Family Dynamics

Thought I would share some background on my life. I am the youngest of 5, Michele, Tamara, Rich, Larry, and then me. We all share our mom, Michele has her dad, Tam & Rich share one, Mom was married to him and Larry and I have same biological dad, Mom was married to him. I say it like that as Wendell was more Larry’s dad then mine. My dad is Dayton Paulson, he is who raised me. He married my mom when I was a baby. They divorced when I was 16, but he is still my dad and is there for me. My mom remarried when I was 16 to Scott. He has 2 children, Ben, and Jennifer. They are both younger then me. But never had considered them my step siblings. Mom is currently divorced from Scott.

It seemed normal for me growing up to have Tammy, and Rich only over at holidays. With Larry and I going to see Wendell. I thought everyone had a dad and a poppa, and siblings that didn’t live with them.

We are all grown up know. Michele lives in Alabama, is married. Her oldest son lives in MN and youngest son and daughter live in WI. Tammy is divorced and live in MN with 2 sons. Rich is married lives in MN both daughters in MN, one at home, one on own. Larry is divorced lives in MN his sons live with him, daughter with ex-wife. And then there is me. I am married, live in MN all three kids live at home still. Girls are 23, & 21, son is 18. I also have a grandson that I kind of adopted. His mom was one of the cheerleaders I coached. He is a joy to have, and can’t wait until my kids have babies.

So there is a little insight to my family dynamics. I’ll talk more about growing up another time. After all it is part of how I was shaped, and how I deal with life.