Grieving
I was waiting for the actual “big day” to tell you about it! Our oldest child and daughter (my stepdaughter) got married this past Saturday! What a special day, and YES, we love her husband. This is an event that I always knew would raise questions of balance between past and present in our family, […]
Continue reading about Wedding Ceremony Balances Honor and Acceptance, part 1
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 […]
I am just so excited to report that I’ve just recorded the Stepparenting the Grieving Child audio with interviewer Barbara Bue of KRFC Radio. Barb herself is a stepparent and was intensely interested in my information, which makes both sides of the interview commentary very engaging. You can expect to hear about three distinct phases […]
April 24 comes around every year. It’s not like Leap Day; it never gets skipped on the calendar. In two days, my stepchildren will again remember their mother’s birthday. She would have been 49 this year. At least two anniversaries each year should not go without recognition in a grieving stepfamily: The deceased parent’s birth […]