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What Your (Step)Kids Want You To Know, But Won’t Tell You
That underlying, constant tension which lies between your reality and what you expected when you and Bae came together is what is causing...
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20245 min read
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5 Money Moves Every Stepfamily Needs to Make
How we handle money will either promote peace of mind or unnecessarily complicate our lives. Under any circumstance it is important to...
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20246 min read
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Co-parenting for Change
Conversation #1: Me: EX*, if you and your wife, keep talking badly about me, you’re just going to put Daughter* in a position of having...
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20247 min read
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FOR DADS ONLY: Disneyland Dads
Jimmy and Michael came running into the kitchen where their mother, Andrea, stood chopping vegetables. They were out of breath and full...
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20248 min read
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Grandparenting Step by Step: Do's and Don'ts
When people ask me about my grandparents, I automatically talk about Grandma Beulah and Granddaddy, and Grandma. They are my parents’...
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20245 min read
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How Conflict Serves
My first marriage collapsed under the strain of piled-up resentment. My first husband and I never learned how to make peace. We kept...
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20246 min read
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5 More Money Moves Every Stepfamily Needs to Make
You thought we only had 5 money moves for you?! Please!!! That last money moves post was meant to get the conversation started for you....
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20245 min read
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Emotional Budgeting: 4 Line Items We Can No Longer Afford to Carry
When Jonathan and I feel the need to tighten up our budget we first start looking for dispensable expenses; those unnecessary things on...
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20245 min read
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Face Like Flint: Staying Consistent in Blended-Family Fickleness
Jonathan and I sat down to chat with our daughter (his bio/my bonus) while she was pregnant with our first grandchild. During that...
Cheryl Chenault-Shumake
Jun 15, 20248 min read
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