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    Perspectives of Two Women

    By admin | Published: June 17, 2011

    There’s an old joke which says the Chinese symbol for trouble is two women under the same roof.  While nothing I can find says this character actually exists, we all know that it is a delicate situation to have two females involved in much of anything. The relationship between a birth Mother and the woman […]

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    Things are getting serious..

    By admin | Published: June 3, 2011

    Pretty quickly we realized that our relationship was getting serious.  At the ages the kids’ Dad and I were, I guess we felt like we didn’t want to go any slower than we did.  It was a lot of change very quickly for the children though.  All of a sudden there was someone else to […]

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    The kids’ Mother…aka The ex

    By admin | Published: June 3, 2011

    Your guy’s relationship with his ex-wife will either be ok or it won’t.  My husband and his ex-wife have had ups and downs but time is healing things.  I have now been in this family for over 5 years and I can say it’s a lot smoother than it had been.  This is probably one […]

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    Not in front of the kids!!!

    By admin | Published: May 27, 2011

    People feel different ways about public displays of affection.  Some people are comfortable with it, some are not.  I think most of us are fine with it as long as it isn’t overboard.  We’ve all been out and in the presence of a couple of people who are just oblivious to the fact that anyone […]

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    The importance of Entering the Family well

    By admin | Published: May 27, 2011

    So you’ve met the kids but there is probably more to his family.  In my case, there was the kids’ Mother of course, but also his parents, his siblings, her parents, not to mention Godparents and a host of friends. I knew it was very important to my overall success with this family that I […]

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    Trying new things…fitting into each others lives

    By admin | Published: May 24, 2011

    We all had things to teach each other.  For example, aside from stepping into a divorce complete with children, a visitation schedule, adapting to quickly putting children’s needs above my own,  they also came with three, yes three dogs and 2 cats.  They are Catholic and attended Church functions regularly.  Their lives were driven by […]

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    Is there room for me?

    By admin | Published: May 20, 2011

    How exactly do you fit in?   One thing for sure, this man is a package deal,  He has an ex-wife, former in-laws, his parents, children, possibly brothers and sisters, nieces, nephews and friends, who were family long before you entered the picture.  I’m not telling you anything you don’t know already. The way you […]

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    Hello world!

    By admin | Published: April 26, 2011

    Hi there.  Let me introduce myself.  My name is Christy.  I have 4 children, 3 are my step children.  We have been a family now for going on 6 years.  Our kids span from college, to teens to a toddler.  Needless to say we have one busy household.  In addition to the countless things my […]

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