Stepmothers get a bad rap for the most part. In fairy tales they are cruel and evil, either trying to make the heroine's life miserable or kill her outright. In popular culture, they are often portrayed as trying to replace the Mom by any means necessary. Well, in the Stepmother lottery, I hit the freakin' JACKPOT. Jean is just a fantastic person all the way around. She loves my Dad, she loves my kids, she loves Chris and me, and she shows it. What prompted me to blog about this is that a couple of hours ago she called and asked if she could swing by and pick up Kaitlyn since it's a nice day out and Kaitlyn loves running errands with her. "Oh", and she asked, "since it's almost lunchtime, how about I pick you up some lunch since I'll be taking Kaitlyn out and I know you don't have a car today?"  Um, YES PLEASE! So, not only did she come by and pick up Kaitlyn for a still-to-be-determined number of hours, but she also dropped off a Subway sandwich and a fountain Diet … [Read more...]