Stepping Out Tuesday! Talking about Discipline
Discipline is always an issue in stepfamilies. Sometimes tension develops when making decisions regarding what issues need to involve the stepparent, and what issues should be handled by the birth parent without discussion. We debate what information should...30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 29
Driving through the country back roads I see it, all large, bright and round up above the treetops. Slowing down, I turn off the headlight to the car for just a moment, and the light of the moon is bright enough to for me to navigate down the road without any extra...30 Days to a Better Step Family – Day 23
Long before I was a stepmother, I was the neighborhood mom. There have always been children in and around my home. Sometimes it got a little crazy. One day, the boys were outside jumping out of the two story oak tree in our front yard. Going out, I cautioned them...30 Days to a Better Stepfamily –Day 22
The greatest gift you can give a family is grace. Whether birth or step, family needs an unending supply of grace. Grace cannot stand without love, coming down like beams of light into the heart of one who is to give it away. It does, it must, come down from heaven...
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