It was my first day in my new role as insta-mom: the morning after our wedding. We checked out of the hotel, where the night before we had celebrated with family and friends. Packing ourselves and all the wedding gifts into the car, we started off on our drive to Read more…
I called my mom to let her know just how frustrated I was. How could my new husband let his kids get away with the things he did? Allowing ice cream before lunch? Leaving dirty dishes out? TV before school? Forgetting to brush teeth in the morning? And bad attitudes Read more…
Three years ago, there was anger: My stepson didn’t want another sibling. I had seen anger before in him when we had announced our two other ours pregnancies. But not to this level. As stepmoms with ours children, we are also just regular moms who want to revel in the Read more…