Navigating blended family life & all that comes with it
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Living Life Blended 