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5 Steps When You are Coping With the loss of a Father

Dear Grieving Daughter, Grieving the loss of a father is heartbreaking. My heart breaks for you. It truly does. I don’t know if you grew up with an absent father, if he passed away, or if he was the best father in the world but no longer on the planet. Whatever your...

Surprise the Kids With the Gift of Disney World

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We haven’t been on a vacation in many years, so we wanted to surprise our girls, 17 and 9, with a Disney World trip. My 17 year old had already been 3 times but it was when she was younger and couldn’t remember much. They had both been asking for Disney...

1 Simple Rule We Need to Teach Our Kids

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Somewhere along the way, we have quit teaching the Golden Rule to our kids. You know what the golden rulle is. Right? Well, just in case, let me remind you. Do to others as you would have them do to you. Luke 6:31. Does it sound familiar? Gradually, over time, we quit...

An Open Letter to Give you Hope Despite Hurt

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Dear Hurting Christian, My heart breaks for you right now, especially when you are struggling to find hope. I can’t imagine what it must be like to endure all that you have endured. Maybe your hurt comes from the loss of someone near and dear to you. Or maybe it was...

Unique Gift Ideas You Need to Celebrate Mom

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12 Gift Ideas to Celebrate Mom While we celebrate Mother’s Day once every year, there are always opportunities to help Mom feel special beyond that one day every year. Gift ideas are challenging to me because I usually want to give more than my budget will...

The Forgotten Secret to Stop Bullying

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My heart hurts right now. When my 9-year old daughter came home from school the other day, I asked her how her day was. She replied that it “wasn’t too good” and she was sad. I asked her what had happened, and she followed up with, “I sat by myself at recess.” My...

5 Steps to Break Free From Fear and Start Living Your Dreams

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I have a few questions for you. What obstacle do you allow to stand in your way from living your dreams? What stops you from changing in an area of your life that is a struggle, year after year? I could also ask this question in many other ways… What stops you...

Top 10 in 2017: Most Popular Blog Posts on Sincerely Christi

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I’m so excited to share with you my most popular blog posts from 2017. These are posts that got the most pageviews, the most comments, pins, or messages to my email box. It’s been fun looking through them and creating this list. And of course, it’s...

3 Steps You Need to Take for a Peaceful Blended Family

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Blended families are tough. I have had the pleasure of working with various couples over the last several years, and many of them were starting over in a blended family. Their kids were a combination of theirs, mine, and ours. As I listened intently to the couple...

The 10 Steps I Took to Start a Blog for Under $220

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Throughout this post, there are links to various blogging resources that I highly recommend, and have personally used in the past, or I’m currently using in my blogging world. ***Below are affiliate links, which means when you click on a link, it will take you...