I haven't blogged in quite some time but this warrants a blog. Seven+ years ago, BM left four VERY DAMAGED kids on the street(literally) for my husband to pick up along with their belongings(ages 17, 14, 9 and 8 at the time). She drive off into the sunset with her boyfriend, now husband and waved goodbye to her crying children. She stole $$$ from SDs bank account(joint account since SD was a minor) to fund the move using the excuse, "I needed it." Fast forward 7+ years. The fabulous husband she dumped her kids for has a drinking problem, possibly abusive and she decided to leave. She moved in the apartment complex BEHIND OUR HOUSE. She was an hour and half away so she wasn't around much over the years. NOW she wants to move close and help with the kids. Sorry bitch..we got this. Where were you for all the years of struggling. They needed rides, dinner, picked up from school and activities, homework help...oh and 18 months of remote learning which I was home for(torture). Maybe the teenage girls just needed a mother, tampon help, SD had period/gyn problems. The kids are now 24, 21, 16 and 15. We're good!! Well of course the kids go running back to mom as fast as they can. She has no remorse and they 'forget' what she did. Every time she hurt them,  instead of getting angry with her, they made excuses for her, protected her, and defended her. It was much easier to HATE me,  the scapegoat/stepmom. Sd21 is delusional. The things she says about mom... It's like the girl who has a boy who uses her for sex and she gets excited when he texts after midnite. Oh look he txted me!!(booty call). If mom farts her way she gets excited. Look what mom did for me! SD was downright nasty to my saintly MIL who took them in when mother left them. She did everything for them that a mom should do and SD resented her. Once I took over when we got married, then she resented me. I didn't realize at the time that it hurt too much to be mad at mom so she chose to hate me. It hurt that I was doing all the things she wanted her mom to do. Well mommy is back for now. My DH and I are waiting for her to do something horrible so we can pick up the pieces. 

We're trying to be cautiously optimistic that she has changed her lying, manipulative, stealing, crazy ass ways. She steals from family even when she had money. Now she is going to be dead broke again paying her own bills...let the thievery begin. While I was typing this YSS came home and 'borrowed' a screwdriver.  I wonder how many other things are going to get borrowed from this house and end up at her place. Wish us luck