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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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Emotional Budgeting: 4 Line Items We Can No Longer Afford
In other words life is too short to continuously operate at an emotional loss. There are some things we can no longer afford.
Cheryl Shumake
Apr 18, 20204 min read
Stirred… Not Shaken
YOU’RE NOT CRAZY! It’s not all in your head. It is much harder than you ever could have imagined.
Cheryl Shumake
Apr 14, 20204 min read
Surviving Success
For every 50 believers in Christ who overcome adversity there’s only one who overcomes Success.
Cheryl Shumake
Apr 10, 20205 min read
Riding the Wave: Finding Peace When Life See-Saws
When you’re a person a lot of people turn to, you can sometimes feel like you have no place to go.
Cheryl Shumake
Apr 8, 20203 min read
An Inconvenient Grace (or How a Black Girl Wrestled with God in a Parking Lot)
I’m not naively advocating for a passive response to racism. And neither, I might add, does the Word of God.
Cheryl Shumake
Apr 6, 20204 min read
Receiving Forgiveness
God’s nature is calibrated for holiness. Compared to His Light, any dimming of righteousness is utter darkness. Not dusky, dawn-ish, or gra
Cheryl Shumake
Apr 5, 20204 min read
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.
Cheryl Shumake
Apr 1, 20202 min read
Meet Cheryl
When you really think about it, our stories aren’t so different from one another’s.
Cheryl Shumake
Apr 1, 20202 min read
5 Money Moves Every Stepfamily Needs to Make
How we handle money will either facilitate peace of mind or unnecessarily complicate our lives.
Cheryl Shumake
Mar 31, 20206 min read
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