Thank you for being a mother to me

A reader shares how badly he treated his stepmother when he was a teen -- and how he later made amends for his hurtful behavior. Mugger wrote: "My mother died when I was 6; my dad remarried when I was 13 or 14. I was the typical stepson: a brat and a punk, self-centered and just a jerk. I showed my stepmother no respect. "I joined the Navy at 17 to get away from home. As I grew older, and maybe because of the Navy, I realized that my stepmother was a wonderful woman. The thing I am most thank...