We Should All Make Bubble Mustaches and Beards!
I saw the movie, The Help, yesterday. The Help is a 2009 novel by author Kathryn Stockett. The story is about African American maids working in white households in Jackson, Mississippi during the early 1960’s. It is told from the perspective of the maids and is a beautiful film. I was overcome with emotion when I watched this movie. I remembered this part of our American heritage and
"It's like I don't exist! I have no power around here!" If you have ever felt this way about your family or your life, this class is for YOU! This is Barb Goldberg, of The Evil Stepmother Speaks. I'm a stepmom, bio mom and a Martha Beck Certified Life Coach. Stepmoms/dads make the family work! Understanding and being able to use the LAW OF ATTRACTION, will change your life. I am
Join us at The Stepmom Sanctuary Retreat 2017! #LifeChanging When my friend, Peggy Nolan, decided to end The Stepmom Toolbox show on BlogTalk Radio, I begged her not to! I felt it was a vital tool for all of us and that we could find stepmom-passionate coaches to take over. I wanted to be one of them. Why? Stepmoms change the world. We have incredible reach into millions of
ANSWER #1: I WAS IN THE BATHROOM FOR A HALF HOUR ANSWER #2: NO ONE LOOKED FOR ME. I thought I was going to die in there. What a way to go? That would have been tough to explain. (Awkward, Again!) Here's a fun tip about being a Stepmom & Being Invisible! Earlier this week, I wrote a blog about invisibility. Seemed as though the stepmoms and stepdads recognized that
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Join us at The Stepmom Sanctuary Retreat 2017! #LifeChanging While raising my bio-son, Ean, I lost my name. No one called me 'Barb' any more. They called me 'Ean's mom'. "Oh, there's Ean's mom! Ean, your mom is here! Hi, Ean's mom!" Once he was born, Ean had such an active social life, that I just started to introduce myself as 'Ean's mom'. I must say that I loved it. Even though Ean is now
It’s okay if you don’t like my sofas. Some people love them and other people are mystified. Here they are: Our Step Family Illustrated on our Sofa I love my sofas. They are decorated by our children. They are memories that you sit on. I bought plain, canvas sofas and picked out the colors that I wanted for the room. Then, I armed the children with potatoes and their hands to
Parenting is Like a Marathon
Me as a Step Mom As both a bio mommy and a step mommy, believe me, you really want to be my stepchild. As a bio mommy to my son, Ean, I am a bad mom. He loves to recount the time I forgot to pick him up from little league practice and left him alone on the field. Or, when I would yell at him to clean his room and threaten to use the dog as a hostage if he didn't do it. Or, when I