Step moms

Are you exhausted? Overwhelmed? Ticked off? Have you reached a breaking point with this same old exhausted stepmom routine? I have good news!

What is it really like being a step mom? It's more complicated than you think! These step mom quotes shed light on the wonderful and complex role a woman plays when she creates a blended family.

Share this...FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin I’m a stepmom. I’ve written about it before but I consider being a stepmom one of the luckiest things that has ever happened to me. Some of you other stepmoms out there aren’t so lucky, and for whatever reasons you have bio-moms who you just can’t get along with, and who just can’t […]

This one goes out to the children who have your heart (or the stepmother who does).

Step parenting can push you to the brink. Learn 12 simple rules to become the best damn step-parent you can be.

Warrior is my word for 2015, so naturally I fell in love with this quote. I don't mean any disrespect to mothers with this, especially my bonus kids' mom; because the love between a mother and her child is amazing. Being a stepparent is hard. Really hard. Unless you're a stepparent, you will never understand. #fearlesswarrior

Raise your hand if you know a stepmom. Unfortunately, that may be most of the people reading this. Now I'm not going to get into statistics, because well...that's boring. We all know divorce rates are high. I also don't want to get into the why's of divorce today—not that I condone divorce. I just want

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At different points in my first few years stepmomming, I felt insecure, jealous, misunderstood, and alone. How could I avoid it? The stepmom role is simply unnatural; you're choosing to love another's child and stepping into a very intimate role as an outsider, a stranger.

Stepmomming can be SO overwhelming and exhausting. Sometimes it helps to just... do NOTHING. Not sure how to start? Here's a 5-step plan!