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Stepmoms face crazy dynamics in their blended families. We’re here to help you stay sane. Get expert advice, practical tips, and biblical wisdom to give you the hope, help, and encouragement needed to flourish in your God-given role.
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Cheryl Shumake
- Jan 28
- 9 min
Face Like Flint: Staying Consistent in Blended-Family Fickleness
My husband and I were recently speaking with my bonus daughter. We've been doing a lot of that lately as she is preparing for the birth...
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Cheryl Shumake
- May 16, 2021
- 4 min
Meet Our 2021 Stepmom of the Year
We sat in our various spaces, over Zoom, in 3 Mid-western States, discussing how to bless stepmoms in 2021. It was time to do something...
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Cheryl Shumake
- Mar 14, 2021
- 3 min
Cease Fire: Ending the Civil War in Your Stepmomma Heart
When I chat with a Bonus Mom who tells me she can't love her stepchildren I know I'm listening to a woman whose heart is at war...
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Cheryl Shumake
- Nov 16, 2020
- 4 min
10 Holiday Wholeness Hacks: For the Bonus Mom's Soul
The most wonderful time of the year can be, under the best of circumstances, the most stress-inducing time of the year.
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Cheryl Shumake
- Oct 9, 2020
- 1 min
Inside Out: Stepmoming for His Glory Not Ours
For whom are you doing it? What's the measurement for determining success? Failure? If it's not "Well done" then perhaps it's time for a...
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Cheryl Shumake
- Sep 3, 2020
- 5 min
A Change Go'n Come
The space was in disarray ... Completely dismantled and stripped... Still, I always saw my office even as I dealt with the mess.
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Cheryl Shumake
- Jul 2, 2020
- 1 min
Traveling Light
The same Jesus who invited you to exchange His easy yoke for your heavy burden, beckons you now to know the freedom of forgiving.
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- May 7, 2020
- 7 min
Kind To Me
Without a doubt I could extend a bit more grace to myself. Maybe you can too. If you’re like me then you make every effort to forgive others
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- May 7, 2020
- 5 min
The Step-Mom Bug-out Bag
August 14th, 2003 I was suffering in the dark. How can I recall that specific date? Many of us living in East Coast and Mid-West, America...
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- Apr 24, 2020
- 5 min
What Your (Step)Kids Want You To Know, But Won’t Tell You.
A lot of that tension exists because of the gap between intention and perception.
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- Apr 19, 2020
- 6 min
Blendedly Blessed
Nothing is beyond His power to use for His glory and our good. Including our stepfamily relationships.
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- Apr 14, 2020
- 4 min
Stirred… Not Shaken
YOU’RE NOT CRAZY! It’s not all in your head. It is much harder than you ever could have imagined.
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- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
Why I Started Stepmom Sanity: It’s All For You
I was looking for stepmom resources and found very little. What I did find was helpful, but I wanted more than a book. I wanted you.
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- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
Meet Cheryl
When you really think about it, our stories aren’t so different from one another’s.
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