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Tag: Parenting

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 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 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 30, 2018January 22, 2019Blended family Blended family life Dating with Kids Family

So this is what having 4 kids feels like?

After our fairytale of a family night, I could not wait to get our squad together again. Eli had his kids pretty frequently at that point so we got to have a family date just about once a week. We spent our time at the park, walking around my neighborhood, and had some great family […]

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