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Them Against Me!
One day, long after my youngest stepson (Nick) had finished high
school and was out of the house, I found out when it really
became them against me!
Back in Nick's junior year in high school, he came downstairs
dressed in a suit and tie for school. When I asked him what in
the world was going on with that, he told me that his shop class
was having a photo taken for the yearbook. He went off to
school, as did my other kids, and I really never thought about
that morning again.
Several years later, my eldest daughter and I were having an
experience which involved her driving my car with me as a
passenger while she had her learners permit, and she got pulled
over by a policeman for running a yellow light. He let her off
with a warning, and as we drove towards home, I commented that I
was really surprised that Nick made it through his whole
beginner driving experience without ever having gotten a traffic
ticket.
That was when my daughter smirked and said: "Well, Mom, that's
not exactly true!" She went on to ask if I remembered the day
that Nick went to school in a suit and tie. She then revealed
the true story about that day.
Nick had gotten a speeding ticket on the way home from school
one day while driving his truck a little too fast. Trying to
avoid being punished by parents as well as the law, he (with my
daughters/his stepsisters help) came up with the class photo
story. Then he went to court instead of school that day, paid
the fine for his ticket, came home at the usual time after
school and I was none the wiser!
The fact that all of that deception went on, and that he had
broken the law as well as having skipped school and gotten away
with it, was amazing and shocking. But the strongest feeling
that rose up in me was not anger, but extreme satisfaction.
After years of the big stepbrother being against my biological
daughters, those same kids stuck together and turned against me!
Hallelujah! My kids, biological and step, had bonded into
regular siblings without me even knowing!
Find out more....
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Greetings!
You don't need to develop your sixth sense to be a step parent,
but you do need to gain new sense for these new responsibilities.
Although others may tell you to use "common sense", you have to
have senses in common with your new family members. Common sense
with them may not exist-- just yet!
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Extra, Extra!
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The following is a copy of the press release published late last
month on the world wide web:
STEPFAMILIES: THERE IS AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL!<
New Coach Joins International Stepfamily Foundation
With one out of two marriages ending in divorce, and two out of
three second marriages ending the same way, it is not a minute too
soon that Sandy Williams has joined the coaching team at the
International Stepfamily Foundation.
Sandy has been stepped all over. She is not only classically
trained, but is a step granddaughter, step daughter, step mother,
and step grandmother. Being and doing that is one thing, but she
loves it and enjoys teaching others how to do it properly.
It has often been said that there were no instructions provided
when we got married. That is true with new babies too. No, there
is no instruction manual, but thanks to the team of life coaches
at the ISF and Sandy in particular; help is on the way.
All one has to do is ask the right questions of the right people
to get the right answers. You can find out what the directions are
if you open the instruction manual.
Turn to page one, and begin with step one: |
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New Community to
Support Stepfamilies
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The new support community was founded by Sandy to provide a secure
place for people to go with their problems and also to provide a
place for learning. The first event scheduled is a Q & A teleclass
for clients to participate with Dr. Nicole Weyant, PhD., founder
of the International Stepfamily Foundation.
Why don't you join the community and participate in this free
teleclass! |
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