{"id":141,"date":"2002-12-27T19:17:33","date_gmt":"2002-12-28T03:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=141"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T08:00:00","slug":"my-relationship-with-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"My Relationship With Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister is five years younger than me. Had she been born a boy, her name would have been Chad Michael Martinez. I can’t even imagine what it would have been like to have a younger brother. It’s always been my sister and me, two girls with girlish dreams and tomboyish ways.<\/p>\n

Not too long ago, my mother remarried. Her husband has a son from a previous marriage, and I often forget that this means I now have a stepbrother. Stepbrother—the very word conjures up images of Brady blonde girls and dark-haired boys, only I don’t have to worry about sharing the bathroom with him. It actually feels a little odd acquiring a step-sibling in my adulthood. Not that I don’t have it in me to get along with a step; I know for a fact that I get along really well with steps.<\/p>\n

Behold, me at about two years old and then at 17 (heavily made up from an earlier photo shoot):<\/p>\n

\"2-year-old   \"17-year-old<\/div>\n

You see what I mean? I have this thing with steps.<\/p>\nShare this post:

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My sister is five years younger than me. Had she been born a boy, her name would have been Chad Michael Martinez. I can’t even imagine what it would have been like to have a younger brother. It’s always been my sister and me, two girls with girlish dreams and tomboyish ways. Not too long ago, my mother remarried. Her husband has a son from a previous marriage, and I often forget that this means I now have a stepbrother….<\/p>\n

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