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"I have 3 boys and they love basketball. I don't get along with their mother and I've been married twice. They have also met several...

Whether you are a man or a woman, getting remarried to someone who has children is basically the equivalent of getting hired for a new...

This was my marriage 10 years ago. This is what it looked like then, when things were "normal" for everyone. Our boys had mom and dad and...

The face of determination.... I think Yesterday my youngest son told me he didn't want to talk to me about a problem he was having with a...

Feeling incredibly defeated today. It's slow, and I have no clients or applications to process, so I should be feeling light and airy. A...

Well, today we decided 2 was better than 1 and offered to foster and try out this big guy 🤷🏻‍♀️ But I think it's safe to say he's gonna...

I am a mom to one biological teenager, and 2 step teenagers. They range from 14 - 19. Our oldest is 21 now but he WAS a teen when I came...

What do you do when you have teenagers in 2021 who can't get out, can't be with other teens, can't play sports, can't even walk the halls...

To my son, the loner. You have never been one for extra attention, or outings, or sports, or gathering. You are the kindest, funniest,...

Anxiety is real. Depression is real. And they both very much feed and live off of each other. Sometimes it's as if one cannot survive...

We are only ankle deep into our winter here in New York, and I'm already seeing those happy sledding/skiing/snowman posts from moms who...

Photo Credit: Heidi Farrell, notjustastepmom.com Quote Credit: Heidi Farrell notjustastepmom.com I want to share this with you because...

Today was not a great day. No sleep, a broken car, a kid who can't hear, 3 loads of laundry waiting to be folded, feeling like I caught...

How many of you have been in that "typical" divorce or separation scenario where you basically spend every week driving, re-packing, only...

Losing a best friend is a pretty shitty thing to go through, especially as an adult. Let's face it. Being an adult, and a mom, and a...

Let me first start by wishing you all a very happy, and HEALTHY Thanksgiving holiday! Wherever you are and however you have chosen to...

So you started a new family. You had a lovely wedding, where you said lovely things to each other and basked in the honeymoon bliss that...