(4) April Archives - Better Than Blended

A Unified Marriage: Things I Never Learned In Marriage Counseling

by John and Hannah Bapties | Apr 30, 2018 | (4) April, Blending, Co-Parenting, Marriage

One of the hardest parts of parenting is no day is the same, yet, the days can run into weeks and feel unending. This can weigh heavy on any couple. When parenting and marriage get hard, the days seem extra long. It’s easy to get stuck feeling like those hard moments...

Making Her House My Home: How To

by Kathryn Abercrombie-Rodnick | Apr 23, 2018 | (4) April, Blending, Custody, Divorce, Family, Step Children, Stepmom

In my teenage years and through college, I had a pretty clear vision for what my first home was going to be. I was imagining a small apartment or a little townhouse, something in a big bustling city with very little square footage. What I was not expecting was a 4...

Comforted to Comfort: How To Parent Well, After The Loss of A Spouse

by Brad and Julie Luczywo | Apr 19, 2018 | (4) April, Death and Loss, Family

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has...

Loving the “Un-Loveable” Through Divorce and Custody

by Kathryn Abercrombie-Rodnick | Apr 13, 2018 | (4) April, Blending, Custody, Divorce, Step Children, Stepmom

My first experience as a mom was when I became a step-mom! When I married my husband, I became a step-mother to three children. During that time in our lives, custody was a scary subject. Both sides of the divorce were still living in chaos, trying to pursue healing,...

Stepkids Are Not Accidents

by Brandi Moses | Apr 11, 2018 | (4) April, Co-Parenting, Custody, Divorce, Family, Husbands, Marriage, Ours Baby, Step Children, StepDad, Stepmom, Wives

When I first joined the family, my stepdaughter shared with me that she was “an accident.” As a believer, I am acutely aware that our words have the power of life and death (Proverbs 18:21). I realized that she must have overheard an adult conversation, and it hurt...