It Feels Hard To Let Another Woman Mother My Children

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When I imagined us as a happy, modern family my vision of the step Mom influencing my children was someone who enjoyed my company; Someone I’d want to hang out with, laugh at her stories over a bottle of wine, and text funny memes.

But this is not my children’s soon-to-be stepmom. We couldn’t be more different.