(August 22, 2016 at 1:04 am)Nymphadora Wrote: I'm sorry you went through that Thump, but I'm glad you have a real dad who was able to step up to the plate.
Step parents are awesome. I am one myself and try very hard to be a good stepmother to my stepsons. Sometimes I'll call them my sons, here in the forums (and IRL) because I love them as if they were my own blood. They have two sisters (my girls) they adore. I love that for the most part, they all get along. My house and my heart are full.
I got no doubt you're a great mom, N. From my own experiences I (and you, no doubt from yours) understand that love is thicker than blood, and proverbs aside, we can choose our own family.
I appreciate your sympathy, but I'm not sorry at all I went through it ... better a mistake corrected early than followed through, haunting me for life. Though I experienced little of my life as the child of a single mother, my mom's strength and determination in taking what was in 1969 still a pretty drastic step commands not only my respect, but my deepest gratitude. She kept her eye on the ball and put us kids first, and Devil take the hindmost.
