To get me and understand the impact of all of these struggles, I felt I should tell the story of my family, how we came to be, and how we have managed.
I met Daniel in 2013, right after we had both gotten divorced. We met online through a church dating website and it was so crazy how many connections we had through friends and family. After we got to know each other pretty well, we decided we were meant to be a forever family.
There’s a ton of comical stuff to say about our relationships beginning but I don’t think you want to read a book so I won’t give you every single detail.
Daniel and I had a rough beginning because of the borderline which I didn’t know about at the time. Borderline is sometimes referred to as the I hate you, I need you disorder. You love someone so much but then you just push them away because of trust. Not because of them. It is because of something they had no part of. I can’t tell you how many times I cried divorce.
Anyhow, we got married five days after what was supposed to be our wedding date because I called it off. Again borderline/possibly bipolar. Despite all of the dark times of my mental illness, we have had many good times. I have three girls and he had two girls. I will refer to each by their first initial when talking about them. For reference, upon marriage, I had ages 3, 6, and 8. He had ages 3 and 5. All girls. So much fun. I’m definitely a girl mom.
After we were together for a year and a half, T came along. Our only boy. He is his dads twin in every sense of the word. I think after he came, things escalated so much. Looking back I can see so much more clearly.
Two and half years after T was born, we added our caboose whom we had not expected to have, but felt inspired to have and we followed that inspiration. Man, I do not regret that. Someday I will explain the dynamics of that part of our life.
In the end, at this point in life, we have: M(14), H(12), M(11), C(9), K(9), T(4), and K(2)!! There are 6 girls and 1 boy. Some people feel we have our hands full and I have to explain that it doesn’t feel that way. We mesh so well. We aren’t all together full time so when a time comes that we are all together, you better believe I make as many memories as I can. They’re all my world.
That’s us in a nutshell. There’s days we have problems but there are so many more memories than bad. We truly are a blessed family.
Roses are Red 