A mom and a stepmom share stories, ideas, friendship and family
Posted in Co-parenting, Divorce, Holidays, Love, Parenting, Peacemaking, Remarriage on Apr 26th, 2008
I was selling my book at the LA Times Festival of Books today, when I heard a woman’s voice say “Don’t I know you?” After about five minutes of cross-referencing, we figured out that we had shared a cabin at a church camp about 12 years ago, had had Thanksgiving together at my old [...]
Posted in Co-parenting, Stories on Apr 15th, 2008
It was Tuesday. Jack’s class was leaving for Wyoming the following Sunday. We got an email from the trip organizers reminding us that it would be about fifteen degrees there and re-sending us the list of things he should bring with him: a warm winter coat, wool sweaters, a waterproof jacket, long underwear, and rain [...]
Posted in Co-parenting on Apr 5th, 2008
I have a theory about why we, as co-parents, don’t always see eye to eye about what’s best for the kids. I think we’re trying to give the kids the best of our own childhood experiences. We’re each building on what we remember from our own childhoods as being especially helpful, especially lasting and grounding, [...]
Posted in Co-parenting, Love on Mar 6th, 2008
“[O]nce you willingly have a baby with someone, there is always love – somewhere.” — Peter Ehrlich
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” — Elie Wiesel
I think we struggle so much across houses in extended stepfamilies because we feel a connection we don’t know what to do with. We have needs we aren’t [...]
Posted in Co-parenting, Love on Mar 5th, 2008
Are you thinking this?
“That’s nice that Kathy and Jill sing Kumbaya together every weekend while braiding daisies into each other’s hair, but they’re just lucky! I would love to have such a reasonable mom/stepmom in my life, but mine is just a whole different kind of person.”
Or this?
“I don’t want to be friends with the [...]
Posted in Co-parenting, Stories on Mar 5th, 2008
Kathy’s Two Moms post last weekend just about made me cry.
I’ve always been careful about the word mom. I’ve always thought in our family it was important to respect and acknowledge Kathy’s unique relationship with the kids. She is the one who carried them inside her for nine months. She is the one who gave [...]
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