Role Reboot

Why ‘Step-Parent’ Is A Terrible Title And What My Family Uses Instead

For those of us lucky enough to have the engaged kind, the ever-present kind, sometimes the step-parent label, so wrapped in stereotype and qualification, doesn’t quite fit. I am turning 27 next week and my Facebook feed is predictably overflowing with engagement rings, bridal white, and blurry sonograms. While some friends prepare to take on […]

We’re Not A ‘Blended’ Family, We’re Just Family

My husband and I both brought children from previous relationships to our marriage. So we’re often stuck with labels like “blended,” “non-traditional,” and “step family.” But none of those is accurate. A Saturday morning in our house is filled with a standard dose of workweek exhaustion paired with weekend elation and the rowdy rumblings of three […]