by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
Our mom’s parents divorced when she was 11 years old. Her mom remarried a few years later, and my mom and her three brothers were joined less than a year later by a new baby sister. Theirs was not always an easy adjustment, having a step dad and a new sister who...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
It wasn’t until the envelope came in the mail that it was even real to me, and even then I wanted to deny it. I had known it was coming, and had tried very hard to put it out of my mind – but there it was, addressed by hand to Mr. and Mrs. David Bruce. I thought...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
The most common response I get when introducing my children is behind-the-scenes calculation while they try to figure out just how young I was when the oldest was born. Depending on who it is and how much time I have, I sometimes just let them think I was a mere...
by Shadra Bruce | Stepparenting
PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay There were times when my husband would call his ex-wife and tell her how much the kids wanted to see her. He would beg her to see the kids. She only lived 20 minutes away; sometimes she would come pick them up for an hour, but quite...
