An Open Letter to Everyone, about My Blended Family
First of all, I want to start off by saying thank you to my awesome wife, I could not do this with out her by my side. I also want to thank everyone that has supported our family as we have come together, as one, over these past three years. We could not have come this far without your support. My wife and I have seven children together. My wife has two girls and a son, and I have three girls, and a son. There ages range from ten to five, and we both have full custody.
We would like everyone to understand that we are a family. Yes, we are a large family which isn’t as common anymore, so we get our fare share of looks, and always the infamous do you know what causes this? Yes, we know how kids are made. We are also not a group of people that you need to stop in the store and try to figure out how many twins we have because the kids are so close in age. We do not need to be questioned by anyone because they can’t figure out how my wife had seven kids, no twins, and there ages range from five to ten.
The problems we deal with day to day are hard enough on our family, so please stop trying to figure us out. We are a family, and that is all that matters.
Our house is crazy. I mean seven kids, two dogs, one cat, a bunny, and most of the neighborhood kids kind of crazy. There is never a dull moment, and if there is, someone is up to something. If you do not like the way we do things, please leave. We are trying to bring together seven children, that were raised completely different, and have seven different personalities. It is not an easy task, and we did not get an instruction manual. We deal with her ex-husband, my ex-wife, and everyone in between that tells us how we should be doing everything.
Over the few years that we have all been together, we have learned many new ways of doing things and how to handle all kinds of situations. We have learned to celebrate holidays on whatever day we are all together. And guess what, the kids do not care what day Christmas is on. They know Santa will find them. We have learned that life is not fair. Her kids go here, and get this, and see the latest movies, while my kids have to beg and plead, for a second of their mother’s attention, when she is with them. We have learned how to divide up our time with all seven kids. The most imortant thing my wife and I have learned though, is to not care about the nosey people, with way too many questions in the grocery store.
We are a family and that’s all that matters!
