Hello! I'm grateful to be a part of the StepTalk community. I have been a dedicated stepmom for ten years. When I married my husband, who is 13 years my senior, he had recently gone through a divorce after 25 years of marriage and had three children with his previous wife. I entered the picture as a single-mom with a young son, and my husband adopted him, making us a united family. I have no family myself, so I was excited to create my own. I naively assumed I would be welcomed with love, support and acceptance by his people.