The Only Constant is Change
A Stepmom In Transition
I hope you will all join me in celebration as this Friday, Junior graduates from high school. Yes, there is a light at the end of stepmom tunnel and it isn’t a speeding locamotive!
My days of being a full time stepmom are coming to an end. With Richard’s deployment to Kuwait for a year looming, Junior will be moving in with his mother at the end of June. I’m happy, I’m sad, I’m relieved, I’m hopeful.
Summer will bring a revolving door of transitions…not just for me but for the “kids” as well. Jessica, my oldest, returns home for two months so she can get her VISA for her job in southern Spain (and yes, I already have plans to visit in November!)
Kelly, my oldest stepdaughter is getting married mid July. We’ve already celebrated her bridal shower and this weekend, I’ll be attending her bachelorette party.
At the end of August, when Jessica returns to Europe, Katie, my youngest stepdaughter, and my granddaughter Olivia, will be moving in with me. Katie and I have something in common besides being stepmom and stepdaughter – we’re Army wives and both our husbands are deploying in September for twelve long months.
In between now and September 11th, I plan on spending as much time as possible with my husband…making memories…having fun…and dreaming our future once he returns from Kuwait.
When Was The Last Time You and Your Husband Had a Couple’s Checkup?
Richard and I have what I refer to as “The State-of-the-State” meetings – yes, meetings. We’ve scheduled one for this weekend. We check in from where we’re at individually to where we’re at as a couple. We talk about everything from how many pushups I can do to what’s our dollars and cents bottom line. No topic is taboo. Fears, dreams, hopes, struggles – we go over all of it.
Did you listen to my interview with Ron L. Deal yet? If you and your husband haven’t checked in with each other in a long time, you may want to hear what Ron has to say…and then schedule time together to pay attention to your remarriage and check in.
Don’t Forget!
On Monday June 21st at 8PM EST, Erin and I will be interviewing Joel Schwartzberg, author of “The Forty Year Version: Humoirs of a Divorced Dad.” Now that he’s remarried and made his new wife a stepmom, he’s got some interesting advice to his fellow dads!
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Oh Peggy, thanks for checking in and sharing what is going on for you, stepmom in transition.Interesting how all things eventually pass. You are a busy girl with all the other family events going on. Yes, checking in is so important, thoughts have an interesting way of meandering away and going astray otherwise. John and I too have very regular meetings and I have to admit that in the beginning I found it quite anal to have meetings, I would not want to be without them now though. Love to you and take care of yourself in that busy time, xox Wilma
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Hi Wilma,
I’m a big one for checking in and was so pleased when Richard called the meeting for the weekend
xo Peggy
Peggy,
Congrats to Junior! Wow, what a year this will be for you.
A lot of good soulful things to dig deep inside. Will be praying for Richard and Katie’s husband.
I’ve been trying to listen to the shows. I got halfway through the one with Ron. I have trouble with the sound. You come across loud and then Ron sounds distant. I turn it up to hear Ron, then it’s too loud when it’s back on you. My hearing is a little off. I was hoping to find a filter of some sort. I love your shows though.
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This time seems so far away for me – I know it’s only eight years away if all goes well and nothing upsets the apple cart…. I think I will be mostly sad, but I know part of me will be sooo glad to be less tied to the ex-wife.