Each blended family is unique composed of many streams rooted in a complex history. Successful blended families are those that navigate the logistical and emotional aspects of family life with flexibility, openness, and of course love. Remember, while step parenting has many challenges, it is also replete with joys and rewards.
She had a special bond with her husband’s grandmother. After perusing some scrapbooks, she learned the reason why.
She didn’t know how to comfort her anxious mother. Then a childhood memory—and a prayer—saved the day.
The festive decoration was just what they needed for their first Christmas as a blended family.
Over the years, this delicious beverage became the cornerstone of her family’s holiday celebration.
For these Guideposts contributors, Covid-19 has brought their families closer together in miraculous ways.
Decades after the war, this veteran took a DNA test that forever changed his life.
Disney helped this family tell their foster children that they had officially been adopted and the moment is heartwarming.
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Listen as Ken Davis, who was adopted as an infant, describes the thrill of finding his birth parents just in time to see his birth father, David Johnston, through a life-saving open-heart surgery.
Preparing to adopt four children, she was anxious about her family’s changing dynamic, until the miracles started rolling in.
She'd been in foster care with 14 families, some of whom had been abusive, before a loving couple adopted her. Could she learn to share that kind of love with children of her own?
Ashley Rhodes-Carter lived with 14 different foster families prior to be adopted at the age of 12. Now, she shares the love her parents gave her with her own three sons, one of whom is adopted.
Michael Cleveland and his wife struggled to have children before deciding to adopt. Now he's sharing the lesson he learned through his music.
Her first Thanksgiving away from home, the country star discovered that gratitude and tradition can travel far.
Familial relationships today are complicated and entangled, but also richly rewarding.
She was willing to travel as far as Russia to adopt a son. But was this the right choice?