There is no such thing as step-parents’ day. Maybe there should be. So today in honor of the day that isn’t, I give honor to a woman who isn’t . . . (technically) a step-parent at all.
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| Sisters Beth & Bev with Seth, Anna & Ben |
Their relationship gave birth back in the late 1980's, when I married Bev’s ex-husband Bob and became step-mom to two great kids, Seth and Anna.
Ben was thrilled to have a new brother and sister, but in the days before the wedding, he was trying to clarify how this would all work:
So, you’ll be Seth and Anna’s step-mom, right?
Yes.
So that means Bev’ll be my step-mom too, right?
W - e - e - e - l - l - l . . . not exactly, said I.
But that’s not fair! I want Bev to be my step-mom!
And so I called Bev and ‘proposed’ on Ben’s behalf – would she be Ben’s step-mom? And she replied, “Of course.”
And ever since, she has been, being there for Ben when I could not or would not do and in ways too myriad to count.
To Bev, my sister in experience as well as faith: thank you for loving and taking care of our boy.
