Wives Archives - Better Than Blended

Join us for our 2019 Blended Families Fast!

by Willie and Rachel Scott | Jan 1, 2019 | (1) January, Family, Family Traditions, Husbands, Marriage, New Year, Prayer, Wives

When you think of fasting what comes to mind? No Food! Limited Food! Jesus fasted and was tempted by the devil! This isn’t bible trivia but do you know why so many people in the Bible fasted? Well, for several years, we attended a church that always began the year off...

Debunking the Myths around Summer Visitation

by Brandi Moses | Jul 16, 2018 | Blending, Co-Parenting, Family, Family Traditions, Husbands, Marriage, Prayer, Step Children, StepDad, Stepmom, Uncategorized, Wives

My stepdaughter spent 42 days with us every summer, usually broken into two chunks. That’s a lot of time with the sweet girl we only saw four days a month during the school year! I don’t know about you ladies, but I was a bit anxious the first few years,...

Blessings, Not Baggage: How Stepmoms Really Feel About Marrying a Man with Kids

by Brandi Moses | Jun 11, 2018 | (6) June, Blending, Co-Parenting, Family, Husbands, Marriage, Step Children, Stepmom, Wives

Years ago, amidst one of many uphill battles in our stepfamily life, my husband apologized for all of the “baggage” that he brought into our marriage. From his perspective, I had come into the marriage with no serious relationships, no debt, and no kids – frankly,...

The Ex Anti-Dad Movement Member

by Kathryn Abercrombie-Rodnick | Jun 6, 2018 | (6) June, Family, Husbands, Marriage, Wives

Long before I became part of a blended family, my goal was to be a single mom. Yep, you read that right. Not a single mom by divorce or death, but to start off my family with just me and a...

’Stepmom’ is (Not) a Dirty Word

by Heather Erwin | May 21, 2018 | Family, Father's Day, Marriage, Mother's Day, Step Children, Stepmom, Wives

What comes to mind when you think of a “dirty word”? I’m sure quite a few words pop in your head…hopefully the word ‘stepmom’ isn’t one of them! But in our culture, sadly, the word ‘stepmom’ can be offensive or unbecoming to some people. Maybe it’s the media, which...

What’s a Stepmom to Do with Mother’s Day?

by Brandi Moses | May 9, 2018 | Blending, Custody, Divorce, Family, Family Traditions, Husbands, Marriage, Step Children, StepDad, Stepmom, Wives

I’m not sure where I stand on the Mother’s Day holiday. Some years it passes by without incident or injury, while others I am surprised to find myself a hot mess the week of and the week after! I sat down to write this post with my head full of lofty ideas and...