Blending Religions

When you blend a family you have to make compromises, very early on in our relationship I made it clear that I would not convert back to Catholicism, he made it clear he would most likely never convert to Mormonism. It was a great understanding, until we realized we had nine little ones who will look to us for religious guidance one day. We made a deal, neither of us can pressure the kids into our religion. We would both educate them, but not bad mouth either religion. Which hasn't been an issue, I was Catholic for 18 years of my life so I can answer questions for both sides and I really only left the faith because of questions I couldn't get answered but the Mormon faith was able to answer them for me. Jason has nothing against Mormons, he just likes beer too much-he is not an alcoholic he's just Irish. With all that being said we decided the kids won't be baptized until they are able to choose their religion of their choice. In my faith the age is 8, so we decided to give them the option then and to support them in whatever they chose. I realized growing up if you force someone to believe in something it ends up hurting them in the end and they end up hating it, I don't want that for my kids and will fully support them. We've even talked about what we would do if one of our kids chose a different religion entirely, we wouldn't have an issue with it as long as they can back up why they believe that's the correct religion. Religion is a serious subject and a personal one in my opinion, you shouldn't feel forced to believe in a certain one just because your family believes in it, the reason I chose to be Mormon is because I felt like it was right. It's hard to explain, but while I read The Book of Mormon I got this intense feeling in me, it was warm and comforting and it felt like someone was hugging me. I read some more and kept getting the same feeling, I felt like it was God telling me to choose this. So, I did. I want that same feeling to happen for my kids, I want them to believe whatever it is and believe with their whole heart. I want them to know that their decision won't upset me and I will be proud of them for making their own choice, blending a family isn't easy. Blending religions is just as hard, but it is possible. Trust me.