In today's episode, the InstaMommas talk about all the things we are grateful and thankful for this Thanksgiving season!

We are thankful for adoption, family, and our Filipino culture! You will hear us rolling lumpia in the background as we prepare for our Thanksgiving dinner!

This episode is light-hearted as we tell stories about our family cultures and childhood memories. We are so blessed and wanted to share that with the listeners!

Have a wonderful thanksgiving from the InstaMommas

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Here is a major trigger warning as we discuss abortion, trauma, suicide, abuse and more so please be aware before listening.

The InstaMommas had the amazing privilege to interview a mother who is living her life out loud for the Lord! Sabrina shares her testimony with all the hard parts included. She tells the story of her multiple abortions and how she was able to find hope and healing after the grief and what she describes as a demon possession of depression that followed the loss of her children through abortion.

We talk about trauma, abortion, motherhood, grief, loneliness, pain, and healing through salvation in Jesus' name.

Resources mentioned in this episode

Lifehouse Skit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFRYdGihOl4

If you are considering suicide please know that your life is valuable to us and valuable to God. Please reach out to the InstaMommas through the links below or call or text 998.

Please do not go it alone.

Parable of the Sower Matthew 13:1-13

Please know if no one has ever told you that Jesus loves you!

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Trigger warning: We will be discussing abortion, pregnancy, birth, and medical procedures that are involved with miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies. We will also discuss rape and other sensitive issues, so please consider that when listening to this episode. We do not recommend children listen to this episode without parents screening it first.

The InstaMommas are celebrating! Praise the Lord! after almost 50 years Roe v. Wade has been overturned! Rachel and Natalie talk about what this means for the adoption community. There is a lot of hate and lies going around on social media and even mainstream media companies about the verdict.

We are not here to argue. We are here to spread awareness and tell the truth about adoption. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns and we want to start and have meaningful conversations that are not just yelling over the internet.

Here are all the resources we mentioned in this episode!

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/outofhome/resources-foster-families/how-to/

https://anchor.fm/natalie-welch/episodes/All-Things-Foster-Care-The-Good-Misunderstood--S2-Ep4-eh262l

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995061/

https://anchor.fm/natalie-welch/episodes/From-Trauma-to-HealingThree-Birth-Stories-an-Interview-S3-Ep--4-es7q05

https://www.nih.gov/

http://www.stantonhealthcare.org/

https://www.adoptuskids.org/meet-the-children/children-in-foster-care/children-on-adoptuskids

https://anchor.fm/natalie-welch/episodes/The-InstaMommas-are-Back--S4-Ep--1-e1dulvs

https://www.facebook.com/RealLifeFosterMom

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This is part two of our interview with the first dad on the podcast! This week Natalie interviews a father on his role in the family and his views on parenting teens in what some consider troubling times. Tyler bravely shares his beliefs and gives hope and encouragement to families.

Fatherlessness is a plague in our culture. Tyler has some hard truths to share about what Christian men need to do to heal the fatherlessness in our country!

This episode featuring the first dad on the InstaMommas podcast is worth the listen!

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

The book Tyler mentioned

Healing the Masculine Soul: God's Restoration of Men to Real Manhood

https://www.christianbook.com/healing-masculine-restoration-real-manhood-ebook/gordon-dalbey/9781418515577/pd/5107EB?utm_source=google&kw=21904557012&mt=&dv=c&event=PPCSRC&p=1186432&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkruVBhCHARIsACVIiOxJkQ-gpLcyhMeYukxumT9BYE7MATkd1K6JkWqcOntSpyprPekKYJ4aAgYzEALw_wcB

We are so excited to have a dad on the podcast! This week Natalie interviews a father on his role in the family and his views on parenting teens in what some consider troubling times. He bravely shares his beliefs and gives hope and encouragement to families.

This episode featuring the first dad on the InstaMommas podcast is worth the listen!

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Katie-Beth’s Homeschool https://anchor.fm/natalie-welch/episodes/Parenting-on-Purpose-An-Interview-With-a-Homeschool-Mom-S3-Ep-2-eq8dauEpisode

Kirk Cameron's movie “Connect”

https://www.connectmovie.com/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7820280/

This topic is complicated because women work so hard so we need to take care of ourselves. But when does self-care go too far? Today we explore what God has called moms to and how to care for ourselves as we care for everyone else.

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Whatever season of Motherhood you are in please listen and enjoy this episode from the InstaMommas!

We love all the mothers in our lives and we hope you are blessed this Mother’s Day!

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Here are some of the resources we mention in this episode:

Foster care episode

https://anchor.fm/natalie-welch/episodes/All-Things-Foster-Care-The-Good-Misunderstood--S2-Ep4-eh262l

A Book by a Birth Mother

https://www.amazon.com/River-Children-Story-Adoption-Healing/dp/B09ZCR7T11/ref=sr_1_1?crid=HXI4OYA2G4SI&keywords=river+children+katherine+woods&qid=1651983904&sprefix=river+children+%2Caps%2C311&sr=8-1

The episode with an Occupational Therapist

https://anchor.fm/natalie-welch/episodes/Pushing-Past-Stigmas-and-Lables-An-Interview-with-an-Occupational-Therapist-S3-Ep-8-euuair

Verse on motherhood

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040%3A11&version=NIV

Today's episode is all about how motherhood should not be a competition. We follow the story of Rachel and Leah who were forced into a difficult situation and did not always make the best of it. They despised each other in their individual motherhood journeys instead of walking alongside each other as sisters should. 

Today many moms are worried about being the best and looking like they have a perfect life. The social media mommy wars are real and exist because women are competing instead of walking alongside each other and lifting fellow mothers up. 

A very old story from the Bible is still relevant today so join us as we explore the themes of competition in motherhood. 

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Resources from the episode:

The Story of Rachel and Leah is found in Genesis 29

The Jesus Storybook Bible

We are back!!! It has been a long hiatus but we are back! The InstaMommas had to take a break for many reasons that we go over in this episode! Rachel had a serious medical episode and she explains how God met her during that trying season!

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Today the InstaMommas are going through the much-loved adoption stories from the bible! Did you know there was an open adoption in the Old Testament? Did you know Jesus was adopted by his stepdad? Have you thought about the books of Ruth or Ester as adoption stories? We cover these stories and more in this engaging storytelling podcast!

Stories of Adoption in the Bible referenced in this episode.

Moses’s story is found in the first 5 books of the Bible but we focused on what happened in Exodus 2

Esther has her own book in the Bible called Esther.

Jesus’ story is throughout the whole Bible but we focus on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Ruth is a story of adult adoption. This story is found in the book of Ruth.

Hannah’s story is found in the Book of 1 Samuel

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