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Marcia Marcia Marcia!!!!!

  As you know, I have been a part of this family for almost 8 years.  I have helped raise my three Step children, one is now away at college and seems to be doing quite well.  The other two are entering their senior year of high school.  I believe I have earned my place […]

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Leaving Easy Street

Who leaves Easy Street? Easy Street…it was fun having an address there.  And since joining forces with my hubby and becoming a Mom…I found that we quickly out grew that house and since then we have moved into a much bigger house relatively close by.  We had work to do…to get Easy Street ready to […]

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My little Second Fiddle

      Our child is always going to come second   I write this as I sit here tonight reminded of my place and our youngest child’s place in this family.  While you would assume with a 14 year gap in age that the youngest would take the primary place in the family…it ain’t […]

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Guest Post by Eddie Shackelford – Effective Step Dads

I would like to share with you some thoughts by guest blogger Eddie Shackelford. Eddie took time off from his busy schedule writing about TV/entertainment to offer his insight from what is no doubt an under represented group on parenting blogs… Step Fathers. Let’s see what he has to say… Effective Step Dads Stepping into […]

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The hub

  Last night on a Saturday night, on the kid’s Mother’s weekend, I observed a room full of girls sitting at my kitchen table making over our little boy and having fun with him and I’m thinking…man about the last thing I’d think they would want to do on a Saturday night is this.  They […]

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A Reciprocal Gift

I used to think about what it would be like to have kids, what kind of Mother I would be.  In my twenties I was busy going to school, working a job or two and paying the bills.  There was plenty of time, besides the fellow I had been with for years at that point […]

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A Different kind of Mom

      I’m a different kind of Mom… Let me start out by saying that I love my Mother very much.  She has been my number one supporter for as long as I can remember, has taught me many things and has done more for me than I can possibly ever thank her for.  […]

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Part two of my first guest post

You can read part two of my guest post by clicking here!

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My first guest post!!

Hello friends. This morning part one of a post of mine appeared on Stepmom’s Toolbox. Click here to check it out. Part two appears tomorrow! I’m so excited!

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Cheers!

        Ready…..ok! One of our daughters, when she was in Junior High, decided she wanted to try cheer leading.  I have to admit I thought oh brother.  I flashed back to the girls I had gone to school with who cheered, and I can’t say they were the nicest girls I knew.  […]

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