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The Blended Thing: Post One

We had just gotten the kids to bed.   Me: Ready for some Designated Survivor? B: Lauren, I want to talk to you about something. Me: B: I want you to hear me out completely.  He paused.   B: I think sometimes you assume the worst about me…when it comes to Wes. Me: No I don’t! B, I would never do that to you. B: For example, today when we were talking on the phone and I had talked to Ethan and Layla and I asked if you guys were headed home…You immediately assumed I had forgotten about Wes. Me: Well, you didn’t ask to talk to him.    B: Lauren, I was merely asking a question. Me forgetting Wes is not a plausible scenario. He is a spiritual son to me now. God has designed us to become one family. I would never, could never, forget about our son Wes.  My frame was stationary, my heart felt stagnant. Then he asked something of me. B: Would you be willing to trust me? And when I say trust me, I mean to believe the best about the situatio