Smells Like Teen Spirit
by Krista Giovara
When I met my husband 10 years ago and married him two years later, our kids were very young. When we first met they were: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11. There are four boys and three girls between us. And, let’s be honest, with that many kids it’s not surprising that our transition to stepfamily life was extremely difficult. Yet, I assumed it was hard because it was all new to us.