Family/Relationships

It's too bad that neither parenting, step parenting or being a wife.   There are no rule books on this stuff so these are the stories, one at a time, of things that help me survive.

Parenting: 
Step-Mom is a dirty word

What is a Real Mom?

A letter to teens today

Parenting Today: it's hard but we make it harder

Parenting Today: do they sell a handbook for this stuff?

Step Mom: Seduction? WHAT!

Stepmom Diaries: An Open Letter to Teens


Marriage and Husbands:
A tale of a garden hose: Husband Speak

Marriage, Welcome to Fantasy Island

Why I hunt...sort of

Surviving the First year of marriage

The best part of marriage

7 things my husband changed about me


Relationships 

Women: A users guide

Reflections of Single Life Survival