Happy Mother's Day. I'm a stepmom, a mom, a grandmom, and a mother in law. I had a great mother's day...I usually do. I love my kids. All of my kids. So why do I feel lousy? I got an email today, from my stepson's mom, saying "sometimes you and (my husband) forget that I am his mother. Let me take on some of the responsibility, you shouldn't have to".
Ok. Well, that sounds nice. The problem is, she doesn't follow through. Even this morning, my stepson had no idea of his schedule with his mom today. At church, she showed up and told him she'd drive him to her family's get together. Before church, he had no idea if he was hanging out with us or not, he was waiting on her to tell him what her plans are. We didn't know if he had a ride or not.
The thing is, my stepson is 20. We've been doing the blended family dance for almost ten years now. He has a restricted license imposed on him by the courts, so he can't drive anywhere but to work and to court related things for a while. So we are back to coordinating things with his mom. She's mad that her house wasn't put on the court order. The courts don't care where family members live, they care where HE lives, HE is an adult. I can't believe that we are still doing the dance when he is 20 years old.
I'm tired. Court was last week. That's another post.
