Nothing draws the battlelines in a stepfamily quicker than rival Christmas traditions. Alani and I had an angel we put on top of our Christmas trees during my single father days. Shimmering lace wings. Blonde hair. Satin gown. Rachel and her boys had a five-pointed star that lit up. Our first Christmas together, in 2007, was a month after [...]
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Their Star. Our Angel.
Posted in Uncategorized, Us vs. Them on December 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Our Dog/Their Dog
Posted in Uncategorized, Us vs. Them on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday morning I woke Alani twenty minutes early. I’d decided to re-instate our custom of walking Max, her German Shepherd mix, every morning. Stepfamily and Alani’s burgeoning extracurricular activities had shoved the morning walk tradition aside. Alani now bristles with electronic devices – cellphone, I-touch, digital camera, and that little hand-held electronic game kids play. It’s hard to get face [...]
