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Stepfamily Letter Project

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Submitted by JacqueBFletcher on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 10:01am

Hi Everyone:

I want to invite you all to check out a new project that a fellow stepmom and I started over at: http://stepfamilyletterproject.wordpress.com/

We're asking members of blended families to write anonymous letters to each other which we will post on the site. Here are the submission guidelines:

Is there something you’ve always wanted to say to your:

Anger Management

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Submitted by JacqueBFletcher on Tue, 12/18/2007 - 2:37pm

I wrote a book about becoming a stepmom because I was scared. I wanted to talk to as many people as I could to make sure that I did it “right.” And I learned so much from the many brave stepfamilies I interviewed for the book. I found out what worked. I wrote it all down. I practiced it in my own home. But there are still days when I can’t handle stepmotherhood with very much grace at all.

Stepping Toward the Holidays

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Submitted by JacqueBFletcher on Fri, 12/07/2007 - 2:08pm

There are few times of year as emotionally loaded as the holidays. For many families, what should be a time of laughter and sharing turns into a turf war and popularity contest. For kids stuck in the middle of two households, it can be a time rife with stress as each side battles for its own traditions, leaving the child in the middle to make sense of it all.