With the end of the year rapidly approaching, I am almost constantly considering how to prepare for the holidays. The food, spending time with family, cookie baking, snow, church services, and the joy that comes with finding gifts and wrapping them for people: my favorite time of the year is the holidays.My husband and I tend to go overboard and have exceeded our gift budget more than once in ... Read the Post
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How a Broken Windshield Helped Me Face My Anxiety
It hit me one day: My anxiety is worse than I had realized.We had driven 10+ hours from our home to a small town we’d never been to. The court agreement says my husband gets one long weekend a month with his daughter as long as he either 1) exercises the time in the region she’s in or 2) pays for her flight to our state. He’s military, so we will likely never live in the same region as she ... Read the Post
Gifts for Stepmoms: The Ultimate Guide
As a writer of all things stepmomming, I get asked for stepmom advice often. It’s always a breath of fresh air when, instead of something heavy or serious, someone asks me what the best gifts for stepmoms are!In this realm of feeling underappreciated and often invisible, I love hearing that someone—anyone—is thinking about buying a gift for a stepmom.But it can be challenging to find the ... Read the Post
The 3 Best Netflix Originals for Stepfamilies
Representation is a HUGE thing in media right now, as it should be. We all deserve to see people we can relate to on our screens because it makes each of our worlds feel a little less lonely.Up until now, some of the only representation stepmoms had to look to for comfort were the historically and situationally inaccurate The Sound of Music, the wildly idealized and unattainable The Brady ... Read the Post
You’re Allowed to say “No.”
Hi, I’m Kait, and I’m a recovering doormat.I can’t tell you how many times I’ve agreed to something, only to have a private emotional breakdown about it later.I wish I could say I’ve never lied about how late I’m working in order to have a “good enough” excuse for not accommodating a last-second need from my stepchild’s mom. I try not to think about all the times I’ve snapped and dumped ... Read the Post