Can I Learn to Love a Stepmother When I Still Ache For My Mom?
I remember the first time my father mentioned her. It was autumn, less than a year after my mother had lost her lengthy battle with cancer. “I’ve…
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Remarriage
Embracing Life after Divorce
I’ll always remember the night my first husband informed me that he wanted a divorce. I had moved across the country to marry him, where I had few…
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When Disaster Yields Delight
At just twenty-six-years-old, my world crumbled around me. The facade of a life I had been pretending to enjoy crumbled around me. The death of my…
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The Evil Stepmother: Myth or Truth?
Recently I read two articles from Amy Bellows, Ph.D. about remarriage, blended families and stepparents on Psych Central. The author talked about how…
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Divorce, Kids, Ex’s and Steps and How to Make it Through
Divorce is hard. It’s especially hard when you have kids. I have two boys, ages eleven and thirteen, and I am divorced from their father. We…
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