Category Archives: About Us
Deesha Philyaw, crazy schedules and humble pie
I have an assignment due. (Because my MacBook is actually magic, I can hear what you’re thinking right now – yes, I am procrastinating.) So rather than do the responsible student thing and not post at all, here are a … Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Communication, Linkety-Link, Stepfamily Life
No place like home
Another week in stepmother land is over. I’m home, back in my city after what feels like many weeks but has actually been a little over three. The Lovely Man, on the other hand, worked out mid-last month that he … Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Kids, Lovely Man, Me, Stepfamily Life, Travel
What she said
Recently, I had what I call a “No shit, Sherlock!” moment. The family therapist the Lovely Man and I see from time to time told us something I found so utterly, earthshakingly true that my heart just about halted while … Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Communication, Counselling, Family, Stepfamily Life, The Ex
Adventures in Goo
So, I bought Boy B some green Gelli Baff as a Christmas stocking filler… Boy C: B! B! You’ve gotta come in here and see the goo! Me: Is everyone decent? (Knowing that Boy A and, increasingly, Boy B can be … Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Christmas, Family, Kids, Lovely Man, Me, Stepfamily Life
The Bane….
…of my existence isn’t the stepboys. Or their Mum, either. As some of you may remember, the Lovely Man and I rent a house in the city where the boys live with their mum. Our house in our city: well … Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Random, Stepfamily Life, Travel
What will be different?
What will be different – the changes that a new stepmum can expect to find in her home, life and family. Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Family, Kids, Me, Stepfamily Life
My stepfamily family
Meet the (Step) Fockers – why my family is made of step. Investigating the support networks stepmoms and stepfamilies rely on. Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Family, Me, Stepfamily Life, Uncategorized
If wishes were horses…
What I wish I’d know when I first became a stepmum – the early days. Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Me, Stepfamily Life, What I Wish I'd Known
Stepmummery
Introducing Stepmum Of The Year and her ridiculously ridiculous life. Continue reading
Filed under About Us, Uncategorized
