Hey guys, it's Jamie Scrimter here, second wife, stepmom of three and mum of one.

And you're listening to my podcast, where we talk about all things motherhood, stepmotherhood,

and living a kick-ass life. If you're ready for raw and real conversations and are striving

to live your very best life, then you are in the right place.

Every week, I'll provide you with tips and strategies and mindset shifts to inspire you to live your own version of a kick-ass life.

We'll bring you along as I create my own.

All right.

Hello, hello. Welcome back to the podcast. Why are you laughing at me?

I just feel like I was just here. You just were. We were recording part two of the, I don't know, the story with mom.

Interview with mom. All right. So, guys, this episode, first of all, if you haven't listened to the previous episode, go listen

to that.

This is kind of a two-part series with my mom.

So we talked about my parents' divorce, what I was like as a kid, and just kind of

childhood stuff in that episode.

And in this episode, we are going to go through and answer some questions that were submitted on

Instagram from you guys.

And it's basically just going to be a mixed bag here.

So we're going to go through and hammer out as many as possible. Sounds good.

All right. So we answered this one in the other episode, but just to kind of set the tone,

what were her initial thoughts when she found out you were marrying a man with kids? Were you ever like,

oh my God, she's, I was 26 years old when Darren and I got

together? No, and I think it's kind of a takeoff from, you know, what we said in the other episode.

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