FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Honoring the Past and the Present

with | August 28, 2019
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When Victoria married a widower with four kids she applied this advice and it paid off. When they moved her furniture into his house she noticed how "uprooted" the kids felt, so she made changes cautiously. First, the kitchen but their mother's items were distributed or saved for each child. Then she waited five years to re-do the living room. And now, after seven years, for Christmas she gifted each child with a photo of their family of origin and the current stepfamily. Now, that's wisdom.

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  • When Victoria married a widower with four kids she applied this advice and it paid off. When they moved her furniture into his house she noticed how "uprooted" the kids felt, so she made changes cautiously. First, the kitchen but their mother's items were distributed or saved for each child. Then she waited five years to re-do the living room. And now, after seven years, for Christmas she gifted each child with a photo of their family of origin and the current stepfamily. Now, that's wisdom.

  • 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.

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