His Father, My Husband

Synopsis

Just twenty-four hours after finalizing my divorce, someone else took hold of my wrist and dragged me straight into the marriage registry. He showed me my ID, which I didn't even realize I had lost. The clerk asked if I was willing, and he answered for me, "Yes." My ex-husband burst in, his eyes red with rage. "Dad! Are you out of your mind? This is my ex-wife!" My new husband, thirty-year-old Bernie Jackson, replied calmly, "Now she's your stepmother." The entire reason for this unusual marriage was our five-year-old son. So just like that, I went from ex-wife to stepmom, and from mom to, well, "grandma."