Honeymoon Phone Calls
Dream weddings don’t always end the way we imagine.
About the Host
Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
Episode Transcript
Ron: Dream weddings don’t always end the way we imagine.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: It was a mid-life wedding with a few adult children. But as the couple drove away on their honeymoon his son called him to say that a sister was having an emotional breakdown. And while they were talking her daughter called her to report that his adult children were not helping with the cleanup because someone was having a crying fit. The couple—this was not their dream—looked at each other, turned off their cell phones, and went on their honeymoon…only to return home in her words, “completely unprepared for stepfamily living.”
Now, not all blended families begin this way, but if you’re starting “a blend,” we’d love to help you get prepared. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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