by Gayla Grace | Jul 24, 2018 | Blog, Trust
Excerpt from Stepparenting with Grace: Devotional for Blended Families Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. —Proverbs 3:5-6 “Why are you so untrusting, Mom?”...
by Gayla Grace | Mar 6, 2018 | Blog, Fear, Uncategorized
I remember the scene of years’ past. I couldn’t stop the tears that spilled down my cheeks as I hugged my daughter goodbye. Saying goodbye for eight months as my 22-year-daughter left to carry out her calling in Mozambique had left a knot in the pit of my...
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...
by Gayla Grace | Aug 20, 2013 | Blog, Change, Fear, perseverance
Today marks the nine year anniversary of the loss of my stepchildren’s mother after a fierce battle with colon cancer. It’s always a hard month for them as they reflect on life without her. When I married my husband, I had no way of knowing such a tragedy...
by Gayla | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog, Faith, Fear
This month marks the eight year anniversary of the loss of my stepchildren’s mother after a fierce battle with colon cancer. It’s always a hard month for them as they reflect on life without her. When I married my husband, I had no way of knowing such a...