Walking On Eggshells: Discovering Strength And Courage Amid Chaos - Plot & Excerpts
Even though we don’t use the word in our family, inside I have felt either like a “step” child or “step” sibling all my life. The word “step” also made me feel like I was half of something. I was half a daughter, half a sister, half an aunt. I was never a whole or all of any kind of relationship. I knew there were a lot of barriers in raising children who were not biologically yours. With Travis, who was as much my child as anyone’s, I loved him and then he was taken away, then I was able to love him once more, then he was gone again. Over and over this cycle repeated itself. Sometimes Travis left with Barbara, other times he was with Dad and Beth, and sometimes he was with his own dad. It was traumatic for him and heart-wrenching for me. I didn’t want Serene to have to go through that, so I put all thoughts of the words “step” and “half” out of my head and raised and loved her as my own. To this day she calls me Mom. The first thing I did was put Serene in the private all-girls Catholic school that Abbie went to.
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