My family is definately not how I pictured it. When I got married at 23 I thought we'd live happily ever after. Five years and 2 kids later, my husband and I split up. It was not an easy decision and not one we took lightly. We had tried hard to make it work, going to marriage counselling twice but it was just not working. Although I was sad that my marriage had failed, I was happier (and a better mom) after the split.
At this point, Bill had been separated for almost a year after being married for 15. He was living as a stay at home dad to his 3 kids full time. We used to be neighbors, had stayed friends and yes, he was a good friend of my husbands. Our kids were like cousins to each other. Although his kids are older than mine, they always got along well and we often did activities together as a group. Bill and I would drink coffee during the day while the kids were at school and because he doesn't drive I would take him to get groceries and run errands. On weekends, we'd get the kids together to play and hang out. Our families had been hanging out for years, the only difference now was that we were 2 single parents hanging out with our kids instead of 2 families.
Fast forward a couple months and I realized that I had started to have some pretty strong feelings for this guy! It wasn't long before he admitted he'd been feeling the same way about me. And so a couple months later when I needed to find a place to live, my kids and I moved in. And that's how we became a family with 2 adults, 5 kids and 3 dogs!
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