The Relatively Blended Team
In 2021 our extremly close family experienced two divorces, my marriage was one of them. Both couples decided that not only were we going to do everything we could to co parent effectively and possibly be friends, but we were going to keep this whole family together.
Our titles may have changed, but we didn't stop loving each other. My brother-in-law never stopped being my brother. My nieces and nephews would never stop being my nieces and nephews. We were blended for life!
Families that have unique dynamics often have a hard time finding the right words, and those words are never in the cards on the store shelves. And even when you do find something kinda close, they never LOOK like us! We created Relatively Blended for the unrepresented families that deserve to be SEEN! As the product line grows, we hope to continue to find more ways to represent more families of every dynamic, race, religion, ability, and sexual orientation.
We also hope to share more about who we are, the crazy family tree this picture represents, and how we work together to never lose our connection!
Charles City's Finest
Henry and Josie, my forever in-loves, grew up, fell in love, and raised two boys Jeff and Justin in Charels City County, VA.
Jeff and Angela's Story
About 100 years ago, Jeff and Angela met at a Chi-Chis Mexican Restaurant (that tells you how long ago that was). They were in and out of each other's lives for many years before they finally got married and blended their kids.
Jeff had a son and daughter, Angela was helping to raise her baby sister, and then together they are raising my niece and nephews.
Also pictured their grandbabies, my super sweet little gummy bear of a nephew, and that little sour patch kid niece of mine.
Nichole and Justin's Story
Justin and I (in the orange) met when we were in our early 20s. He became my best friend and we had two beautiful children together during our 15 year marriage. But as is life, we grew apart romanticly, but our friendship never waivered.
Fast forward 3 years post separation, and we are raising our two children and our god daughter together, and with the support of Justin's fiancé Brettani!
Not pictured: The puppies Apollo and Skylar as well as my boo (whoever and wherever he is, come get me!!!)
We're Not New to This!
This whole blended family thing is nothing new to us! When Justin and I first started dating, I brought him to my Grandmother's 80th Birthday party. All of my mom's family was there (it was her momma), my Bonus Dad and his family was there, and my Daddy and his family was there. It wasn't until Justin said something about how "cool" that was watching everyone interacting and laughing together, that I realized it wasn't how every family functioned and just how lucky I was.
My parents (blue shirt and white shirt) were married for a few volatile years (who told two Scorpios to marry each other), but after a number of years and a lot of healing, they not only began to coparent, they became friends again. My Bonus Dad (cool guy on the right), and my Daddy became great friends too. During a family function, they wouldn't take a smoke break without the other! My baby sister (the cute one on the left) was absolutely loved by my mom, and her mom and my mom also got along (trauma bonding over Daddy). They were the example set for me years ago. When the discussion of separation came up, there was never a question as to how we were going to do this. They taught us well, and hopefully they are smiling from heaven!
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