I just wanted to say Happy Mother's Day and "thank you" to the hardest working women I know- stepmothers.

Today, you deserve to be applauded for the choices you made in your life to get you where you are today. When you met your man, you got kids, whether you wanted them or not. And most of you try to make the best of it. Maybe you fill the shoes of a woman who is no longer here, or a woman with serious mental illness. maybe you just try to "mom" because you love your man, and it helps him out.

For whatever path you took to get you here, be thankful you found Steptalk. I know this site saved my sanity and my marriage on many occassions.

Today, remember to take a little time for you. You are awesome. You are on the front lines of a tough battlefield. You may be second place with your kids today, but make sure to remind your man how awesome you are and everything you do for him and his kids.

Ladies, I tip my hat to you. Now, go take a bubblebath, get a mani/pedi, or have a nice drink!

Love, Last-Wife