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Sometimes, when your day at work is crappy, a check bounces, or you step in the second pile of dog poop this week, it can be very hard to remember all the wonderful things in your life. In an attempt to force myself to remember how great I have it, each weekday of this month I have [...]
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So much of our perceptions about life and families are generated by what we see on movies and television shows. Having grown up knowing only one family that had step siblings, most of what I knew about life with a step brother or sister came from Brady Bunch and Cinderella. Two very conflicting situations. The one family I knew [...]
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When you put two existing families together there are many terms you can use. In the past they were called step-families. We all know the images that the term “step” conjures up in our brains. Somehow step-family just doesn’t feel like “real” family. The term blended became vogue awhile back, yet some are saying this [...]
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In Stepmonster: A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do, author Wednesday Martin says, “Nobody wants a stepmother. A less frequently acknowledged but equally potent truth – one that is without doubt more unsettling to those who stand outside it – is that nobody wants to be a [...]
Keep Reading →Every family has their traditions. Game nights, holiday celebrations, family reunions. When you have a blended family, a need for traditions is strong. Traditions bind you together, create memories, make you feel like a family. When you are blended, all of those are so much more important. But creating traditions can be tricky, especially when [...]
Keep Reading →The other night my family was enjoying dinner at IHOP when Matthew noticed a friend from school. This friend wanted to know who the girl was that was with us. He was talking about Gabby. Matthew attends the same school as his step-siblings from his dad’s family, which means all his friends know these siblings. [...]
Keep Reading →You are a happily married person with lovely kids and your coworker/friend/relative is a divorcee experiencing the challenges of shared custody. In your innocence, during a lovely chat, you happen to mention how lucky they are to have every other weekend free of children. Who wouldn’t give to not have their children constantly underfoot for [...]
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My name is Jacki and I am a divorced, Pagan mom trying to raise a son in a blended interfaith family. At The Raven's Spell you will find musings on motherhood, spirituality, divorce, and the blending of families. If you enjoy what you read, please be sure to find a way to follow.
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