im a 38yr old fm with 3 step children.No biological kids.I have lost 8 so far either due to ectopic or miscarriages.5yrs ago i met my hubby. a yr later his kids came for visitation for the summer and never left.Due to the mothers one reason or the other.We are now married and have custody of the boys and their mother comes and goes out of there life.We like everyone else had a time with the boys.From emotional to behavioral problems. These kids wanted to kill me when they first met me and explained in detail how they would accomplish this. We have come so far and they all know that what i say goes. It has taken alot of counseling alot of tears and sometimes a firm hand from both parents but between the two of us we are getting the job done. My boys{and yes i said MY BOYS}because i have had to raise these boys and retrain them to be young men.dont get me wrong we have issues everyday,but we deal with them as a family. And without both parents working together you cannot do it. This is what i call MY JOURNEY OF LIFE!! I love my boys as if i had them,and thats the only difference between me and the biological mother.