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God Loves Buts is a refreshingly real collection of essays about faith, family, frustration, and forgiveness. Carmen Wilson encourages you to laugh, cry, and lean in closer to the God who is never exasperated by your faltering faith. She invites you to come along on her journey as she learns to listen to the Holy Spirit, love like Jesus, and forgive like God ... even when life doesn’t make sense.

Create harmony for your kids—discover practical co-parenting solutions that work in real life, even if communication has always been a struggle. Are you exhausted by endless arguments, confusing boundaries, or the stress of raising kids across two homes? Does every custody exchange or family change feel like another chance for tension or misunderstanding? Are you searching for straightforward, child-centered advice—not just empty theory—to help your family thrive, no matter how complex your situation? If you nodded yes, you’re not alone. Most co-parents and blended families face ...

"Making Healthy Families" explains the elements required to make and sustain healthy, functional families. This timely book describes the family life stages, from "Becoming a Couple," to "Becoming Parents," and "Raising Adolescents." It educates parents about the predictable stresses of each transition, and offers guidelines and hands-on exercises for achieving a healthy adjustment in each stage of family life. A chapter on "Trouble-shooting" offers couples an opportunity to plot their own predictable stress points on the family journey, thereby allowing them to better master their ...

In a world where the journey of parenting is both beautiful and challenging, Parenting is Hard AF: 53 Affirmations for Black Parents Who Struggle stands as a guiding light, offering a collection of powerful affirmations designed specifically for Black parents.

Fourteen years ago, Mike Milligan learned he would become a grandfather for the first time. He was surprised to find that there was little or no information available on what it means to be a grandfather, how to make the most of the experience, and how to be the best grandfather possible. Sure, there were shelves of books dedicated to grandmothers - all with cuddly covers depicting spring bouquets or gentle little lambs. But there was not a single book that spoke to him, a 64-year-old grandfather-to-be. It struck him that there were countless other grandfathers out there experiencing this same feeling of neglect.

When a freak accident claims the lives of her first mothers, Vabeh—a bi-racial, precocious tween—moves to New York to live with Devon and Morgan Gregson Bennett, a couple whose identities and ambitions were never built with parenthood in mind. Devon, an artist fighting to stay visible, must protect a child whose presence attracts both warmth and scrutiny. Morgan, a strategist and writer, finds her carefully ordered life reshaped by the story unfolding at home.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take off on an endless adventure and never come home? There have been so many junctures in my life where I thought I should write this story. Many times, I didn’t because I knew it wasn’t completely written yet. Other times I didn’t do it because it wasn’t mine to tell. Over time it became too vast and complex to explain. Incomprehensible. Unbelievable. Impossible. Improbable. Crazy. And then the part of the story that wasn’t mine to tell became something that only I could tell. In the years of this evolution, I shrunk away from my ...

These days it can often feel like a 'normal' nuclear family is something of a rarity; that most families are varied, broken up or diverse. Children find themselves with step-parents, half-siblings, or living in single-parent households - even having same-sex parents. It's a time when the family unit is a much more flexible arrangement, rather than the biological 'Mom, Dad and their biological children' which was the old configuration of the past. The most common structure away from the traditional is that of two families coming together, creating step-parents and step or half-siblings and ...

My new boss? Hot. Arrogant. And my dad’s best friend. He had no clue who I was… and I didn’t tell him. Dr. Lennox Blake—silver fox surgeon with god-tier hands. He flirted. I shut him down. Until one wicked kiss in the locker room changed everything. Then he got into an accident… And forgot who I was—again. Now I’m his live-in nurse. And he’s hell-bent on breaking every rule. I tried to resist. Swore it was temporary. But lines got crossed. Clothes came off. And mistakes were made… Really big, pink-lined ones. Now I’m pregnant. And the man who doesn’t even remember my ...

This audiobook is dedicated to the "cool" aunts of the world. The aunts who step up in the world.

Love and money—two of the biggest commitments in life. But what happens when they clash? Money is one of the top causes of stress in marriages, yet it doesn’t have to be! Whether you and your spouse argue about money, struggle with financial stress, or simply want to build a stronger financial future together, this book is your guide to success. Winning Together is not just another finance book—it’s a marriage-strengthening, money-smart playbook that helps couples align their financial goals, communicate better, and build lasting trust. What You’ll Discover in This Book: ✅ Why ...

I fell for the billionaire CEO next door and now I’m carrying his baby. Alexander Blackwood is tall, dark and too dangerously handsome for his own good. From the moment I met him, I knew he was trouble. But this ex-seal’s icy exterior and grumpy attitude doesn’t scare me in the least. When his daughter befriends me, I leap at the opportunity to help her. Through her I get to see slivers of his loving caring heart. After an unforgettable night of ravaging me in my gym, We can't keep our hands off each other, setting my whole body ablaze. But come morning, he pretends as if I don’t ...

Jobless and loveless, I sit at Del’s, drooling over the hot bartender, until he turns my world around and I find out I’m pregnant. Every time I feel his gaze upon me, heat builds up in my body, and my breath catches in my throat. His mysterious eyes and his sculpted, inked arms captivate me like nothing else. I muster the strength to ask for a job, and to my surprise I receive a job offer, Killing two birds with one stone. Our connection deepens with each passing moment, igniting a whirlwind romance that leaves my heart forever changed. We kiss, we’re falling for each other fast. But ...

Parents today need a different approach on discipline. The modern-day child is more sensitive, less patient, and constantly wearing us down. The world is different today, requiring parents to master a unique care-giving style to keep them one step ahead of their children. Love, Limits, & Lessons: Expanded Edition offers solid common sense solutions for raising capable and cooperative kids in today’s fast-paced world. Designed with the quick-reference approach in mind, this audiobook will allow you to turn immediately to the situations you find yourself faced with most often.

Authors Randi Rossario Maples and Alley Ray let us in on their lives as coparents. Randi is married to Alley's kids father and Alley is married to her childhood sweetheart. Over the last 4 years, their relationship went from toxic to thriving because they worked hard to get on the same page. This book is to give you a few steps on making those same advancements in your coparenting relationship. It's not about being besties, more so peace for the kids. Like it or not, your coparent will be apart of your family forever...may as well enjoy the ride.

Grandparenting is hard enough, but when you add in the blended family element, whether step or adopted, the challenge is even greater. How do you succeed when these children are not your own? How do you make them your own? Can you get them to love you? To like you? To trust you? How do successful grandparents do it? Dene Low, an award winning author and grandparent herself, explores thirty different sets of grandparents and provides tips and solutions from her interviews and research for grandparent success.

"Navigate the complexities of co-parenting with 'The Co-Parenting Blueprint.' This comprehensive guide provides practical strategies and emotional support to help separated parents build a successful co-parenting relationship. Learn effective communication techniques, conflict resolution strategies, and how to prioritize your children's well-being. Discover how to navigate challenging situations, such as high-conflict co-parenting and introducing new partners. 'The Co-Parenting Blueprint' empowers you to create a positive and supportive environment for your children, even after separation."

"Unified Hearts: Proven Strategies for Cultivating Lasting Marital Harmony in Blended Families" delves deeply into the art and science of nurturing a successful blended family. This insightful book unpacks the complexity of merging families, offering a rich tapestry of strategies, from effective communication and conflict resolution to emotional support and financial management.

Children don’t experience parenting in pieces. They experience it as a system. When expectations shift between homes and transitions are emotionally loaded, even “low-conflict” arrangements can quietly erode a child’s sense of safety, trust, and stability. This book introduces a new model of true co-parenting—built on coordination, consistency, and conscious choice—so everyone’s life improves, not just the child’s.

My hot single-dad neighbor just became my boss. And I hate him. Kenneth Hutton is infuriating, arrogant, and completely off-limits. Fixing this multi-billionaire CEO's tarnished image is my golden ticket up the corporate ladder—but sleeping with him? That's career suicide. Too bad every accidental touch sets me on fire. One look and I know he feels it too. That dangerous, undeniable connection between us. The kind that makes you forget every rule and do wildly inappropriate things in corner offices after hours. One unforgettable night changes everything. Now I'm falling hard for a man ...