From Expat to Stepparent: I’m Learning How to Be a Stepmom

I don’t know if I’m good at it or not

Keara Lou
Keara Lou
Nov 6 · 2 min read
Photo by Daniel Cheung on Unsplash

There’s been a lot of change in the past six weeks. I went from traveling around the world as a single expat to coming home to being a full-time stepparent. It’s been a fun change of pace to go from living alone to living with three other people. Two of them are kids. And three cats, of course.

Keara Lou

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Keara Lou

Former ESL teacher who spent most of her 20’s in China. Now, she lives in Northern Michigan writing and learning how to be a stepparent. Loves travel and humor.

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