This episode Lauren talks about how God has spoken to her through art and how she has had opportunities to teach children about God through art. She also talks about her and her husband's journey of infertility, fostering and adoption. Be sure to follow her Instagram, check out her website and purchase her book for more inspiration on how to expose your children to art. Links below!

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In this episode Sarah and Darrell talk about their journey through infertility. They talk about ways they each processed the struggle, helpful things they did during it, and how they grew closer to God through it.

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Lisa and Craig, parents of 4 children, will share their story of how they adopted their third child from Siberia when she was a year and a half old. Their children are now grown adults.  Their story is one of redemption, and the unique and incredible ways ways that God puts families together. 

This episode is a short story of why it's worth it to have children that was spurred by her son making a pretty accurate statement about being a parent.

This is a conversation with John and Suzanne, the parents of Rachel and Emily. Both of their daughters were heavily involved in lots of activities, but ultimately narrowing to Softball and Gymnastics. In the midst of the pressures of those sports they continued to stay connected as a family and to their church family. They talk about how the difficult choices they had to make in order to make sure the things that they wanted to be important remained important. Suzanne said her goal in parenting is to work herself our of job because ultimately they wanted their girls to turn into confident women that can make wise decisions. They talk about the steps they took along way for this to happen.

This is a conversation with Rachel and Emily, two sisters. Both of these girls have quite a long list of accolades and accomplishments. Things like earning legit degrees from university of Texas and Texas A&M while excelling at collegiate sports. Rachel played softball at UT and Emily was a part of the gymnastics team at Texas A&M. Rachel now lives in California and works for a very, well known tech company. Emily is on a journey to med school. However, this conversation has little to do with those accomplishments, and more to do with who they are as people and how they accomplished all these things and remained humble, kind, people of integrity. You'll get some insight on what their parents did to support their passions AND build character.

This is a conversation with Cayce and John who have followed God's direction in saying "yes" to foster care. They share their journey to get there, the challenges, the gifts and how it has impacted their family. They specifically share what it has meant for their two elementary aged children. If you feel compelled to explore more about helping children in the foster care system reach out to John and Cayce by emailing them here: [email protected].

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This episode is a short reflection on Luke 2, and Mary and Joseph taking baby Jesus to the temple.

Stephanie and Mark talk about how to have vision for your family, create goals, plan your families time and reflect back on what’s working and what’s not. There are lots of practical Ideas in here. They began intentionally planning their family's time when their third child was a baby, and they've seen the ways it has made a big impact on each of their lives. Mark mentions a tool that can you you get started. Here it is! They both talk about how they teach their kids about financial responsibility, and they use a tool called Faith & Finances. Their high schooler started lettering courses for kids, and we talk about how setting goals throughout her life allowed her to make this happen. Her instagram account is here: @lalalettering_

This is episode is a conversation with a Granddad and his daughter. They talk about how to create meaningful connections with kids which includes FUN, an element of danger and some problem solving. They talk about the power of leaving legacy and how the idea of pouring into the next generation was something they experienced as children. This episode will leave you inspired... and maybe you'll want to build a ninja course!

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