by Rebecca Yauger | May 14, 2020 | blended families, choices, choose, family, family ties, gratitude, grief, marriage, second marriages, step-children, step-parents
Mother’s Day has just passed. In this age of COVID-19, many of us didn’t see our mothers face to face, but we all hopefully still found a way to honor them. For me, I come at motherhood with a slightly different perspective. You see, I fell in love and married a...
by Rebecca Yauger | Jun 18, 2013 | blended families, blessings, small moments, step-children, time together
The last few blog posts have been about blending a family together. I’ve talked about the positives of this, because there are so many positives that come from opening your heart and making the choice to be a family. I will never know the feeling of being...
by Rebecca Yauger | Jun 4, 2013 | blended families, blessings, step-children, step-parents
(Becky’s Note: Today’s Blended Family story comes from one of my favorite authors, Christina Berry. Christina wrote one of my favorite books “The Familiar Stranger.” It’s a must-read. On a personal note, her blended family story is...
by Rebecca Yauger | May 28, 2013 | blended families, step-children, step-parents
(Note from Becky: Today, I welcome Diana Brandmeyer to Talking Among Friends. She not only discusses her own blended family story, but shares details about the book she’s co-written called “We’re not Blended, We’re Pureed – A...
by Rebecca Yauger | Apr 30, 2013 | blended families, God's blessings, parenting, second marriages, step-children, step-parents
In today’s world, I’m sure all of us know someone who is part of a “blended” family — with step-parents, step-siblings, half-brothers and sisters and the like. Perhaps you’re one of these “step” or “half”...