Category: stepmom

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    And Now, a Post About Societal Pressure

    I caught a prompt on WordPress that finally sparked something in my brain. Something about “having it all”. This is something that should be talked about. Societal pressures through social media and the standards we have begun setting for ourselves and those around us have become a tad bit ridiculous. Pinterest perfect weddings, Instagram worthy…

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    Sorry, BUT…

    I recently read a really great article about apologies and how to properly apologize. I think talking about how to apologize, when to apologize, and what should follow the apology is going to be a great topic to write about and that will hit home with a lot of people. My biggest takeaway from the…

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    Let’s Have a Chat About Babies

    As I sit at a county chess competition (I know, you’re jealous of my Saturday daytime social life), watching kids of all ages sneeze, cough, wipe their noses on their sleeves, speaking at something I think my first grade teacher would have referred to as an “outdoor voice”, and get dangerously close to me I…

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    2022: The Birth of My New Title

    Wooooo weeee. No one ever told me how challenging being a stepmom would be. To make it even more challenging, I have no biological children and didn’t picture children of any type being in the cards for me. Ever.  I threw myself straight up into the deep end when I got married in April of…