National Stepfamily Day

Mama J on September 23rd, 2011

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, […]

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Mama J on September 23rd, 2009

We had a great time taking family pictures at the Colorado State University Gardens, except when young Amy got stung by a bee!  After a short break she was a trooper and continued snapping multiple poses.  No one but me was keeping track of the connection with National Stepfamily Day…but the word is growing!  Have […]

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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 April 15th, 2009

After all that blogging about anger, I thought that bringing in a little bit of a “spring is blossoming” feeling here on the blog might brighten up the mood.  I want to share some things I actually like about being a stepparent.  I compose these “nine things” lists (instead of ten things) just to be different, […]

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