Hi, I'm Brianna. Bri for short. (no one calls me Brianna, not even my grandma) I've come here to blog about my 4 year experience ( 5 years this spring) of being a step mamma. I wanted to write because I know that reading about other step mammas and their blended (hers, his, ours) family stories helped me feel like I wasn't the only one going through what I was going through. Sounds cheesy right? but its true. Maybe this one little blog could reach one person and make them feel better. If it did that would be a amazing. With this blog I want to tell my story as a young step mom. Is 23 young? I think so. Maybe put up funny little pictures, or fun crafts to do with the kiddos. I've never blogged before so please forgive me if I'm horrible at it. Now, lets start off with getting to know a little bit of the basics of my world.
Well you already know I'm Bri, I'm 23 and I've been a step mama for 4 years. Here's a little more. Obviously for there to be a step child, there needs to be a biological parent and that is Luis. My step child's dad. We have been together 4 years. Going on 5 this May. We met in high school but didn't start dating until 3 years later. He's a pain in my butt, but hes a good guy. Luis and I aren't married. Which technically and legally doesn't make me a step mom but we both don't care. To him I am his sons mommy. An issue I'll discuss as I progress with this blog. Luis is 24 and has a 7 year old son, who you guessed is my step son. I don't feel comfortable (or that I have the right) to put my step sons name so let's call him....wow...I'm having a hard time choosing a name here... Ok, I went on this website http://www.babycenter.com/popular-baby-boy-names-2014 and chose Jackson. If you did the math you'll notice that Luis was quite a young father. He was only 16 when he found out he was going to be a dad. Young huh? The things you do when you're young, dumb and in love. This about the time I met Luis and honestly it was all thanks to Jackson's (biological) mother. I also don't feel right putting her real name so lets call her Bellatrix. Bellatrix.....,the "REAL" mom of Jackson. The biological mother. Every step moms nightmare at one point or another. If you are a step mama I think you know what I am talking about. Anyways, I knew Bellatrix because we had the same classes together as Freshmen in high school. We were even friends. Yes, I know you are not supposed to date a friends ex but there's a lot more to this story. I take all responsibility for my actions and like I've been saying I'll be uncovering the story as this blog goes on. So, at this point in my life Luis and Bellatrix were dating and were expecting Jackson. I myself was in my first relationship ever and was madly infatuated with the boy I was dating. Luis was the last thing on my mind at the time, but I would talk to Bellatrix. I still remember the day she told me she was expecting Jackson. I thought she was crazy, a barley 14 year old girl pregnant? The father of the kid must be crazy too! Poor 15 year old Bri didn't know what she was in for a few years down the line. So needless to say I knew Jackson ever since he was a teeny tiny little thing. I guess that is why is was easy for him to be around me as his daddy's girlfriend (he was 2, a few months away from 3 when Luis and I started dating). He seemed to take a liking to me right away (as daddy's girlfriend) and we currently have a great relationship. Actually I was blessed because we've always has an awesome relationship. I consider the 3 of us as a little family even though we only get to see Jackson every 2nd, 4th and 5th weekend. We both hope to have him over more often, but its always one court case at a time. I'm grateful have him more and that Jackson seems to be enjoying himself and love being being with his daddy. So I think that pretty much sums up the basics. I hope this post wasn't too boring. Thank you for reading and I'll post again soon.
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