Are you a woman who is living with children who are not your own? Are youired, unappreciated, alone and sometimes resentful that you gave up yourormer life for this? Did you realize how long it would take upset, angryhildren to adjust? Is this what you expected when you fell in love?;Thisext discusses a range of issues that arise in blended families. It confirmshat step-parenting can be a tough and lonely journey and validates theurdles of false expectations, disappointment, grief, and the feelings ofailure, resentment and rejection that are often encountered along its path.;hilst validating, reassuring and encouraging, this title challenges itseaders to allow their difficulties to become the catalyst for personalmpowerment and growth.