Together At Last!

I wasn’t going to do a blog/podcast combo this month as this month’s episode is the final of a three-part series related to my memoir, What to Expect When You Weren’t Expecting.  But…then I got to editing and was blown away. It’s a great listen.  It’s a great listen for the blended family but it’s … Continue reading Together At Last!

StepMother’s Day: Celebrating the Heart of the Blended Family

It is an early blog for next week, coming to you on Saturday rather than my standard Monday. Why? Because tomorrow is the very unofficial Stepmother's Day. This is a piece pitched to the Huffington Post and while it hasn't appeared on the site, I did still want to share. For all of those wonderful women who have taken on this crazy, chaotic role HAPPY STEPMOTHER'S DAY!!

How Doors Work: A Lesson From My Child

We are now locked into bottomless therapy for our son. We were locked into bottomless therapy for our eldest child years ago but it was always a bit of a blurry line. Had we really done anything as parents to truly scar that first child forever? As of a few days ago, as this question … Continue reading How Doors Work: A Lesson From My Child