Holidays

Mama J on May 4th, 2011

No matter whether you are biological mother, stepmother, or both, Mother’s Day can be an emotionally-loaded holiday.  (Often no where near as tasty as a loaded baked potato!) Over the years I  found that my expectations for Mother’s Day became my biggest enemies. I’ve learned that if I have expectations for Mother’s Day I need […]

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Mama J on December 9th, 2009

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 […]

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Mama J on December 2nd, 2009

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 […]

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Mama J on September 16th, 2009

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 […]

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Mama J on September 9th, 2009

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 […]

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Mama J on September 2nd, 2009

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 […]

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Mama J on January 1st, 2009

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.  […]

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Mama J on December 25th, 2008

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, […]

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Mama J on November 27th, 2008

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 […]

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Mama J on November 26th, 2008

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 […]

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