Blended Stone’s

Back to school is officially under way and our kiddos are splitting their time between school, chores  and youth sports, and we as parents love watching them play in said sports. (Not so much helping with homework though.) Joston my 10 year old had his first official youth 3/4th grade Football game of the 2019 season on Saturday. It was so much fun watching the kids on the field put everything the hardworking coaches had been implementing to them at practises in to play. The coaches have been working so hard with the kids on teaching them techniques, trying to demonstrate proper moves and plays to them. To watch it all come together like a puzzle piece was amazing. As I laid in the bed the other night reflecting on Joston's game a couple of things did come to mind. These things are things in my personal opinion that as a Youth Football Parent a Parent should NOT do. I might have or have not witnessed this all happen at one point. 1. Don't be the parent that is trying...

  The hardest thing I have ever had to do in this thing called life. Can any one guess what that may be? First clues it’s not giving birth, it’s not some type of goal I have had to reach and it’s not going to school. All of those things came naturally and easily to me. So, what could be more tough? The HARDEST thing I have ever had to do and continue to do is be a step- mother.   Being a step- mother should in all aspects be one of the easiest jobs in the world. Easiest because as a step-mother someone else got to give birth to them, all  that should need to be done is love these precious humans right! Life could never be that simple though.   We as humans complicate things way more then we should. If we could all just learn to love like children love unconditionally then life would honestly be simple.   Not only do I find it hard to be a step- mother but also to find balance in that fact the I am a mother as well to my own children and a step-mother to my...