Touching Article from Huffington Post

There's No "Half" In "Family"

by Eric Payne

I recently happened upon some paperwork from my son's high school. It's now going on two-years-old, back when he was in the 9th grade, back when my wife and I were knee-deep planning out some academic strategies for him. It listed both his academic and family history. The academic stuff I was accustomed to. But seeing my family in black and white letters (other than the ones I blog) threw me for a loop. The descriptions of us were clinical, anesthetized, devoid of love.

So I am with the birth mom, we are a mom/step mom house. My SS4 and SS5 don't see their dad a lot right now because he works out of town but they are going away for the weekend with their dad. We all have a pretty good relationship, that has taken some work to get to. One of the things that biodad gets mad about is that my partner over-parents the kids and don't trust him be the parent when they are with him. (This is true and she has been trying to work on it, because he is a good father, just parents a little differently then my partner does.)

So far my being a step parent (not offical but that is how I feel) to my SS4 and SS5 have been pretty smooth. They are very well behaved for the most part and I have become part of the family. For the past year we have the boys Sunday from at 3 until Friday at 6, my SO works on weekends so I have the weekends days all to myself and the weekend nights to spend time with my partner. Well now the BF is going to be working out of time for a couple of monthes, I understand this and it is nessicary for him to make money and maybe start paying child support (another issue).