I’m proud of ya GailA.
My mom remarried when I was 4 and I was always the “stepson” who was never treated like the others by my dads mother.
Kids know it and feel it.
I never forgot those hurt feelings, and I sure wasn’t going to repeat them with any of my grandkids, however I acquired them. My step daughters are all very nice, warm loving girls. I don’t know my step son that well as they live in FL and we haven’t been down to visit yet. The girls live much closer and come here a couple of times a year.
Never knew any but my Mom’s parents, the rest were gone before I was born.
I had a wonderful step DAD, he treated all us kids a like. My parents divorced shortly after I was born, he was a skirt chaser back then, and not in my life very much. I still loved him, but not to the depth that I did the man who I proudly called DAD.
Yes kids know when you don’t like or love them. Madi and Matt being the youngest pull at my heart strings the most, but I treat them all alike. It’s nice to have little girls to sew for and they love it when I make them outfits, I had 4 boys, only 2 are living.