by Gayla Grace | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, stepfamily relationships
It’s early August and school will be starting soon (it has actually already started for our son). The kids will have practice or lessons after school, and they may be juggling their...
by Gayla Grace | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog, encouragement
Sisterhood of Stepmoms (SOS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping any woman dating, engaged or married to a man with kids find help, hope, and healing. We walk alongside women to offer answers to the challenges that accompany the journey. Our SOS team is...
by Gayla Grace | Jul 11, 2017 | Blog, stepfamily relationships
I wanted a peaceful home. Harmony and order. Randy and I were newly married, and I’d hoped our kids would get along and be kind to each other. I soon realized that was more like...
by Gayla Grace | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog, Faith, hope
When it comes to the stepparenting journey, the path is often full of potholes. Some so deep they’ll swallow us whole if we let them. In my own journey, there have been times when I wanted to give up. To quit. To move on. But I didn’t. I chose to continue....
by Gayla Grace | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
One phone call. That’s all it took to change our stepfamily forever. “I just got the news. She passed away earlier today,” my husband said. The finality of the words stung. I thought about my teenage stepchildren facing life without their mom. Saddened, my...