Managing the complex relationships in a blended family. Being part of a blended family has a lot of pluses. For me, it’s like I have a second chance at love and I get to teach my kids what a healthy, loving partnership is like. I have a great supportive husband, and together, we are raising a joyful and secure home for our boys. But I would be only telling you the half, if I didn’t confirm that it’s not always easy-breezy…and no burden can be shared. Prime example; coming int

“Put the kid aside, go out sometimes with adults, and try really hard not to feel guilty about it...” I still struggle with this concept even as a married mother raising my blended family. But when I was a single mother, that feeling was heightened. For nearly a decade, it was just my son and I. As his primary source of everything, from the moment he was born it was often hard to see myself apart from him. I wasn’t sure if I had permission to. I was no longer just me; I was w