My Detachment Story

by Morgan Miles

I am lucky. I found and married a wonderful man. He is caring, he is loving, he is charming, he makes me laugh, he is a great father and he has a daughter from a previous marriage. My step-daughter was the most delightful little girl. She was four years old, she has beautiful long curly blond hair, blue eyes and the cutest curiosity. She was loving. She was charming. We instantly became bonded and friends.

The Evil Stepmother

by Maureen F. McHugh

"We joke about me being the evil stepmother," Maureen McHugh writes in this essay, "In fact, the joke is that I am the Nazi Evil Stepmother From Hell. It dispels tension to say it out loud. Actually, Adam and I do pretty good together. But the truth is that all stepmothers are evil. It is the nature of the relationship. It is, as far as I can tell, an unavoidable fact of step relationships."

Dear Next Wife

by a Cafe member

Inspired by a thread on our Wives of Widowers forum, an anonymous Cafe member wrote this funny, sweet letter to pass on to her husband's next wife, should Ree happen to die.

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