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Family Forum / Parenting / Step Parents / February 2004Where is Everyone??????
Hi! I have been reading this support group for about 3 weeks now..and the message board is getting smaller and smaller. Where did everyone Go? I need help with my stepson! Thanks...MaryAnn C In a previous article, gcoggi@aol.com (GCoggi) said: >I have been reading this support group for about 3 weeks now..and the message >board is getting smaller and smaller. Where did everyone Go? I need help with >my stepson! Thanks...MaryAnn C Traffic ebbs and flows. You have to keep posting if you want people to keep answering! Vicki  SignatureJust to think I used to worry about things like that. Used to worry 'bout rich and skinny 'til I wound up poor and fat. -Delbert McClinton > Hi! > > I have been reading this support group for about 3 weeks now..and the message > board is getting smaller and smaller. Where did everyone Go? I need help with > my stepson! Thanks...MaryAnn C What did you think of my reply or didn't you see it? Amy Hi Amy! I did get your reply and I thank you for it. I am glad that the group is still active, like I said, I need advice dealing with my stepson..and I am grateful you are all there...Thanks again...MaryAnn C > Hi! > > I have been reading this support group for about 3 weeks now..and the message > board is getting smaller and smaller. Where did everyone Go? I need help with > my stepson! Thanks...MaryAnn C I've been MIA. I forgot to send our new snail-mail addy to the ISP, so I didn't get the bill. :-/ That's kinda good news as well as bad news. We've decided to not renew the ISP. It was causing too much hassle to have access at home. We'll just come into town a couple times a week to catch up on everything. Also, we're in the middle of changing our domain name. Therefore, anything @whitepine.com doesn't work anymore. I'll give y'all a heads-up once the new domain (StBrigidsGateFarm) is up and running, especially once we've got new stuff on the website. Anyhow, MaryAnn, I'm Kitten. Chewy and I have been married just over 4 years. We have the following entourage in our home: OS - just-turned-16yo son from a previous marriage of Chewy's YD - 14yo daughter from above-mentioned relationship YS - 13yo son from my previous marriage TF - "the friend," OS's best friend (17yo), who's been living with us since just before Thanksgiving ES#2 - 17yo exchange student #2, a nice young man from the Middle East who is staying with us temporarily (ES is now living with friends of ours. Going from being the baby sister in a predominately female household to being the oldest child in a predominantly male household was apparently too much. Now she's the oldest child in a predominately male household that has 3 boys under the age of 4.) Sometimes I'll mention OD, our 22yo daughter from Chewy's first marriage. Also, we have a 7.5yo mastiff-rott-chow family dog, a 3mo Texas heeler (3/4 blue/red heeler, 1/4 Aus. Shepherd), 3 goats, 19 chickens (2 hens disappeared, 1 was hit by a gravel truck, and daddy brought us a rooster), and a horse. Soon, we should be adding a Holstein and a few bred heifers. (Yes, I sometimes talk about the farm. <g>) Confusing enough? :-) Kitten Hi Kitten! Wow!...You have quite a houseful! I admire you....I think I should pray for patience!....My SS and I had a long talk last night and I am hoping that we ironed some things out. I will keep the group informed!....Thanks for responding... MaryAnn C > Hi Kitten! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > responding... > MaryAnn C Patience is a good thing, but I stopped praying for it. Seems that every time I did, new difficulties would arise. Now I pray for guidance in my words and actions. That seems to do me more good. I hope things go well with you and your SS. I've learned to look for the "baby steps." I praise any little improvement, make an effort to compliment the kids on every possible achievement, and thank them for handling situations in a more productive manner than they have previously used. That seems to help a lot. But still, it's baby steps. Kitten Hi Kitten! Very well put..."Babysteps"....I like that term. I have seen some improvements in his behavior towards me....so I am encouraged that our talk did some good the other day. Thanks again for your input! MaryAnn C |
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