marriages as failures. It’s idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it’s failed.” — Margaret Mead, who was married and divorced three times
Posted in Links on Jan 8th, 2008
PBSkids.org’s It’s My Life has a helpful looking collection of articles for kids about stepfamilies, including:
Then Comes Remarriage
Stepmoms and Stepdads
Lines of Communication
A list of books about stepfamilies (fiction and nonfiction)
Jeffrey Cottrill: Successful Stepfamilies: How to create a happy, functional stepfamily - “Dr. Marshall, who himself lives happily in a stepfamily, believes that the key to [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 6th, 2008
By Katherine Shirek Doughtie
Jill has mentioned Little Miss Sunshine in this blog, and I was lucky enough to catch it on HBO the other night after work. While all of it is completely delightful, it’s the ending that always makes my eyes well up.
G used to laugh at my choice in movies to watch [...]
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