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Amy Robachand husbandAndrew Shueare hoping their experience as a blended family can help others learn to find common ground.
Since tying the knot in 2010, Robach and Shue have been raising a blended family (whom they affectionately call the “ShueBachians”) with their five children from previous marriages, sons Nate, 25, Aidan 23, and Wyatt Shue, 18, plus daughters Ava, 18, and Annalise McIntosh, 15.
“We felt that there was a story in our family’s story that could resonate with blended families, but also could just resonate with people in general in the country who are struggling a little bit to find the love and the common ground that we all share,” Andrew tells PEOPLE.
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TheGMA3: What You Need to Knowco-anchor explains that the idea forBetter Togetherbegan when she and Andrew first brought their families together and would use the animals in their backyard as a metaphor for their new blended family.
Along with learning how to get along as a family, Amy says another “cool lesson” from the children’s book is that “your way isn’t the only way and it’s not even necessarily the best way.”
“Learning from other people about how they do things or what they like to eat or what they like to do, you can learn a whole new set of skills,” Amy adds. “The whole better together concept is just teaching people that it’s not about whose side you’re on or who did it better. It’s about coming together.”
“I think that was the most beautiful part of it, just to see how well and how willing they were to ultimately love each other. That was a beautiful thing,” Amy says.
Adds Andrew: “We’re able to see the fruits of our labor, and see how the kids are all getting along and how much they appreciate each other, even though they aren’t blood relatives, that they too have built a family and a sense of family.”
Better Togetheris available on bookshelves now.
source: people.com
