Daughters meeting birth mother
Me and my husband have been married since 2011. I had 3 biological children and he had 2. My childrens' father is in their lives and we have your typical standard visitation schedule. My husbands ex walked out when the girls we're 3 and 6months old. They are now almost 14 and almost 11. I legally adopted them in 2013. Now they are getting older and they want to meet her. This would be less of an issue if she didn't live 20 minutes away and we see her frequently. Girls don't recognize her, thank God. She never fought me for guardianship and even had visitation prior to that. It was NEVER excersized. They know me as mom. We got them into counseling to prepare for them to meet her. They know she had another child before them that she also gave up. And our almost 14yr old knows of her drug use and partying. Her and my husband were not perfect by no means and cheated constantly on each other. But because that is still their mother they feel the need to meet her which I respect that. I came from a broken home also so I understand how and why they feel that way. Any advice for our family as we start pushing this process through?