Note from the editor / Samantha Waltz -- Foreword / Ariel Gore -- Part 1: Coming together -- Two dogs, three cats, two girls / Ellen Sussman -- Who will this be to me / Betsy Graziani Fasbinder -- Blended / Marcelle Soviero -- Stepfamily honeymoon / Rebecca Payne -- Nature's perfect blend : a work in progress / Lizabeth P. Kingsley -- Family role play / C.S. O'Cinneide -- Part 2: Self-discovery -- It takes a villa / Barbara Lodge -- Circling the sacred fire / Melanie Mock -- I love you more / Kerry Cohen -- Wave pool / James Bernard Frost -- In step at the wedding / Mary Faith Powers -- Finding my family / Alaina Smith -- Part 3: Evolution -- Tales of a confused apostrophe / Melissa Hart -- It's a mom thing / Cynthia Whitcomb -- The best and hardest things / Kezia Willingham -- Dispatches from Neverland / Jessica Page Morrell -- Official family / Sue Sanders -- The angel steps down / Elizabeth King Gerlach -- Part 4: Acceptance -- My secret father / Gigi Rosenberg -- Cindy and me / Jennifer Margulis -- Love perseveres / Shannon Bardwell -- Waiting at windows / Deb Stone -- Half-American to half-Chinese : translation through marriage / Emma Kate Tsai -- Epiphany / Sallie Wagner Brown -- Part 5: Reflections -- Tapestry of grace / Stephanie Cassatly -- A tale of two stepdaughters / Amy Hudock -- Nightshade love / Nancy Antonietti -- In and out of step / Candace Walsh -- Step on the grass / Cassie Premo Steele -- A step at a time / Marge Piercy.
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