I remember all of the times that I was stressed out about sending our good clothes with the kids to their mom’s house. Would we get them back, would we have to wash them, are they going to wear our clothes the whole time they are there and wear them out? I don’t want them …
Second. I have been sitting with that concept and that word for quite a while. I never had a problem with being second when I was little. It never occurred to me that second was socially referred to as ‘not as good’ or ‘less than enough’ and more commonly referred to as ‘the first loser’. …
When our relationship was new and I was talking to others about my new instant family of three kids I referred to them as ‘His Kids’ or ‘the kids’. It never occurred to me in the beginning to refer to them with a name that hinted towards any kind of ownership. I also did not …
We recently got a puppy. This is one of the things that we said we would never do because ‘we have too many kids’! The kids persisted and this fall we started our lives as puppy parents too. I had dogs when I was growing up but my parents did most of the work, and …
My husband and I went out for dinner last night at our favourite restaurant. We ate way too much and had a great time. We had just got back from an amazing vacation with our kids and were in need of some ‘us’ time. Removing ourselves from the everyday grind for three weeks had a …
I was pacing and looking out the window waiting for her to pull up. I was sick to my stomach and had that anxious heart racing, frog in throat feeling. The kids were ready to go and she was about to come by and pick them up. I was so angry that their dad had …
So it has been 15 years and I feel exhausted. Maybe it’s because the years have taken a toll on my body and mind, I am just older, but I feel like I don’t have anything left. Some days I think back to how dedicated I was to batch one. I can’t put my finger …
When the overwhelm got too much, when I felt like my heart was being broken everyday and I was the last one on everyone’s list, I didn’t know where to turn. I mentioned before that social media was just starting to come into play and I didn’t know much about it. I found that the …
Scrambling up the side of a mountain with loose rock slipping under your feet trying desperately to get to the top. If I had to picture my journey as a step mom I would picture myself scrambling the side of this particular mountain. The rocks keep falling and coming loose as I put too much …
