I joined this site a few days ago and am realizing, more so, how very blessed I am in life. So many people here have so many problems with blended families. I was so blessed to be raised in one so I guess it made becoming a step mother easier for me than some, I can relate to some of what my SD's were going through. I also had the blessing of two great SD's who didn't have a mother involved until six months after I came into the picture.
I know it wasn't easy for my dad to be my dad. He never made me feel like I wasn't his child. Every school play, sport, event, birthday, holiday, boo boo, he was there. He never missed a single thing. My mother was a workaholic but she only missed a couple of travel ball tournaments my whole life. I had the most wonderful and supportive parents. My favorite part of growing up was every other weekend when my brothers would go to their mom's house. I would get dad all to myself. We would go golfing together, garage sales, cook, watch movies, play games, anything that we wanted to do. It's funny, I never minded sharing my mom with my new siblings as much as I hated sharing my new dad with them. EOW I became an only child and the center of their world. And now as an adult my parents are two of my best friends.