Dr. Ciara Kelly

Yeah, I know.

I don't know.

I'm trying to remember.

Keep going though.

There was a lot of that, I'd say.

No.

Time, I think, is also important.

It won't happen overnight.

Families don't... You didn't form your relationship with your new partner overnight.

Exactly.

It took months or possibly years to get to wherever you're at that you want to live together and blend your families and all of that.

Allow that for the kids too.

It will take them months and possibly years for it to feel...

All right.

And also your children, your respective children, they don't have to be best friends with each other.

They're not actually siblings.

If they can rub along and get on and maybe see the good in each other...

I wonder, do sometimes we want it to be perfect immediately, not just because it, first of all, alleviates our stress that maybe we had about it, but also maybe in some ways it validates our decisions.

This is all perfect because, you know, I did these things and made these choices in my life, but it's all perfect.

I think sometimes...