What A Blended Family Goes Through

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What A Blended Family Goes Through

By Kaycee Nilson
May 17, 2006

I have a friend that has a teenager that hates her fiancé. In fact, the child has threatened to kill the fiancé in his sleep. My friend had no other option but to stand her ground because she has other children to think of and what would the teenager do if the other children made her mad?

My friend has lost sleep over this. I told her that she is practicing tough love. But I don’t think that she is really thinking that way. Her teenager has stated time and time again that my friend has picked her fiancé over her own children, but in this case, I think that my friend has picked her other two children’s safety.

I cannot imagine what pain she is going through. She banned the teen from her home. I know I have spent time with her crying on the phone and I feel for her. Every time I talk to her she is crying her eyes out. I gave her the name and number of my psychiatrist, but I don’t think it will do any good.

I hate to see such despair in a person. Especially when I know she’s a good mother and has had trouble with her teenager for a long time now. She has been through so much with that child that it’s not funny.

I’m keeping anonymity in this piece because I know she wouldn’t want the world to know who she is and who her teen is. It’s the last thing I could do for her.

I had to write about it because I feel pain. That’s my problem; I tend to take other’s pain for my own possession. I just cry at night thinking about my friend. She’s such a good person and has been through a lot that she doesn’t deserve the treatment she’s received.

And the sad part is, her own teenager didn’t call her on Mother’s Day because the teen feels that they are in the right. There is nothing sadder than a child thinking that they can cut off contact with their parent because they disagree on a simple thing.

Divorce and a blended family aren’t easy for the bravest of people. Even I have had my own problems with this issue. But nothing what my friend is going through.

I’m asking that all that know what a blended family goes through with problems please keep a candle lit for my friend. She needs all the prayers she can get.

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About the author: Kaycee Nilson has completed her first novel, "Night Falls on Chicago." The first two chapters can be viewed at http://www.KayceeNilson.com.

Besides writing columns for Useless-Knowledge and Speedway Media, Kaycee is currently working on two more novels, "From the Mind of a Vampire", and "I'll Love You Til You Die."

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Email: Kaycee@kayceenilson.com

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