Ten years ago this Christmas, Jack and I gave my three stepchildren the ultimate gift – a new home. Just months before, we’d secretly bought a two-story house nestled on a huge lot with a creek running on the back side. We spent weeks renovating and decorating it down to the very […]
Christmas is not always the most wonderful time of the year. Often we are dealing with extra stress, spending more money, more pressure, and less sleep. That doesn’t even include the step-family layers of competition between houses, missing kids because of custody disputes and threats, last minute schedule changes, and […]
You’re here, step’rent, so it’s safe to assume that you’re a proactive person. You seek out support and strategies. Presumably, you practice some of the suggested strategies. You set boundaries, you practice self-care, and you extend grace to yourself (as best you can). Yet, it’s also safe to assume that […]
