The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange
Nov 1st, 2007 by Jill
I’ve been playing hooky here for the past month or so, and in the meantime, I’ve been working on something new. I’m a stepmom, and the kids’ mom and I decided to start a blog with stories about our experiences and ideas and tips about raising kids in two houses.
It’s called The Doughtie Houses Exchange, which was originally the name we gave the envelopes we’d give the kids to put in their backpacks and deliver to the other house. (Don’t worry — this wasn’t — and isn’t — our only method of communication. We also talk on the phone and email constantly.) But our kid-mail system was symbolic for both of us of how we try to cooperate between houses — how we make sure the other house has copies of all the important papers, for starters. So we named our blog after it. I’m very excited about where this might go. I hope to see you there: http://thedhx.com.
And now that it’s launched, I promise to be here more, too.
Congratulations–this is very exciting! “Stepmom” has all the cache of “used car salesperson” so it will be refreshing to read the real-life experiences of someone doing her best–and in cooperation with the “real” mom.
What a fabulous idea! I see book in the making.
Wow, it’s already very touching with the few posts that are there. I, too, wonder if this might become an excellent source for a book.
Thank you for sharing.
This is AWESOME, Jill! Congratulations!