This week in class we discussed a lot about blended families and how all of that works. Although I am not in a blended family, I know many who are in blended families. And although it is not the ideal situation in most cases, it can be a better situation for many children. I have a friend who’s biological father beat her mother and her older sister. So the mother left, and not too long after married another man who then became her stepfather and soon adopted her and her older sister. She now doesn’t’ know what she would have done without her father. He is her father and the only person that she could imagine being sealed to in the temple.

I also have a cousin who’s father (who is my uncle) gave up his rights to her at a young age. She is now adopted by and sealed to her father John and has been raised by him her whole life. She went back to get to know her biological father a few years ago but has not since then because of drama being started up in the family by him. But she is so grateful that she is sealed to the man she is sealed to and loves him, because essentially he is her father.


2 years after divorce most couples regret that they got a divorce. 2 years after that, 70% said they could have worked out their problems.

Blended families- They take usually 2 years to reach any sense of normalcy.