
The Spirit of Christmas
Christians the world over will celebrate the birth of Christ the Saviour in the coming weeks. However, amidst all of the holiday lights...

Traditions
The holidays can be not only one of the best times of the year for stepfamilies but can almost certainly be fraught with anxiety and...

Thankful!
My mother and father divorced when I was three. But they managed to have a very close friendship throughout their lives until his death...

Halloween is over! Now take off your mask...
Halloween. One of those fun-filled holidays where we find cute, adorable faces smiling while begging for candy. I love it! And though I...

Plan of Attack!
Planning. Everyone who knows me knows that I am all about the planning. I Christmas shop in July. I pack for vacation two weeks before...

September 16 is National Stepfamily Day!
Do you have plans for National Stepfamily Day? National Stepfamily Day is celebrated annually on September 16th and was founded by...

GOLF 101
Opportunities to attend sporting events that involve our kids are few and far between these days. When I was first brought into the fold,...

A Poem Dedicated to Stepparents
My Harvest (Carol Lynn Pearson) I did not plant you, true. But when the season is done, When the alternative prayers for sun and for...

Is It Time? How Do I Know?
Prompted by a tweet from @redheadstepmom, I was reminded of how my husband brought me into his children's lives. Given that my husband...

Connecting...
Obviously, our relationships to our stepchildren were made a reality by our spouse. Our spouses wanted us to be a part of the family,...