I Destroyed His Dreams
A stepdad said, "When I married my stepson's mother, I destroyed his dream of his parents getting back together." Yes, because many kids of divorce do hold onto that dream it's really hard when their parent marries. And that explains why the boy wasn't welcoming to the stepdad. For a long time. The stepdad's realization helped soften his heart toward his stepson and in time they found their way to each other. Dreams do die hard. And then sometimes, new dreams begin.
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A stepdad said, "When I married my stepson's mother, I destroyed his dream of his parents getting back together." Yes, because many kids of divorce do hold onto that dream it's really hard when their parent marries. And that explains why the boy wasn't welcoming to the stepdad. For a long time. The stepdad's realization helped soften his heart toward his stepson and in time they found their way to each other. Dreams do die hard. And then sometimes, new dreams begin.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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“You see, Ron, I think I destroyed his dreams.”
Ron: You see, Ron, I think I destroyed his dreams.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: It was an insight that this stepdad didn’t see for many years but when it dawned on him, it hit him like a ton of bricks. He said, “When I married my stepson’s mother, I destroyed his dream of his parents getting back together.”
Oh, yeah. Many kids of divorce do hold onto that dream. So it’s really hard when their parent marries. And that explains why the boy wasn’t so welcoming to the stepdad. For a long time. The stepdad’s realization helped soften his heart toward his stepson and in time they found their way to each other. Dreams do die hard. And then sometimes, new dreams begin. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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