A Better House Blend

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When the Emerlings married eight years ago, Rachelle and Jillian often argued. One might scream at the other, "That's my shirt!" Now, at 17, they share clothes. It's not perfect, and it has taken work, says Emerling, "but we really are a family. I always wished our family would be seamless, not 'his' or 'mine.' But now I know that a blended family doesn't have to be seamless to be full of love."