March 1st, 2010
#divorce This has been one of those hectic weeks where I’ve found myself busier than usual coaching women on how to survive their marriages with stepchildren, or more specifically, how to survive their stepchildren and stay married. Why am I the go-to person for such things? Well to start, after being a stepparent for 20 years, I have earned my stripes holding down the fort with our great big yours-mine-and-ours family. Between myself and my husband, we have eight children: one in elementary school, one in middle school, three in college, and three who are in various stages of their journeys through adulthood. In short, when it comes to stepparenting experience (which also includes two ex-wives and one baby mama), you name the issue, and I have been there, done that – and survived it all. MORE
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