Mother’s Day Triptych
May 24th, 2019 | by Carla Rachel Sameth
I long for something that will somehow bind the three of us together, me, my wife, and my son. They seem to be less attached to the idea
Browsing the "step-parent" Tag
My First Mothers Day as the Understudy—on Step-Parenting After Loss
May 10th, 2017 | by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder
I don’t know exactly what I was expecting on the morning of that first Mothers’ Day, but it didn’t happen.
Meg Weber Follows THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
November 30th, 2016 | by Meg Weber
“Should we take our chances and walk?” I asked. It was mostly rhetorical, in that way parents ask about things
MY EGYPTIAN FORTUNE COOKIE: Comics by Lisa Lim
September 27th, 2016 | by Lisa Lim
My first memory of my sister, Angie, was in my mother’s small hands. She looked like a raisin, but caterwauled
All of A Sudden We Were Mothers: KRISTEN STONE on Friendship and Change
November 11th, 2015 | by Ezra Stone
Last night I talked to an old friend. She has four stepchildren now; I have a six-year-old son. These children,
WHO WILL THIS BE TO ME by Betsy Graziana Fasbinder—from BLENDED: Writers on the Stepfamily Experience
October 28th, 2015 | by Betsy Graziani Fasbinder
“There is no guarantee of happily ever after,” writes editor Samantha Waltz in the introduction to Blended, a collection from feminist publisher
The Sometimes Messy Truth: DEESHA PHILYAW Interviews Her Children’s Stepmom About Adoption
April 21st, 2015 | by Deesha Philyaw
Last year in Mutha magazine, I wrote about breaking all the rules that stepmoms and moms are supposed to follow
TARA DORABJI Looks for THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
November 11th, 2014 | by Tara Dorabji
I never thought I’d close the door on you. You were sixteen. It was Sunday. I wedged my body between
DEESHA PHILYAW Is Breaking the Rules: Why I Love My Kids’ Stepmom
March 27th, 2014 | by Deesha Philyaw
Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively. — Dalai Lama XIV Confession: I’m an accomplice to some