Stepmother's Milk- Advice and Support for Stepmoms

Ladies, I hope this article that appeared on the Independant.ie touches you as much as it did me…

To my other mother, who helped make me who I am

Author Joseph O’Connor writes a letter of love and gratitude to his stepmother Viola, as she celebrates her birthday

“DEAR Viola,
It can’t be easy being anyone’s stepmother. From our earliest childhood, the stepmother peoples our fairy tales; a woman portrayed almost invariably as wicked, brimming with resentments and cruelties.

There are days when I find it hard to be a good father to my own children. To be a parent to anyone else’s seems unimaginable. But that was what you were, and it wasn’t always easy.

Another woman’s frightened children tumbled in and out of your life. We were accepted, helped, minded, reassured. I’m not saying you were a saint. You were something more decent than that. A woman trying to do her best for people who needed her. A woman who would never break a promise…”

Read the entire article HERE

Enjoy!