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Happy Birthday Little Woman

That was then. . . . . . . .

This is now. . . . . . . . .

Where does time go?  One minute, I met her father for the first time, and she was 2; I blinked and she's now 18.  Raising step-children is not for the weary and weak of heart.  We started off on the wrong foot after she came back to live with us after she and us endured much suffering and negative influence by my husband's ex-wife.   I was to blame because I placed the fault on her, when she was just an innocent party, but I only saw the hurt that her mom had caused her Dad and I, not the little child who desperately wanted to be loved and accepted.

Through the work of the Lord, we've traveled on a LONG journey together and have healed the wounds that began so many years.  She is as much mine and she is to her real mother, I just didn't have to endure LABOR.  I feel privileged to have been a significant part in raising her and with God's help she has matured into a beautiful, young woman.

You must know the Little Woman as I do:

She is the only person I know that can spell a word differently umpteem times; she's our little "bever;" she sings, but off key; she loves her sisters; she's willing to help out around the house without prompting; she's dedicated to her school work; she wants to glorify God with her life and she's going to make a wonderful mother and wife someday.

For those of you embarking on raising step-children, do not grow weary for the Lord will reward you for your endeavor, as He has done for me!  Seek God faithfully during your years as a step-parent, not looking for approval from your children or the ex-spouse, but rather God, where your reward will come from.

Luke 6:35

But love ye your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest; for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Happy Birthday Little Woman

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09:50, Thursday, June 19, 2008 .. Posted by hmsteader71

Boy did I need to hear that! I have been a step-mom now for 10 years and almost 7 of those have been a major battle. My step-son is oppositional defiant and we gained custody almost 7 years ago (this August). I have battled feelings toward him that no mother should ever have. I have felt like the world's worst mother and no one could tell me any differently.
God has shown me, though, that he was seeking approval and attention and acceptance.
It is not easy to love the unlovable but with God all things are possible!