by Gayla Grace | Nov 25, 2014 | Blog, thankfulness
“I always look perfect. I never have a bad hair day.” Really?? I wanted to ask the teen girl as I heard her talking to her friends. Did she believe that? Was that the standard she was seeking to meet? That’s a hard way to live. For anyone. It results...
by Gayla Grace | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog, thankfulness
I couldn’t stop the tears that streamed down my cheeks as I drove away from my parent’s house. I had accepted the fact that Mom had dementia several months ago and life would never be the same. But my heart was breaking as I watched the cruel illness...
by Gayla Grace | Apr 17, 2014 | Blog, Easter, forgiveness, stepfamily relationships, successful stepparenting, thankfulness
As we head into the Easter week-end, I can’t help but think about forgiveness. I’m forever grateful for Christ’s sacrifice on the cross that offers forgiveness of sin. But sometimes forgiveness and how to apply forgiveness in our stepfamilies can be...
by Gayla Grace | Nov 27, 2013 | Blog, stepfamily holiday tips, thankfulness
It’s easy to take our everyday blessings for granted in America. As I listen to my daughter’s daily life in Mozambique, Africa I realize how blessed I am. I’m thankful I get to do my laundry in a washing machine instead of a bucket. I’m...
by Gayla | Nov 11, 2011 | Blog, stepfamily holiday tips, thankfulness
Many blended families are beginning to make visitation schedules for the holidays and I hear co-parents grumbling about the stress of making it work. I love what Heather Hetchler shared in our e-book, “Thriving at the Holidays: A Stepparent’s Guide to...
by Gayla | Nov 4, 2011 | Blog, Change, Faith, thankfulness
“I have a lesion on my kidney. The doctors are running more tests today. Please pray for me.” “My friend’s 2-year-old daughter has just been diagonsed with a malignant brain tumor. Please pray for them.” These are words I’ve heard...
by Gayla | Mar 31, 2011 | attitude, Blog, Faith, stepfamily relationships, surrender, thankfulness
“When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,Count your many blessings, name them one by one,And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done. Count your blessings, name them one by one,Count your blessings,...
by Gayla | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog, Faith, Grace, Scripture for Stepfamily Life, thankfulness
“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight...
by Gayla | Nov 8, 2010 | attitude, Blog, stepfamily relationships, successful stepparenting, thankfulness
I’ll never forget the counselor’s words when my husband and I began seeing a therapist at the beginning of our marriage. “You might consider it a privilege to take part in parenting your stepchildren. Could you...