A picture he took of me with a new camera while on a weekend away in the mountains.
Hi and welcome. I have to tell you I am really struggling with this introduction. Full transparency… I have been staring at this screen drawing a blank. Where does one start when formally putting themselves out to the world? I’m almost 40 years old and this is definitely not my online cotillon. (18th century formal ball in which debutants are presented to society) So what is this then? What is the blog about?
Well, it is about me, and all the revolutions around the sun. It is about loss, and trauma as well as love and humour all wrapped up in my charming blended family. Here my husband and I talk about finding love again, our philosophies on parenting and partnering as well as how we set up our homelife.
Without giving too much away, I came into this new chapter of my life limping like a wounded warrior. I was divorced with two very young kids. A lovely girl and a sweet boy. I met a beautiful man whos’ limp resembled mine with two wonderful boys of his own. The meeting is where it really all starts. A love story, no different than any other. Divorced mom of two meets divorced dad of two and fall hopelessly in love and have so very many details to work out for the sake of the kids.
At times I might go further back and reference my youth or young adult life but really this blog is about the decisions that led us to now. The right here and now. The life we lead in the home we took down to the studs and rebuilt for our kids. Shortly after deciding to blend, when I thought the most challenging issues would be converting his 3 bd, 1.5 bath house into a five bd 3.5 bath home for a family of 6, we were dealing with life altering losses, readjusting living arrangements, and talking about a puppy. We are going to dive deep into all of it.
Here you will discover two people that love, love; and almost gave up on it. A mom and a dad (or depending on what set of kids are hollering for us, a Stacey and a Ryan) who think raising humble humans is the most important jobs we have. And the lengths we will go to secure home as a safe place to land.
Stacey
FerryTails Explained
Why “FerryTails”? Well because my life has been anything but a Children’s Book. Those Stories are called “Fairy tales.” Instead, in the pages of my book you will find tragic loss, pain and trauma and yet I find myself so very happy. I have slayed my dragon; I triumphed over the giants and find myself married to a real-life Knight.
Don’t be fooled, I have never been a damsel. Together we fly under the flag Ferry. We protect a kingdom where kids are free to soak up all that childhood has to offer and where dogs (tails) sleep at our feet.