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#71353 - 05/02/06 10:02 PM Re: I just became a step-grandma
Dotsie Offline
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Registered: 07/09/08
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PEople really are having babies at a later age these days. I think it's great. They are probably more prepared.

Happy to hear the visit went well.

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#71354 - 06/08/06 09:46 PM Re: I just became a step-grandma
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Registered: 02/24/04
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So Di how are you and baby Grace doing after a month? Have you seen her again?

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#71355 - 06/13/06 09:47 PM Re: I just became a step-grandma
Di Offline
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Registered: 11/15/05
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Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
No, we have not seen Grace or her Mom/Dad since our visit in April. Her mother was there for three weeks so not sure when our next trek will be.

To be honest, I just do have have the "draw" that a real/blood grandmother does. Since she's not "mine" I just don't feel it. No pics in my purse (nor does DH have any!) WE get them via computer and we don't print them out...just archive them.

My life is way too busy to be worrying about a baby who is really not mine. If DH predeceases me, they will all be gone from my life,I'm sure. It's a 'given' in stepfamilies.

Oh well,a baby is just another person to me...sorry to sound so gloomy. But it's my way of handling being childless,not by choice.

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#71356 - 06/13/06 10:26 PM Re: I just became a step-grandma
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Registered: 06/06/06
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Loc: Durham, NC
Di,
I'm from the old school of "It takes a Village to raise a child" All babies are gifts from God and if you love Him--then you love all that He has created. I'm a stepmother and yes, I do have some difficulty accepting my NEW GROWN CHILDREN but I also try to look at it as a way to have a positive impact on the rest of their lives. And just like TVC15 said, Babies don't know what a "step" grandma is...they just know how to LOVE YOU!

Peace & Blessings,
Beverly
www.talk2bev.
author, A Baby Boomer's Journey Into Middle Age

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