Shhhh… Don’t tell anyone To say being a stepmom is hard, is a drastic understatement. For many, it’s the hardest thing they will ever have

You’re not a nuclear family Many stepfamilies start off in the “blend” thinking they will be able to blend like a “nuclear family”. Unfortunately, the

Time Flies I cannot believe we’ve been in the “blend” for almost 10 years! Woohoo! We did it! Thankfully, we did not end up being

#1     You can’t say anything negative to or about the stepkid. #2     You can’t expect more from the stepkid than their own bio

To help you better understand Nachoing, here is a list of the Do’s and Don’ts of Nachoing. Not all of these apply to everyone, but

A lot of times in blended family Facebook groups. you will see the term “Nachoing”, or someone saying “Nacho that”. What exactly does this mean?

As a struggling stepmom, there are things that people say that make us want to scream. Those that say these things usually have no clue

They are not your kids During a counseling session as a last-ditch effort to save our marriage, the counselor told me 812 times, “they are

We often see stepparents (especially stepmoms) feel the need to jump into the blended family playing the role of “mother”. Whether it’s being the means

Blended family dreams? When you entered into the blend, did you have blended “dreams”? If you did, were they based on “nuclear” family expectations? Even without

Christmas is over and the New Year is approaching. Christmas is a very difficult time for many people, especially for blended families. With blended families, there

A lot of times in Facebook groups, you will see someone comment to a stepparent “When you married them, you married their kids too.” Um,