Maybe slightly odd

It didn't really occur to me until we were walking into Safeway together... Here were three people going to buy some food for Christmas Eve. It just seemed like an odd combination when I thought about it.... As we walked through the store I had to chuckle when Jabba (my ex husband) showed me that he was wearing his pentacle ring. He's not out of the "broom closet" (as they call it). His Wiccan beliefs are private and his family and friends don't know about it. I'm not sure why he was being so "brave" right then, but alas, he was. As we came around a corner and saw a couple that we used to know from our Catholic Parish, I thought, "Wow... small world." When we ran into them again, they stopped me and re-introduced themselves to me. "Aahhhh yes - I remember you!" I said. They remembered the couple with all of the kids, and they immediately asked if the third person in our Safeway trio was one of our sons. I kind of stammered... Brenden is my son, but not really.. He's "B"s son, but I love him like my own. So I said, "Brenden is my fiancee's son" I said. The couple looked beyond puzzled... LOL Here I am, standing with my ex-husband and my fiancee's son and a cartful of groceries. That HAD TO look weird! LOL

It's all so natural to all of us. Jabba and B are best friends and his two sons know Jabba and he likes them both. I guess not too many broken families are this close. It might've looked odd to them, but it was really natural to all of us. :)