This piece has nothing to do with me being a step mom but has everything to do with a friendship I had that included a child whom I loved very much.

It started 8 year ago when I first met my friend though my brother. Our friendship picked up after she got a dog and asked me to babysit the dog while she worked. We were in apartments right next to each other. When she wasn't’t working we would watch TV shows together and our friendship grew to let me be a bridesmaid in her wedding.