The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange

CoolMom: Second-Hand Husbands
Becoming a Stepmom: Smackdown for Stepmoms: Visualize Your Ideal Stepfamily

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StevePavilina.com: Soulful Relationships – “…the best we can do with our lives is to achieve the point of optimal balance whereby serving our own needs and serving the whole body are congruent… Interdependence is a higher level of consciousness than independence.  Fear serves the latter; fearlessness, the former.”  (more) 
Oprah.com: Meditations for Interacting with Others – Guided meditations [...]

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A Stepmom’s Say: About Mommy – “Nothing has brought me more angry comments and viciousness, than the fact that I let the reader know that my stepsons call me “Mom.” I totally understand the passion behind these comments, but often disagree with the reasoning.” (more)
Typical Momma: To Be Or Not To Be Mom – “If [...]

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Breed ‘Em And Weep: Having it made and unmade – “This is what one gives up, succumbing to divorce, releasing into the wild a love you once were sure you had made.” (link)
Paul Graham: Lies We Tell Kids – “Adults lie constantly to kids. I’m not saying we should stop, but I think we [...]

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Parenting Advice: Working It Out After Divorce – Co-Parenting As A Lifelong Process – “Children feel all the tension that exists between their divorced parents. And they often suffer when parents ignore this tension or act out from it. Children often feel ‘in the middle’ (and are sadly, too often placed in the middle when [...]

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