Soup, salad, or sandwich?
Filed in Stepparenting, May 29, 2008, 8:12 am by ValerieI was considering our household yesterday, and I was thinking about blended families. I was able to come up with the soup, salad, or sandwich analogy. Some families are blended like soup, where the ingredients are so mixed together, that you couldn’t separate them if you tried. I think this is the type of blended [...]
The proud mother of 2.5 kids
Filed in Blessings,Stepparenting, May 7, 2008, 12:01 pm by ValerieWhen people ask me how many children I have, I usually say “two and a half”. I get that glance towards my belly, the unspoken “are you pregnant?” look. Not wanting to spread that ugly kind of rumor, I quickly explain that I have two biological children and a step-daughter, who I call my “half-kid”. [...]
To trust or not to trust?
Filed in Teenagers, May 1, 2008, 10:46 am by ValerieI remember having conversations with my kids in their tweens about what they could expect when they were older. I have always told them that if they wanted freedom, that I would have to trust them. What does that trust look like? How do I know I can trust them out in the real world? [...]
