Previously, co-parenting mom Onika Pascal shared a quite apt analogy with us: co-parents as co-pilots.  In  today’s guest post, she shares candidly about how she came to terms with the potential “other mother” in her son’s life.

Between the battle of emotions dealing with a divorce or breakup, accepting that the relationship is over, and trying to get your life back on track, there’s another relationship altogether that you have to face. The other mother. She is the new woman in your ex’s life, and the new woman who may at some point become your child’s or children’s stepmother. It is not the easiest thing to cope with, but it’s something you have no control over. But, how do you deal with it?