Have you ever had a situation go so-not-as-planned that you were thrown into a circumstance you never expected? Yeah, that’s what the birth of my first child was like. And I know I’m not alone in this. Many mothers try to plan out the details of their children’s birth but at the end of the day, some of us are reminded we never had that level of control in the first place… kinda like motherhood in general, no? Hope you like this crazy story and for more motherhood oriented content, visit my blog/newsletter thingy, + the sanitarium +, at casandersen.Substack.com

My baby girl has always been an incredible reader. Today’s episode is her reading Psalm 18 (ESV) to you. Even with her many throat clearings that she throws in there, I think she did an excellent job. Don’t forget to hop over to my newsletter, + the sanitarium +, for more posts centered around Christian motherhood and all the crazy that goes with it!

In this episode, Cas confronts a passage in a Christian motherhood book that she finds not only non-biblical but extremely discouraging and misleading. If you’ve ever felt less than uplifted by some of the heavy handed Christian literature about motherhood out there, this post is for you. You can find the transcript to this episode here: https://open.substack.com/pub/casandersen/p/the-christian-mom-who-hates-christian?r=o820w&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

In this episode, Cas tackles the guilt we feel when someone offers to watch our kids but we don’t feel the strength or willingness to repay the offer. She uses 1 Corinthians 12 (NIV) to show how we can be free from that feeling of guilt because God has given each of us different strengths and different jobs to do for him. We all have different gifts but it all displays God’s power and grace, so the need for guilt no longer remains.

This is a story about the time my 2-year-old showed me what real faith over fear looks like. If you’d like to read the post in full, you can find it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/casandersen/p/nigh-nigh-jesus?r=o820w&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Cas debunks the guilt trip of “you should have known what you were getting into before you had kids.”

This random lady in the thrift store stops to chat with me, give me some unsolicited advice about contraband chocolate, and serves to remind me that I am not alone in my struggles with motherhood. You can find the transcript to this podcast here: https://casandersen.substack.com/p/m-and-ms-behind-the-toilet-paper

In this episode I describe the birth of my 2nd child in 2018 via planned C-section. Birth stories are always unpredictable and this one is no different. You can find the transcript to this podcast here: https://casandersen.substack.com/p/my-second-and-last-c-section

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