Note from the editor / Samantha Waltz
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
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
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
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
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.