I am so thrilled today to share with you that my audio preview is live and ready for your prime time listenership! This is the first dedicated resource I know of for stepparents coming into a family where a parent has died. In today’s post I also inform you about a few other stepparenting and family resources.
For the [...]
I was struck, during and after my recent interview with Barbara Bue of KRFC radio, by how little she and I knew about each other and yet how much we had in common as stepmoms. As we are diving headlong into the holiday season, I’m advocating a little reminder to all stepparents to seek out [...]
Wow, it’s here! September 16 is National Stepfamily Day (NSD), and now there is quite the buzz about trying to make this day International Stepfamily Day. I have always noticed through my stepfamily research that the countries of Canada, the UK, Australia, and Japan have active stepfamily associations. Canada and the UK already recognize Stepfamily Day. Does [...]
I’d like to join the National Stepfamily Resource Center’s effort to raise your awareness of a special holiday: the thirteenth annual National Stepfamily Day (NSFD) on Sept. 16, 2009. When reflecting on the purpose of National Stepfamily Day, founder Christy Borgeld says:
”Our nation has been blessed by thousands upon thousands of loving stepparents and stepchildren who [...]
First of all, thanks for the lively discussion and comments to last week’s post about selfish stepparents. I thought I’d go with something a little lighter this week — how stepfamilies can have fun on Labor Day weekend. I combined some ideas for those who live in urban areas with ideas for those who have recreational [...]
Continue reading about Nine Ways to have Stepfamily Fun on Labor Day Weekend
Holiday blogging schedule: Just a reminder that I will not be back on
my regular posting schedule until the week of January 12. This
coming Wednesday, January 7, I will post a meaningful question for
stepparents, so stay tuned.
I wondered this morning how many bloggers might be commenting on
New Year’s resolutions this week. I’ve never written about this [...]
As Christmas Day draws to a sleepy close, I thought I’d share
something I did for my kids today. Since I’m a writer, I decided to
give them each a gift of words that describe something I admire about
each one. I rolled up each sheet of sentiments (four in all), rubber-
banded it tight, and popped it in [...]
It’s Thanksgiving Day in the good ol’ U.S. of A! Messages
with cartoon turkeys and horns of plenty are crossing my computer
screen. The stores display sections of brown, orange, and zucchini
green criss-crossing the reds and greens of Christmas (can’t we do one
holiday at a time? But, I digress….)
The question that was asked of most school-aged children [...]
Usually I post to this blog first thing in the morning, but I mistakenly
thought I could host my daughter’s birthday sleepover and still write
my blog. I’ll remember to pre-announce a change to the blog
schedule when I’m hosting an overnight event in the future!
Now I’m shifting gears and getting ready to host Thanksgiving dinner
at our house. [...]