Did you have step parents? Were you ever a step parent?

I think my father's life choices stemmed from not having parents.His birth mother died the evening of his birthday.His father gave him to his deceased wife's mother to bring up.His step-grandfather was mean and hateful and in a way so was the grandmother.

At one time my husband and I had five unofficial girls living with us.Number five was only with us about a month.We never tried taking the place of their biological parents.Another story for another time maybe...