by Gayla Grace | Dec 28, 2017 | attitude, Blog, stepfamily relationships, stepparenting
When I married my husband, I set out to be the perfect stepmom. I read all the books. I went to the conferences. I worked overtime to do everything right for my stepchildren. But I wasn’t a perfect stepmom. I made a lot of mistakes. After more than 20 years,...
by Gayla Grace | May 23, 2017 | Blog, grief
The stepmom role is hard. Add in grieving stepchildren and it gets even harder. Author Diane Fromme recently published a book, Stepparenting the Grieving Child: Cultivating Past and Present Connections with Children Who Have Lost a Parent. In her book, she...
by Gayla Grace | May 9, 2017 | Blog, stepparenting
Some days your body wears out, you get run down, and then you’re sick. Maybe it’s a stomach virus, the flu, an upper respiratory illness…it doesn’t matter WHAT the illness is, just THAT it is. In order to recover, we make changes to our...
by Gayla | Jan 31, 2011 | Blog, stepfamily relationships, stepparenting choices, successful stepparenting
Sensitive issues in stepfamilies can rise up unexpectedly and bring inner turmoil like a gust of wind. Some issues can be easily resolved with few lingering afteraffects, but other challenges create traps that stepfamilies get hung in and linger on for months if...
