Blended Families.

Blended Families

Valerie Coleman

Pen of the Writer, LLLC,

5523 Salem Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45426

0978606604 $14.95

Powerful Heartwarming Stories of Blended Family Relationships

Valerie Coleman has edited and compiled this anthology of heart warming and heart breaking stories. Each story illustrates in a unique way the complexities of making blended families work successfully. Each author or contributor has provided practical pointers which represent every aspect of blended families.

Award winning Christian authors reinforce the importance of the book through their contributions and strengthen and augment the principles shared by the other contributors. I was deeply moved by Vanessa Miller's fictional account of the Biblical story of Hannah's prayer for a child. I appreciated Kevin Wayne Johnson's challenge to a commitment to fatherhood. Dr. Vivi Monroe Congress presented an excellent working definition of blended families, illustrations from Biblical families, and a summary of God's design for the family.

Coleman provided a first-rate write up of the case study done by Dr. Brenda Mc Kinney, M. S., L. S. W., high lighting the idiosyncrasies and innuendos that reflect relationship dynamics in the blended family setting. "Blended Families" provides Biblical principles and practical examples to explore as you prepare for or are already positioned in a single parenting or blended family relationship. Money issues, custody issues, and extended family relationships are all important concerns covered in this comprehensive, well organized anthology.

This anthology is a valuable resource, with a Christian emphasis, for anyone contemplating becoming a part of a blended family or already deeply involved in the process of working out these complex relationships. Coleman's work is moving, practical, well articulated, and heart warming.