Your money, your life, your future now becky quick. We begin with a blended family thats when one or both spouses bring at least one child from a previous relationship to their new marriage and as Sharon Epperson reports, for many step parents, combining families and finances can be particularly challenging special blend is this weeks cover story. At first glance, ronnie and lamar are a typical family they own a Media Company and live outside of atlanta with their four children. The two got married 14 years ago. It was basically love at first sight for lamar. For ronnie. They are blended. A couple that joins together with the children from one or both of their previous relationships. Ronnie already had two children before meeting lamar the couple had the youngest two after they married it kind of blindsided me. I wasnt intentional about what does this mean for me, my husband, for my kids navigating the complexities of a blended family can be difficult enough so couples often put off ha