Happy Thursday!
Tell me what the make up of your blended family is. For years I use to be envious of people who had parents that were not in the picture of their blended family. I would always ask "Lord why do I have to deal with these baby mommy's?????" Now that I am not only older, but wiser, I know that eventually we must deal with things. I know that there are people who are either married or in a relationship with someone with kids from someone else and that person is not in the picture and you feel like you have a replacement or an upgrade! But at some point you must deal with this issue. I know of a family where a man has been around his daughter ever since she was 18 months old, he is all that she knows, he even adopted her, and they played the "happy" family role for years. They had no problems, their children are perfect, we don't have a past & can't relate to everybody else's baby momma/daddy issues. Well that child is 19 yrs old now and wants to know who her father is. She is acting out because she doesn't know who her father is or maybe, just maybe she is acting out because she has been living a lie! I will be first to tell you that being in a blended family is HARD!!! Even though we have come a LONG way it is still hard! And TRUST me, I'm not saying my kids are perfect! But what I am saying is that I am grateful that we dealt with a lot of things early. My kids have seen our growth, witnessed our trials and tribulations, but LOVE their family! We have had no choice but to deal with certain situations and I believe that we are all better for that. I often think back to how different my life is compared to the fairy tale that I always dreamed of. I also couldn't imagine my life without my husband, children, grandchild...... And yes even the baby momma's!!!!! Because I know that I wouldn't be the person that I am today without them. I wouldn't be able to have the many testimonies that I have because of them. I wouldn't know that ALL of God's promises are TRUE! And you wouldn't be able to read my posts, hopefully causing you to think, and ultimately change!
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