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    Feb 27 2024 Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
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    When Lives Collide: Navigating Remarriage and Stepfamily (Part 1 of 2)

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    When Lives Collide: Navigating Remarriage and Stepfamily (Part 1 of 2)

    Date: Feb 27, 2024

    Remarriage and stepfamily life is often fraught with more challenges than anyone can foresee. Sabrina & Robbie McDonald remarried after the deaths of their previous spouses and assumed they would have an ideal stepfamily. But even their wedding was difficult, because so many people were grieving over that previous loss. Sabrina described her courtship to Robbie and getting approval from her former mother-in-law. Then she described the early conflict Robbie had with Sabrina’s son, Benjamin, who was struggling with the idea of having a stranger give him discipline. Sabrina concluded by explaining why stepfamilies need to be a “sanctuary for sadness.”

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