Michael & Tonya Elgan: Families

The other day someone asked me what it was like to be a step mother if it was hard on me or not. This was my answer:

I grew up with a step mother and she ruined my childhood not because she married my dad. She was a horrible person. She treated me like I was nothing compared to her kids nothing I did was ever good enough, and she made sure I knew that. She brought drugs and abuse into my childhood and I can never get over that. I use to think it was because she was my step mother. I thought all step mothers were this way always this horrible and disgusting. I then began to tell her about my step daughter and how before I had met her I was scared about how I would feel towards her. I can honestly say I was scared out of my mind that I would be like my ex-step mother. When I finally did meet her I fell in love! I couldn't believe how much I could care for someone that wasn't my blood child. I could never treat Boston badly or make her feel unwelcome. I love how she laughs and makes cute faces when we take pictures. Ilove how now she cries for me to hold her. I love how she makes new sounds and how she is so interested in everything around her. I will love her just as much as my own blood children. Sometimes it gets hard having to deal with the people that try to bring me down. I will never stop treating Boston like she is mine. I love being a step mother, I love knowing that she will always have a good life.

Michael and I had an awesome week from seeing Boston so much and taking Taytum to the jump zone and I have decided that i have the cutest little family!