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In my five and a half years of being a part of a blended family, there are so many things that I have learned. So many things I wish someone would have enlightened me on early on. My situation isn't uncommon. I have one daughter from a previous marriage, she is 8. My husband also has two girls from a previous marriage, 9 & 8. Together we have a daughter who is just shy of 2 years old. I am here to tell you all of the things I wish I had known in preparation for this life. 1. The fairy tale you imagine it will be is completely false.  I am not being cynical here. You know what that honeymoon phase is like, everyone loves each other and is so excited to spend time together and everyone shares and plays so nicely together and nothing could be more perfect. Until it isn't perfect. Now this one is mad at that one so she will only talk to the other one and this one and the other one ignore that one and all hell breaks loose in the time it took you to take a pee. They hone
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How We Got Here

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When I think about where I am in life, it is really difficult to piece together everything that happened to get me to this point. I am married...again. I am the mother of two girls and a step mom to two more. I can wholeheartedly say this is not how I intended for my life to turn out. Don't get me wrong, I love my husband and all of the girls, but this was not the plan I had laid out for myself ten years ago. By the young age of 36 I have had a child, been married, divorced, had another child and married again. I love where life has brought me.  I have a husband who is what I always imagined a husband should be. Loving, caring, thoughtful and hot. Like, really hot. (Just so you know, it is perfectly fine to say that about your spouse.) That doesn't mean that life is all rainbows and roses. Being a part of a blended family is hard. Dealing with exes and having children that don't "belong" to you is no walk in the park. There are some days I simply have to lock my
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