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Posted on:February 29, 2020December 2, 2020Blended family Blended family life Coparenting Divorce Family Parenting

(co)Parenting

For some, it comes easy. For others, despite their best efforts, it simply isn’t possible. There are a wide variety of coparenting situations, so I thought I’d focus on the child-centered approach that my Ex and I have implemented in our coparenting relationship. {Disclaimer: My coparenting examples below are only possible because both my Ex […]

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Posted on:February 11, 2020February 29, 2020Blended family Blended family life Family Manifestation

Sleep child… please sleep

I want to start this post by letting everyone know that I love sleep. I love the idea of getting into my cozy bed at the end of the day and drifting off into a peaceful slumber. I enjoy lying down next to my husband, and thinking about how grateful I am to be healthy, […]

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Posted on:March 13, 2019March 30, 2019Blended family Blended family life Family

(working) Mom

It has been way too long since my last post. I went to Hawaii and when I returned there was just no time to write! I had a lot of catching up to do with my kiddos, and not to mention, we were all sick. My plate is seriously full these days. So how do […]

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Posted on:January 31, 2019February 11, 2019Blended family Blended family life Dating with Kids Divorce Family

Through their eyes

If you’ve read my prior posts, you can probably tell that I am very fond of Eli, P and Z, and our blended family life. I haven’t, however, spent much time diving into how my kids feel about our situation. Of course I can’t read their minds on the topic, but most children don’t, and […]

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Posted on:January 15, 2019January 23, 2019Blended family Blended family life Family Step Mom

Do they like me?

Before I met Eli’s kids, P and Z, I spent a lot of time thinking about what it would be like. I wondered if they would look the same in person as they did in their pictures. I wondered if they were silly like my kids. I wondered if they were shy or outgoing. I […]

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Posted on:January 11, 2019February 1, 2019Blended family Blended family life Family

2 kids, 4 kids, 5 kids?! Please hold…

The cliffhanger at the end of my last post, had a few people thinking I was pregnant. Just to clear the air, no, I am not pregnant. But I did want to share my feelings on the topic. Everyone asks me if Eli and I are going to have a kid or two together. I […]

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Posted on:January 7, 2019January 21, 2019Blended family Blended family life Dating with Kids Family Narcissistic Abuse

Yours, mine, ours, and us

Last February, after months and months of painful divorce proceedings, Eli’s kids were allowed to move to Southern California with their mother. It was a devastating blow, but given the information the Judge had (a lot of it false and incomplete), it was just how things panned out. Looking back at everything that happened, it […]

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Posted on:December 24, 2018January 21, 2019Blended family Blended family life Dating with Kids Family

We blend!

Ok, back to our story… Eli and I talked a lot about how gradually we would start including him in our daily lives. The kids were my everything, and he knew that I would always put them first. The great thing about dating someone with kids was that he understood the dynamic and the importance […]

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Posted on:December 3, 2018January 21, 2019Blended family Blended family life Divorce Family Single Mom

Sharing is caring…

Before I dive into my single mom months, I wanted to share a part of my story that a lot of people (myself included) tend to minimize when thinking about divorce. Married people share everything, right? They share space, friends, belongings, family, hobbies, and everything in between. Something I wasn’t expecting when getting divorced is […]

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Posted on:December 1, 2018January 21, 2019Blended family Blended family life Divorce Family Single Mom

Committing to Uncommit

I know, I know… there have got to be millions of blog posts on divorce, and a million more on divorce when kids are involved. And this isn’t even a divorce blog, right? Although it may be a little unrelated to blended family life, I figured that giving you some context would help to explain […]

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