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 don’t know whether or not I am an official “blogger,” because I don’t post frequently these days, but I thought I should partake in writing the obligatory New Year’s Resolution post. As some of you know, 2019 was a huge year for me. I got a new job, got married, and bought a house! […]
I took a deep breath as I looked into his eyes. I opened the small notebook that I had written my vows in a few months earlier, and I knew that the words that I was about to read were some of the truest and most sincere words that I would ever speak. My heart […]
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 […]
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 […]
