Blending two families can be a beautiful experience. Just like an artist taking two paints, red and blue, and blending them into the most magnificent magenta, the canvas of a blended family is a mix of colors and emotions that is not to be rivaled! Blended families take two or more biological families and mix them together with marriage, adoption, step-parenting, or half-siblings into a beautiful masterpiece of family!
Blended family quotes celebrate that unique, and often messy work of art that is a blended family. We recognize the difficult times of mixing multiple family structures together as well as the joyous celebration of expanding the family to include more colorful personalities and even more love!
We’ve gathered together Beautiful Blended Family Quotes, Fun Blended Family Quotes, Inspiring Blended Family Quotes, and the Best Blended Family Quotes! You’ll find these serve as inspiration for the difficult days and joyous for the days of celebration!
Beautiful Blended Family Quotes
- “Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child.” -Tony Gaskins
- “The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach
- “Family isn’t defined only by last names or by blood; it’s defined by commitment and by love. It means showing up when they need it most. It means having each other’s backs. It means choosing to love each other even on those days when you struggle to like each other. It means never giving up on each other!” -Dave Willis
- “When it feels as if you can’t do right by the other parent, do right by your step-child instead. You’ll never fail with their best interest at heart.” – Jessica James
- There will always be steps you can take toward unity in your blended family. You will make—one step at a time! –Donna Houpe
- “Live one day at a time (or one moment if you have to). Blend little by little and celebrate even the smallest breakthrough.” – Andi Parker-Kimbrough
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“We had grown into one another somewhere along the way. We were officially a team.” –Shannon A. Thompson
Fun Blended Family Quotes
- “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” – Jane Howard
- “Family is a lifejacket in the stormy sea of life.” — J.K. Rowling
- “Who cares if another woman or man loves your child, plays with your child, or builds a healthy relationship with your child – either way your child is benefiting. Did you read that? YOUR CHILD IS BENEFITING. That’s what’s important – nothing else.” — Jessica James
- “The secret to blending families is… There is no secret. It’s scary and awesome and ragged and perfect and always changing. Love and laugh hard, try again tomorrow, but that’s life advice, right?” -Mir Kamin
- One of the most important lessons our children have learned from divorces is that some things in life can come to an end, but that’s okay because something new is manifested. In our case, it’s a blended family that has respect, love, trust, authenticity, and a sense of fun. –Jennifer Kessler
- Enjoy the little things in life… for one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things. –Robert Brault
- The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life. –Richard Bach
Inspiring Blended Family Quotes
- “What I’m doing isn’t about me, it’s about the two little kids that my husband brought into my life. It is about them and making sure that they feel safe, happy, and supported.” -Rose Quinn
- “Don’t worry if you’re not an instant, happily-ever-after blended family. Expect to endure “I give up” days and rejoice in the “I can do this” days. It will take work, dedication, an excellent sense of humor, and a strong resolve. But hey, since when has any family taken the easy route? We don’t do “easy” – we do “worth it!” -Jessica James
- “Families don’t have to match. You don’t have to look like someone else to love them.” – Leigh Anne Tuohy
- “A step-sibling is one giant step in growing in life, together.” – Sally Painter
- “Instead of raising children who turn out okay despite their childhood, let’s raise children who turn out extraordinary because of their childhood.” – L.R. Knost
- “I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.” – Maya Angelou
- “Stop thinking that things are going to be perfect. It’s not going to happen. The kids will not get along all the time, the house will not always be quiet, you will not always hear ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ It isn’t realistic. What is realistic is taking stock of how incredibly lucky you are to have more children to love and to guide.” – Kellee Mulkerin-Ford
The Best Blended Family Quotes
- “Lookin’ back all I can say about all the things he did for me is I hope I’m at least half the dad that he didn’t have to be.” -Brad Paisley
- “For those of you that say, ‘This is not what I signed up for,’ remember that life is not built for your comfort. Life is built by lessons that test you, and push you with every possibility of either demolishing your foundation or reinforcing it!” – Jessica James
- “The truth is that the way our exes, our partner’s exes or even our step-kids see us isn’t always about us – it’s about them and their struggles, insecurities, fears or limitations. You don’t have to allow their judgment to become your truth.” -Daniell Koepke
- “Sibling relationships outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust.” – Erica E. Goode
- “At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of the parents.” – Jane D. Hull
Conclusion
There’s joy in blending a family. Taking two separate things and making them into one messy but beautiful thing! It’s hard work, but so worth it! We hope you can reach out and share your joys and sorrows with us along your journey. Leave us a comment, and check out these great and Inspiring Co-Parenting Quotes!
