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    The Evil Stepmother Speaks: A Guide for Stepfamilies Who Want to Love and Laugh
    The Evil Stepmother Speaks: A Guide for Stepfamilies Who Want to Love and Laugh
    The Evil Stepmother Speaks: A Guide for Stepfamilies Who Want to Love and Laugh
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    The Evil Stepmother Speaks: A Guide for Stepfamilies Who Want to Love and Laugh

    By Barbara Goldberg

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    • Are You Divorced?
    • Are You Remarried?
    • Are You Dating Someone with Children?

    Once upon a time, in a family down the street, there was a King and a Queen who had two children. One day, the impossible happened. The King and Queen divorced. Eventually, the King remarried. There was a new Queen aka The Stepmother. Chaos reigned.
    Naively, when the stepmother joined the family, she expected her fairy tale to continue. Instead, questions plagued her mind.
    • Why doesn’t anyone in the stepfamily listen to me?
    • Why doesn’t the biological parent see what I see?
    • Why am I so frustrated?
    Laugh and cry as The Evil Stepmother Speaks takes you on the stepmother’s journey as she seeks to find the magic potion that will unify her family and bring sanity to the chaos. At last, you will learn how to reclaim Your Happily Ever After. Meet the mystical characters that teach the secrets of stepfamily happiness. You will cheer for stepfamily expert Barb Goldberg as she identifies and shows you how to mix and mingle with your new family.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateApr 29, 2013
    ISBN9780988241510
    The Evil Stepmother Speaks: A Guide for Stepfamilies Who Want to Love and Laugh

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    The Evil Stepmother Speaks - Barbara Goldberg

    children.

    there was a young girl. She dreamed of a life as a princess. Someday her handsome prince would come and sweep her off her feet. They would live in a beautiful home and have 2.5 exquisite children. She would have a fantastic career where she was well respected and earned a healthy income. Her prince would be professional and successful as well. The children would be perfect and brilliant.

    One day, the young girl found her prince and discovered that…

    The prince was divorced. He had an ex-wife and children. He had been the King of another castle.

    What happened to my story? the young girl asked.

    I was the princess and the prince was supposed to have no ‘baggage.’

    I was supposed to be his first and only love.

    This has to be a mistake!

    But the young girl married her prince anyway and believed she was now the new Queen. Living with her new husband, the King, they would rule their castle and live happily ever after. But, the wind changed. A spell overtook the castle and the kingdom. This spell was created by a wizard. Marred by his own parents’ divorce and his own hatred of his father’s second wife, the wizard insisted that all women who married Kings with ex-Queens and children were doomed to be Evil Stepmothers. The spell deemed that the new Queen would never be perceived as royalty. No exceptions. She would be known only as the Evil Stepmother.

    The new Queen was turned into an Evil Stepmother.

    I must turn this spell around and show the world that I am the new Queen and this was a mistake.

    The world will see that I am not an evil stepmother. They will see that I am loving and kind.

    The King, the children and the entire royal family will love me because they will see that I am different, the Evil Stepmother insisted. We will live happily ever after.

    The Evil Stepmother started with a clean heart.

    The Evil Stepmother was certain that the stepchildren would love her. She cooked their favorite foods. She entertained them. She bought them clothes. She engaged them in kind conversation. She smiled. She tried not to complain when her castle became messy and her King ignored her. She cleaned the house and catered to the family. But she cringed as the children appeared to cast a spell on her King. He granted them anything they wanted. The stepmother thought:

    This is not how it is supposed to work.

    No one appreciates me or sees my hard work.

    No one pays any attention to me.

    Can’t they see that I am really the new Queen? This is all a mistake. I am exhausted.

    The Stepmother’s heart started to turn cold.

    As time went on, the stepmother felt unappreciated and unacknowledged. The children only wanted time with the King. The King wanted more time with the children. The castle was overrun. It was time to take control.

    This is my house! the Evil Stepmother cried.

    Follow my rules!

    You are all spoiled and undisciplined!

    The Evil Stepmother lamented, This was not the way it was supposed to be. Disappointment and fear set in, enveloping her heart and mind. And while the Evil Stepmother pondered her dilemma, there were other stories to tell.

    The Queen (the King’s ex and bio mother to the children) wanted her tale told, too. It was a tale familiar to many and went like this:

    there was a young girl. She dreamed of a life as a princess. Someday her handsome prince would come and sweep her off her feet. They would live in a beautiful home and have 2.5 exquisite children. She would have a fantastic career where she was well respected and earned a healthy income. Her prince would be professional and successful as well. The children would be perfect and brilliant.

    The princess found her prince and discovered that…

    He was perfect. They married and together built a beautiful life. They became the King and Queen of their castle and their kingdom. Her King was an ideal father. Her dreams had come true! The 2.5 children were perfect, as was their castle. She had control over her domain, as it was supposed to be. She was a Queen who had found her King.

    The Queen started with a clean heart.

    The children loved their Queen. She cooked their favorite foods. She entertained them. She bought them clothes. She engaged them in kind conversation. She smiled. She tried not to complain when her castle became messy and her King was distracted. She cleaned the house and catered to the family. But she cringed as the children appeared to cast a spell on her King. He granted them anything they wanted.

    This is not how it is supposed to work, cried the Queen.

    No one appreciates me or sees my hard work.

    No one pays any attention to me.

    Can’t they see that I am the Queen who should be loved? This is all a mistake. I am exhausted.

    The Queen’s heart started to turn cold.

    As time went on, the Queen felt unappreciated and unacknowledged. She worked hard all day but when the King came home, the children only wanted time with the King. The Queen felt forgotten and lost her true identity. She was unhappy. Her castle was overrun. It was time to take control.

    This is my house!

    Follow my rules!

    You are all spoiled and undisciplined!

    What about me?

    This was not the way it was supposed to be. Disappointment and fear set in and enveloped her heart and mind. The Queen wanted a better life and asked the King for a divorce. Sadness surrounded the castle.

    While the Evil Stepmother and the Queen worried about their lives, the children had their story to tell. Their fairy-tale started this way:

    there were young children who knew in their hearts that they were princesses and princes. They lived in a beautiful home and had two perfect parents, the King (Dad) and the Queen (Mom). The King was perfect, handsome, and responsible. The Queen was beautiful and made their lunches every day. They were never wrong. The King and Queen would be together forever. The children dreamed about the day that their own prince or princess would come and their lives would mirror their parents’ lives. Nothing could ever disrupt their family.

    The children woke up one day to hear the King and Queen arguing.

    The sound of yelling was terrifying to the young children. They started hearing the sounds of arguments ringing through-out the halls of the castle more and more often. At times, they hid in their rooms to escape the sounds.

    Do you think the King and Queen will leave each other? asked the youngest child.

    Never, responded the oldest child. Mom and Dad would never split up.

    Then one day, the King and Queen explained to the children that they loved them very much, but…

    The kingdom was splitting up. Dad, the King, was moving out of their castle. This was not the way it was supposed to be. Disappointment and fear set in. The children’s hearts turned cold. As the children pondered their future, there was yet another story to tell.

    The King wanted his story told. It was a tale rarely expressed. His saga went like this:

    there was a young boy. He dreamed of a life as a prince and a baseball player. Someday, he would be drafted into the Big Leagues and would find a beautiful princess who would spend her life with him. They would live in a beautiful home and have 2.5 exquisite children. She would have a fantastic career and raise the children. His princess would be beautiful and successful. The children would be perfect.

    The prince found his princess and discovered that….

    She was perfect. She was pretty and kind and together they would build a beautiful life. Most important, she would be an ideal mother. His dreams had come true! The 2.5 children were perfect, as was their castle. He had control over his domain, as it was supposed to be. He was a King who had found his Queen.

    The King started with a clean heart.

    The King was adored by his children and the Queen. He worked hard to provide for their life in the castle. He entertained them. He bought them clothes. He engaged them in kind conversation. He smiled. He did not notice that the castle became messy and that his Queen was unhappy. He cringed as the Queen nagged. He thought:

    This is not how it is supposed to work.

    No one appreciates me or sees my hard work, cried the King.

    No one pays any attention to me.

    Can’t they see that I am the King who should be loved?

    This is all a mistake.

    I am exhausted.

    The King’s heart started to turn cold.

    As time went on, the King started to feel unappreciated and unacknowledged. He worked hard all day, but came home to complaints. The King felt forgotten. He was unhappy. His castle was overrun. It was time to take control.

    This is my house!

    Follow my rules!

    You are all ungrateful!

    What about me?

    This was not the way it was supposed to be. Disappointment and fear set in and enveloped the King’s heart and mind. The King wanted a better life but did not want to leave his children or his castle. But the Queen asked for a divorce. The King was admonished and sent away to find another land to rule.

    As our story began, all of our characters were saddened: The King (husband and bio dad), the Queen (bio mom), the children, and the new Princess (Evil Stepmother). The King and the Queen were divorced. They were sad that their castle (home) and their children were split into pieces. There was a sense of failure and bitterness. Their disappointment and fear started to rule their minds. The children faced the unknown as the life they knew disappeared. It was terrifying. Meanwhile, the stepmom entered the drama with the best of intentions. She quickly learned that danger lurked ahead. Disappointment and fear ruled the land. What would happen to all of them?

    The Moral of the Story

    The moral of the story is that we are all coming from the same place. We are all scared. The magic spell that binds us is cast by the villain: fear.

    Fear was the wicked villain who enchanted the kingdom. He cast his spell on the kingdom when he felt that change was in the air. Change triggered his appearance and fed his lust for wickedness. Remarriage, divorce, death, and birth all made him come alive in the minds of his victims. When remarriage occurred, Fear plotted to pit one parent against the other. Children against stepmother. Stepmother against Queen. Queen against King.

    Fear’s name was rarely mentioned, nor acknowledged. Yet, Fear seeped into all of their hearts and into all of their homes. He was everywhere. He did not show himself in a physical form. This villain entered the brains of the King, the Queen, the Evil Stepmother, and the children. As he seeped into the crevices of their minds, the King, Queen, Evil Stepmother, and children acted strangely. They started to forget who they were. Each one was a kind, loving person who only wanted the best for themselves and their families, but Fear manifested himself through his victims’ language and

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