We recently shared an article of one wife’s advice for stepmoms!  It was such an encouragement for wives in our community who are also step mothers.  Today I am so excited to share another guest post from a stepmom’s perspective on marriage and parenting!  Allie Carpenter, author at How She Does It, gives a powerfully honest message of her experience being newly married with the responsibilities of stepparenting.  Her reminder to us is: You are where God wants you to be… embrace it! 

Allie writes:

I remember the exact moment when my husband–then co-worker–told me he had two sons.  I was sitting beside him in his pickup truck, the Florida sun blazing down on us as we drove through the subdivision our company was building.  I was still healing from an intense breakup and it felt so good to be carefree and laugh with someone.  I was instantly drawn to his warm and magnetic personality. Read Full Article