Yesterday one of my coworkers was talking to me about her garden (we both garden), and she said, "Oh your string beans should be about ready, you can pick them tonight!" I told her that I was going to hold off until the weekend because we have the kids and they like to pick things from the garden for dinner.

Then she said, "You're such a good stepmom." I was a little flabbergasted. No one has ever called me that directly I guess, and it caught me off guard. Furthermore, she said it so POSITIVELY. Holy moly. It wasn't at all sarcastic in tone; she was dead serious.

I'm pretty sure she's a stepmom herself, though we haven't spoken about it. She's in her 50's I think. Anyway, just thought I would share. It's not every day that you hear that!