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  • Single/Step Parent

    You Couldn’t Be More Mine — A Letter to My Stepdaughter

    Stacey Rodriguez June 1, 2018 Single/Step Parent

    You made me a mother, even if the rest of the world didn’t recognize it right away.

    A Love Letter to My Son’s Stepmom

    Shelley Wetton April 18, 2018 Single/Step Parent

    When I learned you were going to be part of my son’s life, I couldn’t breathe.

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    If She Wants To Be Something, She Can

    Stephanie Land September 23, 2016 Single/Step Parent

    There’s nothing to stop her from not only chasing after her dream, but catching up to it, grabbing the tail, and never letting go.

    I Know It’s A Cliché, But We Grew Up Together

    Jen Bryant August 27, 2016 Single/Step Parent

    Believing in my capabilities as a young mother when I was only a little older than you are now was part survival instinct, part defense mechanism.

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