faith, family, marriage

Learning to Blend

Friday is here, and the weekend is near. Today, I’m writing about blended families. It’s an honor to get to share my work here on Write. Blog. Connect. In one of those conversations that has stuck with me, my mom said we each only have one family. I agreed, yep, one family, however far extended,… Continue reading Learning to Blend

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Stepson – The not bad, “bad word.”

I hate calling my stepson my stepson. There are so many negative connotations to that word. Anything step is bad, in so many peoples eyes. I say stepson, and people immediately want to know how much trouble him and I have.   We don’t usually. And the trouble we do have is resolved pretty easily.… Continue reading Stepson – The not bad, “bad word.”