Stepfamily Quotes

“Stepparenting is like working at a late-night convenience store — all of the responsibility and none of the authority.”
― Valerie J Lewis Coleman, Blended Families An Anthology

“Trying to make someone love you is like trying to climb uphill during an avalanche.”
― Valerie J Lewis Coleman, Blended Families An Anthology

“External influences create internal chaos.”
― Valerie J Lewis Coleman, Blended Families An Anthology

“She told me she changed that will," the step-father said.
"She once told me she married you because she loved you," Mike said. "Guess she lied to us both.”
― S.E. Hinton, Some of Tim's Stories

“I tried to make my husband make his daughter like me. After ten years of failed attempts, I decided to make myself change.”
― Valerie J Lewis Coleman, Blended Families An Anthology

“The romantic vision she’d held of her marriage where the two of them came first and children, no matter whose they were, came after that relationship had disappeared, and she had no idea where to find it.”
― Sarah Jo Smith, Entangled Loyalties

“Then the stars turned their attention to the younger children of the family. The ones who hadn’t grown up yet. The stars knew what was coming, who was lurking. They always did. They’d seen it all before, countless times, across vast, green oceans and ethereal night skies. They recognized the tiny, sparkling glow, nearly hidden in the wise old oak tree sprawling above the Roberts-Darlings’ backyard. They recognized the crouched, shadowy figures within its branches. The stars weren’t the only spectators closely observing Lily, Wendy, and Michael.”
― Cynthia Leitich Smith, Sisters of the Neversea: A Muscogee Creek Retelling of Peter Pan – A Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure for Children

“You do not have to be a couple to parent your children together,”
― Dr. Jann Blackstone

“They each had puzzle pieces that might never lock into a flat smooth hole.”
― Aube Rey Lescure, River East, River West