Sunday was Father's Day. I don't typically look forward to any holiday because of how much work it takes to coordinate four families schedules just so we can sit down and have a meal together on "THE" day. Father's day is no exception.

Last week, I went to Sex and the City 2 and laughed hysterically at Samantha going through her menopause adventures and her worship of Suzanne Somers as her menopause savior. I thought it was even funnier when we walked out of the theatre and boom there's a table set up with Suzanne Somers books and supplements. I remember remarking to myself, I'm glad that's not me, I'm 8 years away from being as OLD as Samantha and dealing with that crap!

Nope I'm not kidding! So how do we get to four families. Well it's complicated...

I started this blog to share my experiences with blending our families. In an effort to protect those who didn't have a choice in being mentioned, I made the decision to change their names. So before I share some deeper issues of our family dynamics let me introduce to you "our" kids.....

Every anniversary we have chosen to go away without the kids to celebrate. For us, having three divorces between the two of us, we have been extremely mindful of the fact that each anniversary we reach happily is a huge milestone.

Raylan and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on Friday! I wondered on many occasions if we would actually make it this far. Honestly, between all our kids and the other families it feels like our blended family has shared a lifetime of experiences already. I'm not complaining, just taking stock in the fact that most 2nd marriages/blended families have a huge failure rate, so to reach 10 years feels pretty damn awesome!