The Real Mom Meme

Jenty did this meme today inviting those inspired to join in.  No, she didn’t tag me, but something my step-daughter said a few days ago, inspired me to write and to jump on the band-wagon. Apparently it’s about mutation?! “Proponents of memes suggest that memes evolve via natural selection – in a way very similar [...]

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Step-Moms are real too!

With all the innocence of a 7 year old, my step-daughter said recently “One day soon you will be a real mom!”, excitedly referring to her Dad’s upcoming vasectomy reversal.  She soooooo badly wants a baby in the family, preferably a sister, sharing her room. I looked at her and said “Honey, I’m a REAL [...]

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SD Called!

Today is a date to remember. SD called me on the kid’s cell phone. Of her own free will. That is the first time ever. Yay! The kids are on vacation 8 hours away with their BM and Mom-Mom (or grandmother for all you non-US folks). SD called to say they are having fun, arrived [...]

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Breaking the Cardinal Rule of Divorce

Wow, I guess the Universe really does work in miraculous ways. Through my blog stats, I discovered the CNN.com link and then I actually read the article. I had been feeling confused and unsure about whether B did the right thing in telling the kids a bit about what happened between him and his ex. [...]

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Speak to us of Children

Let me apologize in advance as not all my readers will know of my back story and so this post might not make sense all the way. Today I came across the poem by Kahlil Gibran from The Prophet called “Speak to us of Children”. And I listened as he spoke. And I was inspired. [...]

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The Cell Phone

I have a situation on the home front I’m not sure how to handle. The kids have a cell phone.  Yes!  A freaking cell phone!  Remember, they are only 6 and 8. In my opinion, they are too young to handle the responsibility of a cell phone.  It makes me really uncomfortable that they have [...]

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Kiddie Love

This week is our week with the kids. And it’s started off wonderfully! Yesterday at 5pm S dropped the kids off. Polite conversation ensued between her and myself about the kid’s schooling needs for the week…kids have bathed today, haven’t eaten dinner yet, N needs to finish the book he is reading for his school [...]

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N is sick again

Sooooo….in a fascinating follow-up to yesterday’s post, N, my 8 year old stepson started throwing up last night at around 6pm. Some back story first… oops..I accidental deleted a long detailed description and history of the back story. So I will post this anyway and hope to get around to the back story at some [...]

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Cat & Mouse

This week the children are with their mother. And today the schools are closed. So we get a voicemail at 8am this morning from B’s ex asking if I can look after the kids today. Ummm….luckily I decided to call in an inclement weather day for myself. So I say yes, bring them over (I’m [...]

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Being a Step-Mom

My role as step-mom to my husband’s two kids…it’s a toughy. Where does it define what a step-mom’s role is? Because I have no freaking idea what it should be! I know what I want it to be. But no idea if it’s appropriate or not. I want to be a real mom, someone the [...]

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