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Better Together Mother's Day Special # 3 2022 | Better Together Honors Moms Part 3 | May 5, 2022
- - LAURIE CROUCH: IT'S
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- - LAURIE CROUCH: IT'S THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, AND MOTHER'S
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- THURSDAY, MAY 5TH, AND MOTHER'S DAY IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY.
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- DAY IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY. TONIGHT IS PART THREE OF OUR
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- TONIGHT IS PART THREE OF OUR "BETTER TOGETHER" SPECIAL
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- "BETTER TOGETHER" SPECIAL HONORING MOMS.
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- HONORING MOMS. AND WE'RE GETTING REAL ABOUT
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- AND WE'RE GETTING REAL ABOUT THE JOYS AND THE CHALLENGES OF
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- THE JOYS AND THE CHALLENGES OF MOTHERHOOD.
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- MOTHERHOOD. DADS, THIS CONVERSATION'S FOR
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- DADS, THIS CONVERSATION'S FOR YOU, TOO, SO, COME ON -- JOIN
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- YOU, TOO, SO, COME ON -- JOIN US.
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- US. [MUSIC WITH VOCALIZING]
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- [MUSIC WITH VOCALIZING] [MUSIC WITH VOCALIZING]
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- [MUSIC WITH VOCALIZING] - DIANNA NEPSTAD: I CAN RECALL
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- - DIANNA NEPSTAD: I CAN RECALL AFTER SEEING MY MOM GIVE BIRTH
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- AFTER SEEING MY MOM GIVE BIRTH TO MY YOUNGEST SIBLING, WHICH
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- TO MY YOUNGEST SIBLING, WHICH IS MY BABY SISTER* EUNICE.*
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- IS MY BABY SISTER* EUNICE.* AND, I REMEMBER SHE WAS SITTING
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- AND, I REMEMBER SHE WAS SITTING IN KAISER HOSPITAL IN THIS BED.
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- IN KAISER HOSPITAL IN THIS BED. SHE HAD HER NIGHTGOWN.
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- SHE HAD HER NIGHTGOWN. SHE LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL.
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- SHE LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL. SHE HAD DARK, LONG HAIR.
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- SHE HAD DARK, LONG HAIR. AND SHE WAS SO NICE, JUST
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- AND SHE WAS SO NICE, JUST SAYING, "COME HERE," YOU KNOW,
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- SAYING, "COME HERE," YOU KNOW, "LOOK AT THE BABY," AND...JUST
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- "LOOK AT THE BABY," AND...JUST THIS ROMANTIC VIEW OF
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- THIS ROMANTIC VIEW OF MOTHERHOOD I WAS GETTING
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- MOTHERHOOD I WAS GETTING CONSTANTLY.
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- CONSTANTLY. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT MY MOM
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- LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT MY MOM WAS LABORING, DIDN'T HAVE AN
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- WAS LABORING, DIDN'T HAVE AN EPIDURAL...
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- EPIDURAL... - JAMIE IVEY: OH, MY GOSH.
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- - JAMIE IVEY: OH, MY GOSH. - DIANNA: ...DIDN'T HAVE ANY
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- - DIANNA: ...DIDN'T HAVE ANY DRUGS -- SHE WAS ALL NATURAL.
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- DRUGS -- SHE WAS ALL NATURAL. - BRITTANY PRICE BROOKER: WOW.
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- - BRITTANY PRICE BROOKER: WOW. - DEBBIE: YOU KNOW, JUST-- NO
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- - DEBBIE: YOU KNOW, JUST-- NO STRETCH MARKS -- YES, I KNOW.
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- STRETCH MARKS -- YES, I KNOW. - LAURIE: (LAUGHING WHISPER)
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- - LAURIE: (LAUGHING WHISPER) SUPERWOMAN.
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- SUPERWOMAN. - DIANNA: I KNOW EVERYTHING.
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- - DIANNA: I KNOW EVERYTHING. [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] AND, JUST THIS PERFECTION OF
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- AND, JUST THIS PERFECTION OF MOTHERHOOD...
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- MOTHERHOOD... - LAURIE: STRONG.
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- - LAURIE: STRONG. - DIANNA: ...WHAT THAT LOOKED
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- - DIANNA: ...WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
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- LIKE. - LAURIE: YEAH.
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- - LAURIE: YEAH. - DIANNA: AND, WHEN I HAD MY
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- - DIANNA: AND, WHEN I HAD MY FIRST DAUGHTER, IT WAS NOTHING
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- FIRST DAUGHTER, IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THAT.
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- LIKE THAT. I WAS YELLING OUT TO JESUS LIKE
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- I WAS YELLING OUT TO JESUS LIKE IT WAS NOBODY'S BUSINESS.
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- IT WAS NOBODY'S BUSINESS. AND, THE NURSE CAME OVER AND
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- AND, THE NURSE CAME OVER AND SAID: (FIRM TONE) "YOU GET
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- SAID: (FIRM TONE) "YOU GET YOURSELF TOGETHER.
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- YOURSELF TOGETHER. YOU CAN DO THIS."
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- YOU CAN DO THIS." I SAID: "YES, MA'AM.
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- I SAID: "YES, MA'AM. I CAN."
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- I CAN." - JAMIE: "YES, I CAN."
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- - JAMIE: "YES, I CAN." [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] - BRITTANY: "I GOT THIS."
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- - BRITTANY: "I GOT THIS." - DIANNA: SO, AFTER THE FIRST
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- - DIANNA: SO, AFTER THE FIRST BIRTH, IT WAS LIKE CRAZY TOWN.
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- BIRTH, IT WAS LIKE CRAZY TOWN. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE LIKE
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- I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE LIKE THE GRANOLA, BIRKENSTOCKS,
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- THE GRANOLA, BIRKENSTOCKS, HUG-A-TREE KIND OF MOM.
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- HUG-A-TREE KIND OF MOM. NO.
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- NO. SECOND BIRTH, I SAID, "OH -- I
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- SECOND BIRTH, I SAID, "OH -- I NEED THAT EPIDURAL FAST."
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- NEED THAT EPIDURAL FAST." AND SO, I HAD MARIAH IN DALLAS,
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- AND SO, I HAD MARIAH IN DALLAS, TEXAS.
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- TEXAS. AND THEN, MY TWINS -- I HAD
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- AND THEN, MY TWINS -- I HAD THEM AT THE ALVARADO HOSPITAL
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- THEM AT THE ALVARADO HOSPITAL IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
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- IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SO, IT'S LIKE THESE-- YOU KNOW,
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- SO, IT'S LIKE THESE-- YOU KNOW, PROGRESSION OF JUST HARD LABOR.
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- PROGRESSION OF JUST HARD LABOR. I HAD MY FIRST ONE AT FOUR
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- I HAD MY FIRST ONE AT FOUR HOURS, THE SECOND ONE THREE
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- HOURS, THE SECOND ONE THREE HOURS, AND MY TWINS CAME IN
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- HOURS, AND MY TWINS CAME IN TWO.
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- TWO. AND NO ONE BELIEVED ME.
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- AND NO ONE BELIEVED ME. AND ALL OF THAT TO SAY: I HAVE,
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- AND ALL OF THAT TO SAY: I HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE WAR PAINS, THE
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- YOU KNOW, THE WAR PAINS, THE WAR MARKS OF MOTHERHOOD.
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- WAR MARKS OF MOTHERHOOD. - LAURIE: MM-HMM.
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- - LAURIE: MM-HMM. - DIANNA: I HAVE THE WEIGHT
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- - DIANNA: I HAVE THE WEIGHT GAINS TO, YOU KNOW,
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- GAINS TO, YOU KNOW, BOUNCING-BACK MOTHERHOOD.
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- BOUNCING-BACK MOTHERHOOD. BUT MY HUSBAND LOVED ME THROUGH
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- BUT MY HUSBAND LOVED ME THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
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- ALL OF THAT. SO, TO EMBRACE MYSELF IN THE
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- SO, TO EMBRACE MYSELF IN THE STAGES OF MOTHERHOOD, I CAN
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- STAGES OF MOTHERHOOD, I CAN REMEMBER STRUGGLING WITH
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- REMEMBER STRUGGLING WITH POSTPARTUM -- THE EXTREME
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- POSTPARTUM -- THE EXTREME HIGHS, THE EXTREME LOWS.
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- HIGHS, THE EXTREME LOWS. NOBODY SAT DOWN WITH ME TO TELL
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- NOBODY SAT DOWN WITH ME TO TELL ME ABOUT YOUR HORMONES -- THEY
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- ME ABOUT YOUR HORMONES -- THEY FLUCTUATE.
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- FLUCTUATE. YOU KNOW: "STOP BREASTFEEDING."
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- YOU KNOW: "STOP BREASTFEEDING." BECAUSE IT USES HORMONES TO
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- BECAUSE IT USES HORMONES TO PRODUCE THE BREAST MILK.
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- PRODUCE THE BREAST MILK. - LAURIE: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
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- - LAURIE: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. - DIANNA: THE LANGUAGE BEHIND
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- - DIANNA: THE LANGUAGE BEHIND MOTHERHOOD.
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- MOTHERHOOD. SO, IT DEPLETED ME AND NO ONE
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- SO, IT DEPLETED ME AND NO ONE TOLD ME.
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- TOLD ME. I FEEL LIKE I WAS LIED TO.
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- I FEEL LIKE I WAS LIED TO. I WAS LIKE: "THANKS, MOM...
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- I WAS LIKE: "THANKS, MOM... THANKS A LOT."
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- THANKS A LOT." - JAMIE: YEAH, YEAH.
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- - JAMIE: YEAH, YEAH. "YOU MADE THIS LOOK SO GOOD."
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- "YOU MADE THIS LOOK SO GOOD." - DIANNA: YES!
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- - DIANNA: YES! - BRITTANY: I KNOW. WHAT?
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- - BRITTANY: I KNOW. WHAT? - DIANNA: YES!
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- - DIANNA: YES! LATINA MAMA -- ALL BROWN AND
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- LATINA MAMA -- ALL BROWN AND CUTE.
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- CUTE. AND I'M LIKE: LOOK AT ME!
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- AND I'M LIKE: LOOK AT ME! I'M LOOKING LIKE A HOT MESS!
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- I'M LOOKING LIKE A HOT MESS! YOU KNOW?
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- YOU KNOW? [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] SO, ALL OF THAT TO SAY IS:
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- SO, ALL OF THAT TO SAY IS: MOTHERHOOD IS A BATTLEGROUND.
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- MOTHERHOOD IS A BATTLEGROUND. IT'S FRUITFUL.
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- IT'S FRUITFUL. IT MAKES YOU ROAR, BUT, AT THE
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- IT MAKES YOU ROAR, BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKES YOU CRY; MAKES
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- SAME TIME, MAKES YOU CRY; MAKES YOU EXTREMELY VULNERABLE IN
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- YOU EXTREMELY VULNERABLE IN MOMENTS OF -- WHEN YOU THOUGHT
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- MOMENTS OF -- WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, CUTE AND
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- YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, CUTE AND BEAUTIFUL AND TINY AND TIGHT --
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- BEAUTIFUL AND TINY AND TIGHT -- ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE LIKE
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- ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE LIKE FLAT, LOOSE, AND YOU'RE GOING
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- FLAT, LOOSE, AND YOU'RE GOING IN ALL KINDS OF DIRECTIONS.
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- IN ALL KINDS OF DIRECTIONS. SO, I THINK, FOR ME, IT WAS
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- SO, I THINK, FOR ME, IT WAS DYING TO A DISNEY IDEAL AND
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- DYING TO A DISNEY IDEAL AND EMBRACING THE REAL AND THE RAW
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- EMBRACING THE REAL AND THE RAW OF MOTHERHOOD.
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- OF MOTHERHOOD. [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] - ROBYN WILKERSON: I
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- - ROBYN WILKERSON: I DEFINITELY NOTICED CHANGES WHEN
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- DEFINITELY NOTICED CHANGES WHEN I HAD ALL FOUR OF MY SONS.
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- I HAD ALL FOUR OF MY SONS. YEAH. WITH MY FIRST SON, I
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- YEAH. WITH MY FIRST SON, I THINK I GAINED -- I'M NOT
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- THINK I GAINED -- I'M NOT JOKING AROUND -- 80 POUNDS.
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- JOKING AROUND -- 80 POUNDS. I THINK I'M-- I CAN'T BELIEVE
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- I THINK I'M-- I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TELLING YOU THAT ON
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- I'M TELLING YOU THAT ON TELEVISION.
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- TELEVISION. BUT, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I'M
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- BUT, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I'M OLD, I GUESS I DON'T CARE,
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- OLD, I GUESS I DON'T CARE, (LAUGHING) 'CAUSE IT WAS SO
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- (LAUGHING) 'CAUSE IT WAS SO LONG AGO.
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- LONG AGO. BUT, YES -- HAVING CHILDREN IS
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- BUT, YES -- HAVING CHILDREN IS A FREAKING WAR.
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- A FREAKING WAR. IT'S-- IT'S A LOT.
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- IT'S-- IT'S A LOT. AND...EVERY PREGNANCY IS
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- AND...EVERY PREGNANCY IS DIFFERENT.
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- DIFFERENT. THE FIRST ONE, I WAS SO SICK,
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- THE FIRST ONE, I WAS SO SICK, PREECLAMPSTIC, AND I HAD EDEMA.
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- PREECLAMPSTIC, AND I HAD EDEMA. I USED TO WEAR SHOES, AND
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- I USED TO WEAR SHOES, AND I WORE THAT FIRST PREGNANCY
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- I WORE THAT FIRST PREGNANCY SHOES-- I CALLED 'EM MY RAT
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- SHOES-- I CALLED 'EM MY RAT SHOES, 'CAUSE MY FEET WERE SO
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- SHOES, 'CAUSE MY FEET WERE SO SWOLLEN.
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- SWOLLEN. I WORE THE SAME PAIR OF SHOES
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- I WORE THE SAME PAIR OF SHOES FOR, LIKE, THREE MONTHS.
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- FOR, LIKE, THREE MONTHS. IT WAS A MESS.
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- IT WAS A MESS. AND...YES, THERE IS A LOT OF
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- AND...YES, THERE IS A LOT OF UNSPOKEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR BODY
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- UNSPOKEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR BODY CHANGES, AS YOU HAVE THESE
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- CHANGES, AS YOU HAVE THESE CHILDREN.
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- CHILDREN. - DIANNA: BEING 47 THIS YEAR,
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- - DIANNA: BEING 47 THIS YEAR, I CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY: GOD,
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- I CAN LOOK BACK AND SAY: GOD, YOU...YOU MET ME.
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- YOU...YOU MET ME. YOU GAVE ME A BEAUTIFUL HUSBAND
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- YOU GAVE ME A BEAUTIFUL HUSBAND THAT HAS LOVED ME THROUGH THE
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- THAT HAS LOVED ME THROUGH THE PHYSICAL CHANGES...
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- PHYSICAL CHANGES... AMEN.
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- AMEN. - WOMEN: AMEN.
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- - WOMEN: AMEN. - DIANNA: ...AND...AND ABLE TO
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- - DIANNA: ...AND...AND ABLE TO WALK WITH ME THROUGH THE
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- WALK WITH ME THROUGH THE CHANGES OF WHAT A WOMAN GOES
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- CHANGES OF WHAT A WOMAN GOES THROUGH.
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- THROUGH. AND SO, I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR
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- AND SO, I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
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- THAT. BUT, AT THE SAME TIME,
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- BUT, AT THE SAME TIME, MOTHERHOOD -- IT'S NOT EASY.
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- MOTHERHOOD -- IT'S NOT EASY. - JAMIE: YES -- IT IS HARD.
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- - JAMIE: YES -- IT IS HARD. - DIANNA: YES.
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- - DIANNA: YES. - JAMIE: I REMEMBER-- I ALWAYS
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- - JAMIE: I REMEMBER-- I ALWAYS JOKE THAT THE THING-- I WAS THE
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- JOKE THAT THE THING-- I WAS THE FIRST ONE OF, LIKE, MY FRIENDS
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- FIRST ONE OF, LIKE, MY FRIENDS THAT HAD A BABY, THAT LIVED
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- THAT HAD A BABY, THAT LIVED WHERE I LIVED, AND SO, I WENT
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- WHERE I LIVED, AND SO, I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND DID ALL THE
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- TO THE HOSPITAL AND DID ALL THE LABOR, DELIVERED MY SON --
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- LABOR, DELIVERED MY SON -- 9 POUNDS, 11 OUNCES, I ALWAYS
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- 9 POUNDS, 11 OUNCES, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY.
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- LIKE TO SAY. - BRITTANY: OH, BLESS YOU,
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- - BRITTANY: OH, BLESS YOU, GIRL!
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- GIRL! - DIANNA: LORD, HAVE MERCY.
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- - DIANNA: LORD, HAVE MERCY. - LAURIE: GLORY.
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- - LAURIE: GLORY. - JAMIE: CAME OUT THE REGULAR
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- - JAMIE: CAME OUT THE REGULAR WAY -- YEAH, YEAH.
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- WAY -- YEAH, YEAH. - DIANNA: OH, JESUS.
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- - DIANNA: OH, JESUS. - JAMIE: BUT, HERE'S WHAT I
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- - JAMIE: BUT, HERE'S WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW: IN THE BAG...IN
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- DIDN'T KNOW: IN THE BAG...IN THE BAG THAT I PACKED, I PACKED
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- THE BAG THAT I PACKED, I PACKED MY PRE-PREGNANCY JEANS.
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- MY PRE-PREGNANCY JEANS. BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA
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- BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAVE A
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- GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND HAVE A BABY--
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- BABY-- - BRITTANY: NOBODY TELLS YOU
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- - BRITTANY: NOBODY TELLS YOU THESE THINGS.
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- THESE THINGS. - JAMIE: --AND ALL THOSE
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- - JAMIE: --AND ALL THOSE 50-PLUS POUNDS WERE JUST GONNA
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- 50-PLUS POUNDS WERE JUST GONNA GO OUT.
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- GO OUT. - DIANNA: THE DEVIL IS A LIAR.
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- - DIANNA: THE DEVIL IS A LIAR. [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] - ROBYN: YEAH! YEAH!
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- - ROBYN: YEAH! YEAH! - JAMIE: PLUS, THE DIAPER THAT
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- - JAMIE: PLUS, THE DIAPER THAT THEY SEND YOU HOME IN.
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- THEY SEND YOU HOME IN. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO
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- I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH.
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- MUCH. - DIANNA: THE DIAPER...
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- - DIANNA: THE DIAPER... - JAMIE: BUT, DO YOU KNOW--
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- - JAMIE: BUT, DO YOU KNOW-- IT'S JUST-- THERE'S SO MUCH
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- IT'S JUST-- THERE'S SO MUCH ABOUT MOTHERHOOD, PHYSICALLY,
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- ABOUT MOTHERHOOD, PHYSICALLY, FOR SURE, AS WELL.
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- FOR SURE, AS WELL. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MY BODY
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- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT MY BODY WOULD GO THROUGH.
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- WOULD GO THROUGH. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT
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- BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT HORMONES AND EMOTIONS, AND,
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- HORMONES AND EMOTIONS, AND, THOSE WERE, FOR SURE, THERE
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- THOSE WERE, FOR SURE, THERE WHEN I BIRTHED A CHILD.
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- WHEN I BIRTHED A CHILD. BUT I ALSO ADOPTED THREE
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- BUT I ALSO ADOPTED THREE CHILDREN.
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- CHILDREN. AND, WHEN MY LAST SON CAME
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- AND, WHEN MY LAST SON CAME HOME, THAT WAS THE COMPLETION
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- HOME, THAT WAS THE COMPLETION OF MY FAMILY -- WE'RE NOW A
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- OF MY FAMILY -- WE'RE NOW A FAMILY OF SIX.
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- FAMILY OF SIX. THAT WAS OVER A DECADE AGO; IT
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- THAT WAS OVER A DECADE AGO; IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY.
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- FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY. HE WAS 4 1/2.
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- HE WAS 4 1/2. AND IT WAS SUCH A HARD
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- AND IT WAS SUCH A HARD TRANSITION FOR ME AS A MOM*
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- TRANSITION FOR ME AS A MOM* THAT MY EMOTIONS AND MY
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- THAT MY EMOTIONS AND MY HORMONES WERE JUST CRAZY AND
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- HORMONES WERE JUST CRAZY AND OUT OF WHACK.
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- OUT OF WHACK. AND I EXPERIENCED PANIC ATTACKS
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- AND I EXPERIENCED PANIC ATTACKS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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- FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND, ALTHOUGH, I NEVER WENT
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- AND, ALTHOUGH, I NEVER WENT THROUGH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION,
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- THROUGH POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, I FEEL LIKE I WENT THROUGH,
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- I FEEL LIKE I WENT THROUGH, MAYBE -- I'M GONNA MAKE UP A
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- MAYBE -- I'M GONNA MAKE UP A WORD -- POST-ADOPTION
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- WORD -- POST-ADOPTION DEPRESSION.
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- DEPRESSION. I DON'T KNOW, CAN THAT BE A
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- I DON'T KNOW, CAN THAT BE A REAL WORD?
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- REAL WORD? - DIANNA: YES, YES.
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- - DIANNA: YES, YES. - JAMIE: P.A.D.
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- - JAMIE: P.A.D. AND SO, I REMEMBER HAVING TO GO
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- AND SO, I REMEMBER HAVING TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND GET A LITTLE
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- TO THE DOCTOR AND GET A LITTLE HELP AND GET SOME MEDICINE TO
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- HELP AND GET SOME MEDICINE TO GET ME THROUGH THIS
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- GET ME THROUGH THIS CIRCUMSTANCE.
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- CIRCUMSTANCE. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING
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- AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, ALSO, YOU DON'T REALIZE
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- THAT, ALSO, YOU DON'T REALIZE AS A MOM -- YOU TALKED ABOUT
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- AS A MOM -- YOU TALKED ABOUT HORMONES -- IS THAT OUR BODY IS
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- HORMONES -- IS THAT OUR BODY IS CHANGING AND EVERYTHING CAN
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- CHANGING AND EVERYTHING CAN FEEL A LITTLE BIT CRAZY AND OUT
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- FEEL A LITTLE BIT CRAZY AND OUT OF WHACK.
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- OF WHACK. AND, I REMEMBER BEING SO
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- AND, I REMEMBER BEING SO GRATEFUL FOR A DOCTOR WHO LOVED
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- GRATEFUL FOR A DOCTOR WHO LOVED ME AND WHO LOVED THE LORD.
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- ME AND WHO LOVED THE LORD. I WAS GRATEFUL FOR A HUSBAND
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- I WAS GRATEFUL FOR A HUSBAND WHO WAS LIKE, "OKAY -- I SEE
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- WHO WAS LIKE, "OKAY -- I SEE YOU, I'M WITH YOU, I'M GONNA
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- YOU, I'M WITH YOU, I'M GONNA HELP YOU" -- HE DIDN'T THINK I
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- HELP YOU" -- HE DIDN'T THINK I WAS, YOU KNOW, CRAZY -- AND
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- WAS, YOU KNOW, CRAZY -- AND THEN, COMMUNITY, AS WELL,
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- THEN, COMMUNITY, AS WELL, SAYING: OKAY, WE'RE GONNA WALK
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- SAYING: OKAY, WE'RE GONNA WALK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
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- THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. BUT MOTHERHOOD CHANGES
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- BUT MOTHERHOOD CHANGES EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR LIFE.
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- EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR LIFE. - DIANNA: RIGHT.
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- - DIANNA: RIGHT. - BRITTANY: AND FOR THE MOMS
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- - BRITTANY: AND FOR THE MOMS THAT ARE SINGLE MOMS THAT DON'T
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- THAT ARE SINGLE MOMS THAT DON'T HAVE A HUSBAND THAT IS TELLING
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- HAVE A HUSBAND THAT IS TELLING THEM, "I'VE GOT YOU, I'VE GOT
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- THEM, "I'VE GOT YOU, I'VE GOT YOUR BACK, YOU'RE NOT CRAZY,
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- YOUR BACK, YOU'RE NOT CRAZY, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB"--
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- YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB"-- AND SO, FOR ME, I WAS A SINGLE
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- AND SO, FOR ME, I WAS A SINGLE MOM WITH A NEWBORN, AND A
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- MOM WITH A NEWBORN, AND A 1 1/2-YEAR-OLD, AND A
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- 1 1/2-YEAR-OLD, AND A 3-YEAR-OLD, GOING: NOBODY IS
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- 3-YEAR-OLD, GOING: NOBODY IS SEEING WHAT I DO, DAY IN AND
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- SEEING WHAT I DO, DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
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- DAY OUT. I FEEL LIKE, OKAY, I'M NURSING
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- I FEEL LIKE, OKAY, I'M NURSING THIS LITTLE NEWBORN, I'M DOING
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- THIS LITTLE NEWBORN, I'M DOING THIS ON MY OWN...
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- THIS ON MY OWN... AND NOBODY'S IN MY HOUSE AT ALL
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- AND NOBODY'S IN MY HOUSE AT ALL MOMENTS.
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- MOMENTS. AND SO, HAVING TO KNOW THAT
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- AND SO, HAVING TO KNOW THAT MOTHERHOOD IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT
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- MOTHERHOOD IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS.
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- IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS. AND KNOWING THAT BEAUTY IS
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- AND KNOWING THAT BEAUTY IS SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE INSIDE.
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- SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE INSIDE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS.
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- IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS. AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOOK
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- AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS LOOK AMAZING ON THE OUTSIDE.
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- AMAZING ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT KNOWING WHAT THE BODY
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- BUT KNOWING WHAT THE BODY CHANGES, WHAT THE HORMONE
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- CHANGES, WHAT THE HORMONE CHANGES, AND ALL THAT STUFF,
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- CHANGES, AND ALL THAT STUFF, THAT WE CHANGE...
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- THAT WE CHANGE... [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] - DIANNA: NO ONE'S THERE WITH
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- - DIANNA: NO ONE'S THERE WITH AN INSTAGRAM, YOU KNOW, STORY
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- AN INSTAGRAM, YOU KNOW, STORY OF YOU HAVING A FULL-ON BLOWOUT
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- OF YOU HAVING A FULL-ON BLOWOUT WITH YOUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, AFTER
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- WITH YOUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU'VE BREASTFED THEM, AND
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- YOU'VE BREASTFED THEM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE DOO-DOO
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- THEN, YOU KNOW, THE DOO-DOO GOES ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK OF
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- GOES ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK OF THEIR CLOTHES, RIGHT?
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- THEIR CLOTHES, RIGHT? NO ONE'S THERE TO PUT THAT IN
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- NO ONE'S THERE TO PUT THAT IN THE HIGHLIGHT REEL, RIGHT?
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- THE HIGHLIGHT REEL, RIGHT? I REMEMBER -- IF I CAN SAY THIS
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- I REMEMBER -- IF I CAN SAY THIS -- I REMEMBER BEING IN WORSHIP
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- -- I REMEMBER BEING IN WORSHIP SERVICE, AND I WAS LEADING
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- SERVICE, AND I WAS LEADING WORSHIP.
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- WORSHIP. THIS WAS OLD-SCHOOL WORSHIP,
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- THIS WAS OLD-SCHOOL WORSHIP, LIKE CLINT BROWN, YOU KNOW,
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- LIKE CLINT BROWN, YOU KNOW, DONNIE MCCLURKIN SONGS, YOU
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- DONNIE MCCLURKIN SONGS, YOU KNOW.
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- KNOW. AND WE WERE ON THE WORSHIP
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- AND WE WERE ON THE WORSHIP TEAM.
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- TEAM. AND I REMEMBER MY DAUGHTER
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- AND I REMEMBER MY DAUGHTER CRIED ON THE FRONT ROW, AND,
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- CRIED ON THE FRONT ROW, AND, ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY MILK LET
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- ALL OF A SUDDEN, MY MILK LET DOWN.
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- DOWN. AND I HAD CIRCLES OF MILK --
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- AND I HAD CIRCLES OF MILK -- STAINS ON MY SILK BLOUSE.
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- STAINS ON MY SILK BLOUSE. YES, I WILL NEVER WEAR A SILK
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- YES, I WILL NEVER WEAR A SILK BLOUSE EVER AGAIN.
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- BLOUSE EVER AGAIN. SO, THAT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW...
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- SO, THAT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW... NOT GLAMOROUS.
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- NOT GLAMOROUS. THAT IS REAL MOTHERHOOD.
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- THAT IS REAL MOTHERHOOD. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO MOMS.
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- THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS TO MOMS. LIKE, THE MORE STORIES LIKE
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- LIKE, THE MORE STORIES LIKE THAT -- I DON'T CARE TO SHARE
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- THAT -- I DON'T CARE TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU ALL, BUT, THERE
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- THEM WITH YOU ALL, BUT, THERE ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO A
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- ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO A MOM.
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- MOM. ESPECIALLY IN MINISTRY,
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- ESPECIALLY IN MINISTRY, ESPECIALLY IN THE MARKETPLACE,
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- ESPECIALLY IN THE MARKETPLACE, THINGS HAPPEN.
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- THINGS HAPPEN. AND SO...IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS.
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- AND SO...IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS. IT'S HARD WORK -- THE HARDEST
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- IT'S HARD WORK -- THE HARDEST WORK YOU'LL EVER DO.
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- WORK YOU'LL EVER DO. BUT THE BEST WORK YOU'LL EVER
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- BUT THE BEST WORK YOU'LL EVER DO.
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- DO. [MUSIC]
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- [MUSIC] - ROBYN: SO LONG AGO, MY
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- - ROBYN: SO LONG AGO, MY OLDEST, NOW -- YOU KNOW, HE'S
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- OLDEST, NOW -- YOU KNOW, HE'S 39 -- BUT, I REMEMBER IN THAT
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- 39 -- BUT, I REMEMBER IN THAT VERY FIRST PREGNANCY, THAT
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- VERY FIRST PREGNANCY, THAT NEWBORN BABY.
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- NEWBORN BABY. AND PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THE
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- AND PEOPLE WOULD COME TO THE HOSPITAL: "DON'T YOU LOVE HIM?"
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- HOSPITAL: "DON'T YOU LOVE HIM?" I REMEMBER THAT QUESTION.
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- I REMEMBER THAT QUESTION. AND, I REMEMBER THINKING TO
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- AND, I REMEMBER THINKING TO MYSELF-- AFTER THE WAR I HAD
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- MYSELF-- AFTER THE WAR I HAD JUST BEEN THROUGH, WHAT SHOCKED
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- JUST BEEN THROUGH, WHAT SHOCKED ME, AND ALL THE STUFF, THE WAR
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- ME, AND ALL THE STUFF, THE WAR YOU GO THROUGH, YOU'RE LIKE:
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- YOU GO THROUGH, YOU'RE LIKE: ARE YOU KIDDING?
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- ARE YOU KIDDING? AND IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD.
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- AND IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD. AND YOU'RE THROUGH ALL THAT.
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- AND YOU'RE THROUGH ALL THAT. AND THEN, I REMEMBER, "DON'T
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- AND THEN, I REMEMBER, "DON'T YOU LOVE HIM?"
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- YOU LOVE HIM?" AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS KID,
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- AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS KID, AND I'M LIKE: WELL, I WANT TO.
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- AND I'M LIKE: WELL, I WANT TO. I MEAN, I REALLY WANT TO.
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- I MEAN, I REALLY WANT TO. - JAMIE: "BUT WE HAD A ROUGH
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- - JAMIE: "BUT WE HAD A ROUGH START."
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- START." - ROBYN: YOU KNOW, IT'S
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- - ROBYN: YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY--
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- REALLY-- - BRITTANY: AND LOVE GROWS!
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- - BRITTANY: AND LOVE GROWS! YOU'RE LIKE: I DON'T KNOW THIS
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- YOU'RE LIKE: I DON'T KNOW THIS BABY YET!
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- BABY YET! - ROBYN: IT'S TRAUMA!
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- - ROBYN: IT'S TRAUMA! OH, IT'S SO DIFFICULT, YOU
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- OH, IT'S SO DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW.
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- KNOW. AND, I THINK THAT ALL OF
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- AND, I THINK THAT ALL OF THAT -- WE JUST NEED TO ALWAYS,
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- THAT -- WE JUST NEED TO ALWAYS, AS THE OLDER WOMEN, BE REALLY
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- AS THE OLDER WOMEN, BE REALLY GENEROUS WITH THE YOUNGER
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- GENEROUS WITH THE YOUNGER WOMEN, WITH OUR WORDS--
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- WOMEN, WITH OUR WORDS-- - DIANNA: SO GOOD.
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- - DIANNA: SO GOOD. I LOVE THAT.
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- I LOVE THAT. - ROBYN: --AND WITH OUR LOVE.
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- - ROBYN: --AND WITH OUR LOVE. AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY THINK
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- AND THAT'S WHAT I REALLY THINK OUR JOB IS, AS THE GRANDMOTHERS
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- OUR JOB IS, AS THE GRANDMOTHERS AND THE MOMS.
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- AND THE MOMS. BUT THEN, I WOULD SAY TO YOUNG
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- BUT THEN, I WOULD SAY TO YOUNG MOTHERS: BE KIND TO YOURSELF.
- 00:09:54.583 --> 00:10:00.222
- MOTHERS: BE KIND TO YOURSELF. - DIANNA: THAT'S SO GOOD.
- 00:10:00.289 --> 00:10:00.790
- - DIANNA: THAT'S SO GOOD. - ROBYN: IF YOUR GIRLFRIEND
- 00:10:00.856 --> 00:10:02.158
- - ROBYN: IF YOUR GIRLFRIEND CAME TO YOU AND SAID, "I'M
- 00:10:02.224 --> 00:10:03.125
- CAME TO YOU AND SAID, "I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME,"
- 00:10:03.192 --> 00:10:04.727
- HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME," WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HER?
- 00:10:04.794 --> 00:10:05.961
- WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HER? YOU'D SAY: "YOU'RE DOING A
- 00:10:06.028 --> 00:10:07.129
- YOU'D SAY: "YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB!
- 00:10:07.196 --> 00:10:09.498
- GREAT JOB! YOU'RE AWESOME.
- 00:10:09.565 --> 00:10:10.566
- YOU'RE AWESOME. I THINK YOU'RE AMAZING."
- 00:10:10.633 --> 00:10:11.567
- I THINK YOU'RE AMAZING." BUT TO OURSELVES, WE'RE NOT
- 00:10:11.634 --> 00:10:12.902
- BUT TO OURSELVES, WE'RE NOT KIND.
- 00:10:12.968 --> 00:10:14.570
- KIND. - LAURIE: NO...
- 00:10:14.637 --> 00:10:15.137
- - LAURIE: NO... - ROBYN: WE BEAT OURSELVES UP.
- 00:10:15.204 --> 00:10:16.672
- - ROBYN: WE BEAT OURSELVES UP. YOU KNOW, WE SAY: MAN, YOU
- 00:10:16.739 --> 00:10:17.873
- YOU KNOW, WE SAY: MAN, YOU DIDN'T DO THIS.
- 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:19.175
- DIDN'T DO THIS. AND: YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT
- 00:10:19.241 --> 00:10:21.744
- AND: YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT BETTER.
- 00:10:21.811 --> 00:10:22.244
- BETTER. AND: HOW COME YOU DIDN'T
- 00:10:22.311 --> 00:10:23.612
- AND: HOW COME YOU DIDN'T ORGANIZE?
- 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:24.046
- ORGANIZE? WE'RE SO HARD ON ONE PERSON
- 00:10:24.113 --> 00:10:25.848
- WE'RE SO HARD ON ONE PERSON THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SELF-CARE
- 00:10:25.915 --> 00:10:29.618
- THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SELF-CARE FOR.
- 00:10:29.685 --> 00:10:30.052
- FOR. BECAUSE WE, OURSELVES, ARE
- 00:10:30.119 --> 00:10:31.487
- BECAUSE WE, OURSELVES, ARE LOVED BY GOD.
- 00:10:31.554 --> 00:10:34.223
- LOVED BY GOD. WE KNOW THAT.
- 00:10:34.290 --> 00:10:36.392
- WE KNOW THAT. BUT, SOMEHOW, WE DON'T LET
- 00:10:36.459 --> 00:10:37.426
- BUT, SOMEHOW, WE DON'T LET OURSELVES FEEL IT.
- 00:10:37.493 --> 00:10:39.562
- OURSELVES FEEL IT. AND THAT'S WHERE I BELIEVE
- 00:10:39.628 --> 00:10:41.931
- AND THAT'S WHERE I BELIEVE MOTHERHOOD IS SUCH A GIFT.
- 00:10:41.997 --> 00:10:43.999
- MOTHERHOOD IS SUCH A GIFT. BECAUSE, AS A MOM MYSELF, ALL
- 00:10:44.066 --> 00:10:44.967
- BECAUSE, AS A MOM MYSELF, ALL THESE YEARS, NOW, OF RAISING
- 00:10:45.034 --> 00:10:46.102
- THESE YEARS, NOW, OF RAISING THESE BOYS, IT'S SUCH A PLACE
- 00:10:46.168 --> 00:10:47.503
- THESE BOYS, IT'S SUCH A PLACE WHERE I CAN SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE
- 00:10:47.570 --> 00:10:51.640
- WHERE I CAN SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE MY CHILDREN, THAT IT'S TAUGHT
- 00:10:51.707 --> 00:10:52.274
- MY CHILDREN, THAT IT'S TAUGHT ME HOW MUCH GOD LOVES ME.
- 00:10:52.341 --> 00:10:54.343
- ME HOW MUCH GOD LOVES ME. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT IF I
- 00:10:54.410 --> 00:10:55.578
- THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT IF I CAN LOVE MY CHILDREN THE WAY I
- 00:10:55.644 --> 00:10:57.713
- CAN LOVE MY CHILDREN THE WAY I DO -- WHICH, HONESTLY, I CAN'T
- 00:10:57.780 --> 00:11:00.316
- DO -- WHICH, HONESTLY, I CAN'T IMAGINE LOVING THEM MORE THAN I
- 00:11:00.382 --> 00:11:03.686
- IMAGINE LOVING THEM MORE THAN I DO -- I ADORE THOSE KIDS, BUT
- 00:11:03.753 --> 00:11:04.920
- DO -- I ADORE THOSE KIDS, BUT GOD LOVES ME MORE, AND HE LOVES
- 00:11:04.987 --> 00:11:06.789
- GOD LOVES ME MORE, AND HE LOVES THEM MORE.
- 00:11:06.856 --> 00:11:08.724
- THEM MORE. - DIANNA: YES.
- 00:11:08.791 --> 00:11:09.158
- - DIANNA: YES. - ROBYN: SO, IT'S A PICTURE OF
- 00:11:09.225 --> 00:11:10.359
- - ROBYN: SO, IT'S A PICTURE OF HOW WE SHOULD REST IN HIS LOVE
- 00:11:10.426 --> 00:11:14.530
- HOW WE SHOULD REST IN HIS LOVE AND THEN BE KIND TO OURSELVES.
- 00:11:14.597 --> 00:11:16.332
- AND THEN BE KIND TO OURSELVES. SELF-CARE, OR
- 00:11:16.398 --> 00:11:18.801
- SELF-CARE, OR SELF-UNDERSTANDING,
- 00:11:18.868 --> 00:11:19.802
- SELF-UNDERSTANDING, SELF-GENEROSITY ALL BEGINS
- 00:11:19.869 --> 00:11:21.237
- SELF-GENEROSITY ALL BEGINS WITH A PLACE OF BEING KIND TO
- 00:11:21.303 --> 00:11:24.840
- WITH A PLACE OF BEING KIND TO OURSELVES.
- 00:11:24.907 --> 00:11:27.443
- OURSELVES. AND THEN WE START BY DOING
- 00:11:27.510 --> 00:11:29.411
- AND THEN WE START BY DOING THAT WE CAN BE KIND TO OTHERS.
- 00:11:29.478 --> 00:11:31.447
- THAT WE CAN BE KIND TO OTHERS. - LAURIE: SO, WHEN I THINK
- 00:11:31.514 --> 00:11:33.649
- - LAURIE: SO, WHEN I THINK ABOUT SELF-CARE FOR BEING A
- 00:11:33.716 --> 00:11:35.618
- ABOUT SELF-CARE FOR BEING A MOM, I NEVER REALLY FELT THAT I
- 00:11:35.684 --> 00:11:37.386
- MOM, I NEVER REALLY FELT THAT I NEEDED TIME OFF AND A BREAK AND
- 00:11:37.453 --> 00:11:38.954
- NEEDED TIME OFF AND A BREAK AND ALL THAT STUFF.
- 00:11:39.021 --> 00:11:40.089
- ALL THAT STUFF. BUT I KNOW PRECIOUS WOMEN --
- 00:11:40.156 --> 00:11:42.925
- BUT I KNOW PRECIOUS WOMEN -- AND THERE'S SO MANY OF 'EM --
- 00:11:42.992 --> 00:11:43.559
- AND THERE'S SO MANY OF 'EM -- THAT DO.
- 00:11:43.626 --> 00:11:44.627
- THAT DO. SINGLE MOMS -- YOU ARE HEROES
- 00:11:44.693 --> 00:11:48.197
- SINGLE MOMS -- YOU ARE HEROES OF THE WORLD.
- 00:11:48.264 --> 00:11:49.632
- OF THE WORLD. AND, SO, SOMETIMES, WHEN PEOPLE
- 00:11:49.698 --> 00:11:52.234
- AND, SO, SOMETIMES, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, "WELL, WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO
- 00:11:52.301 --> 00:11:54.069
- SAY, "WELL, WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO TELL THEM HOW TO SELF-CARE?"
- 00:11:54.136 --> 00:11:57.506
- TELL THEM HOW TO SELF-CARE?" WELL, I THINK, PROBABLY, WHAT I
- 00:11:57.573 --> 00:12:00.109
- WELL, I THINK, PROBABLY, WHAT I THINK ABOUT MOST IS: WHAT CAN
- 00:12:00.176 --> 00:12:00.743
- THINK ABOUT MOST IS: WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?
- 00:12:00.810 --> 00:12:01.477
- WE DO FOR YOU? [LAUGHS]
- 00:12:01.544 --> 00:12:04.513
- [LAUGHS] WHAT CAN WE DO TO REACH OUT TO,
- 00:12:04.580 --> 00:12:05.681
- WHAT CAN WE DO TO REACH OUT TO, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN THAT
- 00:12:05.748 --> 00:12:08.851
- YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN THAT HAVE SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILDREN,
- 00:12:08.918 --> 00:12:10.186
- HAVE SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILDREN, THAT HAVE A HOUSEFUL OF KIDS
- 00:12:10.252 --> 00:12:13.189
- THAT HAVE A HOUSEFUL OF KIDS AND MAYBE THEY'RE WORKING THREE
- 00:12:13.255 --> 00:12:14.657
- AND MAYBE THEY'RE WORKING THREE JOBS?
- 00:12:14.723 --> 00:12:15.691
- JOBS? WHAT CAN WE DO -- US THAT HAVE
- 00:12:15.758 --> 00:12:17.026
- WHAT CAN WE DO -- US THAT HAVE MAYBE A MOMENT ON OUR HANDS --
- 00:12:17.092 --> 00:12:19.595
- MAYBE A MOMENT ON OUR HANDS -- TO REACH OUT AND HELP THEM?
- 00:12:19.662 --> 00:12:25.668
- TO REACH OUT AND HELP THEM? - ROBYN: LET'S STAY CONNECTED.
- 00:12:25.734 --> 00:12:26.335
- - ROBYN: LET'S STAY CONNECTED. - LAURIE: FOLLOW US ON
- 00:12:26.402 --> 00:12:26.869
- - LAURIE: FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EXCLUSIVE
- 00:12:26.936 --> 00:12:27.870
- SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EXCLUSIVE "BETTER TOGETHER" CONTENT.
- 00:12:27.937 --> 00:12:29.438
- "BETTER TOGETHER" CONTENT. - JAMIE: JOIN THE CONVERSATION
- 00:12:29.505 --> 00:12:30.105
- - JAMIE: JOIN THE CONVERSATION AND CONNECT WITH WOMEN ALL OVER
- 00:12:30.172 --> 00:12:31.106
- AND CONNECT WITH WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD GETTING BETTER
- 00:12:31.173 --> 00:12:32.775
- THE WORLD GETTING BETTER TOGETHER.
- 00:12:32.842 --> 00:12:39.348
- TOGETHER. - SHEILA WALSH: I LOVE
- 00:12:39.415 --> 00:12:40.649
- - SHEILA WALSH: I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT BEING A MUM.
- 00:12:40.716 --> 00:12:41.784
- EVERYTHING ABOUT BEING A MUM. I WAS NOT THE KIND OF-- LIKE,
- 00:12:41.851 --> 00:12:43.619
- I WAS NOT THE KIND OF-- LIKE, MY SISTER ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE
- 00:12:43.686 --> 00:12:44.286
- MY SISTER ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE CHILDREN.
- 00:12:44.353 --> 00:12:45.054
- CHILDREN. AND I DIDN'T REALLY.
- 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:46.455
- AND I DIDN'T REALLY. I WANTED DOGS.
- 00:12:46.522 --> 00:12:47.456
- I WANTED DOGS. AND I USED TO THINK, WHEN
- 00:12:47.523 --> 00:12:48.724
- AND I USED TO THINK, WHEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "HEY, I'VE
- 00:12:48.791 --> 00:12:49.792
- PEOPLE WOULD SAY, "HEY, I'VE HAD A BABY -- DO YOU WANT TO
- 00:12:49.859 --> 00:12:52.194
- HAD A BABY -- DO YOU WANT TO HOLD HIM?" I'M LIKE, "NO -- YOU
- 00:12:52.261 --> 00:12:53.062
- HOLD HIM?" I'M LIKE, "NO -- YOU HOLD THE BABY" -- UNTIL MY SON
- 00:12:53.128 --> 00:12:54.163
- HOLD THE BABY" -- UNTIL MY SON WAS BORN.
- 00:12:54.230 --> 00:12:55.598
- WAS BORN. AND THEN, IT WAS LIKE...PART OF
- 00:12:55.664 --> 00:12:56.832
- AND THEN, IT WAS LIKE...PART OF ME THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WAS
- 00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:58.067
- ME THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WAS THERE WAS BORN.
- 00:12:58.133 --> 00:12:59.001
- THERE WAS BORN. I THINK I SPENT THE FIRST FIVE
- 00:12:59.068 --> 00:13:00.336
- I THINK I SPENT THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF HIS LIFE JUST STARING
- 00:13:00.402 --> 00:13:01.437
- YEARS OF HIS LIFE JUST STARING AT HIM.
- 00:13:01.503 --> 00:13:03.305
- AT HIM. - NONA JONES: I...LOVE BEING A
- 00:13:03.372 --> 00:13:03.973
- - NONA JONES: I...LOVE BEING A MOTHER.
- 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:06.041
- MOTHER. I...ASSUME THE ROLE OF A
- 00:13:06.108 --> 00:13:06.842
- I...ASSUME THE ROLE OF A MOTHER, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING
- 00:13:06.909 --> 00:13:08.711
- MOTHER, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN
- 00:13:08.777 --> 00:13:10.546
- THAT I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FOR MY
- 00:13:10.613 --> 00:13:12.781
- THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FOR MY SONS WHAT I NEVER HAD.
- 00:13:12.848 --> 00:13:13.582
- SONS WHAT I NEVER HAD. - MO ISOM AIKEN: MOTHERHOOD
- 00:13:13.649 --> 00:13:16.352
- - MO ISOM AIKEN: MOTHERHOOD TEACHES ME ABOUT SELF-SACRIFICE
- 00:13:16.418 --> 00:13:17.486
- TEACHES ME ABOUT SELF-SACRIFICE THAT'S COMPELLED BY LOVE.
- 00:13:17.553 --> 00:13:18.687
- THAT'S COMPELLED BY LOVE. MOTHERHOOD TEACHES ME ABOUT THE
- 00:13:18.754 --> 00:13:20.890
- MOTHERHOOD TEACHES ME ABOUT THE NURTURING HEART THAT'S KNIT
- 00:13:20.956 --> 00:13:23.225
- NURTURING HEART THAT'S KNIT WITHIN ME BY GOD, WHEN IT'S
- 00:13:23.292 --> 00:13:25.294
- WITHIN ME BY GOD, WHEN IT'S COMPELLED BY DEEP CARE AND
- 00:13:25.361 --> 00:13:26.896
- COMPELLED BY DEEP CARE AND LOVE.
- 00:13:26.962 --> 00:13:28.464
- LOVE. MOTHERHOOD TEACHES ME NOT TO
- 00:13:28.530 --> 00:13:29.565
- MOTHERHOOD TEACHES ME NOT TO TAKE MYSELF SO SERIOUSLY.
- 00:13:29.632 --> 00:13:30.733
- TAKE MYSELF SO SERIOUSLY. - NONA: BEING A MOTHER IS NOT
- 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:31.934
- - NONA: BEING A MOTHER IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO YOUR BIOLOGY;
- 00:13:32.001 --> 00:13:33.202
- ONLY LIMITED TO YOUR BIOLOGY; YOU CAN BE A MOTHER SIMPLY BY
- 00:13:33.269 --> 00:13:35.271
- YOU CAN BE A MOTHER SIMPLY BY EXTENDING THE LOVE OF GOD TO
- 00:13:35.337 --> 00:13:37.539
- EXTENDING THE LOVE OF GOD TO CHILDREN IN YOUR VICINITY.
- 00:13:37.606 --> 00:13:39.975
- CHILDREN IN YOUR VICINITY. SO, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL
- 00:13:40.042 --> 00:13:42.044
- SO, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU.
- 00:13:42.111 --> 00:13:48.517
- OF YOU. - JAMIE: AS MOMS, SOMETIMES,
- 00:13:48.584 --> 00:13:49.151
- - JAMIE: AS MOMS, SOMETIMES, WE CAN PUT OURSELVES LAST -- WE
- 00:13:49.218 --> 00:13:49.852
- WE CAN PUT OURSELVES LAST -- WE ALL KNOW THIS.
- 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:51.453
- ALL KNOW THIS. WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE
- 00:13:51.520 --> 00:13:52.454
- WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF
- 00:13:52.521 --> 00:13:53.789
- CHILDREN, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE HOME SOMETIMES, OR, YOU'RE
- 00:13:53.856 --> 00:13:55.190
- THE HOME SOMETIMES, OR, YOU'RE WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE HOME AND
- 00:13:55.257 --> 00:13:56.558
- WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE HOME AND DOING ALL THE THINGS, AS WELL.
- 00:13:56.625 --> 00:13:58.661
- DOING ALL THE THINGS, AS WELL. AND I THINK WE CAN THINK ABOUT
- 00:13:58.727 --> 00:13:59.728
- AND I THINK WE CAN THINK ABOUT OURSELVES LAST.
- 00:13:59.795 --> 00:14:01.664
- OURSELVES LAST. AND SO, WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT
- 00:14:01.730 --> 00:14:02.631
- AND SO, WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT I AM A MUCH BETTER MOM TO MY
- 00:14:02.698 --> 00:14:04.633
- I AM A MUCH BETTER MOM TO MY CHILDREN WHEN I'M TAKING CARE
- 00:14:04.700 --> 00:14:06.235
- CHILDREN WHEN I'M TAKING CARE OF MYSELF, AS WELL.
- 00:14:06.302 --> 00:14:06.702
- OF MYSELF, AS WELL. - ROBYN: ABSOLUTELY.
- 00:14:06.769 --> 00:14:07.469
- - ROBYN: ABSOLUTELY. - JAMIE: AND I THINK THAT'S
- 00:14:07.536 --> 00:14:08.437
- - JAMIE: AND I THINK THAT'S HARD BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS
- 00:14:08.504 --> 00:14:09.738
- HARD BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS MARTYR SYNDROME, LIKE: I WILL
- 00:14:09.805 --> 00:14:10.339
- MARTYR SYNDROME, LIKE: I WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.
- 00:14:10.406 --> 00:14:11.740
- NOT TAKE CARE OF MYSELF. I WILL ONLY GIVE MYSELF TO THE
- 00:14:11.807 --> 00:14:13.776
- I WILL ONLY GIVE MYSELF TO THE CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND, AND
- 00:14:13.842 --> 00:14:14.810
- CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND, AND I'M JUST GOING TO LET MYSELF
- 00:14:14.877 --> 00:14:16.378
- I'M JUST GOING TO LET MYSELF GO, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR FAMILY.
- 00:14:16.445 --> 00:14:19.048
- GO, FOR THE SAKE OF OUR FAMILY. THAT DOESN'T EVER WORK OUT
- 00:14:19.114 --> 00:14:19.882
- THAT DOESN'T EVER WORK OUT OKAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO
- 00:14:19.949 --> 00:14:21.283
- OKAY, BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO DRAINED, YOU'RE TOO EXHAUSTED--
- 00:14:21.350 --> 00:14:22.117
- DRAINED, YOU'RE TOO EXHAUSTED-- - DIANNA: MISERABLE.
- 00:14:22.184 --> 00:14:24.119
- - DIANNA: MISERABLE. - JAMIE: YOU ARE MISERABLE.
- 00:14:24.186 --> 00:14:25.120
- - JAMIE: YOU ARE MISERABLE. YOUR SOUL IS NOT BEING FED.
- 00:14:25.187 --> 00:14:26.722
- YOUR SOUL IS NOT BEING FED. YOU'RE NOT SPENDING TIME WITH
- 00:14:26.789 --> 00:14:27.389
- YOU'RE NOT SPENDING TIME WITH YOUR COMMUNITY.
- 00:14:27.456 --> 00:14:28.223
- YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN, YOU THINK YOU CAN BE
- 00:14:28.290 --> 00:14:29.425
- AND THEN, YOU THINK YOU CAN BE A GOOD MOM!
- 00:14:29.491 --> 00:14:30.259
- A GOOD MOM! - LAURIE: SO, HOW DO WE HELP
- 00:14:30.326 --> 00:14:31.293
- - LAURIE: SO, HOW DO WE HELP THAT?
- 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:31.794
- THAT? WHAT DO WE DO?
- 00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.494
- WHAT DO WE DO? - JAMIE: YEAH, I THINK, FOR
- 00:14:32.561 --> 00:14:34.029
- - JAMIE: YEAH, I THINK, FOR ME, SOME OF THE THINGS I
- 00:14:34.096 --> 00:14:34.530
- ME, SOME OF THE THINGS I LEARNED -- AND THIS CAME FROM
- 00:14:34.596 --> 00:14:35.798
- LEARNED -- AND THIS CAME FROM CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN ME AND MY
- 00:14:35.864 --> 00:14:36.465
- CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN ME AND MY HUSBAND -- IS: I'M GOING TO
- 00:14:36.532 --> 00:14:37.566
- HUSBAND -- IS: I'M GOING TO NEED SOME TIME FOR MYSELF.
- 00:14:37.633 --> 00:14:39.568
- NEED SOME TIME FOR MYSELF. AND, NOW THAT MY KIDS ARE OLDER
- 00:14:39.635 --> 00:14:40.636
- AND, NOW THAT MY KIDS ARE OLDER AND I WORK, I GET THAT IN
- 00:14:40.703 --> 00:14:43.305
- AND I WORK, I GET THAT IN DIFFERENT AREAS, JUST BECAUSE
- 00:14:43.372 --> 00:14:45.641
- DIFFERENT AREAS, JUST BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF BUILT IN.
- 00:14:45.708 --> 00:14:46.775
- IT'S KIND OF BUILT IN. BUT I REMEMBER WITH LITTLE KIDS
- 00:14:46.842 --> 00:14:47.643
- BUT I REMEMBER WITH LITTLE KIDS IS THAT I WOULD SAY, "I'M GONNA
- 00:14:47.710 --> 00:14:51.046
- IS THAT I WOULD SAY, "I'M GONNA NEED SOME TIME AWAY."
- 00:14:51.113 --> 00:14:53.282
- NEED SOME TIME AWAY." WHEN OUR KIDS WERE IN MOTHER'S
- 00:14:53.349 --> 00:14:53.916
- WHEN OUR KIDS WERE IN MOTHER'S DAY OUT -- YOU KNOW, EVERY
- 00:14:53.983 --> 00:14:54.950
- DAY OUT -- YOU KNOW, EVERY TUESDAY OR THURSDAY -- MY
- 00:14:55.017 --> 00:14:56.018
- TUESDAY OR THURSDAY -- MY HUSBAND AND I HAD A BUILT-IN
- 00:14:56.085 --> 00:14:58.253
- HUSBAND AND I HAD A BUILT-IN EVERY TUESDAY WE WENT TO LUNCH
- 00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:58.887
- EVERY TUESDAY WE WENT TO LUNCH AT THE SAME RESTAURANT.
- 00:14:58.954 --> 00:14:59.922
- AT THE SAME RESTAURANT. - DIANNA: GOOD.
- 00:14:59.989 --> 00:15:00.589
- - DIANNA: GOOD. - JAMIE: AND IT WAS-- WE
- 00:15:00.656 --> 00:15:01.156
- - JAMIE: AND IT WAS-- WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A
- 00:15:01.223 --> 00:15:02.324
- DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A BABYSITTER, 'CAUSE WE ALREADY
- 00:15:02.391 --> 00:15:02.958
- BABYSITTER, 'CAUSE WE ALREADY HAD 'EM IN MOTHER'S DAY OUT,
- 00:15:03.025 --> 00:15:03.625
- HAD 'EM IN MOTHER'S DAY OUT, AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY SELF-CARE
- 00:15:03.692 --> 00:15:04.693
- AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY SELF-CARE FOR MYSELF.
- 00:15:04.760 --> 00:15:05.194
- FOR MYSELF. BECAUSE I NEEDED TO BE AN
- 00:15:05.260 --> 00:15:06.261
- BECAUSE I NEEDED TO BE AN ADULT.
- 00:15:06.328 --> 00:15:07.896
- ADULT. I NEEDED TO BE IN A RESTAURANT
- 00:15:07.963 --> 00:15:08.564
- I NEEDED TO BE IN A RESTAURANT WITH MY HUSBAND.
- 00:15:08.630 --> 00:15:09.698
- WITH MY HUSBAND. AND IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
- 00:15:09.765 --> 00:15:10.366
- AND IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, SO IT WAS PERFECTLY
- 00:15:10.432 --> 00:15:11.166
- DAY, SO IT WAS PERFECTLY JUST...GREAT.
- 00:15:11.233 --> 00:15:11.934
- JUST...GREAT. IT WAS NO RUSH, OR WAITING, OR
- 00:15:12.001 --> 00:15:12.935
- IT WAS NO RUSH, OR WAITING, OR GETTING ALL DOLLED UP.
- 00:15:13.002 --> 00:15:14.870
- GETTING ALL DOLLED UP. - DIANNA: GETTING ALL DRESSED
- 00:15:14.937 --> 00:15:16.138
- - DIANNA: GETTING ALL DRESSED UP -- YES!
- 00:15:16.205 --> 00:15:17.206
- UP -- YES! - JAMIE: NO!
- 00:15:17.272 --> 00:15:17.673
- - JAMIE: NO! WE JUST SHOWED UP.
- 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.240
- WE JUST SHOWED UP. BUT THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR MY
- 00:15:18.307 --> 00:15:19.108
- BUT THAT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR MY SOUL AND FOR MY MARRIAGE, WHEN
- 00:15:19.174 --> 00:15:21.176
- SOUL AND FOR MY MARRIAGE, WHEN OUR KIDS WERE LITTLE.
- 00:15:21.243 --> 00:15:21.844
- OUR KIDS WERE LITTLE. - BRITTANY: AND TO GET OUT OF
- 00:15:21.910 --> 00:15:22.678
- - BRITTANY: AND TO GET OUT OF PAJAMAS AND GET OUT-- YOU KNOW?
- 00:15:22.745 --> 00:15:23.345
- PAJAMAS AND GET OUT-- YOU KNOW? - DIANNA: YES!
- 00:15:23.412 --> 00:15:23.779
- - DIANNA: YES! [MUSIC]
- 00:15:23.846 --> 00:15:24.179
- [MUSIC] - BRITTANY: SO MANY TIMES,
- 00:15:24.246 --> 00:15:24.780
- - BRITTANY: SO MANY TIMES, WITH A NEWBORN, I FELT LIKE,
- 00:15:24.847 --> 00:15:25.381
- WITH A NEWBORN, I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE DAYS AND THE
- 00:15:25.447 --> 00:15:26.915
- YOU KNOW, THE DAYS AND THE NIGHTS RAN TOGETHER.
- 00:15:26.982 --> 00:15:28.150
- NIGHTS RAN TOGETHER. AND SO, I FOUND IF I GOT UP
- 00:15:28.217 --> 00:15:29.618
- AND SO, I FOUND IF I GOT UP EVERY MORNING AND PUT ON REAL
- 00:15:29.685 --> 00:15:30.753
- EVERY MORNING AND PUT ON REAL CLOTHES -- YOU KNOW WHAT I
- 00:15:30.819 --> 00:15:31.420
- CLOTHES -- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? -- EVEN IF I DIDN'T LEAVE
- 00:15:31.487 --> 00:15:32.087
- MEAN? -- EVEN IF I DIDN'T LEAVE -- WITH ALL THESE LITTLE
- 00:15:32.154 --> 00:15:33.589
- -- WITH ALL THESE LITTLE TODDLERS RUNNING AROUND -- THAT
- 00:15:33.655 --> 00:15:34.790
- TODDLERS RUNNING AROUND -- THAT HELPED ME.
- 00:15:34.857 --> 00:15:39.161
- HELPED ME. - JADA EDWARDS: THE GREATEST
- 00:15:39.228 --> 00:15:40.229
- - JADA EDWARDS: THE GREATEST LESSON I HAVE LEARNED BEING A
- 00:15:40.295 --> 00:15:41.630
- LESSON I HAVE LEARNED BEING A MOM -- I THINK I'M STILL
- 00:15:41.697 --> 00:15:42.631
- MOM -- I THINK I'M STILL LEARNING THAT -- IS MANY OF THE
- 00:15:42.698 --> 00:15:44.033
- LEARNING THAT -- IS MANY OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WILL MATTER
- 00:15:44.099 --> 00:15:45.667
- THINGS THAT I THINK WILL MATTER WILL NOT ULTIMATELY MATTER.
- 00:15:45.734 --> 00:15:47.002
- WILL NOT ULTIMATELY MATTER. I REMEMBER BEING STRESSED OVER
- 00:15:47.069 --> 00:15:48.237
- I REMEMBER BEING STRESSED OVER WHAT AGE MY KIDS WALKED, OR
- 00:15:48.303 --> 00:15:50.172
- WHAT AGE MY KIDS WALKED, OR SAID THEIR FIRST WORD, OR "ARE
- 00:15:50.239 --> 00:15:52.674
- SAID THEIR FIRST WORD, OR "ARE THEY POTTY-TRAINED AT THE RIGHT
- 00:15:52.741 --> 00:15:54.276
- THEY POTTY-TRAINED AT THE RIGHT AGE?"
- 00:15:54.343 --> 00:15:54.877
- AGE?" AND THEN, AS THEY GET OLDER,
- 00:15:54.943 --> 00:15:56.412
- AND THEN, AS THEY GET OLDER, THEIR GRADES, AND, ALL OF THESE
- 00:15:56.478 --> 00:15:57.980
- THEIR GRADES, AND, ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK
- 00:15:58.047 --> 00:15:59.081
- OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK SEEMED SO URGENT IN THE MOMENT,
- 00:15:59.148 --> 00:16:00.549
- SEEMED SO URGENT IN THE MOMENT, AS I'VE WATCHED MY MOTHER AND
- 00:16:00.616 --> 00:16:02.851
- AS I'VE WATCHED MY MOTHER AND I'VE WATCHED OTHER FRIENDS
- 00:16:02.918 --> 00:16:05.320
- I'VE WATCHED OTHER FRIENDS RAISE OLDER CHILDREN, AND EVEN
- 00:16:05.387 --> 00:16:06.355
- RAISE OLDER CHILDREN, AND EVEN LOOKED AT MY OWN ADULT LIFE, I
- 00:16:06.422 --> 00:16:08.090
- LOOKED AT MY OWN ADULT LIFE, I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS EVER
- 00:16:08.157 --> 00:16:10.993
- DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS EVER ASKED ME HOW OLD I WAS WHEN I
- 00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:11.627
- ASKED ME HOW OLD I WAS WHEN I TOOK MY FIRST STEPS OR HOW OLD
- 00:16:11.693 --> 00:16:13.062
- TOOK MY FIRST STEPS OR HOW OLD I WAS WHEN I POTTY-TRAINED.
- 00:16:13.128 --> 00:16:14.797
- I WAS WHEN I POTTY-TRAINED. LIKE, THOSE THINGS THAT SEEM
- 00:16:14.863 --> 00:16:16.165
- LIKE, THOSE THINGS THAT SEEM SO URGENT IN THAT MOMENT
- 00:16:16.231 --> 00:16:18.534
- SO URGENT IN THAT MOMENT ULTIMATELY DON'T MATTER AS MUCH
- 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:20.069
- ULTIMATELY DON'T MATTER AS MUCH AS WE THINK THEY DO.
- 00:16:20.135 --> 00:16:22.037
- AS WE THINK THEY DO. IT'S SHAPING CHARACTER, IT'S
- 00:16:22.104 --> 00:16:23.305
- IT'S SHAPING CHARACTER, IT'S BUILDING INTEGRITY, IT'S
- 00:16:23.372 --> 00:16:24.573
- BUILDING INTEGRITY, IT'S SHOWING YOUR KIDS WHO JESUS IS
- 00:16:24.640 --> 00:16:25.674
- SHOWING YOUR KIDS WHO JESUS IS -- THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT
- 00:16:25.741 --> 00:16:26.942
- -- THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL OUTLAST MANY OF THE GOALS
- 00:16:27.009 --> 00:16:28.310
- WILL OUTLAST MANY OF THE GOALS THAT WE'VE SET UP FOR THEM THAT
- 00:16:28.377 --> 00:16:30.846
- THAT WE'VE SET UP FOR THEM THAT GOD REALLY NEVER GAVE US IN THE
- 00:16:30.913 --> 00:16:32.848
- GOD REALLY NEVER GAVE US IN THE FIRST PLACE.
- 00:16:32.915 --> 00:16:37.719
- FIRST PLACE. - BRITTANY: I FOUND THAT EVEN
- 00:16:37.786 --> 00:16:38.353
- - BRITTANY: I FOUND THAT EVEN WHEN I DID HAVE TIME AWAY, OR
- 00:16:38.420 --> 00:16:39.655
- WHEN I DID HAVE TIME AWAY, OR EVEN IF I DID PUT ON MY MAKE-UP
- 00:16:39.721 --> 00:16:41.657
- EVEN IF I DID PUT ON MY MAKE-UP THAT DAY, I HAD THIS SOUL NEED
- 00:16:41.723 --> 00:16:42.658
- THAT DAY, I HAD THIS SOUL NEED THAT I WAS MISSING SOMETHING.
- 00:16:42.724 --> 00:16:45.694
- THAT I WAS MISSING SOMETHING. AND YOU HAVE THIS DESPERATE:
- 00:16:45.761 --> 00:16:47.763
- AND YOU HAVE THIS DESPERATE: "LORD, AM I DOING THIS RIGHT?"
- 00:16:47.830 --> 00:16:48.931
- "LORD, AM I DOING THIS RIGHT?" "AM I RUINING MY KIDS?"
- 00:16:48.997 --> 00:16:49.798
- "AM I RUINING MY KIDS?" AND SO, FOR ME, SOMETHING THAT
- 00:16:49.865 --> 00:16:52.134
- AND SO, FOR ME, SOMETHING THAT HELPED ME SO MUCH WAS WHEN I
- 00:16:52.201 --> 00:16:53.569
- HELPED ME SO MUCH WAS WHEN I TOOK A MOMENT AND I WENT AND
- 00:16:53.635 --> 00:16:54.269
- TOOK A MOMENT AND I WENT AND JUST LITERALLY LAID DOWN AND
- 00:16:54.336 --> 00:16:57.473
- JUST LITERALLY LAID DOWN AND JUST CRIED OUT TO GOD AND SAID:
- 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:59.274
- JUST CRIED OUT TO GOD AND SAID: "GOD, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE.
- 00:16:59.341 --> 00:17:00.576
- "GOD, I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE. I JUST NEED YOU TO SHOW UP,
- 00:17:00.642 --> 00:17:01.743
- I JUST NEED YOU TO SHOW UP, SHOW OUT."
- 00:17:01.810 --> 00:17:04.480
- SHOW OUT." AND EVERY TIME THAT WE'RE
- 00:17:04.546 --> 00:17:05.047
- AND EVERY TIME THAT WE'RE DESPERATE BEFORE THE LORD AND
- 00:17:05.114 --> 00:17:05.881
- DESPERATE BEFORE THE LORD AND WE SAY, "GOD, WOULD YOU FILL ME
- 00:17:05.948 --> 00:17:06.982
- WE SAY, "GOD, WOULD YOU FILL ME UP?"
- 00:17:07.049 --> 00:17:07.716
- UP?" HE DOES.
- 00:17:07.783 --> 00:17:08.150
- HE DOES. AND HE MEETS US IN THOSE
- 00:17:08.217 --> 00:17:10.152
- AND HE MEETS US IN THOSE MOMENTS WHERE GOD IS THE GOD
- 00:17:10.219 --> 00:17:10.752
- MOMENTS WHERE GOD IS THE GOD WHO SEES IT ALL.
- 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:12.654
- WHO SEES IT ALL. IT SAYS IN SCRIPTURE HE IS THE
- 00:17:12.721 --> 00:17:13.789
- IT SAYS IN SCRIPTURE HE IS THE GOD WHO SEES.
- 00:17:13.856 --> 00:17:14.890
- GOD WHO SEES. AND, I LOVE, IN SCRIPTURE, THAT
- 00:17:14.957 --> 00:17:18.760
- AND, I LOVE, IN SCRIPTURE, THAT STORY ABOUT THE MOM THAT WENT
- 00:17:18.827 --> 00:17:20.195
- STORY ABOUT THE MOM THAT WENT AND SHE SAID, "I HAVE NOTHING,
- 00:17:20.262 --> 00:17:22.097
- AND SHE SAID, "I HAVE NOTHING, BUT ME AND MY CHILD ARE
- 00:17:22.164 --> 00:17:23.298
- BUT ME AND MY CHILD ARE STARVING."
- 00:17:23.365 --> 00:17:24.133
- STARVING." AND GOD SAYS: "BUT I AM THE GOD
- 00:17:24.199 --> 00:17:25.601
- AND GOD SAYS: "BUT I AM THE GOD WHO SEES.
- 00:17:25.667 --> 00:17:26.335
- WHO SEES. I SEE YOU, RIGHT NOW.
- 00:17:26.401 --> 00:17:27.402
- I SEE YOU, RIGHT NOW. I SEE YOU IN THAT NEED."
- 00:17:27.469 --> 00:17:28.437
- I SEE YOU IN THAT NEED." AND HE MET THE NEED.
- 00:17:28.504 --> 00:17:29.571
- AND HE MET THE NEED. AND SO, WHEN WE GO TO GOD WITH
- 00:17:29.638 --> 00:17:30.906
- AND SO, WHEN WE GO TO GOD WITH THOSE DEEP NEEDS AS MOMS AND
- 00:17:30.973 --> 00:17:32.841
- THOSE DEEP NEEDS AS MOMS AND SAY, "GOD, I JUST NEED YOU -- I
- 00:17:32.908 --> 00:17:34.209
- SAY, "GOD, I JUST NEED YOU -- I NEED YOU TO SEE ME, RIGHT NOW;
- 00:17:34.276 --> 00:17:36.078
- NEED YOU TO SEE ME, RIGHT NOW; NOBODY ELSE SEES WHAT I'M
- 00:17:36.145 --> 00:17:37.212
- NOBODY ELSE SEES WHAT I'M DOING, NOBODY ELSE SEES THAT I
- 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:39.381
- DOING, NOBODY ELSE SEES THAT I FEEL STARVING INSIDE, THAT I'M
- 00:17:39.448 --> 00:17:40.215
- FEEL STARVING INSIDE, THAT I'M EXHAUSTED, THAT I'M WEARY."
- 00:17:40.282 --> 00:17:42.017
- EXHAUSTED, THAT I'M WEARY." AND WE GO TO HIS WORD AND HE
- 00:17:42.084 --> 00:17:43.452
- AND WE GO TO HIS WORD AND HE GIVES US THE PERSPECTIVE THAT
- 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:45.053
- GIVES US THE PERSPECTIVE THAT IS NEEDED FOR THAT DAY AND HE
- 00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:47.089
- IS NEEDED FOR THAT DAY AND HE MULTIPLIES OUR STRENGTH.
- 00:17:47.156 --> 00:17:48.557
- MULTIPLIES OUR STRENGTH. I MEAN, JUST LIKE THE FEEDING
- 00:17:48.624 --> 00:17:49.858
- I MEAN, JUST LIKE THE FEEDING OF THE 5.000, THE DISCIPLES DID
- 00:17:49.925 --> 00:17:51.460
- OF THE 5.000, THE DISCIPLES DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO FEED AND
- 00:17:51.527 --> 00:17:53.929
- NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO FEED AND TAKE CARE OF THESE NEEDS.
- 00:17:53.996 --> 00:17:55.364
- TAKE CARE OF THESE NEEDS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I
- 00:17:55.430 --> 00:17:56.465
- I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO FEED THE
- 00:17:56.532 --> 00:17:58.300
- DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO FEED THE NEEDS OF MY KIDS.
- 00:17:58.367 --> 00:17:58.867
- NEEDS OF MY KIDS. I HAVE FIVE PRECIOUS,
- 00:17:58.934 --> 00:18:00.369
- I HAVE FIVE PRECIOUS, BEAUTIFUL, NEEDY CHILDREN.
- 00:18:00.435 --> 00:18:02.938
- BEAUTIFUL, NEEDY CHILDREN. AND THEY HAVE LOTS OF BUCKETS
- 00:18:03.005 --> 00:18:03.572
- AND THEY HAVE LOTS OF BUCKETS OF NEEDS.
- 00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:05.040
- OF NEEDS. AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OF ME.
- 00:18:05.107 --> 00:18:06.175
- AND THERE'S ONLY ONE OF ME. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS: "GOD,
- 00:18:06.241 --> 00:18:07.209
- BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS: "GOD, THIS IS WHAT I HAVE.
- 00:18:07.276 --> 00:18:08.310
- THIS IS WHAT I HAVE. WOULD YOU MULTIPLY WHAT I
- 00:18:08.377 --> 00:18:09.278
- WOULD YOU MULTIPLY WHAT I HAVE?"
- 00:18:09.344 --> 00:18:10.112
- HAVE?" AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID WITH THE
- 00:18:10.179 --> 00:18:11.313
- AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID WITH THE FEEDING OF THE 5.000.
- 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:12.648
- FEEDING OF THE 5.000. THE DISCIPLES SAID, "THIS IS
- 00:18:12.714 --> 00:18:13.448
- THE DISCIPLES SAID, "THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE," AND GOD TOOK IT
- 00:18:13.515 --> 00:18:15.117
- WHAT WE HAVE," AND GOD TOOK IT AND JESUS BLESSED IT, AND HE
- 00:18:15.184 --> 00:18:16.718
- AND JESUS BLESSED IT, AND HE MULTIPLIED IT, AND TOOK CARE OF
- 00:18:16.785 --> 00:18:18.820
- MULTIPLIED IT, AND TOOK CARE OF ALL THE NEEDS AROUND US.
- 00:18:18.887 --> 00:18:19.755
- ALL THE NEEDS AROUND US. - LAURIE: I LOVE THAT.
- 00:18:19.821 --> 00:18:20.923
- - LAURIE: I LOVE THAT. - BRITTANY: AND SO, SOMETIMES,
- 00:18:20.989 --> 00:18:21.557
- - BRITTANY: AND SO, SOMETIMES, WE HAVE TO JUST GIVE GOD WHAT
- 00:18:21.623 --> 00:18:22.457
- WE HAVE TO JUST GIVE GOD WHAT WE HAVE.
- 00:18:22.524 --> 00:18:23.058
- WE HAVE. "THIS IS THE LITTLE THAT I
- 00:18:23.125 --> 00:18:24.126
- "THIS IS THE LITTLE THAT I HAVE, BUT, GOD, I BELIEVE THAT
- 00:18:24.193 --> 00:18:25.327
- HAVE, BUT, GOD, I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN MULTIPLY THIS.
- 00:18:25.394 --> 00:18:26.495
- YOU CAN MULTIPLY THIS. I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN TAKE
- 00:18:26.562 --> 00:18:28.030
- I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS AROUND US."
- 00:18:28.096 --> 00:18:29.298
- CARE OF THE NEEDS AROUND US." AND WE NEED TO BE OBEDIENT TO
- 00:18:29.364 --> 00:18:30.532
- AND WE NEED TO BE OBEDIENT TO SAY: "I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY
- 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:31.667
- SAY: "I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN.
- 00:18:31.733 --> 00:18:32.701
- OWN. I NEED HELP."
- 00:18:32.768 --> 00:18:37.839
- I NEED HELP." - JAMIE: I'VE NOTICED THAT
- 00:18:37.906 --> 00:18:38.440
- - JAMIE: I'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN I FEEL BURNT OUT FROM
- 00:18:38.507 --> 00:18:39.208
- WHEN I FEEL BURNT OUT FROM MOTHERING, FROM JUST EVERYDAY
- 00:18:39.274 --> 00:18:39.841
- MOTHERING, FROM JUST EVERYDAY LIFE, FROM WORK, IT USUALLY
- 00:18:39.908 --> 00:18:41.577
- LIFE, FROM WORK, IT USUALLY ALWAYS GOES BACK TO THE POINT
- 00:18:41.643 --> 00:18:43.045
- ALWAYS GOES BACK TO THE POINT THAT I AM NOT POURING INTO
- 00:18:43.111 --> 00:18:44.947
- THAT I AM NOT POURING INTO MYSELF FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
- 00:18:45.013 --> 00:18:46.381
- MYSELF FROM THE WORD OF GOD. AND, I DON'T WANNA SOUND TOO
- 00:18:46.448 --> 00:18:47.549
- AND, I DON'T WANNA SOUND TOO CHURCHY OR TOO CHRISTIANESE,
- 00:18:47.616 --> 00:18:49.051
- CHURCHY OR TOO CHRISTIANESE, BUT IT REALLY IS TRUE THAT I
- 00:18:49.117 --> 00:18:50.586
- BUT IT REALLY IS TRUE THAT I CAN PINPOINT ALL THE WAY BACK:
- 00:18:50.652 --> 00:18:52.788
- CAN PINPOINT ALL THE WAY BACK: OKAY, I'M FEELING CRAZY AND
- 00:18:52.854 --> 00:18:53.555
- OKAY, I'M FEELING CRAZY AND BURNT OUT.
- 00:18:53.622 --> 00:18:54.389
- BURNT OUT. WELL, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU
- 00:18:54.456 --> 00:18:56.391
- WELL, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU JUST SAT AND LISTENED TO THE
- 00:18:56.458 --> 00:18:57.426
- JUST SAT AND LISTENED TO THE LORD, JAMIE?
- 00:18:57.492 --> 00:18:57.960
- LORD, JAMIE? THAT'S WHAT I ASK MYSELF.
- 00:18:58.026 --> 00:18:58.827
- THAT'S WHAT I ASK MYSELF. AND I REALIZE IN THOSE MOMENTS
- 00:18:58.894 --> 00:19:00.229
- AND I REALIZE IN THOSE MOMENTS OF FEELING AS THOUGH
- 00:19:00.295 --> 00:19:01.496
- OF FEELING AS THOUGH "I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE,"
- 00:19:01.563 --> 00:19:02.631
- "I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE," "I'M RUNNING OUT OF STEAM,"
- 00:19:02.698 --> 00:19:03.799
- "I'M RUNNING OUT OF STEAM," "EVERYTHING'S FALLING APART" IS
- 00:19:03.865 --> 00:19:05.367
- "EVERYTHING'S FALLING APART" IS THAT WHEN I JUST SIT, READ MY
- 00:19:05.434 --> 00:19:08.303
- THAT WHEN I JUST SIT, READ MY BIBLE, LISTEN TO WORSHIP MUSIC,
- 00:19:08.370 --> 00:19:10.739
- BIBLE, LISTEN TO WORSHIP MUSIC, PRAY, IT'S GOD DOES WHAT HE
- 00:19:10.806 --> 00:19:12.107
- PRAY, IT'S GOD DOES WHAT HE SAYS HE'S GONNA DO, AND HE
- 00:19:12.174 --> 00:19:14.409
- SAYS HE'S GONNA DO, AND HE FILLS ME UP TO WHERE I CAN
- 00:19:14.476 --> 00:19:16.645
- FILLS ME UP TO WHERE I CAN CONTINUE -- NOT IN MY OWN
- 00:19:16.712 --> 00:19:17.779
- CONTINUE -- NOT IN MY OWN STRENGTH, BUT NOW IN THE
- 00:19:17.846 --> 00:19:18.880
- STRENGTH, BUT NOW IN THE STRENGTH THAT HE GAVE ME.
- 00:19:18.947 --> 00:19:19.915
- STRENGTH THAT HE GAVE ME. AND SO, BURNOUT IS THIS
- 00:19:19.982 --> 00:19:21.550
- AND SO, BURNOUT IS THIS NUMBER-ONE RED FLAG IN MY MIND
- 00:19:21.617 --> 00:19:23.986
- NUMBER-ONE RED FLAG IN MY MIND THAT I'M NOT SPENDING TIME WITH
- 00:19:24.052 --> 00:19:25.587
- THAT I'M NOT SPENDING TIME WITH THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY GIVES ME
- 00:19:25.654 --> 00:19:27.055
- THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY GIVES ME STRENGTH TO DO EVERYTHING HE
- 00:19:27.122 --> 00:19:27.923
- STRENGTH TO DO EVERYTHING HE WANTS ME TO DO.
- 00:19:27.990 --> 00:19:31.226
- WANTS ME TO DO. - LAURIE: YOU FOUND YOURSELF
- 00:19:31.293 --> 00:19:32.194
- - LAURIE: YOU FOUND YOURSELF IN A TIME WHERE YOU HAD THREE
- 00:19:32.261 --> 00:19:33.095
- IN A TIME WHERE YOU HAD THREE LITTLE BABIES, A BRAND NEW
- 00:19:33.161 --> 00:19:35.864
- LITTLE BABIES, A BRAND NEW NEWBORN,
- 00:19:35.931 --> 00:19:36.732
- NEWBORN, AND YOU FOUND YOURSELF
- 00:19:36.798 --> 00:19:37.232
- AND YOU FOUND YOURSELF INSTANTLY A SINGLE MOM.
- 00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.066
- INSTANTLY A SINGLE MOM. - BRITTANY: YEAH.
- 00:19:38.133 --> 00:19:38.533
- - BRITTANY: YEAH. - LAURIE: HOW DID THOSE COUPLE
- 00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:39.334
- - LAURIE: HOW DID THOSE COUPLE YEARS FOR YOU GO, IN TAKING
- 00:19:39.401 --> 00:19:40.168
- YEARS FOR YOU GO, IN TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF, WITH THREE
- 00:19:40.235 --> 00:19:43.405
- CARE OF YOURSELF, WITH THREE BABIES?
- 00:19:43.472 --> 00:19:46.441
- BABIES? - BRITTANY: I THINK I HAD A
- 00:19:46.508 --> 00:19:47.042
- - BRITTANY: I THINK I HAD A COMMUNITY -- GOING BACK TO
- 00:19:47.109 --> 00:19:47.609
- COMMUNITY -- GOING BACK TO COMMUNITY AND INVOLVING PEOPLE.
- 00:19:47.676 --> 00:19:48.744
- COMMUNITY AND INVOLVING PEOPLE. 'CAUSE YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO DO
- 00:19:48.810 --> 00:19:49.378
- 'CAUSE YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO DO IT ON YOUR OWN.
- 00:19:49.444 --> 00:19:50.445
- IT ON YOUR OWN. - LAURIE: AND ASKING FOR HELP.
- 00:19:50.512 --> 00:19:51.113
- - LAURIE: AND ASKING FOR HELP. - BRITTANY: ASKING FOR HELP.
- 00:19:51.179 --> 00:19:51.713
- - BRITTANY: ASKING FOR HELP. AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO THE
- 00:19:51.780 --> 00:19:53.181
- AND, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO THE POINT: I CAN'T BE MOMMY AND I
- 00:19:53.248 --> 00:19:53.815
- POINT: I CAN'T BE MOMMY AND I CAN'T BE DADDY.
- 00:19:53.882 --> 00:19:54.616
- CAN'T BE DADDY. BECAUSE GOD DID NOT DESIGN ME
- 00:19:54.683 --> 00:19:55.851
- BECAUSE GOD DID NOT DESIGN ME FOR THAT.
- 00:19:55.917 --> 00:19:57.452
- FOR THAT. AND I'M NOT GIFTED IN THAT.
- 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.720
- AND I'M NOT GIFTED IN THAT. AND SO, SOMETIMES, THAT MEANT I
- 00:19:58.787 --> 00:20:00.689
- AND SO, SOMETIMES, THAT MEANT I CALLED MY DAD AND SAID: "CAN
- 00:20:00.756 --> 00:20:01.757
- CALLED MY DAD AND SAID: "CAN YOU COME WRESTLE WITH MY BOYS?
- 00:20:01.823 --> 00:20:03.125
- YOU COME WRESTLE WITH MY BOYS? THEY NEED TO WRESTLE WITH A
- 00:20:03.191 --> 00:20:03.692
- THEY NEED TO WRESTLE WITH A MAN, RIGHT NOW," YOU KNOW?
- 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:05.594
- MAN, RIGHT NOW," YOU KNOW? AND, SOMETIMES, WHEN SOMEBODY
- 00:20:05.661 --> 00:20:06.228
- AND, SOMETIMES, WHEN SOMEBODY KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND SAID,
- 00:20:06.295 --> 00:20:09.097
- KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND SAID, "HEY, CAN I VACUUM YOUR HOUSE
- 00:20:09.164 --> 00:20:10.532
- "HEY, CAN I VACUUM YOUR HOUSE FOR YOU?" OR "CAN I, YOU KNOW,
- 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:12.501
- FOR YOU?" OR "CAN I, YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP AFTER DINNER, SO YOU
- 00:20:12.567 --> 00:20:13.835
- CLEAN UP AFTER DINNER, SO YOU CAN JUST DO BATH TIME WITH YOUR
- 00:20:13.902 --> 00:20:16.238
- CAN JUST DO BATH TIME WITH YOUR BOYS AND YOUR HOUSE IS CLEAN?"
- 00:20:16.305 --> 00:20:17.005
- BOYS AND YOUR HOUSE IS CLEAN?" -- TAKING AND ACCEPTING HELP.
- 00:20:17.072 --> 00:20:17.906
- -- TAKING AND ACCEPTING HELP. BUT I LEARNED THAT INSTEAD OF
- 00:20:17.973 --> 00:20:20.809
- BUT I LEARNED THAT INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FILL THE NEED AND THE
- 00:20:20.876 --> 00:20:22.411
- TRYING TO FILL THE NEED AND THE LONELINESS, I LEARNED TO FEEL
- 00:20:22.477 --> 00:20:23.945
- LONELINESS, I LEARNED TO FEEL IT AND GIVE IT TO GOD AND ALLOW
- 00:20:24.012 --> 00:20:26.315
- IT AND GIVE IT TO GOD AND ALLOW GOD TO FILL IN THAT SPACE.
- 00:20:26.381 --> 00:20:28.183
- GOD TO FILL IN THAT SPACE. AND SO, GOD TRULY BECAME JUST
- 00:20:28.250 --> 00:20:29.918
- AND SO, GOD TRULY BECAME JUST MY INTIMATE CLOSE FRIEND IN
- 00:20:29.985 --> 00:20:32.120
- MY INTIMATE CLOSE FRIEND IN THOSE LONELY MOMENTS AND HARD
- 00:20:32.187 --> 00:20:34.089
- THOSE LONELY MOMENTS AND HARD TIMES, WHERE YOU'RE A SINGLE
- 00:20:34.156 --> 00:20:36.024
- TIMES, WHERE YOU'RE A SINGLE MOM AND NOBODY SEES AND YOUR
- 00:20:36.091 --> 00:20:37.192
- MOM AND NOBODY SEES AND YOUR HUSBAND WOULD KNOW, NORMALLY,
- 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.660
- HUSBAND WOULD KNOW, NORMALLY, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, "YOU'RE
- 00:20:38.727 --> 00:20:39.494
- TO BE ABLE TO SAY, "YOU'RE EXHAUSTED -- YOU NEED TO REST."
- 00:20:39.561 --> 00:20:41.063
- EXHAUSTED -- YOU NEED TO REST." I LEARNED THAT GOD TRULY IS THE
- 00:20:41.129 --> 00:20:41.830
- I LEARNED THAT GOD TRULY IS THE FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS.
- 00:20:41.897 --> 00:20:43.465
- FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS. AND HE WAS A HUSBAND TO THE
- 00:20:43.532 --> 00:20:45.033
- AND HE WAS A HUSBAND TO THE WIDOW, AND HE TOOK CARE OF ME
- 00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:46.101
- WIDOW, AND HE TOOK CARE OF ME IN UNBELIEVABLE, POWERFUL
- 00:20:46.168 --> 00:20:46.968
- IN UNBELIEVABLE, POWERFUL MOMENTS.
- 00:20:47.035 --> 00:20:47.869
- MOMENTS. AS A SINGLE MOM, I WAS PUT IN
- 00:20:47.936 --> 00:20:50.706
- AS A SINGLE MOM, I WAS PUT IN THIS POSITION WHERE I
- 00:20:50.772 --> 00:20:52.407
- THIS POSITION WHERE I LITERALLY, PHYSICALLY, COULD
- 00:20:52.474 --> 00:20:54.810
- LITERALLY, PHYSICALLY, COULD NOT DO IT ALL.
- 00:20:54.876 --> 00:20:57.446
- NOT DO IT ALL. NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED, I
- 00:20:57.512 --> 00:20:59.314
- NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED, I KNEW IT WAS NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH
- 00:20:59.381 --> 00:21:01.283
- KNEW IT WAS NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH AND I NEEDED TO ASK FOR HELP.
- 00:21:01.350 --> 00:21:03.285
- AND I NEEDED TO ASK FOR HELP. AND THAT'S A HARD PLACE TO BE,
- 00:21:03.352 --> 00:21:04.853
- AND THAT'S A HARD PLACE TO BE, TO SAY, "I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY
- 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:06.655
- TO SAY, "I CAN'T DO THIS ON MY OWN."
- 00:21:06.722 --> 00:21:07.189
- OWN." BUT I LEARNED IN THE MIDST THAT
- 00:21:07.255 --> 00:21:08.857
- BUT I LEARNED IN THE MIDST THAT NOT ONLY IS IT A BLESSING TO US
- 00:21:08.924 --> 00:21:11.259
- NOT ONLY IS IT A BLESSING TO US WHEN PEOPLE HELP US, BUT THE
- 00:21:11.326 --> 00:21:13.095
- WHEN PEOPLE HELP US, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING -- IT'S
- 00:21:13.161 --> 00:21:15.097
- PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING -- IT'S A BLESSING TO THEM TO BE USED
- 00:21:15.163 --> 00:21:16.098
- A BLESSING TO THEM TO BE USED BY GOD.
- 00:21:16.164 --> 00:21:17.199
- BY GOD. AND SO, IN THE MIDST OF RAISING
- 00:21:17.265 --> 00:21:19.501
- AND SO, IN THE MIDST OF RAISING THESE THREE PRECIOUS LITTLE
- 00:21:19.568 --> 00:21:20.969
- THESE THREE PRECIOUS LITTLE TODDLERS, IN THE MIDST OF GRIEF
- 00:21:21.036 --> 00:21:22.671
- TODDLERS, IN THE MIDST OF GRIEF AND LOSING MY HUSBAND, I HAD TO
- 00:21:22.738 --> 00:21:24.840
- AND LOSING MY HUSBAND, I HAD TO SAY, "I NEED YOUR HELP," AND
- 00:21:24.906 --> 00:21:27.242
- SAY, "I NEED YOUR HELP," AND "THANK YOU."
- 00:21:27.309 --> 00:21:27.776
- "THANK YOU." SO MANY TIMES, WE LOVE BEING
- 00:21:27.843 --> 00:21:30.078
- SO MANY TIMES, WE LOVE BEING THE GIVER, AND IT'S HARD TO
- 00:21:30.145 --> 00:21:31.713
- THE GIVER, AND IT'S HARD TO RECEIVE.
- 00:21:31.780 --> 00:21:32.447
- RECEIVE. BUT WHEN WE YIELD TO THE
- 00:21:32.514 --> 00:21:33.815
- BUT WHEN WE YIELD TO THE RECEIVING OF GOD, WE'RE
- 00:21:33.882 --> 00:21:35.617
- RECEIVING OF GOD, WE'RE ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO THE
- 00:21:35.684 --> 00:21:36.885
- ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO THE BLESSING.
- 00:21:36.952 --> 00:21:38.120
- BLESSING. AND PEOPLE REMIND ME ALL THE
- 00:21:38.186 --> 00:21:39.020
- AND PEOPLE REMIND ME ALL THE TIME: "DON'T STEAL MY BLESSING.
- 00:21:39.087 --> 00:21:40.889
- TIME: "DON'T STEAL MY BLESSING. I'M BEING OBEDIENT TO GOD.
- 00:21:40.956 --> 00:21:42.324
- I'M BEING OBEDIENT TO GOD. LET ME OBEY GOD."
- 00:21:42.391 --> 00:21:43.425
- LET ME OBEY GOD." AND THAT, IN TURN, TRAINED ME
- 00:21:43.492 --> 00:21:46.294
- AND THAT, IN TURN, TRAINED ME IN THAT SEASON HOW TO BE THE
- 00:21:46.361 --> 00:21:48.263
- IN THAT SEASON HOW TO BE THE HANDS AND FEET TO OTHER PEOPLE
- 00:21:48.330 --> 00:21:49.498
- HANDS AND FEET TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THIS SEASON I'M IN.
- 00:21:49.564 --> 00:21:50.732
- IN THIS SEASON I'M IN. WE'RE ALWAYS TRAINING, WE'RE
- 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:52.768
- WE'RE ALWAYS TRAINING, WE'RE ALWAYS LEARNING HOW TO HELP
- 00:21:52.834 --> 00:21:53.769
- ALWAYS LEARNING HOW TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
- 00:21:53.835 --> 00:21:55.203
- OTHER PEOPLE. SO MAYBE YOU'RE IN THIS SEASON
- 00:21:55.270 --> 00:21:56.772
- SO MAYBE YOU'RE IN THIS SEASON WHERE YOU NEED HELP.
- 00:21:56.838 --> 00:21:58.173
- WHERE YOU NEED HELP. AND YOU NEED TO ASK FOR THAT.
- 00:21:58.240 --> 00:22:00.308
- AND YOU NEED TO ASK FOR THAT. BUT, MAN, STORE UP IDEAS, RIGHT
- 00:22:00.375 --> 00:22:02.210
- BUT, MAN, STORE UP IDEAS, RIGHT NOW, HOW PEOPLE ARE LOVING ON
- 00:22:02.277 --> 00:22:03.645
- NOW, HOW PEOPLE ARE LOVING ON YOU, SO, ONE DAY, YOU CAN BE
- 00:22:03.712 --> 00:22:05.080
- YOU, SO, ONE DAY, YOU CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE-MAKER IN
- 00:22:05.147 --> 00:22:07.115
- THE DIFFERENCE-MAKER IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE, TOO.
- 00:22:07.182 --> 00:22:10.185
- SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE, TOO. - ROBYN: I GUESS MY THOUGHT,
- 00:22:10.252 --> 00:22:10.986
- - ROBYN: I GUESS MY THOUGHT, TOO, LAURIE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW,
- 00:22:11.052 --> 00:22:13.588
- TOO, LAURIE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE ON THE AIRPLANE AND
- 00:22:13.655 --> 00:22:15.023
- WHEN YOU'RE ON THE AIRPLANE AND THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAYS THAT
- 00:22:15.090 --> 00:22:18.059
- THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAYS THAT IF THE PLANE DEPRESSURIZES, THE
- 00:22:18.126 --> 00:22:20.429
- IF THE PLANE DEPRESSURIZES, THE OXYGEN MASKS ARE GONNA FALL.
- 00:22:20.495 --> 00:22:21.296
- OXYGEN MASKS ARE GONNA FALL. AND WHAT DOES THE ATTENDANT
- 00:22:21.363 --> 00:22:22.030
- AND WHAT DOES THE ATTENDANT ALWAYS SAY?
- 00:22:22.097 --> 00:22:24.099
- ALWAYS SAY? BE SURE TO PUT THE OXYGEN--
- 00:22:24.166 --> 00:22:25.700
- BE SURE TO PUT THE OXYGEN-- - JAMIE: YOURS ON FIRST.
- 00:22:25.767 --> 00:22:27.369
- - JAMIE: YOURS ON FIRST. - ROBYN: --MASK ON FIRST,
- 00:22:27.436 --> 00:22:28.069
- - ROBYN: --MASK ON FIRST, BEFORE YOU HELP SOMEONE ELSE.
- 00:22:28.136 --> 00:22:30.038
- BEFORE YOU HELP SOMEONE ELSE. BECAUSE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO
- 00:22:30.105 --> 00:22:32.174
- BECAUSE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HELP ANYONE, IF YOU DON'T TAKE
- 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.809
- HELP ANYONE, IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST.
- 00:22:33.875 --> 00:22:37.379
- CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST. SO, AS MOTHERS, MORE THAN
- 00:22:37.446 --> 00:22:40.015
- SO, AS MOTHERS, MORE THAN ANYTHING, I THINK THAT WHY
- 00:22:40.081 --> 00:22:42.117
- ANYTHING, I THINK THAT WHY SELF-CARE IS SO IMPORTANT IS
- 00:22:42.184 --> 00:22:44.519
- SELF-CARE IS SO IMPORTANT IS YOU CAN'T BE THE BEST MOM THAT
- 00:22:44.586 --> 00:22:47.756
- YOU CAN'T BE THE BEST MOM THAT YOU'RE MEANT TO BE, IF YOU'RE
- 00:22:47.823 --> 00:22:49.891
- YOU'RE MEANT TO BE, IF YOU'RE NOT TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF.
- 00:22:49.958 --> 00:22:52.360
- NOT TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF. AND SO, I WOULD HAVE A FEW
- 00:22:52.427 --> 00:22:54.763
- AND SO, I WOULD HAVE A FEW REMARKS.
- 00:22:54.830 --> 00:22:55.330
- REMARKS. AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WE KNOW,
- 00:22:55.397 --> 00:22:57.232
- AND THAT WOULD BE THAT WE KNOW, TODAY, THAT THERE ARE SOME
- 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.834
- TODAY, THAT THERE ARE SOME ACTION STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE.
- 00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:01.169
- ACTION STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE. IF YOU'RE NOT A HAPPY WOMAN,
- 00:23:01.236 --> 00:23:03.472
- IF YOU'RE NOT A HAPPY WOMAN, YOU CAN'T SHOW HAPPINESS.
- 00:23:03.538 --> 00:23:07.375
- YOU CAN'T SHOW HAPPINESS. AND HOW DO YOU GET THERE?
- 00:23:07.442 --> 00:23:09.611
- AND HOW DO YOU GET THERE? HOW DO YOU ACT HAPPY?
- 00:23:09.678 --> 00:23:11.046
- HOW DO YOU ACT HAPPY? HOW DO YOU ACT GENEROUS?
- 00:23:11.112 --> 00:23:12.080
- HOW DO YOU ACT GENEROUS? YOU START WITH GENEROSITY BY
- 00:23:12.147 --> 00:23:14.049
- YOU START WITH GENEROSITY BY BEING GRATEFUL.
- 00:23:14.115 --> 00:23:16.218
- BEING GRATEFUL. AND GRATITUDE IS THE GREAT
- 00:23:16.284 --> 00:23:18.620
- AND GRATITUDE IS THE GREAT MULTIPLIER.
- 00:23:18.687 --> 00:23:20.121
- MULTIPLIER. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MIGHT BE
- 00:23:20.188 --> 00:23:21.790
- AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE MIGHT BE LISTENING TO OUR CONVERSATION
- 00:23:21.857 --> 00:23:23.124
- LISTENING TO OUR CONVERSATION AND SAY, "BUT I DON'T HAVE
- 00:23:23.191 --> 00:23:23.925
- AND SAY, "BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR."
- 00:23:23.992 --> 00:23:25.360
- ANYTHING TO BE GRATEFUL FOR." AND THE ANSWER IS: YES, YOU DO!
- 00:23:25.427 --> 00:23:26.094
- AND THE ANSWER IS: YES, YOU DO! - LAURIE: YES, YOU DO.
- 00:23:26.161 --> 00:23:27.629
- - LAURIE: YES, YOU DO. - JAMIE: YOU HAVE BREATH IN
- 00:23:27.696 --> 00:23:28.663
- - JAMIE: YOU HAVE BREATH IN YOUR LUNGS.
- 00:23:28.730 --> 00:23:29.064
- YOUR LUNGS. - BRITTANY: EXACTLY.
- 00:23:29.130 --> 00:23:30.365
- - BRITTANY: EXACTLY. - ROBYN: YOU HAVE BREATH IN
- 00:23:30.432 --> 00:23:30.932
- - ROBYN: YOU HAVE BREATH IN YOUR--
- 00:23:30.999 --> 00:23:31.433
- YOUR-- AND IF WE START WITH A PLACE OF
- 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:33.034
- AND IF WE START WITH A PLACE OF GRATITUDE-- AND, FOR ME,
- 00:23:33.101 --> 00:23:34.102
- GRATITUDE-- AND, FOR ME, PERSONALLY, THAT'S THE SECRET
- 00:23:34.169 --> 00:23:37.439
- PERSONALLY, THAT'S THE SECRET IS THAT AT MY LOWEST MOMENTS,
- 00:23:37.506 --> 00:23:39.074
- IS THAT AT MY LOWEST MOMENTS, WHETHER I'VE HAD A SICK CHILD,
- 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:41.109
- WHETHER I'VE HAD A SICK CHILD, OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN
- 00:23:41.176 --> 00:23:43.612
- OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE BANK, OR SOME OBSTACLE THAT
- 00:23:43.678 --> 00:23:45.647
- THE BANK, OR SOME OBSTACLE THAT I THINK IS IMPOSSIBLE, IF I
- 00:23:45.714 --> 00:23:46.681
- I THINK IS IMPOSSIBLE, IF I START WITH GOD, "THANK YOU THAT
- 00:23:46.748 --> 00:23:49.284
- START WITH GOD, "THANK YOU THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH ME"...
- 00:23:49.351 --> 00:23:51.586
- YOU'RE HERE WITH ME"... SO, JUST THE ACTION STEP OF
- 00:23:51.653 --> 00:23:53.522
- SO, JUST THE ACTION STEP OF DAILY WRITING THREE THINGS I'M
- 00:23:53.588 --> 00:23:56.424
- DAILY WRITING THREE THINGS I'M GRATEFUL FOR.
- 00:23:56.491 --> 00:23:57.025
- GRATEFUL FOR. AND THEN, THAT SECOND STEP OF
- 00:23:57.092 --> 00:23:59.594
- AND THEN, THAT SECOND STEP OF REMEMBERING A TIME WHEN GOD WAS
- 00:23:59.661 --> 00:24:02.030
- REMEMBERING A TIME WHEN GOD WAS WITH ME.
- 00:24:02.097 --> 00:24:04.432
- WITH ME. AND THEN, THAT THIRD THING OF
- 00:24:04.499 --> 00:24:06.401
- AND THEN, THAT THIRD THING OF JUST MOVING A LITTLE, AND
- 00:24:06.468 --> 00:24:07.769
- JUST MOVING A LITTLE, AND MAKING SURE I'M SLEEPING GOOD,
- 00:24:07.836 --> 00:24:10.338
- MAKING SURE I'M SLEEPING GOOD, AND EATING GOOD.
- 00:24:10.405 --> 00:24:13.241
- AND EATING GOOD. AND IN THOSE ACTION STEPS, WE
- 00:24:13.308 --> 00:24:14.876
- AND IN THOSE ACTION STEPS, WE CAN FIND A PLACE WHERE WE CAN
- 00:24:14.943 --> 00:24:18.613
- CAN FIND A PLACE WHERE WE CAN PUT OUR OWN OXYGEN MASK ON, SO
- 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:21.249
- PUT OUR OWN OXYGEN MASK ON, SO THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR
- 00:24:21.316 --> 00:24:22.350
- THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH AND THE
- 00:24:22.417 --> 00:24:24.152
- OWN MENTAL HEALTH AND THE PHYSICAL BODY GOD'S GIVEN US.
- 00:24:24.219 --> 00:24:26.121
- PHYSICAL BODY GOD'S GIVEN US. SO, I THINK THERE'S HOPE.
- 00:24:26.187 --> 00:24:26.688
- SO, I THINK THERE'S HOPE. I DO.
- 00:24:26.755 --> 00:24:28.924
- I DO. - LAURIE: THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE.
- 00:24:28.990 --> 00:24:30.091
- - LAURIE: THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE. - ROBYN: AND GOD'S GONNA TAKE
- 00:24:30.158 --> 00:24:30.892
- - ROBYN: AND GOD'S GONNA TAKE US THROUGH!
- 00:24:30.959 --> 00:24:31.326
- US THROUGH! I DO BELIEVE THAT.
- 00:24:31.393 --> 00:24:31.826
- I DO BELIEVE THAT. - JAMIE: YEAH...YEAH.
- 00:24:31.893 --> 00:24:32.594
- - JAMIE: YEAH...YEAH. I THINK THAT MOTHERHOOD
- 00:24:32.661 --> 00:24:33.328
- I THINK THAT MOTHERHOOD IS...IT'S HARD PHYSICALLY,
- 00:24:33.395 --> 00:24:36.231
- IS...IT'S HARD PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY --
- 00:24:36.298 --> 00:24:38.066
- EMOTIONALLY, SPIRITUALLY -- FILL IN THE BLANK.
- 00:24:38.133 --> 00:24:40.468
- FILL IN THE BLANK. EVERYTHING.
- 00:24:40.535 --> 00:24:43.939
- EVERYTHING. - BRITTANY: MM-HMM...
- 00:24:44.005 --> 00:24:44.439
- - BRITTANY: MM-HMM... - LAURIE: FINANCIALLY.
- 00:24:44.506 --> 00:24:44.973
- - LAURIE: FINANCIALLY. - JAMIE: FINANCIALLY.
- 00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:45.540
- - JAMIE: FINANCIALLY. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:24:45.607 --> 00:24:46.074
- [LAUGHTER] IT IS HARD, IN SO MANY WAYS.
- 00:24:46.141 --> 00:24:47.509
- IT IS HARD, IN SO MANY WAYS. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS
- 00:24:47.576 --> 00:24:49.377
- AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF US HERE WOULD SAY
- 00:24:49.444 --> 00:24:51.680
- THAT ALL OF US HERE WOULD SAY IS THAT, IN ORDER FOR US TO
- 00:24:51.746 --> 00:24:52.514
- IS THAT, IN ORDER FOR US TO POUR OUT, IN ORDER FOR US TO
- 00:24:52.581 --> 00:24:53.648
- POUR OUT, IN ORDER FOR US TO GIVE OUR KIDS WHAT THEY NEED,
- 00:24:53.715 --> 00:24:54.282
- GIVE OUR KIDS WHAT THEY NEED, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE THE MOMS
- 00:24:54.349 --> 00:24:55.216
- IN ORDER FOR US TO BE THE MOMS THAT GOD'S CREATED US TO BE, IS
- 00:24:55.283 --> 00:24:56.484
- THAT GOD'S CREATED US TO BE, IS THAT WE HAVE TO ALSO TAKE CARE
- 00:24:56.551 --> 00:24:57.118
- THAT WE HAVE TO ALSO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES SPIRITUALLY,
- 00:24:57.185 --> 00:24:58.086
- OF OURSELVES SPIRITUALLY, EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY...
- 00:24:58.153 --> 00:24:59.287
- EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY... - ROBYN: ABSOLUTELY.
- 00:24:59.354 --> 00:24:59.788
- - ROBYN: ABSOLUTELY. - JAMIE: ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
- 00:24:59.854 --> 00:25:00.789
- - JAMIE: ALL OF THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF
- 00:25:00.855 --> 00:25:01.389
- WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN BE THE
- 00:25:01.456 --> 00:25:03.291
- OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN BE THE BEST MAMAS THAT WE CAN BE.
- 00:25:03.358 --> 00:25:03.992
- BEST MAMAS THAT WE CAN BE. - LAURIE: BEAUTIFUL.
- 00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:11.299
- - LAURIE: BEAUTIFUL. - PRISCILLA SHIRER: DISCIPLINE
- 00:25:11.366 --> 00:25:12.434
- - PRISCILLA SHIRER: DISCIPLINE YOURSELF IN PAUSING, IN JUST
- 00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:14.769
- YOURSELF IN PAUSING, IN JUST TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE
- 00:25:14.836 --> 00:25:16.738
- TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT'S AROUND YOU,
- 00:25:16.805 --> 00:25:17.472
- GRATEFUL FOR WHAT'S AROUND YOU, FOR JUST ENJOYING THE SEASON OR
- 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:19.074
- FOR JUST ENJOYING THE SEASON OR THE DAY, THE 24-HOUR PERIOD
- 00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.709
- THE DAY, THE 24-HOUR PERIOD THAT YOU'RE IN.
- 00:25:20.775 --> 00:25:21.676
- THAT YOU'RE IN. - LISA HARPER: TO ACTUALLY BE
- 00:25:21.743 --> 00:25:22.811
- - LISA HARPER: TO ACTUALLY BE PRESENT IN EVERY MOMENT, NOT TO
- 00:25:22.877 --> 00:25:24.479
- PRESENT IN EVERY MOMENT, NOT TO EVER WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S AROUND
- 00:25:24.546 --> 00:25:26.815
- EVER WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S AROUND THE CORNER -- OF COURSE, WE
- 00:25:26.881 --> 00:25:28.683
- THE CORNER -- OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND
- 00:25:28.750 --> 00:25:29.851
- HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE.
- 00:25:29.918 --> 00:25:31.653
- PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE. - REBEKAH LYONS: MAKING ROOM,
- 00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.854
- - REBEKAH LYONS: MAKING ROOM, MAKING TIME, FOR THOSE BOOKS AT
- 00:25:32.921 --> 00:25:34.522
- MAKING TIME, FOR THOSE BOOKS AT BEDTIME, THAT PLAYING WITH
- 00:25:34.589 --> 00:25:38.059
- BEDTIME, THAT PLAYING WITH PLAY-DOH, COLORING TOGETHER,
- 00:25:38.126 --> 00:25:39.494
- PLAY-DOH, COLORING TOGETHER, AND JUST REMINDING YOU WHAT
- 00:25:39.561 --> 00:25:41.229
- AND JUST REMINDING YOU WHAT REALLY MATTERS, WHAT IS LASTING
- 00:25:41.296 --> 00:25:43.365
- REALLY MATTERS, WHAT IS LASTING IN RAISING CHILDREN.
- 00:25:43.431 --> 00:25:44.499
- IN RAISING CHILDREN. - PRISCILLA: EVEN WHEN LIFE
- 00:25:44.566 --> 00:25:45.333
- - PRISCILLA: EVEN WHEN LIFE GETS BUSY AND SOMETIMES
- 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:47.569
- GETS BUSY AND SOMETIMES OVERWHELMING, OR MAYBE EVEN
- 00:25:47.636 --> 00:25:48.403
- OVERWHELMING, OR MAYBE EVEN UNDERWHELMING, CERTAIN SEASONS
- 00:25:48.470 --> 00:25:50.472
- UNDERWHELMING, CERTAIN SEASONS OF LIFE MAY BE HARDER AND MORE
- 00:25:50.538 --> 00:25:52.841
- OF LIFE MAY BE HARDER AND MORE DIFFICULT TO JUST PAUSE.
- 00:25:52.907 --> 00:25:55.110
- DIFFICULT TO JUST PAUSE. - LISA HARPER: THE BIBLE SAYS
- 00:25:55.176 --> 00:25:55.744
- - LISA HARPER: THE BIBLE SAYS TOMORROW HAS ENOUGH WORRIES FOR
- 00:25:55.810 --> 00:25:56.845
- TOMORROW HAS ENOUGH WORRIES FOR ITSELF, BUT TO BE PRESENT IN
- 00:25:56.911 --> 00:25:58.213
- ITSELF, BUT TO BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT.
- 00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.547
- THE MOMENT. THERE ARE MIRACLES IN TINY
- 00:25:59.614 --> 00:26:02.951
- THERE ARE MIRACLES IN TINY LITTLE MOMENTS THAT MAKE UP
- 00:26:03.018 --> 00:26:03.551
- LITTLE MOMENTS THAT MAKE UP EVERY DAY.
- 00:26:03.618 --> 00:26:04.252
- EVERY DAY. - REBEKAH: YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
- 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.919
- - REBEKAH: YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT'S COMING.
- 00:26:04.986 --> 00:26:05.553
- THAT IT'S COMING. AND, IT GOES SO QUICK.
- 00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:07.322
- AND, IT GOES SO QUICK. PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, "IT'S GONNA
- 00:26:07.389 --> 00:26:08.356
- PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, "IT'S GONNA BE DONE IN A MOMENT."
- 00:26:08.423 --> 00:26:09.591
- BE DONE IN A MOMENT." AND YOU'RE LIKE: "DOES IT
- 00:26:09.658 --> 00:26:10.492
- AND YOU'RE LIKE: "DOES IT REALLY?
- 00:26:10.558 --> 00:26:11.259
- REALLY? 'CAUSE THE DAYS FEEL REALLY
- 00:26:11.326 --> 00:26:11.860
- 'CAUSE THE DAYS FEEL REALLY LONG."
- 00:26:11.926 --> 00:26:12.460
- LONG." BUT IT IS TRUE, LOOKING BACK,
- 00:26:12.527 --> 00:26:13.161
- BUT IT IS TRUE, LOOKING BACK, NOW THAT I HAVE A 20-YEAR-OLD
- 00:26:13.228 --> 00:26:14.562
- NOW THAT I HAVE A 20-YEAR-OLD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A
- 00:26:14.629 --> 00:26:15.864
- ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A 7-YEAR-OLD.
- 00:26:15.930 --> 00:26:16.665
- 7-YEAR-OLD. - PRISCILLA: DON'T JUST RACE
- 00:26:16.731 --> 00:26:17.666
- - PRISCILLA: DON'T JUST RACE THROUGH IT, OR RACE THROUGH THE
- 00:26:17.732 --> 00:26:20.035
- THROUGH IT, OR RACE THROUGH THE WEEK OR THE MONTH OR THE YEAR,
- 00:26:20.101 --> 00:26:21.369
- WEEK OR THE MONTH OR THE YEAR, AND THEN LOOK BACK IN HINDSIGHT
- 00:26:21.436 --> 00:26:22.470
- AND THEN LOOK BACK IN HINDSIGHT AND WISH YOU'D ENJOYED.
- 00:26:22.537 --> 00:26:24.105
- AND WISH YOU'D ENJOYED. - LISA HARPER: TO BE PRESENT,
- 00:26:24.172 --> 00:26:24.806
- - LISA HARPER: TO BE PRESENT, NOT TO MISS A SIGH, OR A SMILE,
- 00:26:24.873 --> 00:26:30.045
- NOT TO MISS A SIGH, OR A SMILE, OR THE FIRST FEW WORDS.
- 00:26:30.111 --> 00:26:30.612
- OR THE FIRST FEW WORDS. (VOICE EMOTIONAL) IN ENGLISH,
- 00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:32.647
- (VOICE EMOTIONAL) IN ENGLISH, MY DAUGHTER LEARNED THE FIRST
- 00:26:32.714 --> 00:26:34.749
- MY DAUGHTER LEARNED THE FIRST FEW SONGS SHE SANG.
- 00:26:34.816 --> 00:26:36.351
- FEW SONGS SHE SANG. JUST BE PRESENT IN EVERY
- 00:26:36.418 --> 00:26:37.585
- JUST BE PRESENT IN EVERY MOMENT.
- 00:26:37.652 --> 00:26:40.522
- MOMENT. - REBEKAH: I DON'T WANNA WASTE
- 00:26:40.588 --> 00:26:41.289
- - REBEKAH: I DON'T WANNA WASTE TODAY.
- 00:26:41.356 --> 00:26:41.890
- TODAY. I WANNA HAVE THE MEMORIES BEING
- 00:26:41.956 --> 00:26:43.058
- I WANNA HAVE THE MEMORIES BEING MADE AND BE SLOW IN SMALL,
- 00:26:43.124 --> 00:26:45.860
- MADE AND BE SLOW IN SMALL, STEADY STEPS AT A TIME.
- 00:26:45.927 --> 00:26:47.662
- STEADY STEPS AT A TIME. EVERY SINGLE DAY.
- 00:26:47.729 --> 00:26:50.065
- EVERY SINGLE DAY. - JAMIE: I RECENTLY READ A
- 00:26:50.131 --> 00:26:52.600
- - JAMIE: I RECENTLY READ A QUOTE IN INSTAGRAM BY A FRIEND
- 00:26:52.667 --> 00:26:54.269
- QUOTE IN INSTAGRAM BY A FRIEND OF THE SHOW, CHRISTY WRIGHT.
- 00:26:54.335 --> 00:26:55.937
- OF THE SHOW, CHRISTY WRIGHT. - LAURIE: YEAH.
- 00:26:56.004 --> 00:26:56.538
- - LAURIE: YEAH. - JAMIE: SHE'S BEEN ON HERE B
- 00:26:56.604 --> 00:26:57.305
- - JAMIE: SHE'S BEEN ON HERE B BEFORE AND SHE POSTED THIS
- 00:26:57.372 --> 00:26:58.073
- BEFORE AND SHE POSTED THIS QUOTE.
- 00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.573
- QUOTE. IT WAS AN ANONYMOUS QUOTE.
- 00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.474
- IT WAS AN ANONYMOUS QUOTE. AND IT SAID THIS: "WOMEN ARE
- 00:26:59.541 --> 00:27:00.975
- AND IT SAID THIS: "WOMEN ARE EXPECTED TO WORK LIKE THEY
- 00:27:01.042 --> 00:27:02.844
- EXPECTED TO WORK LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE CHILDREN AND RAISE
- 00:27:02.911 --> 00:27:05.146
- DON'T HAVE CHILDREN AND RAISE CHILDREN LIKE THEY DON'T WORK."
- 00:27:05.213 --> 00:27:06.715
- CHILDREN LIKE THEY DON'T WORK." AND I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOSH...I
- 00:27:06.781 --> 00:27:07.882
- AND I THOUGHT, OH, MY GOSH...I HAVE FELT THAT PRESSURE BEFORE
- 00:27:07.949 --> 00:27:10.118
- HAVE FELT THAT PRESSURE BEFORE OF: HOW DO I DO ALL OF IT?
- 00:27:10.185 --> 00:27:12.187
- OF: HOW DO I DO ALL OF IT? HOW DO I BE AN AMAZING MOM, AND
- 00:27:12.253 --> 00:27:15.724
- HOW DO I BE AN AMAZING MOM, AND HAVE AN AMAZING CAREER, AND
- 00:27:15.790 --> 00:27:18.159
- HAVE AN AMAZING CAREER, AND HAVE AN AMAZING MARRIAGE, AND
- 00:27:18.226 --> 00:27:20.028
- HAVE AN AMAZING MARRIAGE, AND HAVE AMAZING FRIENDS, AND
- 00:27:20.095 --> 00:27:23.965
- HAVE AMAZING FRIENDS, AND AMAZING CHURCH -- ALL OF THE
- 00:27:24.032 --> 00:27:24.566
- AMAZING CHURCH -- ALL OF THE THINGS?
- 00:27:24.632 --> 00:27:25.200
- THINGS? AND IT CAN FEEL A LITTLE BIT
- 00:27:25.266 --> 00:27:26.568
- AND IT CAN FEEL A LITTLE BIT SUFFOCATING SOMETIME.
- 00:27:26.634 --> 00:27:28.336
- SUFFOCATING SOMETIME. [LAURIE LAUGHS]
- 00:27:28.403 --> 00:27:28.737
- [LAURIE LAUGHS] AND I THINK BALANCE IS THIS
- 00:27:28.803 --> 00:27:29.938
- AND I THINK BALANCE IS THIS WEIRD WORD THAT I DON'T REALLY
- 00:27:30.004 --> 00:27:31.239
- WEIRD WORD THAT I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF WE EVER GET.
- 00:27:31.306 --> 00:27:31.706
- KNOW IF WE EVER GET. BUT, THIS IS HOW I THOUGHT
- 00:27:31.773 --> 00:27:33.742
- BUT, THIS IS HOW I THOUGHT ABOUT IT RECENTLY, AS I'VE BEEN
- 00:27:33.808 --> 00:27:34.609
- ABOUT IT RECENTLY, AS I'VE BEEN WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME MORE
- 00:27:34.676 --> 00:27:36.511
- WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME MORE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IS I
- 00:27:36.578 --> 00:27:38.046
- THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IS I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT THIS
- 00:27:38.113 --> 00:27:40.115
- LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY-- AND I WANNA HEAR FROM YOU
- 00:27:40.181 --> 00:27:41.316
- WAY-- AND I WANNA HEAR FROM YOU LADIES, TOO, ABOUT HOW YOU --
- 00:27:41.382 --> 00:27:42.717
- LADIES, TOO, ABOUT HOW YOU -- WE'LL USE AIR QUOTES -- HOW YOU
- 00:27:42.784 --> 00:27:43.518
- WE'LL USE AIR QUOTES -- HOW YOU BALANCE IT ALL.
- 00:27:43.585 --> 00:27:44.219
- BALANCE IT ALL. I THINK ABOUT THIS: WHEN I'M
- 00:27:44.285 --> 00:27:45.720
- I THINK ABOUT THIS: WHEN I'M HERE WITH YOU GUYS, RIGHT HERE,
- 00:27:45.787 --> 00:27:47.489
- HERE WITH YOU GUYS, RIGHT HERE, IN THIS MOMENT, I'M FULLY WITH
- 00:27:47.555 --> 00:27:48.690
- IN THIS MOMENT, I'M FULLY WITH YOU GUYS.
- 00:27:48.757 --> 00:27:49.624
- YOU GUYS. I AM FULLY WORKING.
- 00:27:49.691 --> 00:27:51.993
- I AM FULLY WORKING. NOW, WAS I TEXTING CHILDREN
- 00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.994
- NOW, WAS I TEXTING CHILDREN THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT WHEN
- 00:27:53.061 --> 00:27:53.661
- THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY CAN GET THIS, AND
- 00:27:53.728 --> 00:27:55.430
- THEY CAN GET THIS, AND "WHERE'S THIS?"
- 00:27:55.497 --> 00:27:56.364
- "WHERE'S THIS?" AND "TALK TO MY COACH"
- 00:27:56.431 --> 00:27:56.865
- AND "TALK TO MY COACH" -- ALL THE THINGS?
- 00:27:56.931 --> 00:27:57.899
- -- ALL THE THINGS? YES.
- 00:27:57.966 --> 00:27:58.566
- YES. BUT THEN, WHEN I WALK INTO MY
- 00:27:58.633 --> 00:28:00.201
- BUT THEN, WHEN I WALK INTO MY HOUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I
- 00:28:00.268 --> 00:28:01.402
- HOUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I TRY REALLY HARD TO BE FULLY
- 00:28:01.469 --> 00:28:03.705
- TRY REALLY HARD TO BE FULLY PRESENT AS A MOM.
- 00:28:03.772 --> 00:28:04.672
- PRESENT AS A MOM. - DIANNA: RIGHT.
- 00:28:04.739 --> 00:28:05.140
- - DIANNA: RIGHT. - JAMIE: THAT HAS BEEN SO GOOD
- 00:28:05.206 --> 00:28:06.341
- - JAMIE: THAT HAS BEEN SO GOOD FOR ME, TO SAY: YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:28:06.407 --> 00:28:08.777
- FOR ME, TO SAY: YOU KNOW WHAT? I CANNOT BE 100 PERCENT WORKER
- 00:28:08.843 --> 00:28:10.745
- I CANNOT BE 100 PERCENT WORKER AND 100 PERCENT MOM RIGHT NOW.
- 00:28:10.812 --> 00:28:12.680
- AND 100 PERCENT MOM RIGHT NOW. BUT I CAN DO WHAT I'M DOING
- 00:28:12.747 --> 00:28:14.482
- BUT I CAN DO WHAT I'M DOING REALLY WELL.
- 00:28:14.549 --> 00:28:15.316
- REALLY WELL. AND THEN, WHEN I GO BACK TO MY
- 00:28:15.383 --> 00:28:16.551
- AND THEN, WHEN I GO BACK TO MY CHILDREN, I WILL DO THAT REALLY
- 00:28:16.618 --> 00:28:17.519
- CHILDREN, I WILL DO THAT REALLY WELL.
- 00:28:17.585 --> 00:28:18.052
- WELL. AND IT ALL KIND OF INTERTWINES.
- 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:19.053
- AND IT ALL KIND OF INTERTWINES. - LAURIE: SO GOOD.
- 00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.521
- - LAURIE: SO GOOD. - JAMIE: NOW, WITH MOTHERHOOD,
- 00:28:19.587 --> 00:28:21.356
- - JAMIE: NOW, WITH MOTHERHOOD, I THINK THAT WE ARE ALSO DOING
- 00:28:21.422 --> 00:28:21.990
- I THINK THAT WE ARE ALSO DOING A LOT OF THINGS ALL THE TIME.
- 00:28:22.056 --> 00:28:23.825
- A LOT OF THINGS ALL THE TIME. LIKE, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WHERE MY
- 00:28:23.892 --> 00:28:24.726
- LIKE, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WHERE MY KIDS ARE -- AT ALL TIMES,
- 00:28:24.793 --> 00:28:26.161
- KIDS ARE -- AT ALL TIMES, RIGHT?
- 00:28:26.227 --> 00:28:26.995
- RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT'S OUR JOB.
- 00:28:27.061 --> 00:28:28.196
- BECAUSE THAT'S OUR JOB. WE'RE MOMS.
- 00:28:28.263 --> 00:28:30.698
- WE'RE MOMS. BUT I ALSO REMEMBER -- A COUPLE
- 00:28:30.765 --> 00:28:31.366
- BUT I ALSO REMEMBER -- A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, I WAS TRAVELING
- 00:28:31.432 --> 00:28:32.000
- OF MONTHS AGO, I WAS TRAVELING AND I MISSED SOMETHING OF MY
- 00:28:32.066 --> 00:28:32.934
- AND I MISSED SOMETHING OF MY KID'S.
- 00:28:33.001 --> 00:28:34.235
- KID'S. AND THAT'S ALWAYS HARD, RIGHT?
- 00:28:34.302 --> 00:28:35.703
- AND THAT'S ALWAYS HARD, RIGHT? I MISSED SOMETHING.
- 00:28:35.770 --> 00:28:37.172
- I MISSED SOMETHING. AND A WOMAN CAME UP TO ME AND
- 00:28:37.238 --> 00:28:39.007
- AND A WOMAN CAME UP TO ME AND SHE SAID: "OH...I'M SORRY.
- 00:28:39.073 --> 00:28:41.075
- SHE SAID: "OH...I'M SORRY. DO YOU HAVE MOM GUILT?"
- 00:28:41.142 --> 00:28:43.278
- DO YOU HAVE MOM GUILT?" I SAID: "NO, I DON'T -- I'M
- 00:28:43.344 --> 00:28:44.112
- I SAID: "NO, I DON'T -- I'M JUST SAD.
- 00:28:44.179 --> 00:28:45.280
- JUST SAD. I'M SAD I MISSED IT, BUT I
- 00:28:45.346 --> 00:28:45.847
- I'M SAD I MISSED IT, BUT I DON'T FEEL GUILTY THAT I MISSED
- 00:28:45.914 --> 00:28:46.648
- DON'T FEEL GUILTY THAT I MISSED IT."
- 00:28:46.714 --> 00:28:47.382
- IT." AND THAT WAS A BIG SHIFT FOR ME
- 00:28:47.448 --> 00:28:48.950
- AND THAT WAS A BIG SHIFT FOR ME OF BEING: IT'S OKAY TO BE SAD
- 00:28:49.017 --> 00:28:49.884
- OF BEING: IT'S OKAY TO BE SAD THAT I MISSED THAT FOOTBALL
- 00:28:49.951 --> 00:28:52.554
- THAT I MISSED THAT FOOTBALL GAME, BUT I'M NOT GONNA FEEL
- 00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.121
- GAME, BUT I'M NOT GONNA FEEL GUILTY ABOUT BEING WHERE GOD
- 00:28:53.188 --> 00:28:54.255
- GUILTY ABOUT BEING WHERE GOD ASKED ME TO BE IN THAT MOMENT,
- 00:28:54.322 --> 00:28:55.623
- ASKED ME TO BE IN THAT MOMENT, IN THAT TIME.
- 00:28:55.690 --> 00:28:56.491
- IN THAT TIME. - LAURIE: SO, I THINK WOMEN IN
- 00:28:56.558 --> 00:29:01.496
- - LAURIE: SO, I THINK WOMEN IN GENERAL -- KIND OF ACROSS THE
- 00:29:01.563 --> 00:29:02.730
- GENERAL -- KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD -- WE CAN PUT SHAME AND
- 00:29:02.797 --> 00:29:04.199
- BOARD -- WE CAN PUT SHAME AND WE CAN PUT GUILT ON OURSELVES.
- 00:29:04.265 --> 00:29:06.868
- WE CAN PUT GUILT ON OURSELVES. WE ARE OUR WORST ENEMIES, AT
- 00:29:06.935 --> 00:29:08.069
- WE ARE OUR WORST ENEMIES, AT TIMES.
- 00:29:08.136 --> 00:29:08.636
- TIMES. AND, I THINK, UM...YOU KNOW,
- 00:29:08.703 --> 00:29:13.174
- AND, I THINK, UM...YOU KNOW, I'VE JUST THOUGHT: OH...OFF TO
- 00:29:13.241 --> 00:29:15.009
- I'VE JUST THOUGHT: OH...OFF TO MOMMY JAIL AGAIN, TODAY.
- 00:29:15.076 --> 00:29:15.777
- MOMMY JAIL AGAIN, TODAY. 'CAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT I
- 00:29:15.844 --> 00:29:17.145
- 'CAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT I MESSED UP TERRIBLY.
- 00:29:17.212 --> 00:29:17.579
- MESSED UP TERRIBLY. BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:29:17.645 --> 00:29:19.447
- BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD'S GRACE.
- 00:29:19.514 --> 00:29:21.950
- GOD'S GRACE. IF HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR
- 00:29:22.016 --> 00:29:23.384
- IF HIS GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME, THEN I MIGHT JUST TRY A
- 00:29:23.451 --> 00:29:24.886
- ME, THEN I MIGHT JUST TRY A LITTLE GRACE FOR MYSELF.
- 00:29:24.953 --> 00:29:29.457
- LITTLE GRACE FOR MYSELF. CHURCHILL SAYS: "THERE'S NO WAY
- 00:29:29.524 --> 00:29:30.124
- CHURCHILL SAYS: "THERE'S NO WAY TO BE A PERFECT MOM, BUT
- 00:29:30.191 --> 00:29:31.759
- TO BE A PERFECT MOM, BUT THERE'S A MILLION WAYS TO BE A
- 00:29:31.826 --> 00:29:33.061
- THERE'S A MILLION WAYS TO BE A GOOD ONE."
- 00:29:33.127 --> 00:29:34.596
- GOOD ONE." - JAMIE: OH, I LIKE THAT.
- 00:29:34.662 --> 00:29:35.430
- - JAMIE: OH, I LIKE THAT. - BRITTANY: THAT'S SO GOOD.
- 00:29:35.496 --> 00:29:36.231
- - BRITTANY: THAT'S SO GOOD. - DIANNA: I LIKE THAT.
- 00:29:36.297 --> 00:29:37.265
- - DIANNA: I LIKE THAT. - LAURIE: NO MATTER HOW
- 00:29:37.332 --> 00:29:37.866
- - LAURIE: NO MATTER HOW PERFECT YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU
- 00:29:37.932 --> 00:29:38.600
- PERFECT YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOT.
- 00:29:38.666 --> 00:29:39.901
- ARE NOT. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:29:39.968 --> 00:29:41.035
- [LAUGHTER] I MEAN, THAT'S JUST PROBABLY
- 00:29:41.102 --> 00:29:43.805
- I MEAN, THAT'S JUST PROBABLY THE TRUTH, RIGHT THERE.
- 00:29:43.872 --> 00:29:44.672
- THE TRUTH, RIGHT THERE. BUT WE'RE ALL GONNA DO
- 00:29:44.739 --> 00:29:45.940
- BUT WE'RE ALL GONNA DO EVERYTHING, AS UNTO THE LORD.
- 00:29:46.007 --> 00:29:46.875
- EVERYTHING, AS UNTO THE LORD. - DIANNA: RIGHT.
- 00:29:46.941 --> 00:29:47.742
- - DIANNA: RIGHT. - LAURIE: WE'RE GONNA DO OUR
- 00:29:47.809 --> 00:29:49.043
- - LAURIE: WE'RE GONNA DO OUR BEST, TRY TO BE PRESENT EVERY
- 00:29:49.110 --> 00:29:51.112
- BEST, TRY TO BE PRESENT EVERY DAY, IN EVERY WAY, EVERY TIME
- 00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:52.480
- DAY, IN EVERY WAY, EVERY TIME YOU'RE TOGETHER -- I THINK
- 00:29:52.547 --> 00:29:53.047
- YOU'RE TOGETHER -- I THINK THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- 00:29:53.114 --> 00:29:54.082
- THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS AT THE
- 00:29:54.148 --> 00:29:54.916
- WHEN YOU HAVE JESUS AT THE CENTER, HE IS THE GREAT
- 00:29:54.983 --> 00:29:57.619
- CENTER, HE IS THE GREAT BALANCER.
- 00:29:57.685 --> 00:29:58.820
- BALANCER. GOD BALANCES THE UNIVERSE --
- 00:29:58.887 --> 00:30:00.188
- GOD BALANCES THE UNIVERSE -- ALL THE UNIVERSES.
- 00:30:00.255 --> 00:30:01.890
- ALL THE UNIVERSES. HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS IT ALL IN
- 00:30:01.956 --> 00:30:04.292
- HE'S THE ONE THAT HAS IT ALL IN ORDER AND ALL TOGETHER.
- 00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.826
- ORDER AND ALL TOGETHER. IF I'M SPENDING TIME WITH GOD,
- 00:30:04.893 --> 00:30:07.562
- IF I'M SPENDING TIME WITH GOD, THE FIRST PEOPLE, THE OVERFLOW
- 00:30:07.629 --> 00:30:11.666
- THE FIRST PEOPLE, THE OVERFLOW OF THAT IS GOING TO OVERFLOW TO
- 00:30:11.733 --> 00:30:13.501
- OF THAT IS GOING TO OVERFLOW TO THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU.
- 00:30:13.568 --> 00:30:16.504
- THOSE CLOSEST TO YOU. AND THAT IS YOUR HUSBAND, AND
- 00:30:16.571 --> 00:30:17.438
- AND THAT IS YOUR HUSBAND, AND THAT IS YOUR CHILDREN.
- 00:30:17.505 --> 00:30:18.840
- THAT IS YOUR CHILDREN. THAT'S YOUR HOME.
- 00:30:18.907 --> 00:30:19.307
- THAT'S YOUR HOME. THAT'S YOUR FAMILY.
- 00:30:19.374 --> 00:30:20.174
- THAT'S YOUR FAMILY. AND THEN, IT JUST SPILLS OUT
- 00:30:20.241 --> 00:30:20.875
- AND THEN, IT JUST SPILLS OUT FROM THERE.
- 00:30:20.942 --> 00:30:22.744
- FROM THERE. AND SO, I DON'T THINK WE CAN
- 00:30:22.810 --> 00:30:25.146
- AND SO, I DON'T THINK WE CAN EVER REPLACE THE TIME WITH GOD
- 00:30:25.213 --> 00:30:27.515
- EVER REPLACE THE TIME WITH GOD -- WHETHER YOU'RE GETTING UP AT
- 00:30:27.582 --> 00:30:28.716
- -- WHETHER YOU'RE GETTING UP AT WHATEVER STAGE IN THE MORNING,
- 00:30:28.783 --> 00:30:30.251
- WHATEVER STAGE IN THE MORNING, IF YOU'RE LAYING THERE NURSING
- 00:30:30.318 --> 00:30:33.454
- IF YOU'RE LAYING THERE NURSING YOUR BABY, YOU'RE MEDITATING ON
- 00:30:33.521 --> 00:30:34.122
- YOUR BABY, YOU'RE MEDITATING ON THE GOOD THINGS OF GOD.
- 00:30:34.188 --> 00:30:37.492
- THE GOOD THINGS OF GOD. AND ONCE YOU MAGNIFY HIM,
- 00:30:37.558 --> 00:30:39.327
- AND ONCE YOU MAGNIFY HIM, EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST AN
- 00:30:39.394 --> 00:30:40.194
- EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST AN OUTPOUR OF HIS GOODNESS AND HIS
- 00:30:40.261 --> 00:30:41.229
- OUTPOUR OF HIS GOODNESS AND HIS FULLNESS.
- 00:30:41.296 --> 00:30:44.165
- FULLNESS. - BRITTANY: IT'S LIKE A
- 00:30:44.232 --> 00:30:45.099
- - BRITTANY: IT'S LIKE A TIGHTROPE, YOU KNOW.
- 00:30:45.166 --> 00:30:45.967
- TIGHTROPE, YOU KNOW. IN A TIGHTROPE, YOU'RE NEVER
- 00:30:46.034 --> 00:30:47.702
- IN A TIGHTROPE, YOU'RE NEVER PERFECTLY BALANCED, WALKING
- 00:30:47.769 --> 00:30:48.303
- PERFECTLY BALANCED, WALKING STRAIGHT.
- 00:30:48.369 --> 00:30:50.338
- STRAIGHT. SOMETIMES, YOU'RE GOING TO THE
- 00:30:50.405 --> 00:30:51.039
- SOMETIMES, YOU'RE GOING TO THE RIGHT AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE
- 00:30:51.105 --> 00:30:51.940
- RIGHT AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE GOING TO THE LEFT.
- 00:30:52.006 --> 00:30:53.174
- GOING TO THE LEFT. BUT I THINK THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
- 00:30:53.241 --> 00:30:54.342
- BUT I THINK THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ONE THAT LEADS US IN THAT.
- 00:30:54.409 --> 00:30:54.976
- THE ONE THAT LEADS US IN THAT. AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT LEADS
- 00:30:55.043 --> 00:30:55.777
- AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT LEADS OUR BALANCE.
- 00:30:55.843 --> 00:30:56.311
- OUR BALANCE. BECAUSE, I'M NOT GONNA GET IT
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- BECAUSE, I'M NOT GONNA GET IT RIGHT.
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- RIGHT. AND I ALSO WANT MY KIDS TO
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- AND I ALSO WANT MY KIDS TO KNOW: I DON'T GET IT RIGHT ALL
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- KNOW: I DON'T GET IT RIGHT ALL THE TIME, EITHER.
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- THE TIME, EITHER. YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY: MY KIDS
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- YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY: MY KIDS MAY NOT KNOW EVERYTHING.
- 00:31:05.053 --> 00:31:05.620
- MAY NOT KNOW EVERYTHING. BUT, HOPEFULLY, THEY KNOW WHAT
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- BUT, HOPEFULLY, THEY KNOW WHAT REPENTANCE LOOKS LIKE AND ME
- 00:31:06.487 --> 00:31:07.455
- REPENTANCE LOOKS LIKE AND ME ADMITTING: "YOU KNOW, MOMMY
- 00:31:07.522 --> 00:31:08.723
- ADMITTING: "YOU KNOW, MOMMY MESSED UP, AND I DIDN'T DO THIS
- 00:31:08.790 --> 00:31:09.624
- MESSED UP, AND I DIDN'T DO THIS RIGHT.
- 00:31:09.691 --> 00:31:10.325
- RIGHT. AND WILL YOU FORGIVE ME?"
- 00:31:10.391 --> 00:31:11.759
- AND WILL YOU FORGIVE ME?" - DIANNA: YEAH. THAT'S GOOD.
- 00:31:11.826 --> 00:31:12.393
- - DIANNA: YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. - BRITTANY: "AND I'M ASKING
- 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.528
- - BRITTANY: "AND I'M ASKING THE LORD TO SHOW ME WHERE I WAS
- 00:31:13.594 --> 00:31:14.796
- THE LORD TO SHOW ME WHERE I WAS RELYING ON MY OWN STRENGTH
- 00:31:14.862 --> 00:31:15.363
- RELYING ON MY OWN STRENGTH INSTEAD OF GOD'S STRENGTH, AND
- 00:31:15.430 --> 00:31:16.664
- INSTEAD OF GOD'S STRENGTH, AND THAT'S WHY I RESPONDED IN THAT
- 00:31:16.731 --> 00:31:17.465
- THAT'S WHY I RESPONDED IN THAT WAY."
- 00:31:17.532 --> 00:31:17.865
- WAY." BUT TEACHING OUR KIDS THAT,
- 00:31:17.932 --> 00:31:19.233
- BUT TEACHING OUR KIDS THAT, TOO, OF: I WILL NOT BE A
- 00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:21.402
- TOO, OF: I WILL NOT BE A PERFECT MOM, BUT I CAN POINT
- 00:31:21.469 --> 00:31:22.503
- PERFECT MOM, BUT I CAN POINT YOU TO A PERFECT FATHER IN ALL
- 00:31:22.570 --> 00:31:25.873
- YOU TO A PERFECT FATHER IN ALL THINGS.
- 00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:27.842
- THINGS. AND THAT'S WHO WE RELY ON,
- 00:31:27.909 --> 00:31:28.710
- AND THAT'S WHO WE RELY ON, THAT'S WHO LEADS US.
- 00:31:28.776 --> 00:31:30.311
- THAT'S WHO LEADS US. BUT I THINK WHEN WE THINK, "OH,
- 00:31:30.378 --> 00:31:31.212
- BUT I THINK WHEN WE THINK, "OH, WE'LL DO THIS PERFECTLY --
- 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.779
- WE'LL DO THIS PERFECTLY -- LIKE: I GOT THIS," I THINK IT'S
- 00:31:31.846 --> 00:31:33.348
- LIKE: I GOT THIS," I THINK IT'S A DAILY SURRENDER OF: LORD,
- 00:31:33.414 --> 00:31:34.749
- A DAILY SURRENDER OF: LORD, WHAT IS ON MY PLATE TODAY?
- 00:31:34.816 --> 00:31:35.550
- WHAT IS ON MY PLATE TODAY? WHAT IS THE NEXT THING THAT
- 00:31:35.616 --> 00:31:37.652
- WHAT IS THE NEXT THING THAT YOU'VE CALLED ME TO DO.
- 00:31:37.719 --> 00:31:38.920
- YOU'VE CALLED ME TO DO. AND, FOR YOU, IT MAY BE GOING
- 00:31:38.987 --> 00:31:40.421
- AND, FOR YOU, IT MAY BE GOING TO A FOOTBALL GAME ONE DAY.
- 00:31:40.488 --> 00:31:41.823
- TO A FOOTBALL GAME ONE DAY. ONE DAY, IT MAY BE SITTING DOWN
- 00:31:41.889 --> 00:31:43.157
- ONE DAY, IT MAY BE SITTING DOWN TALKING WITH YOUR PRECIOUS
- 00:31:43.224 --> 00:31:43.858
- TALKING WITH YOUR PRECIOUS GIRL.
- 00:31:43.925 --> 00:31:44.459
- GIRL. OR MAYBE A DAY YOU'RE DOING
- 00:31:44.525 --> 00:31:45.493
- OR MAYBE A DAY YOU'RE DOING PODCASTS, OR SPEAKING, OR
- 00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.995
- PODCASTS, OR SPEAKING, OR WHETHER THAT IS.
- 00:31:47.061 --> 00:31:48.896
- WHETHER THAT IS. IT'S: WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY
- 00:31:48.963 --> 00:31:50.932
- IT'S: WHAT IS BEFORE US TODAY THAT WE CAN GIVE GLORY TO GOD,
- 00:31:50.999 --> 00:31:51.666
- THAT WE CAN GIVE GLORY TO GOD, WITH BEING ALL IN WITH WHAT GOD
- 00:31:51.733 --> 00:31:53.534
- WITH BEING ALL IN WITH WHAT GOD CALLED US TO?
- 00:31:53.601 --> 00:31:54.202
- CALLED US TO? - JAMIE: YEAH, YEAH...AND
- 00:31:54.268 --> 00:31:55.303
- - JAMIE: YEAH, YEAH...AND THERE IS THE REALITY.
- 00:31:55.370 --> 00:31:55.803
- THERE IS THE REALITY. I MEAN--
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- I MEAN-- - BRITTANY: THERE IS.
- 00:31:56.404 --> 00:31:57.772
- - BRITTANY: THERE IS. - JAMIE: --WE LIVE IN A WORLD
- 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.373
- - JAMIE: --WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT WE'RE BALANCING A LOT OF
- 00:31:58.439 --> 00:31:59.407
- THAT WE'RE BALANCING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
- 00:31:59.474 --> 00:32:01.476
- DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I ALWAYS WAS, YOU KNOW,
- 00:32:01.542 --> 00:32:02.076
- AND I ALWAYS WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY THANKFUL TO BE A
- 00:32:02.143 --> 00:32:02.944
- VERY THANKFUL TO BE A STAY-AT-HOME MOM WHEN MY KIDS
- 00:32:03.011 --> 00:32:04.012
- STAY-AT-HOME MOM WHEN MY KIDS WERE YOUNGER, BUT I ALSO KNOW
- 00:32:04.078 --> 00:32:05.313
- WERE YOUNGER, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IS A HUGE PRIVILEGE.
- 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:07.482
- THAT IS A HUGE PRIVILEGE. THAT IS NOT MOST OF THE WORLD
- 00:32:07.548 --> 00:32:08.383
- THAT IS NOT MOST OF THE WORLD FOR WOMEN.
- 00:32:08.449 --> 00:32:09.751
- FOR WOMEN. MOST OF THE WORLD, FOR WOMEN,
- 00:32:09.817 --> 00:32:10.885
- MOST OF THE WORLD, FOR WOMEN, ARE HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF
- 00:32:10.952 --> 00:32:12.186
- ARE HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY FINANCIALLY,
- 00:32:12.253 --> 00:32:13.855
- THEIR FAMILY FINANCIALLY, EITHER 'CAUSE THEY'RE A SINGLE
- 00:32:13.921 --> 00:32:15.089
- EITHER 'CAUSE THEY'RE A SINGLE MOM, OR THEY LIVE IN A COUNTRY
- 00:32:15.156 --> 00:32:16.257
- MOM, OR THEY LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT IS MORE IMPOVERISHED, OR
- 00:32:16.324 --> 00:32:17.692
- THAT IS MORE IMPOVERISHED, OR IN A CITY THAT IS MORE
- 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.693
- IN A CITY THAT IS MORE IMPOVERISHED.
- 00:32:18.760 --> 00:32:19.794
- IMPOVERISHED. AND SO, I KNOW THAT WAS A HUGE
- 00:32:19.861 --> 00:32:20.628
- AND SO, I KNOW THAT WAS A HUGE BLESSING.
- 00:32:20.695 --> 00:32:22.797
- BLESSING. AND SO, I THINK THIS BALANCING
- 00:32:22.864 --> 00:32:23.431
- AND SO, I THINK THIS BALANCING OF "HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF ALL
- 00:32:23.498 --> 00:32:24.065
- OF "HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE AROUND
- 00:32:24.132 --> 00:32:25.199
- OF THE THINGS THAT ARE AROUND US?"
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- US?" IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
- 00:32:26.801 --> 00:32:30.338
- IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. - NATALIE GRANT: THE WOMEN IN
- 00:32:30.405 --> 00:32:31.539
- - NATALIE GRANT: THE WOMEN IN MY LIFE HAVE MADE ME STRONGER.
- 00:32:31.606 --> 00:32:33.141
- MY LIFE HAVE MADE ME STRONGER. I THINK ABOUT MY MOM, WHO-- I'M
- 00:32:33.207 --> 00:32:35.943
- I THINK ABOUT MY MOM, WHO-- I'M THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE KIDS --
- 00:32:36.010 --> 00:32:38.346
- THE YOUNGEST OF FIVE KIDS -- JUST HOW SHE WAS PRESENT FOR
- 00:32:38.413 --> 00:32:38.946
- JUST HOW SHE WAS PRESENT FOR EVERYTHING.
- 00:32:39.013 --> 00:32:42.617
- EVERYTHING. SHE WAS JUST PRESENT.
- 00:32:42.683 --> 00:32:44.752
- SHE WAS JUST PRESENT. AND, EVEN TO THIS DAY, THE
- 00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:46.487
- AND, EVEN TO THIS DAY, THE FIRST PERSON I THINK TO CALL
- 00:32:46.554 --> 00:32:47.422
- FIRST PERSON I THINK TO CALL WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG IS MY
- 00:32:47.488 --> 00:32:48.523
- WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG IS MY MOM.
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- MOM. THE WAY SHE'S LIVED WITH FAITH,
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- THE WAY SHE'S LIVED WITH FAITH, THE WAY SHE'S BEEN STEADFAST,
- 00:32:52.226 --> 00:32:54.195
- THE WAY SHE'S BEEN STEADFAST, THE WAY THAT SHE FINDS JOY IN
- 00:32:54.262 --> 00:32:56.431
- THE WAY THAT SHE FINDS JOY IN THE MIDST OF DIFFICULT
- 00:32:56.497 --> 00:32:58.366
- THE MIDST OF DIFFICULT SITUATIONS, THE WAY THAT SHE
- 00:32:58.433 --> 00:33:00.368
- SITUATIONS, THE WAY THAT SHE LOVED MY DAD, THE WAY THAT
- 00:33:00.435 --> 00:33:01.636
- LOVED MY DAD, THE WAY THAT SHE'S HONORED MY DAD.
- 00:33:01.702 --> 00:33:03.671
- SHE'S HONORED MY DAD. MAN, SHE JUST MADE ME STRONGER
- 00:33:03.738 --> 00:33:05.840
- MAN, SHE JUST MADE ME STRONGER IN EVERY WAY.
- 00:33:05.907 --> 00:33:07.041
- IN EVERY WAY. AND, I HAVE THREE SISTERS, AS
- 00:33:07.108 --> 00:33:08.309
- AND, I HAVE THREE SISTERS, AS WELL -- AND ALL JUST STRONG,
- 00:33:08.376 --> 00:33:10.344
- WELL -- AND ALL JUST STRONG, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.
- 00:33:10.411 --> 00:33:11.813
- BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. MY SISTER, WHO'S RAISED TWO
- 00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:13.848
- MY SISTER, WHO'S RAISED TWO KIDS ON HER OWN, AND HOW BOTH
- 00:33:13.915 --> 00:33:15.650
- KIDS ON HER OWN, AND HOW BOTH OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE LOVING
- 00:33:15.716 --> 00:33:17.018
- OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE LOVING AND SERVING GOD -- SHE'S MY
- 00:33:17.085 --> 00:33:18.119
- AND SERVING GOD -- SHE'S MY HERO.
- 00:33:18.186 --> 00:33:19.420
- HERO. 'CAUSE I CAN BARELY DO IT WITH
- 00:33:19.487 --> 00:33:20.388
- 'CAUSE I CAN BARELY DO IT WITH A HUSBAND.
- 00:33:20.455 --> 00:33:21.489
- A HUSBAND. [LAUGHTER]
- 00:33:21.556 --> 00:33:22.123
- [LAUGHTER] AND, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S
- 00:33:22.190 --> 00:33:23.925
- AND, FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING THAT IS A SINGLE
- 00:33:23.991 --> 00:33:25.993
- WATCHING THAT IS A SINGLE PARENT, YOU ARE THE HEROES OF
- 00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:26.894
- PARENT, YOU ARE THE HEROES OF SOCIETY.
- 00:33:26.961 --> 00:33:27.328
- SOCIETY. BECAUSE PARENTING IS HARD WORK.
- 00:33:27.395 --> 00:33:29.263
- BECAUSE PARENTING IS HARD WORK. BUT DOING IT ON YOUR OWN IS
- 00:33:29.330 --> 00:33:30.631
- BUT DOING IT ON YOUR OWN IS JUST A WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL AND
- 00:33:30.698 --> 00:33:32.600
- JUST A WHOLE 'NOTHER LEVEL AND WE...WE APPLAUD YOU.
- 00:33:32.667 --> 00:33:38.039
- WE...WE APPLAUD YOU. - JAMIE: AND SO, WHAT DOES
- 00:33:38.106 --> 00:33:38.773
- - JAMIE: AND SO, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU GUYS, IN
- 00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:40.508
- THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU GUYS, IN BALANCING MINISTRY, PASTOR, A
- 00:33:40.575 --> 00:33:43.578
- BALANCING MINISTRY, PASTOR, A HUSBAND, CHILDREN,
- 00:33:43.644 --> 00:33:45.613
- HUSBAND, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, JOBS, TRAVELING?
- 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.582
- GRANDCHILDREN, JOBS, TRAVELING? HOW DO YOU DO IT?
- 00:33:47.648 --> 00:33:49.717
- HOW DO YOU DO IT? [LAURIE GIGGLES]
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- [LAURIE GIGGLES] - BRITTANY: YEAH.
- 00:33:50.251 --> 00:33:51.552
- - BRITTANY: YEAH. - DIANNA: I THINK IN MY WORLD
- 00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.753
- - DIANNA: I THINK IN MY WORLD -- I CAN ONLY SPEAK FROM MY OWN
- 00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:54.322
- -- I CAN ONLY SPEAK FROM MY OWN PERSONAL WORLD -- IN MY
- 00:33:54.388 --> 00:33:55.089
- PERSONAL WORLD -- IN MY GENERATION -- I'M A GEN X BABY
- 00:33:55.156 --> 00:33:56.057
- GENERATION -- I'M A GEN X BABY -- I THINK MILLENNIALS HAVE
- 00:33:56.124 --> 00:33:59.727
- -- I THINK MILLENNIALS HAVE MORE OF THE OPTIONS OF-- LIKE
- 00:33:59.794 --> 00:34:02.763
- MORE OF THE OPTIONS OF-- LIKE EVERYTHING KIND OF DISPLAYED
- 00:34:02.830 --> 00:34:03.364
- EVERYTHING KIND OF DISPLAYED OUT THERE AND IT'S AN OPTION
- 00:34:03.431 --> 00:34:05.299
- OUT THERE AND IT'S AN OPTION FOR YOU TO PICK UP AND ADD TO
- 00:34:05.366 --> 00:34:06.801
- FOR YOU TO PICK UP AND ADD TO YOUR LIFE, WHERE, IN MY
- 00:34:06.868 --> 00:34:08.102
- YOUR LIFE, WHERE, IN MY GENERATION, IT WAS A CHOICE --
- 00:34:08.169 --> 00:34:09.303
- GENERATION, IT WAS A CHOICE -- EITHER, OR.
- 00:34:09.370 --> 00:34:10.905
- EITHER, OR. EITHER BE A STAY-AT-HOME MOM OR
- 00:34:10.972 --> 00:34:13.441
- EITHER BE A STAY-AT-HOME MOM OR BE A MARKETPLACE WOMAN.
- 00:34:13.508 --> 00:34:15.543
- BE A MARKETPLACE WOMAN. - LAURIE: MM-HMM.
- 00:34:15.610 --> 00:34:16.077
- - LAURIE: MM-HMM. - DIANNA: EITHER BE A PASTOR
- 00:34:16.144 --> 00:34:17.378
- - DIANNA: EITHER BE A PASTOR OR JUST BE A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
- 00:34:17.445 --> 00:34:19.580
- OR JUST BE A STAY-AT-HOME MOM. YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
- 00:34:19.647 --> 00:34:20.681
- YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING. BUT DEEP CONTRAST.
- 00:34:20.748 --> 00:34:21.883
- BUT DEEP CONTRAST. AND VERY MUCH SHAMED INTO, IF
- 00:34:21.949 --> 00:34:24.385
- AND VERY MUCH SHAMED INTO, IF YOU WERE PASTORING, LEADING, A
- 00:34:24.452 --> 00:34:26.988
- YOU WERE PASTORING, LEADING, A MARKETPLACE -- YOU KNOW -- GURU
- 00:34:27.054 --> 00:34:30.958
- MARKETPLACE -- YOU KNOW -- GURU -- WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL
- 00:34:31.025 --> 00:34:32.927
- -- WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL YOURSELF -- AND MOTHERHOOD, IT
- 00:34:32.994 --> 00:34:34.028
- YOURSELF -- AND MOTHERHOOD, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE: THAT'S...
- 00:34:34.095 --> 00:34:34.729
- WAS ALMOST LIKE: THAT'S... THAT'S A NO-NO.
- 00:34:34.795 --> 00:34:36.664
- THAT'S A NO-NO. - JAMIE: OR ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
- 00:34:36.731 --> 00:34:37.331
- - JAMIE: OR ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. - DIANNA: LIKE: DON'T EVEN
- 00:34:37.398 --> 00:34:38.099
- - DIANNA: LIKE: DON'T EVEN DESIRE THAT.
- 00:34:38.166 --> 00:34:39.033
- DESIRE THAT. AND SO, MANY CONVERSATIONS WERE
- 00:34:39.100 --> 00:34:41.869
- AND SO, MANY CONVERSATIONS WERE HAD WITH ME, WITH PARTICULAR
- 00:34:41.936 --> 00:34:43.638
- HAD WITH ME, WITH PARTICULAR WOMEN, THAT WERE IF I SAW
- 00:34:43.704 --> 00:34:47.308
- WOMEN, THAT WERE IF I SAW MYSELF SEEING MYSELF PREACH THE
- 00:34:47.375 --> 00:34:49.944
- MYSELF SEEING MYSELF PREACH THE GOSPEL AND HAVE A BABY IN TOW?
- 00:34:50.011 --> 00:34:52.647
- GOSPEL AND HAVE A BABY IN TOW? IT WAS AS IF: NO.
- 00:34:52.713 --> 00:34:55.550
- IT WAS AS IF: NO. YOU CANNOT DO THAT.
- 00:34:55.616 --> 00:34:56.517
- YOU CANNOT DO THAT. THAT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR YOU.
- 00:34:56.584 --> 00:34:58.886
- THAT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR YOU. THE KIDS WILL SUFFER.
- 00:34:58.953 --> 00:35:01.122
- THE KIDS WILL SUFFER. SO, THE WHOLE BALANCING ACT WAS
- 00:35:01.189 --> 00:35:02.223
- SO, THE WHOLE BALANCING ACT WAS NEVER EVEN A QUESTION.
- 00:35:02.290 --> 00:35:04.025
- NEVER EVEN A QUESTION. SO, NOW THAT I SEE THE
- 00:35:04.091 --> 00:35:06.027
- SO, NOW THAT I SEE THE GENERATIONS COMING UP, THEY
- 00:35:06.093 --> 00:35:08.162
- GENERATIONS COMING UP, THEY HAVE MORE OF A HANDLE AND
- 00:35:08.229 --> 00:35:08.729
- HAVE MORE OF A HANDLE AND FREEDOM.
- 00:35:08.796 --> 00:35:10.531
- FREEDOM. AND, AT THE SAME TIME, I COULD
- 00:35:10.598 --> 00:35:12.066
- AND, AT THE SAME TIME, I COULD SEE WHERE SOME OF MY DECISIONS
- 00:35:12.133 --> 00:35:14.202
- SEE WHERE SOME OF MY DECISIONS IN MY OWN FAMILY FORCED WHAT
- 00:35:14.268 --> 00:35:16.470
- IN MY OWN FAMILY FORCED WHAT THE RHYTHMS OF MY OWN LIFE, THE
- 00:35:16.537 --> 00:35:17.638
- THE RHYTHMS OF MY OWN LIFE, THE RHYTHMS OF GRACE IN MY OWN
- 00:35:17.705 --> 00:35:18.506
- RHYTHMS OF GRACE IN MY OWN FAMILY, WHAT IT REQUIRED.
- 00:35:18.573 --> 00:35:19.907
- FAMILY, WHAT IT REQUIRED. SO, I HAD FOUR LITTLE ONES
- 00:35:19.974 --> 00:35:22.076
- SO, I HAD FOUR LITTLE ONES UNDER THE AGE OF 2.
- 00:35:22.143 --> 00:35:23.177
- UNDER THE AGE OF 2. IF I BIRTHED THEM, I NEED TO BE
- 00:35:23.244 --> 00:35:24.278
- IF I BIRTHED THEM, I NEED TO BE HANDS-ON.
- 00:35:24.345 --> 00:35:26.747
- HANDS-ON. NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO RAISE
- 00:35:26.814 --> 00:35:28.449
- NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO RAISE THEM FOR ME.
- 00:35:28.516 --> 00:35:29.517
- THEM FOR ME. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
- 00:35:29.584 --> 00:35:30.384
- DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? - WOMEN: YEAH!
- 00:35:30.451 --> 00:35:30.918
- - WOMEN: YEAH! - DIANNA: SO, IF I WANTED
- 00:35:30.985 --> 00:35:32.520
- - DIANNA: SO, IF I WANTED CERTAIN VALUES, CERTAIN
- 00:35:32.587 --> 00:35:34.222
- CERTAIN VALUES, CERTAIN PRECEPTS, CERTAIN THINGS THAT I
- 00:35:34.288 --> 00:35:36.023
- PRECEPTS, CERTAIN THINGS THAT I WANT INSTILLED IN THEIR
- 00:35:36.090 --> 00:35:37.191
- WANT INSTILLED IN THEIR CHARACTER, IN THEIR MENTALITY,
- 00:35:37.258 --> 00:35:39.026
- CHARACTER, IN THEIR MENTALITY, WHERE THEY'RE AT A PLACE WHERE
- 00:35:39.093 --> 00:35:42.163
- WHERE THEY'RE AT A PLACE WHERE I CAN LEAVE THEM -- YOU KNOW,
- 00:35:42.230 --> 00:35:43.364
- I CAN LEAVE THEM -- YOU KNOW, STEP AWAY FROM THEM -- AND
- 00:35:43.431 --> 00:35:45.533
- STEP AWAY FROM THEM -- AND TRAVEL MORE, THEN THAT'S WHAT
- 00:35:45.600 --> 00:35:46.934
- TRAVEL MORE, THEN THAT'S WHAT BALANCE WOULD SHIFT TO.
- 00:35:47.001 --> 00:35:48.736
- BALANCE WOULD SHIFT TO. SO, THOSE WERE THE DECISIONS I
- 00:35:48.803 --> 00:35:50.304
- SO, THOSE WERE THE DECISIONS I OWN.
- 00:35:50.371 --> 00:35:52.373
- OWN. BUT THEY WERE IMPORTANT
- 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.940
- BUT THEY WERE IMPORTANT DECISIONS FOR MY FAMILY.
- 00:35:53.007 --> 00:35:54.508
- DECISIONS FOR MY FAMILY. AND, IN LOOKING BACK, I DON'T
- 00:35:54.575 --> 00:35:56.911
- AND, IN LOOKING BACK, I DON'T HAVE REGRETS FOR THE THINGS
- 00:35:56.978 --> 00:35:58.713
- HAVE REGRETS FOR THE THINGS THAT I HAVE CHOSEN FOR MY OWN
- 00:35:58.779 --> 00:36:00.114
- THAT I HAVE CHOSEN FOR MY OWN PARTICULAR FAMILY.
- 00:36:00.181 --> 00:36:00.715
- PARTICULAR FAMILY. BECAUSE I COULD SEE THE FRUIT
- 00:36:00.781 --> 00:36:02.216
- BECAUSE I COULD SEE THE FRUIT OF IT IN HINDSIGHT.
- 00:36:02.283 --> 00:36:04.051
- OF IT IN HINDSIGHT. BUT THAT CHOICE IS LEFT UP TO
- 00:36:04.118 --> 00:36:06.320
- BUT THAT CHOICE IS LEFT UP TO EACH PERSON.
- 00:36:06.387 --> 00:36:07.121
- EACH PERSON. BUT I AM A--
- 00:36:07.188 --> 00:36:09.190
- BUT I AM A-- - LAURIE: YOU HAD TO BE
- 00:36:09.257 --> 00:36:10.024
- - LAURIE: YOU HAD TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT, THOUGH,
- 00:36:10.091 --> 00:36:11.025
- INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT, THOUGH, TOO.
- 00:36:11.092 --> 00:36:11.492
- TOO. - DIANNA: I DID.
- 00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:11.959
- - DIANNA: I DID. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT
- 00:36:12.026 --> 00:36:12.994
- BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT GONNA SHAME A WOMAN...
- 00:36:13.060 --> 00:36:14.462
- GONNA SHAME A WOMAN... - LAURIE: RIGHT.
- 00:36:14.528 --> 00:36:14.996
- - LAURIE: RIGHT. - DIANNA: ...TO MAKE
- 00:36:15.062 --> 00:36:16.097
- - DIANNA: ...TO MAKE DECISIONS, IF THEY DECIDE TO
- 00:36:16.163 --> 00:36:18.099
- DECISIONS, IF THEY DECIDE TO TRAVEL WITH A BABY IN TOW.
- 00:36:18.165 --> 00:36:20.334
- TRAVEL WITH A BABY IN TOW. THAT'S JUST-- DON'T DO THAT.
- 00:36:20.401 --> 00:36:24.605
- THAT'S JUST-- DON'T DO THAT. - ROBYN: WOMEN CAN BE VERY...
- 00:36:24.672 --> 00:36:26.040
- - ROBYN: WOMEN CAN BE VERY... CONFUSED?
- 00:36:26.107 --> 00:36:29.810
- CONFUSED? AND PRESSURED FROM THEIR PEERS
- 00:36:29.877 --> 00:36:35.750
- AND PRESSURED FROM THEIR PEERS AND THEIR MEDIA CHOICES TO
- 00:36:35.816 --> 00:36:37.618
- AND THEIR MEDIA CHOICES TO SUCCUMB IN THEIR LIFESTYLE
- 00:36:37.685 --> 00:36:40.321
- SUCCUMB IN THEIR LIFESTYLE CHOICES TO HOW THEY LIVE THEIR
- 00:36:40.388 --> 00:36:42.189
- CHOICES TO HOW THEY LIVE THEIR LIFE.
- 00:36:42.256 --> 00:36:45.259
- LIFE. AND, I FEEL THAT THAT PRESSURE
- 00:36:45.326 --> 00:36:47.094
- AND, I FEEL THAT THAT PRESSURE CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THEIR
- 00:36:47.161 --> 00:36:48.963
- CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE TO THEIR CHILDREN, TO THEIR FAMILY, TO
- 00:36:49.030 --> 00:36:50.498
- CHILDREN, TO THEIR FAMILY, TO THEIR MARRIAGE, AND TO THEIR
- 00:36:50.564 --> 00:36:51.932
- THEIR MARRIAGE, AND TO THEIR DESTINY,
- 00:36:51.999 --> 00:36:55.469
- DESTINY, AND LIMIT THE PERSON THAT THEY
- 00:36:55.536 --> 00:36:56.103
- AND LIMIT THE PERSON THAT THEY ARE CALLED TO BE.
- 00:36:56.170 --> 00:36:57.705
- ARE CALLED TO BE. SO, MY ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD BE:
- 00:36:57.772 --> 00:36:58.939
- SO, MY ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD BE: LET GO OF THAT.
- 00:36:59.006 --> 00:37:03.411
- LET GO OF THAT. DON'T LISTEN TO THAT.
- 00:37:03.477 --> 00:37:04.178
- DON'T LISTEN TO THAT. INSTEAD, LOOK INWARD TO YOUR
- 00:37:04.245 --> 00:37:08.683
- INSTEAD, LOOK INWARD TO YOUR OWN FAMILY, TO YOUR OWN
- 00:37:08.749 --> 00:37:12.386
- OWN FAMILY, TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND
- 00:37:12.453 --> 00:37:15.690
- PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WEIGH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR
- 00:37:15.756 --> 00:37:16.624
- WEIGH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR WORLD.
- 00:37:16.691 --> 00:37:18.559
- WORLD. NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO
- 00:37:18.626 --> 00:37:20.227
- NOT EVERYBODY CAN DO EVERYTHING.
- 00:37:20.294 --> 00:37:21.896
- EVERYTHING. NOT EVERYBODY LEARNS THE SAME
- 00:37:21.962 --> 00:37:23.331
- NOT EVERYBODY LEARNS THE SAME WAY.
- 00:37:23.397 --> 00:37:26.400
- WAY. NOT EVERYBODY WORKS THE SAME
- 00:37:26.467 --> 00:37:27.001
- NOT EVERYBODY WORKS THE SAME WAY.
- 00:37:27.068 --> 00:37:28.769
- WAY. NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME
- 00:37:28.836 --> 00:37:29.370
- NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME PHYSICAL CAPACITY.
- 00:37:29.437 --> 00:37:31.972
- PHYSICAL CAPACITY. AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME
- 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:35.076
- AND NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME CALLING.
- 00:37:35.142 --> 00:37:37.278
- CALLING. SO, AS YOU EVALUATE YOUR
- 00:37:37.345 --> 00:37:41.449
- SO, AS YOU EVALUATE YOUR PERSONAL HOME AND YOUR PERSONAL
- 00:37:41.515 --> 00:37:42.883
- PERSONAL HOME AND YOUR PERSONAL MINISTRY, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL
- 00:37:42.950 --> 00:37:45.086
- MINISTRY, THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL LEAD YOU TO MAKE THE RIGHT
- 00:37:45.152 --> 00:37:47.054
- LEAD YOU TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES.
- 00:37:47.121 --> 00:37:52.059
- CHOICES. - LAURIE: CONNECT WITH US ON
- 00:37:52.126 --> 00:37:52.760
- - LAURIE: CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
- 00:37:52.827 --> 00:37:53.461
- SOCIAL MEDIA. - JAMIE: LIKE, COMMENT, AND
- 00:37:53.527 --> 00:37:54.261
- - JAMIE: LIKE, COMMENT, AND SHARE YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS
- 00:37:54.328 --> 00:37:55.129
- SHARE YOUR FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM TODAY.
- 00:37:55.196 --> 00:37:55.696
- FROM TODAY. - LAURIE: WE CAN'T WAIT FOR
- 00:37:55.763 --> 00:37:56.364
- - LAURIE: WE CAN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY.
- 00:37:56.430 --> 00:37:59.500
- YOU TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY. EXPLORE MORE OF THE STORIES
- 00:37:59.567 --> 00:38:00.401
- EXPLORE MORE OF THE STORIES AND INSPIRING CONTENT YOU
- 00:38:00.468 --> 00:38:03.504
- AND INSPIRING CONTENT YOU LOVE FROM "BETTER TOGETHER"
- 00:38:03.571 --> 00:38:04.238
- LOVE FROM "BETTER TOGETHER" ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
- 00:38:04.305 --> 00:38:05.406
- ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: BETTER TOGETHER TV
- 00:38:05.473 --> 00:38:08.109
- BETTER TOGETHER TV SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND NEVER MISS
- 00:38:08.175 --> 00:38:09.610
- SUBSCRIBE TODAY AND NEVER MISS A NEW UPLOAD.
- 00:38:09.677 --> 00:38:14.882
- A NEW UPLOAD. - CHRISTINE CAINE: ONE OF THE
- 00:38:14.949 --> 00:38:17.785
- - CHRISTINE CAINE: ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS THAT GOD HAS
- 00:38:17.852 --> 00:38:18.552
- GREATEST GIFTS THAT GOD HAS EVER GIVEN ME IS THE GIFT OF
- 00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.720
- EVER GIVEN ME IS THE GIFT OF BOTH OF MY DAUGHTERS.
- 00:38:19.787 --> 00:38:21.555
- BOTH OF MY DAUGHTERS. YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM A
- 00:38:21.622 --> 00:38:22.123
- YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM A TROUBLED BACKGROUND.
- 00:38:22.189 --> 00:38:23.524
- TROUBLED BACKGROUND. I WAS LEFT IN A HOSPITAL
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- I WAS LEFT IN A HOSPITAL UNNAMED AND UNWANTED WHEN I WAS
- 00:38:24.825 --> 00:38:25.426
- UNNAMED AND UNWANTED WHEN I WAS BORN, SO I NEVER GOT TO MEET MY
- 00:38:25.493 --> 00:38:26.594
- BORN, SO I NEVER GOT TO MEET MY BIOLOGICAL MUM, AND, HAD A BIT
- 00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:30.264
- BIOLOGICAL MUM, AND, HAD A BIT OF A...A VERY STRAINED
- 00:38:30.331 --> 00:38:31.365
- OF A...A VERY STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH MY ADOPTED
- 00:38:31.432 --> 00:38:31.966
- RELATIONSHIP WITH MY ADOPTED MUM.
- 00:38:32.032 --> 00:38:34.835
- MUM. NOW, IN THE LATTER PART OF HER
- 00:38:34.902 --> 00:38:35.503
- NOW, IN THE LATTER PART OF HER LIFE, WE CERTAINLY GOT TOGETHER
- 00:38:35.569 --> 00:38:36.637
- LIFE, WE CERTAINLY GOT TOGETHER AND HAD A LOT OF
- 00:38:36.704 --> 00:38:37.538
- AND HAD A LOT OF RECONCILIATION.
- 00:38:37.605 --> 00:38:39.874
- RECONCILIATION. BUT, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW OR
- 00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.975
- BUT, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW OR HAVE A GREAT ROLE MODEL OF A
- 00:38:41.041 --> 00:38:41.609
- HAVE A GREAT ROLE MODEL OF A MOTHER.
- 00:38:41.675 --> 00:38:45.079
- MOTHER. SO, I WASN'T SURE HOW I WAS
- 00:38:45.146 --> 00:38:47.314
- SO, I WASN'T SURE HOW I WAS GONNA BE AT ALL OF THIS, AND I
- 00:38:47.381 --> 00:38:48.749
- GONNA BE AT ALL OF THIS, AND I REALLY NEEDED THE HELP OF THE
- 00:38:48.816 --> 00:38:49.517
- REALLY NEEDED THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- 00:38:49.583 --> 00:38:50.684
- HOLY SPIRIT. I'VE LEARNED AS MUCH FROM MY
- 00:38:50.751 --> 00:38:51.385
- I'VE LEARNED AS MUCH FROM MY DAUGHTERS THAN I THINK I HAVE
- 00:38:51.452 --> 00:38:52.420
- DAUGHTERS THAN I THINK I HAVE TAUGHT THEM.
- 00:38:52.486 --> 00:38:53.387
- TAUGHT THEM. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT
- 00:38:53.454 --> 00:38:54.588
- I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE LOVE OF GOD, THE
- 00:38:54.655 --> 00:38:56.056
- THE LOVE OF GOD, THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND GRACE OF
- 00:38:56.123 --> 00:38:58.092
- UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND GRACE OF GOD.
- 00:38:58.159 --> 00:39:00.327
- GOD. WHEN I GAVE BIRTH TO MY
- 00:39:00.394 --> 00:39:00.928
- WHEN I GAVE BIRTH TO MY FIRSTBORN, IT WAS LIKE MY HEART
- 00:39:00.995 --> 00:39:02.329
- FIRSTBORN, IT WAS LIKE MY HEART EXPLODED.
- 00:39:02.396 --> 00:39:04.865
- EXPLODED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I HAD MY
- 00:39:04.932 --> 00:39:05.566
- I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I HAD MY SECOND ONE IF I WOULD HAVE THE
- 00:39:05.633 --> 00:39:07.401
- SECOND ONE IF I WOULD HAVE THE CAPACITY TO LOVE ANOTHER CHILD
- 00:39:07.468 --> 00:39:08.402
- CAPACITY TO LOVE ANOTHER CHILD SO MUCH.
- 00:39:08.469 --> 00:39:09.003
- SO MUCH. I THOUGHT-- I FELT SO BAD, I
- 00:39:09.069 --> 00:39:10.004
- I THOUGHT-- I FELT SO BAD, I THOUGHT: WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
- 00:39:10.070 --> 00:39:11.172
- THOUGHT: WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MY SECONDBORN?
- 00:39:11.238 --> 00:39:12.673
- WITH MY SECONDBORN? DIDN'T KNOW THAT GOD WAS GONNA
- 00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:14.141
- DIDN'T KNOW THAT GOD WAS GONNA EXPAND MY HEART AND EXPAND MY
- 00:39:14.208 --> 00:39:15.509
- EXPAND MY HEART AND EXPAND MY CAPACITY TO LOVE.
- 00:39:15.576 --> 00:39:17.311
- CAPACITY TO LOVE. AND, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO
- 00:39:17.378 --> 00:39:19.346
- AND, I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO EXPLAIN IT, BUT IT IS THE
- 00:39:19.413 --> 00:39:20.748
- EXPLAIN IT, BUT IT IS THE GREATEST GIFT IN THE WORLD WHEN
- 00:39:20.815 --> 00:39:21.682
- GREATEST GIFT IN THE WORLD WHEN GOD ALLOWS YOU TO BE A MOTHER.
- 00:39:21.749 --> 00:39:25.419
- GOD ALLOWS YOU TO BE A MOTHER. WHAT A GIFT.
- 00:39:25.486 --> 00:39:32.460
- WHAT A GIFT. - BRITTANY: YOUR SEASON OF
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- - BRITTANY: YOUR SEASON OF LIFE, YOUR AGE, HOW MANY KIDS
- 00:39:33.427 --> 00:39:34.829
- LIFE, YOUR AGE, HOW MANY KIDS YOU HAVE, THE AGES OF YOUR
- 00:39:34.895 --> 00:39:36.330
- YOU HAVE, THE AGES OF YOUR KIDS, YOUR CALLING -- WE ALL
- 00:39:36.397 --> 00:39:37.398
- KIDS, YOUR CALLING -- WE ALL HAVE LIMITATIONS AND RHYTHMS
- 00:39:37.465 --> 00:39:41.402
- HAVE LIMITATIONS AND RHYTHMS THAT WORK FOR OUR OWN LIFE.
- 00:39:41.469 --> 00:39:42.670
- THAT WORK FOR OUR OWN LIFE. SO, MINE'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT
- 00:39:42.736 --> 00:39:44.271
- SO, MINE'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS, 'CAUSE I HAVE
- 00:39:44.338 --> 00:39:45.940
- THAN YOURS, 'CAUSE I HAVE YOUNGER KIDS.
- 00:39:46.006 --> 00:39:48.943
- YOUNGER KIDS. - DIANNA: ABSOLUTELY...
- 00:39:49.009 --> 00:39:49.443
- - DIANNA: ABSOLUTELY... ABSOLUTELY.
- 00:39:49.510 --> 00:39:50.244
- ABSOLUTELY. - BRITTANY: AND HERS IS GONNA
- 00:39:50.311 --> 00:39:51.312
- - BRITTANY: AND HERS IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT FROM MINE, 'CAUSE
- 00:39:51.378 --> 00:39:52.046
- BE DIFFERENT FROM MINE, 'CAUSE SHE'S GOT GRANDKIDS AND SHE'S
- 00:39:52.112 --> 00:39:52.947
- SHE'S GOT GRANDKIDS AND SHE'S GOT OLDER KIDS.
- 00:39:53.013 --> 00:39:53.581
- GOT OLDER KIDS. SO, I THINK LOOKING AT OUR
- 00:39:53.647 --> 00:39:54.482
- SO, I THINK LOOKING AT OUR LIVES AND EVEN SAYING, YOU
- 00:39:54.548 --> 00:39:55.082
- LIVES AND EVEN SAYING, YOU KNOW, GOD NEVER SLUMBERS NOR
- 00:39:55.149 --> 00:39:56.016
- KNOW, GOD NEVER SLUMBERS NOR SLEEPS, BUT WE DO.
- 00:39:56.083 --> 00:39:56.784
- SLEEPS, BUT WE DO. YOU KNOW.
- 00:39:56.851 --> 00:39:58.018
- YOU KNOW. I HAVE HUMAN LIMITATIONS, SO I
- 00:39:58.085 --> 00:39:59.653
- I HAVE HUMAN LIMITATIONS, SO I CAN'T DO IT ALL.
- 00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:02.122
- CAN'T DO IT ALL. AND THERE'S SEASONS WHERE
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- AND THERE'S SEASONS WHERE THERE'S EBBS AND FLOWS, WHERE I
- 00:40:04.725 --> 00:40:05.793
- THERE'S EBBS AND FLOWS, WHERE I HAD TO STAY HOME WITH MY KIDS
- 00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.594
- HAD TO STAY HOME WITH MY KIDS THAT WERE GRIEVING.
- 00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:09.230
- THAT WERE GRIEVING. AND I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE THEM
- 00:40:09.296 --> 00:40:10.831
- AND I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE THEM WITH OTHER KIDS AND OTHER
- 00:40:10.898 --> 00:40:11.999
- WITH OTHER KIDS AND OTHER PEOPLE, BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT
- 00:40:12.066 --> 00:40:12.566
- PEOPLE, BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT THEY NEEDED RIGHT NOW IS TO
- 00:40:12.633 --> 00:40:13.667
- THEY NEEDED RIGHT NOW IS TO KNOW THE ONE THING THAT THEY'VE
- 00:40:13.734 --> 00:40:14.335
- KNOW THE ONE THING THAT THEY'VE HAD IN THEIR LIFE THE WHOLE
- 00:40:14.401 --> 00:40:14.935
- HAD IN THEIR LIFE THE WHOLE TIME IS STILL GONNA BE THERE,
- 00:40:15.002 --> 00:40:15.569
- TIME IS STILL GONNA BE THERE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY, AND
- 00:40:15.636 --> 00:40:16.403
- AND WE'RE GONNA BE OKAY, AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH
- 00:40:16.470 --> 00:40:17.004
- WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THIS SEASON TOGETHER.
- 00:40:17.071 --> 00:40:17.505
- THIS SEASON TOGETHER. DOES THAT MEAN THAT SEASON'S
- 00:40:17.571 --> 00:40:18.205
- DOES THAT MEAN THAT SEASON'S GONNA ALWAYS BE THERE?
- 00:40:18.272 --> 00:40:19.607
- GONNA ALWAYS BE THERE? NO. SEASONS CHANGE.
- 00:40:19.673 --> 00:40:21.041
- NO. SEASONS CHANGE. BUT I THINK LOOKING AT OUR
- 00:40:21.108 --> 00:40:23.143
- BUT I THINK LOOKING AT OUR LIVES AND A PROBLEM THAT WE
- 00:40:23.210 --> 00:40:25.246
- LIVES AND A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN OUR GOING IS THAT WE
- 00:40:25.312 --> 00:40:26.881
- HAVE IN OUR GOING IS THAT WE THINK WE CAN DO IT ALL.
- 00:40:26.947 --> 00:40:28.315
- THINK WE CAN DO IT ALL. AND WE DON'T ALLOW RHYTHMS OF
- 00:40:28.382 --> 00:40:30.184
- AND WE DON'T ALLOW RHYTHMS OF REST, RHYTHMS OF RENEWAL,
- 00:40:30.251 --> 00:40:31.952
- REST, RHYTHMS OF RENEWAL, RHYTHMS OF SAYING, "YOU KNOW,
- 00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.753
- RHYTHMS OF SAYING, "YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY LIMIT."
- 00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:34.388
- THIS IS MY LIMIT." LIKE YOU SAID: "WHEN I AM HOME,
- 00:40:34.455 --> 00:40:36.457
- LIKE YOU SAID: "WHEN I AM HOME, I AM HOME."
- 00:40:36.524 --> 00:40:37.091
- I AM HOME." AND THIS IS YOUR RHYTHM THAT
- 00:40:37.157 --> 00:40:38.192
- AND THIS IS YOUR RHYTHM THAT YOU HAVE PLACED, AND THAT'S WHY
- 00:40:38.259 --> 00:40:39.460
- YOU HAVE PLACED, AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A HEALTHY FAMILY LIFE.
- 00:40:39.527 --> 00:40:42.663
- YOU HAVE A HEALTHY FAMILY LIFE. FROM WHAT IS PERCEIVED FROM THE
- 00:40:42.730 --> 00:40:43.531
- FROM WHAT IS PERCEIVED FROM THE OUTSIDE -- WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT
- 00:40:43.597 --> 00:40:46.000
- OUTSIDE -- WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT OF YOU, EXPECT WHAT IT LOOKS
- 00:40:46.066 --> 00:40:47.902
- OF YOU, EXPECT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, OR EVEN, AT TIMES,
- 00:40:47.968 --> 00:40:49.136
- LIKE, OR EVEN, AT TIMES, PRESSURE THAT WE PUT ON
- 00:40:49.203 --> 00:40:49.803
- PRESSURE THAT WE PUT ON OURSELVES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK
- 00:40:49.870 --> 00:40:51.505
- OURSELVES THAT WE NEED TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY, OR DO A CERTAIN
- 00:40:51.572 --> 00:40:52.473
- A CERTAIN WAY, OR DO A CERTAIN THING--
- 00:40:52.540 --> 00:40:53.474
- THING-- BUT I THINK, SOMETIMES,
- 00:40:53.541 --> 00:40:54.808
- BUT I THINK, SOMETIMES, REALIZING IN THE MESS, IN THE
- 00:40:54.875 --> 00:40:56.644
- REALIZING IN THE MESS, IN THE CHAOS, IN THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS
- 00:40:56.710 --> 00:40:58.712
- CHAOS, IN THE WAY THAT IT LOOKS SO DIFFERENT THAN WE EXPECTED
- 00:40:58.779 --> 00:41:00.080
- SO DIFFERENT THAN WE EXPECTED OUR LIFE AND MOTHERHOOD TO LOOK
- 00:41:00.147 --> 00:41:01.515
- OUR LIFE AND MOTHERHOOD TO LOOK LIKE, AND SAYING, "YOU KNOW
- 00:41:01.582 --> 00:41:02.950
- LIKE, AND SAYING, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:41:03.017 --> 00:41:03.651
- WHAT? THERE'S NOBODY ELSE'S LIFE THAT
- 00:41:03.717 --> 00:41:05.286
- THERE'S NOBODY ELSE'S LIFE THAT LOOKS LIKE MINE.
- 00:41:05.352 --> 00:41:06.387
- LOOKS LIKE MINE. BUT IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THIS IS
- 00:41:06.453 --> 00:41:07.688
- BUT IT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THIS IS A LIFE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME.
- 00:41:07.755 --> 00:41:08.355
- A LIFE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN ME. THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT GOD'S
- 00:41:08.422 --> 00:41:09.757
- THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT GOD'S GIVEN ME.
- 00:41:09.823 --> 00:41:11.759
- GIVEN ME. AND HE CALLED ME TO THIS.
- 00:41:11.825 --> 00:41:12.493
- AND HE CALLED ME TO THIS. AND I HAVE TO RUN THIS RACE,
- 00:41:12.560 --> 00:41:14.328
- AND I HAVE TO RUN THIS RACE, FIXING MY EYES ON JESUS, NOT
- 00:41:14.395 --> 00:41:16.163
- FIXING MY EYES ON JESUS, NOT FIXING MY EYES TO THE RIGHT, OR
- 00:41:16.230 --> 00:41:17.765
- FIXING MY EYES TO THE RIGHT, OR THE LEFT, OR BEHIND, WHAT
- 00:41:17.831 --> 00:41:20.134
- THE LEFT, OR BEHIND, WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING, WHAT
- 00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:21.135
- EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING, WHAT THEIR LIVES LOOK LIKE.
- 00:41:21.201 --> 00:41:22.136
- THEIR LIVES LOOK LIKE. BECAUSE MY LIFE DOESN'T LOOK
- 00:41:22.202 --> 00:41:22.937
- BECAUSE MY LIFE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEIRS"--
- 00:41:23.003 --> 00:41:24.572
- LIKE THEIRS"-- AND WHEN I DO THAT, IT SLOWS ME
- 00:41:24.638 --> 00:41:25.573
- AND WHEN I DO THAT, IT SLOWS ME DOWN FROM RUNNING THE RACE
- 00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:27.341
- DOWN FROM RUNNING THE RACE GOD'S CALLED ME TO.
- 00:41:27.408 --> 00:41:28.442
- GOD'S CALLED ME TO. BUT WHEN I REALIZE, WITH
- 00:41:28.509 --> 00:41:31.545
- BUT WHEN I REALIZE, WITH LOOKING AND THE ENEMY TRYING TO
- 00:41:31.612 --> 00:41:33.681
- LOOKING AND THE ENEMY TRYING TO PUT MOM GUILT, IF I CAN JUST
- 00:41:33.747 --> 00:41:34.815
- PUT MOM GUILT, IF I CAN JUST KEEP MY EYES TOWARDS THE PRIZE
- 00:41:34.882 --> 00:41:37.451
- KEEP MY EYES TOWARDS THE PRIZE OF CHRIST, AND KEEP MY EYES
- 00:41:37.518 --> 00:41:39.153
- OF CHRIST, AND KEEP MY EYES TOWARDS ETERNITY, AND RUNNING
- 00:41:39.219 --> 00:41:40.621
- TOWARDS ETERNITY, AND RUNNING THAT RACE, IT GIVES US
- 00:41:40.688 --> 00:41:41.622
- THAT RACE, IT GIVES US PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH
- 00:41:41.689 --> 00:41:43.023
- PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE IT THROUGH TODAY.
- 00:41:43.090 --> 00:41:46.060
- TODAY. - ROBYN: AND I THINK THAT THE
- 00:41:46.126 --> 00:41:46.760
- - ROBYN: AND I THINK THAT THE IDEA OF HAVING IT ALL -- YOU
- 00:41:46.827 --> 00:41:47.995
- IDEA OF HAVING IT ALL -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE CALLED TO SERVE
- 00:41:48.062 --> 00:41:50.297
- KNOW, WE'RE CALLED TO SERVE CHRIST.
- 00:41:50.364 --> 00:41:51.732
- CHRIST. AND, YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE,
- 00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:54.234
- AND, YOU KNOW, THE SCRIPTURE, THE NEW TESTAMENT, TALKS ABOUT
- 00:41:54.301 --> 00:41:56.270
- THE NEW TESTAMENT, TALKS ABOUT "WHAT DID JESUS SAY WHEN HE
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- "WHAT DID JESUS SAY WHEN HE CALLED HIS DISCIPLES?"
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- CALLED HIS DISCIPLES?" "PICK UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW
- 00:42:01.141 --> 00:42:02.576
- "PICK UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME."
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- ME." NOW, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST
- 00:42:04.278 --> 00:42:05.779
- NOW, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST POPULAR MESSAGE -- PICK UP YOUR
- 00:42:05.846 --> 00:42:09.016
- POPULAR MESSAGE -- PICK UP YOUR CROSS, RIGHT?
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- CROSS, RIGHT? MOTHERHOOD HAS A FEW
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- MOTHERHOOD HAS A FEW SACRIFICES.
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- SACRIFICES. - DIANNA, BRITTANY:
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- - DIANNA, BRITTANY: ABSOLUTELY.
- 00:42:14.288 --> 00:42:14.922
- ABSOLUTELY. - JAMIE: A LOT.
- 00:42:14.989 --> 00:42:16.256
- - JAMIE: A LOT. - ROBYN: YEAAAH! RIGHT?
- 00:42:16.323 --> 00:42:19.126
- - ROBYN: YEAAAH! RIGHT? AND, SO DOES MARRIAGE.
- 00:42:19.193 --> 00:42:20.094
- AND, SO DOES MARRIAGE. - DIANNA: YEP, YEP.
- 00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:22.396
- - DIANNA: YEP, YEP. - ROBYN: AND, SOMETIMES, WE
- 00:42:22.463 --> 00:42:23.697
- - ROBYN: AND, SOMETIMES, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT!
- 00:42:23.764 --> 00:42:25.165
- DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT! AND, I THINK IT'S WORTH A
- 00:42:25.232 --> 00:42:26.400
- AND, I THINK IT'S WORTH A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT.
- 00:42:26.467 --> 00:42:28.002
- MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT. WHAT IS HAVING IT ALL?
- 00:42:28.068 --> 00:42:31.271
- WHAT IS HAVING IT ALL? DO YOU WANNA STAY MARRIED?
- 00:42:31.338 --> 00:42:32.473
- DO YOU WANNA STAY MARRIED? - LAURIE: I DO.
- 00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.474
- - LAURIE: I DO. - JAMIE: I DO.
- 00:42:33.540 --> 00:42:34.108
- - JAMIE: I DO. - BRITTANY: YES.
- 00:42:34.174 --> 00:42:34.541
- - BRITTANY: YES. [LAUGHTER]
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- [LAUGHTER] - FEMALE VOICE: YOU KNOW?
- 00:42:35.109 --> 00:42:35.609
- - FEMALE VOICE: YOU KNOW? - DIANNA: ABSOLUTELY.
- 00:42:35.676 --> 00:42:36.110
- - DIANNA: ABSOLUTELY. - ROBYN: I'M THE GRANDMA.
- 00:42:36.176 --> 00:42:36.677
- - ROBYN: I'M THE GRANDMA. I CAN TALK.
- 00:42:36.744 --> 00:42:36.977
- I CAN TALK. I'VE BEEN MARRIED 47 YEARS.
- 00:42:37.044 --> 00:42:37.978
- I'VE BEEN MARRIED 47 YEARS. - LAURIE: YOU GO, GIRL.
- 00:42:38.045 --> 00:42:38.846
- - LAURIE: YOU GO, GIRL. - JAMIE: TELL US IT ALL.
- 00:42:38.912 --> 00:42:39.747
- - JAMIE: TELL US IT ALL. - DIANNA: DO IT, PASTOR.
- 00:42:39.813 --> 00:42:40.581
- - DIANNA: DO IT, PASTOR. - LAURIE: TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
- 00:42:40.648 --> 00:42:41.715
- - LAURIE: TELL IT LIKE IT IS. - ROBYN: DO YOU WANNA STAY
- 00:42:41.782 --> 00:42:42.316
- - ROBYN: DO YOU WANNA STAY MARRIED?
- 00:42:42.383 --> 00:42:43.017
- MARRIED? DO YOU WANNA RAISE KIDS?
- 00:42:43.083 --> 00:42:44.985
- DO YOU WANNA RAISE KIDS? DO YOU WANNA-- THERE ARE TIMES
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- DO YOU WANNA-- THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I COULDN'T HAVE IT ALL.
- 00:42:48.589 --> 00:42:51.692
- WHEN I COULDN'T HAVE IT ALL. - BRITTANY: YEAH.
- 00:42:51.759 --> 00:42:52.660
- - BRITTANY: YEAH. - ROBYN: I HAD TO MAKE THE
- 00:42:52.726 --> 00:42:53.260
- - ROBYN: I HAD TO MAKE THE CHOICE.
- 00:42:53.327 --> 00:42:54.328
- CHOICE. I WANTED TO BE AN ATTORNEY.
- 00:42:54.395 --> 00:42:56.563
- I WANTED TO BE AN ATTORNEY. I WANTED TO BE -- I WAS SAYING
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- I WANTED TO BE -- I WAS SAYING THE OTHER DAY -- A SUPREME
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- THE OTHER DAY -- A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
- 00:42:58.432 --> 00:43:00.601
- COURT JUSTICE. I WANTED TO DO ALL-- COULD I
- 00:43:00.668 --> 00:43:02.102
- I WANTED TO DO ALL-- COULD I HAVE DONE THOSE THINGS?
- 00:43:02.169 --> 00:43:03.270
- HAVE DONE THOSE THINGS? WELL, I THINK I'M PRETTY SMART.
- 00:43:03.337 --> 00:43:05.706
- WELL, I THINK I'M PRETTY SMART. I COULD--
- 00:43:05.773 --> 00:43:06.373
- I COULD-- [LAUGHTER]
- 00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.207
- [LAUGHTER] OKAY, I COULD HAVE DONE A LOT--
- 00:43:07.274 --> 00:43:08.242
- OKAY, I COULD HAVE DONE A LOT-- I WANTED TO HAVE A BUSINESS, I
- 00:43:08.308 --> 00:43:08.876
- I WANTED TO HAVE A BUSINESS, I WANTED TO DO--
- 00:43:08.942 --> 00:43:09.510
- WANTED TO DO-- MY HUSBAND HAD OTHER THINGS HE
- 00:43:09.576 --> 00:43:11.011
- MY HUSBAND HAD OTHER THINGS HE WANTED TO DO.
- 00:43:11.078 --> 00:43:15.683
- WANTED TO DO. IS IT BALANCING IT?
- 00:43:15.749 --> 00:43:16.650
- IS IT BALANCING IT? I THINK THE WORD "BALANCE" IS A
- 00:43:16.717 --> 00:43:17.818
- I THINK THE WORD "BALANCE" IS A COMPLICATED WORD.
- 00:43:17.885 --> 00:43:19.053
- COMPLICATED WORD. WHEN YOU ARE A HIGHLY MOTIVATED
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- WHEN YOU ARE A HIGHLY MOTIVATED PERSON-- YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE
- 00:43:22.589 --> 00:43:24.091
- PERSON-- YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT WORK IS A GIFT...
- 00:43:24.158 --> 00:43:25.092
- THAT WORK IS A GIFT... I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS CREATED
- 00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:26.460
- I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS CREATED US WITH PASSION AND GIFTING.
- 00:43:26.527 --> 00:43:29.163
- US WITH PASSION AND GIFTING. EVERY SINGLE HUMAN IS BORN WITH
- 00:43:29.229 --> 00:43:31.665
- EVERY SINGLE HUMAN IS BORN WITH HIGH CAPACITY TO DO WHAT
- 00:43:31.732 --> 00:43:33.233
- HIGH CAPACITY TO DO WHAT THEY'RE CALLED AND CREATED TO
- 00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:34.635
- THEY'RE CALLED AND CREATED TO DO.
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- DO. - NONA: MOTHERS ARE SO
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- - NONA: MOTHERS ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR HELPING CHILDREN
- 00:43:38.772 --> 00:43:40.841
- IMPORTANT FOR HELPING CHILDREN NAVIGATE THE CONSTANTLY
- 00:43:40.908 --> 00:43:43.110
- NAVIGATE THE CONSTANTLY EVOLVING STATE OF OUR CULTURE.
- 00:43:43.177 --> 00:43:45.879
- EVOLVING STATE OF OUR CULTURE. I THINK WE OFTEN HAVE A
- 00:43:45.946 --> 00:43:48.215
- I THINK WE OFTEN HAVE A NATURAL SENSE OF NURTURING.
- 00:43:48.282 --> 00:43:49.483
- NATURAL SENSE OF NURTURING. AND WHAT THAT CAN MEAN IS
- 00:43:49.550 --> 00:43:50.350
- AND WHAT THAT CAN MEAN IS SOMETIMES WE SHIELD OUR
- 00:43:50.417 --> 00:43:53.620
- SOMETIMES WE SHIELD OUR CHILDREN FROM CULTURE.
- 00:43:53.687 --> 00:43:54.588
- CHILDREN FROM CULTURE. BUT I THINK THAT, AS MOTHERS,
- 00:43:54.655 --> 00:43:56.156
- BUT I THINK THAT, AS MOTHERS, WE HAVE TO NURTURE CURIOSITY IN
- 00:43:56.223 --> 00:43:57.057
- WE HAVE TO NURTURE CURIOSITY IN OUR CHILDREN.
- 00:43:57.124 --> 00:43:58.992
- OUR CHILDREN. AND WE HAVE TO NURTURE THAT
- 00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.960
- AND WE HAVE TO NURTURE THAT CURIOSITY SO THAT THEY'RE
- 00:44:00.027 --> 00:44:01.395
- CURIOSITY SO THAT THEY'RE CURIOUS ABOUT HOW GOD VIEWS
- 00:44:01.462 --> 00:44:04.932
- CURIOUS ABOUT HOW GOD VIEWS THEIR SITUATION, HOW GOD VIEWS
- 00:44:04.998 --> 00:44:06.333
- THEIR SITUATION, HOW GOD VIEWS SOCIETY.
- 00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:08.001
- SOCIETY. AND I THINK, AS MOTHERS, THAT'S
- 00:44:08.068 --> 00:44:10.170
- AND I THINK, AS MOTHERS, THAT'S A UNIQUE ROLE THAT WE CAN PLAY.
- 00:44:10.237 --> 00:44:11.138
- A UNIQUE ROLE THAT WE CAN PLAY. I CAN SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE
- 00:44:11.205 --> 00:44:12.005
- I CAN SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE WITH MY HUSBAND.
- 00:44:12.072 --> 00:44:13.974
- WITH MY HUSBAND. YOU KNOW, AS A FATHER, HE'S ALL
- 00:44:14.041 --> 00:44:14.875
- YOU KNOW, AS A FATHER, HE'S ALL ABOUT: HERE'S THE ANSWER.
- 00:44:14.942 --> 00:44:18.378
- ABOUT: HERE'S THE ANSWER. HE'S NOT AS INTERESTED IN
- 00:44:18.445 --> 00:44:19.012
- HE'S NOT AS INTERESTED IN HELPING MY CHILDREN DISCOVER A
- 00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:20.080
- HELPING MY CHILDREN DISCOVER A FRAMEWORK TO GET THE ANSWER
- 00:44:20.147 --> 00:44:21.115
- FRAMEWORK TO GET THE ANSWER THEMSELVES; HE WANTS TO GIVE
- 00:44:21.181 --> 00:44:22.116
- THEMSELVES; HE WANTS TO GIVE THEM THE ANSWER.
- 00:44:22.182 --> 00:44:23.350
- THEM THE ANSWER. BUT, AS A MOTHER, I CAN NURTURE
- 00:44:23.417 --> 00:44:24.785
- BUT, AS A MOTHER, I CAN NURTURE THAT CURIOSITY IN THEM SO THAT
- 00:44:24.852 --> 00:44:27.521
- THAT CURIOSITY IN THEM SO THAT THEY BECOME EQUIPPED AND
- 00:44:27.588 --> 00:44:28.589
- THEY BECOME EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED YOUNG MEN IN THEIR
- 00:44:28.655 --> 00:44:30.657
- EMPOWERED YOUNG MEN IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
- 00:44:30.724 --> 00:44:35.028
- OWN RIGHT. - ROBYN: SO, WHEN YOU ARE ALL
- 00:44:35.095 --> 00:44:36.296
- - ROBYN: SO, WHEN YOU ARE ALL IN, WHETHER YOU ARE A TEACHER,
- 00:44:36.363 --> 00:44:39.767
- IN, WHETHER YOU ARE A TEACHER, OR IF YOU'RE A POSTMAN, IF YOU
- 00:44:39.833 --> 00:44:42.770
- OR IF YOU'RE A POSTMAN, IF YOU ARE A REAL-ESTATE SALESPERSON,
- 00:44:42.836 --> 00:44:45.439
- ARE A REAL-ESTATE SALESPERSON, YOU'RE A DEVELOPER, A
- 00:44:45.506 --> 00:44:46.106
- YOU'RE A DEVELOPER, A CONTRACTOR -- WHATEVER YOU'RE
- 00:44:46.173 --> 00:44:46.974
- CONTRACTOR -- WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING! -- DECORATING HOUSES,
- 00:44:47.040 --> 00:44:48.308
- DOING! -- DECORATING HOUSES, YOU'RE ALL IN.
- 00:44:48.375 --> 00:44:50.878
- YOU'RE ALL IN. YOU'RE WORKIN'.
- 00:44:50.944 --> 00:44:52.546
- YOU'RE WORKIN'. AND WORK IS HARD.
- 00:44:52.613 --> 00:44:53.714
- AND WORK IS HARD. AND YOU'RE OUT THERE PROVIDING
- 00:44:53.781 --> 00:44:55.149
- AND YOU'RE OUT THERE PROVIDING FOR YOUR FAMILY.
- 00:44:55.215 --> 00:44:55.983
- FOR YOUR FAMILY. YOU'RE ALL IN.
- 00:44:56.049 --> 00:44:57.117
- YOU'RE ALL IN. WELL, IT'S HARD TO USE THE WORD
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- WELL, IT'S HARD TO USE THE WORD "BALANCE," BECAUSE, AS A
- 00:44:58.886 --> 00:44:59.720
- "BALANCE," BECAUSE, AS A FAMILY, EVERYBODY'S WORKING,
- 00:44:59.787 --> 00:45:03.457
- FAMILY, EVERYBODY'S WORKING, WORKING, HELPING, WORKING.
- 00:45:03.524 --> 00:45:05.025
- WORKING, HELPING, WORKING. AND I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO
- 00:45:05.092 --> 00:45:06.794
- AND I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS IT'S HARD FOR TWO
- 00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:07.528
- GET TO IS IT'S HARD FOR TWO PEOPLE TO BE TOTALLY HAVING IT
- 00:45:07.594 --> 00:45:12.599
- PEOPLE TO BE TOTALLY HAVING IT ALL, FOR JUST THEIR AGENDA, AND
- 00:45:12.666 --> 00:45:14.434
- ALL, FOR JUST THEIR AGENDA, AND STILL RAISING CHILDREN
- 00:45:14.501 --> 00:45:17.337
- STILL RAISING CHILDREN AND EVERYBODY HAVING IT ALL,
- 00:45:17.404 --> 00:45:17.938
- AND EVERYBODY HAVING IT ALL, ALL THE TIME.
- 00:45:18.005 --> 00:45:21.408
- ALL THE TIME. WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS
- 00:45:21.475 --> 00:45:22.309
- WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS THERE'S A TIME WHEN YOU PICK UP
- 00:45:22.376 --> 00:45:24.411
- THERE'S A TIME WHEN YOU PICK UP YOUR CROSS AND YOU FOLLOW
- 00:45:24.478 --> 00:45:24.978
- YOUR CROSS AND YOU FOLLOW CHRIST.
- 00:45:25.045 --> 00:45:28.115
- CHRIST. YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT DO YOU
- 00:45:28.182 --> 00:45:28.715
- YOU SAY, "WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, ROBYN?"
- 00:45:28.782 --> 00:45:29.650
- MEAN, ROBYN?" THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU SAY:
- 00:45:29.716 --> 00:45:30.717
- THERE'S TIMES THAT YOU SAY: YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:45:30.784 --> 00:45:32.853
- YOU KNOW WHAT? I MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE
- 00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.821
- I MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE DREAM THAT MY HUSBAND HAS, I
- 00:45:33.887 --> 00:45:35.455
- DREAM THAT MY HUSBAND HAS, I MAY NOT ALWAYS SUPPORT WHAT HE
- 00:45:35.522 --> 00:45:37.491
- MAY NOT ALWAYS SUPPORT WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IN THE LOGIC, BUT
- 00:45:37.558 --> 00:45:40.327
- WANTS TO DO IN THE LOGIC, BUT BECAUSE I ADORE HIM, BECAUSE I
- 00:45:40.394 --> 00:45:43.664
- BECAUSE I ADORE HIM, BECAUSE I ADORE MY CHILDREN, I'M GONNA
- 00:45:43.730 --> 00:45:45.599
- ADORE MY CHILDREN, I'M GONNA GET IN HERE AND I'M GONNA BE
- 00:45:45.666 --> 00:45:47.601
- GET IN HERE AND I'M GONNA BE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE FAMILY.
- 00:45:47.668 --> 00:45:51.805
- PASSIONATE ABOUT THE FAMILY. SO, WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM DREAM?
- 00:45:51.872 --> 00:45:53.207
- SO, WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM DREAM? I THINK THAT'S THE MOST
- 00:45:53.273 --> 00:45:56.076
- I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT
- 00:45:56.143 --> 00:45:57.244
- IMPORTANT THING ABOUT MOTHERHOOD IS: WHAT'S MY BIG
- 00:45:57.311 --> 00:45:58.912
- MOTHERHOOD IS: WHAT'S MY BIG IDEA?
- 00:45:58.979 --> 00:46:02.649
- IDEA? - DIANNA: WE WILL SACRIFICE IN
- 00:46:02.716 --> 00:46:04.518
- - DIANNA: WE WILL SACRIFICE IN MOMENTS OF OUR JOURNEY WHEN
- 00:46:04.585 --> 00:46:05.552
- MOMENTS OF OUR JOURNEY WHEN RAISING OUR FAMILIES, EVEN
- 00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:07.387
- RAISING OUR FAMILIES, EVEN BEING A PARTNER TO OUR HUSBAND.
- 00:46:07.454 --> 00:46:10.824
- BEING A PARTNER TO OUR HUSBAND. WE SACRIFICE OUR OWN COMFORT.
- 00:46:10.891 --> 00:46:12.726
- WE SACRIFICE OUR OWN COMFORT. IT'S NOT THAT WE SACRIFICE OUR
- 00:46:12.793 --> 00:46:14.361
- IT'S NOT THAT WE SACRIFICE OUR PERSONHOOD.
- 00:46:14.428 --> 00:46:15.062
- PERSONHOOD. WE SACRIFICE COMFORT, WE
- 00:46:15.128 --> 00:46:16.697
- WE SACRIFICE COMFORT, WE SACRIFICE EVEN OUR-- SOME OF
- 00:46:16.763 --> 00:46:19.266
- SACRIFICE EVEN OUR-- SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE SAKE OF
- 00:46:19.333 --> 00:46:21.001
- OUR PRIORITIES FOR THE SAKE OF THE GREATER MISSION.
- 00:46:21.068 --> 00:46:22.502
- THE GREATER MISSION. AND, WHAT SACRIFICE LOOKED LIKE
- 00:46:22.569 --> 00:46:25.572
- AND, WHAT SACRIFICE LOOKED LIKE TO ME WAS: I HAD THE CHOICE,
- 00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:30.010
- TO ME WAS: I HAD THE CHOICE, AND I DID WORK, YOU KNOW.
- 00:46:30.077 --> 00:46:31.178
- AND I DID WORK, YOU KNOW. I WAS BIVOCATIONAL.
- 00:46:31.245 --> 00:46:33.080
- I WAS BIVOCATIONAL. I WORKED A JOB, AND ALSO I
- 00:46:33.146 --> 00:46:35.449
- I WORKED A JOB, AND ALSO I WORKED AT HOME, AND I WAS A
- 00:46:35.515 --> 00:46:37.251
- WORKED AT HOME, AND I WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM -- ALL IN ONE,
- 00:46:37.317 --> 00:46:38.585
- STAY-AT-HOME MOM -- ALL IN ONE, YOU KNOW?
- 00:46:38.652 --> 00:46:39.620
- YOU KNOW? I WORKED AT THE CHURCH, I WAS
- 00:46:39.686 --> 00:46:40.621
- I WORKED AT THE CHURCH, I WAS BIVOCATIONAL, AND...IT STILL
- 00:46:40.687 --> 00:46:41.922
- BIVOCATIONAL, AND...IT STILL GRACED MY FAMILY.
- 00:46:41.989 --> 00:46:45.692
- GRACED MY FAMILY. AND I MADE A DECISION -- NOT
- 00:46:45.759 --> 00:46:46.593
- AND I MADE A DECISION -- NOT BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED ME TO.
- 00:46:46.660 --> 00:46:48.929
- BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED ME TO. IT WAS JUST BECAUSE I FELT THAT
- 00:46:48.996 --> 00:46:49.596
- IT WAS JUST BECAUSE I FELT THAT MY CHILDREN WERE SLIPPING
- 00:46:49.663 --> 00:46:54.334
- MY CHILDREN WERE SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERTIPS, IF I
- 00:46:54.401 --> 00:46:55.836
- THROUGH MY FINGERTIPS, IF I COULD SAY IT IN THAT WAY.
- 00:46:55.903 --> 00:46:57.170
- COULD SAY IT IN THAT WAY. MOMENTS WERE BEING LOST,
- 00:46:57.237 --> 00:46:58.872
- MOMENTS WERE BEING LOST, AND...I WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED,
- 00:46:58.939 --> 00:47:00.607
- AND...I WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED, BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE FOR THE
- 00:47:00.674 --> 00:47:02.042
- BECAUSE I WASN'T THERE FOR THE MOMENTS -- IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
- 00:47:02.109 --> 00:47:03.410
- MOMENTS -- IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO, I STAYED HOME.
- 00:47:03.477 --> 00:47:06.580
- SO, I STAYED HOME. I MADE A DECISION.
- 00:47:06.647 --> 00:47:10.183
- I MADE A DECISION. I SACRIFICED NOT TAKING MY KIDS
- 00:47:10.250 --> 00:47:11.451
- I SACRIFICED NOT TAKING MY KIDS TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL AND I
- 00:47:11.518 --> 00:47:13.487
- TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL AND I HOMESCHOOLED THEM AT HOME.
- 00:47:13.553 --> 00:47:16.023
- HOMESCHOOLED THEM AT HOME. I SACRIFICED PART OF MY DREAMS.
- 00:47:16.089 --> 00:47:18.058
- I SACRIFICED PART OF MY DREAMS. I DIDN'T COMPLETELY EXTINGUISH
- 00:47:18.125 --> 00:47:18.725
- I DIDN'T COMPLETELY EXTINGUISH THEM.
- 00:47:18.792 --> 00:47:21.595
- THEM. BUT I KINDA SET THE TIMELINE
- 00:47:21.662 --> 00:47:23.931
- BUT I KINDA SET THE TIMELINE ASIDE, IN ORDER FOR OTHER
- 00:47:23.997 --> 00:47:26.433
- ASIDE, IN ORDER FOR OTHER THINGS TO HAVE A GREATER
- 00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:27.067
- THINGS TO HAVE A GREATER PRIORITY.
- 00:47:27.134 --> 00:47:30.404
- PRIORITY. I NEVER FELT LIKE THE SACRIFICE
- 00:47:30.470 --> 00:47:32.005
- I NEVER FELT LIKE THE SACRIFICE WAS...NEEDED TO BE
- 00:47:32.072 --> 00:47:35.208
- WAS...NEEDED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT I KNEW GOD
- 00:47:35.275 --> 00:47:37.110
- ACKNOWLEDGED, BUT I KNEW GOD SAW THE WHOLE THING.
- 00:47:37.177 --> 00:47:38.211
- SAW THE WHOLE THING. GOD SAW MY CHOICES, GOD SAW THE
- 00:47:38.278 --> 00:47:39.646
- GOD SAW MY CHOICES, GOD SAW THE GREATER GOOD.
- 00:47:39.713 --> 00:47:43.250
- GREATER GOOD. - ROBYN: WHO KNOWS WHAT I'M
- 00:47:43.317 --> 00:47:43.850
- - ROBYN: WHO KNOWS WHAT I'M GOING TO GET TO DO?
- 00:47:43.917 --> 00:47:46.019
- GOING TO GET TO DO? WHEN I WAS...LET'S SEE...WHEN I
- 00:47:46.086 --> 00:47:47.754
- WHEN I WAS...LET'S SEE...WHEN I WAS IN MY 60s, I GOT MY
- 00:47:47.821 --> 00:47:51.224
- WAS IN MY 60s, I GOT MY DOCTORATE.
- 00:47:51.291 --> 00:47:52.893
- DOCTORATE. - DIANNA: BEAUTIFUL.
- 00:47:52.960 --> 00:47:54.795
- - DIANNA: BEAUTIFUL. - ROBYN: SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
- 00:47:54.861 --> 00:47:55.529
- - ROBYN: SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL TIME TO DO LOTS OF
- 00:47:55.595 --> 00:47:56.129
- STILL TIME TO DO LOTS OF THINGS.
- 00:47:56.196 --> 00:47:56.930
- THINGS. AND THE IDEA OF SHAME AND GUILT
- 00:47:56.997 --> 00:47:58.532
- AND THE IDEA OF SHAME AND GUILT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALLOW.
- 00:47:58.598 --> 00:48:01.301
- IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALLOW. - DIANNA: YEAH.
- 00:48:01.368 --> 00:48:02.602
- - DIANNA: YEAH. - ROBYN: WHEN THERE WERE TIMES
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- - ROBYN: WHEN THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT I
- 00:48:03.437 --> 00:48:05.706
- WHERE I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT I DIDN'T GET TO DO SOMETHING THAT
- 00:48:05.772 --> 00:48:06.340
- DIDN'T GET TO DO SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT I SHOULD BE DOING, I
- 00:48:06.406 --> 00:48:08.475
- I THOUGHT I SHOULD BE DOING, I WOULD ASK THE LORD TO HELP ME
- 00:48:08.542 --> 00:48:10.143
- WOULD ASK THE LORD TO HELP ME NOT BE ANGRY, NOT BE
- 00:48:10.210 --> 00:48:12.746
- NOT BE ANGRY, NOT BE DISAPPOINTED, BUT REALIZE THAT
- 00:48:12.813 --> 00:48:15.048
- DISAPPOINTED, BUT REALIZE THAT IF I WOULD PUT HIM FIRST, HE
- 00:48:15.115 --> 00:48:18.018
- IF I WOULD PUT HIM FIRST, HE WOULD BRING THE OPPORTUNITY, HE
- 00:48:18.085 --> 00:48:20.887
- WOULD BRING THE OPPORTUNITY, HE WOULD BRING THE PATHWAY.
- 00:48:20.954 --> 00:48:23.457
- WOULD BRING THE PATHWAY. AND THE TRUTH IS HE HAS.
- 00:48:23.523 --> 00:48:24.858
- AND THE TRUTH IS HE HAS. HE DOES.
- 00:48:24.925 --> 00:48:26.626
- HE DOES. AND THE BIG THING IS WE NEVER
- 00:48:26.693 --> 00:48:28.729
- AND THE BIG THING IS WE NEVER GIVE UP ANYTHING TO THE LORD
- 00:48:28.795 --> 00:48:31.031
- GIVE UP ANYTHING TO THE LORD THAT HE DOESN'T BRING SOMETHING
- 00:48:31.098 --> 00:48:32.232
- THAT HE DOESN'T BRING SOMETHING BETTER!
- 00:48:32.299 --> 00:48:34.534
- BETTER! - BRITTANY: YES.
- 00:48:34.601 --> 00:48:35.435
- - BRITTANY: YES. - ROBYN: HE BRINGS SOMETHING
- 00:48:35.502 --> 00:48:36.103
- - ROBYN: HE BRINGS SOMETHING BETTER.
- 00:48:36.169 --> 00:48:37.371
- BETTER. - JAMIE: THIS IS SO GOOD,
- 00:48:37.437 --> 00:48:37.971
- - JAMIE: THIS IS SO GOOD, BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT
- 00:48:38.038 --> 00:48:39.506
- BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT SACRIFICE AND LISTENING TO THE
- 00:48:39.573 --> 00:48:41.875
- SACRIFICE AND LISTENING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT
- 00:48:41.942 --> 00:48:42.976
- HOLY SPIRIT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT "HOW DO WE BALANCE IT ALL?"
- 00:48:43.043 --> 00:48:43.710
- "HOW DO WE BALANCE IT ALL?" IT'S A LOT OF, LIKE, BEING IN
- 00:48:43.777 --> 00:48:44.544
- IT'S A LOT OF, LIKE, BEING IN TUNE WITH GOD'S WORD AND
- 00:48:44.611 --> 00:48:45.045
- TUNE WITH GOD'S WORD AND LISTENING TO WHAT HE'S ASKING
- 00:48:45.112 --> 00:48:45.679
- LISTENING TO WHAT HE'S ASKING US.
- 00:48:45.746 --> 00:48:46.113
- US. - ROBYN: YES!
- 00:48:46.179 --> 00:48:46.446
- - ROBYN: YES! - JAMIE: I REMEMBER, IN 2011,
- 00:48:46.513 --> 00:48:47.247
- - JAMIE: I REMEMBER, IN 2011, I WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM.
- 00:48:47.314 --> 00:48:47.814
- I WAS A STAY-AT-HOME MOM. AND I...WENT OUT ON A LIMB AND
- 00:48:47.881 --> 00:48:50.584
- AND I...WENT OUT ON A LIMB AND AUDITIONED FOR A RADIO SHOW IN
- 00:48:50.650 --> 00:48:51.218
- AUDITIONED FOR A RADIO SHOW IN TOWN.
- 00:48:51.284 --> 00:48:52.786
- TOWN. NEVER WORKED IN RADIO.
- 00:48:52.853 --> 00:48:53.820
- NEVER WORKED IN RADIO. AND I ENDED UP WINNING THE JOB.
- 00:48:53.887 --> 00:48:56.289
- AND I ENDED UP WINNING THE JOB. BUT, I LOVED THE JOB SO MUCH
- 00:48:56.356 --> 00:48:57.991
- BUT, I LOVED THE JOB SO MUCH AND I THOUGHT: I HAVE FOUND MY
- 00:48:58.058 --> 00:48:59.559
- AND I THOUGHT: I HAVE FOUND MY PURPOSE IN LIFE.
- 00:48:59.626 --> 00:49:02.162
- PURPOSE IN LIFE. I'M GONNA BE A DEEJAY.
- 00:49:02.229 --> 00:49:07.100
- I'M GONNA BE A DEEJAY. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.
- 00:49:07.167 --> 00:49:08.101
- I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. BUT MY FAMILY WAS FALLING
- 00:49:08.168 --> 00:49:11.438
- BUT MY FAMILY WAS FALLING APART...
- 00:49:11.505 --> 00:49:12.639
- APART... - ROBYN: THERE YOU GO.
- 00:49:12.706 --> 00:49:13.173
- - ROBYN: THERE YOU GO. - JAMIE: ...BECAUSE I WENT TO
- 00:49:13.240 --> 00:49:13.807
- - JAMIE: ...BECAUSE I WENT TO WORK.
- 00:49:13.874 --> 00:49:14.374
- WORK. AND SO...I LOOK AND I DON'T
- 00:49:14.441 --> 00:49:15.308
- AND SO...I LOOK AND I DON'T THINK THAT I CAN SHAME THAT
- 00:49:15.375 --> 00:49:15.909
- THINK THAT I CAN SHAME THAT PERSON WHO I WAS IN 2011.
- 00:49:15.976 --> 00:49:16.643
- PERSON WHO I WAS IN 2011. AND NO ONE CAN LOOK AT ME AND
- 00:49:16.710 --> 00:49:17.644
- AND NO ONE CAN LOOK AT ME AND SAY WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE.
- 00:49:17.711 --> 00:49:18.345
- SAY WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DONE. I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO.
- 00:49:18.412 --> 00:49:19.346
- I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO. BECAUSE I WAS TETHERED TO GOD'S
- 00:49:19.413 --> 00:49:20.213
- BECAUSE I WAS TETHERED TO GOD'S WORD, AND I LISTENED TO THE
- 00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:21.782
- WORD, AND I LISTENED TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
- 00:49:21.848 --> 00:49:22.649
- HOLY SPIRIT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:49:22.716 --> 00:49:24.418
- AND YOU KNOW WHAT? HAD HE TOLD ME, "JAMIE, I'M
- 00:49:24.484 --> 00:49:25.052
- HAD HE TOLD ME, "JAMIE, I'M GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY
- 00:49:25.118 --> 00:49:25.886
- GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY -- YOU KEEP GOING," I WOULD
- 00:49:25.952 --> 00:49:27.087
- -- YOU KEEP GOING," I WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
- 00:49:27.154 --> 00:49:27.854
- HAVE DONE IT. BUT HE DIDN'T.
- 00:49:27.921 --> 00:49:29.222
- BUT HE DIDN'T. HE TOLD ME: I NEED YOU TO QUIT.
- 00:49:29.289 --> 00:49:30.490
- HE TOLD ME: I NEED YOU TO QUIT. I NEED YOU TO COME HOME.
- 00:49:30.557 --> 00:49:31.691
- I NEED YOU TO COME HOME. AND IT FELT LIKE: GOD, YOU'RE
- 00:49:31.758 --> 00:49:33.727
- AND IT FELT LIKE: GOD, YOU'RE MAKING ME CHOOSE BETWEEN MY
- 00:49:33.794 --> 00:49:36.430
- MAKING ME CHOOSE BETWEEN MY FAMILY AND A JOB, A DREAM, A
- 00:49:36.496 --> 00:49:39.099
- FAMILY AND A JOB, A DREAM, A CAREER.
- 00:49:39.166 --> 00:49:41.668
- CAREER. AND IT FELT UNFAIR.
- 00:49:41.735 --> 00:49:42.769
- AND IT FELT UNFAIR. BUT I WOULD DO IT IN A
- 00:49:42.836 --> 00:49:43.470
- BUT I WOULD DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT, AGAIN, BECAUSE MY
- 00:49:43.537 --> 00:49:44.504
- HEARTBEAT, AGAIN, BECAUSE MY FAMILY'S THE MOST IMPORTANT.
- 00:49:44.571 --> 00:49:48.942
- FAMILY'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. BUT MY POINT IS HAD HE SAID, "I
- 00:49:49.009 --> 00:49:49.609
- BUT MY POINT IS HAD HE SAID, "I GOT YOUR KIDS -- YOU KEEP
- 00:49:49.676 --> 00:49:50.310
- GOT YOUR KIDS -- YOU KEEP GOING; EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE
- 00:49:50.377 --> 00:49:51.144
- GOING; EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY," I WOULD HAVE LISTENED.
- 00:49:51.211 --> 00:49:52.112
- OKAY," I WOULD HAVE LISTENED. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
- 00:49:52.179 --> 00:49:52.979
- I WOULD HAVE DONE IT. BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE ASKED ME
- 00:49:53.046 --> 00:49:53.914
- BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE ASKED ME TO DO.
- 00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:54.514
- TO DO. - JAMIE: I'M TELLING YOU, YOU
- 00:49:54.581 --> 00:49:57.050
- - JAMIE: I'M TELLING YOU, YOU KNOW, I'M ABOUT NINE YEARS
- 00:49:57.117 --> 00:50:00.053
- KNOW, I'M ABOUT NINE YEARS REMOVED FROM THAT AND I WOULD
- 00:50:00.120 --> 00:50:00.687
- REMOVED FROM THAT AND I WOULD MAKE THAT SAME DECISION AGAIN,
- 00:50:00.754 --> 00:50:01.621
- MAKE THAT SAME DECISION AGAIN, TODAY -- EVEN AS DIFFICULT AS
- 00:50:01.688 --> 00:50:02.956
- TODAY -- EVEN AS DIFFICULT AS IT WAS.
- 00:50:03.023 --> 00:50:03.990
- IT WAS. AND IT FELT UNFAIR, THEN.
- 00:50:04.057 --> 00:50:05.759
- AND IT FELT UNFAIR, THEN. IT DOESN'T FEEL UNFAIR, NOW.
- 00:50:05.826 --> 00:50:07.327
- IT DOESN'T FEEL UNFAIR, NOW. BUT I REMEMBER FEELING: THIS
- 00:50:07.394 --> 00:50:08.328
- BUT I REMEMBER FEELING: THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT.
- 00:50:08.395 --> 00:50:09.629
- CAN'T BE RIGHT. THIS CAN'T BE FAIR.
- 00:50:09.696 --> 00:50:10.230
- THIS CAN'T BE FAIR. BUT WHAT I CAN SEE IN
- 00:50:10.297 --> 00:50:11.865
- BUT WHAT I CAN SEE IN HINDSIGHT, LOOKING BACK --
- 00:50:11.932 --> 00:50:12.966
- HINDSIGHT, LOOKING BACK -- WHICH IS ALWAYS BETTER, 20/20
- 00:50:13.033 --> 00:50:15.135
- WHICH IS ALWAYS BETTER, 20/20 VISION -- LOOKING BACK IS
- 00:50:15.202 --> 00:50:16.603
- VISION -- LOOKING BACK IS ALWAYS BETTER -- IS THAT GOD
- 00:50:16.670 --> 00:50:17.804
- ALWAYS BETTER -- IS THAT GOD DID HAVE SOMETHING FOR ME.
- 00:50:17.871 --> 00:50:19.039
- DID HAVE SOMETHING FOR ME. AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
- 00:50:19.106 --> 00:50:19.639
- AND YOU KNOW WHAT? EVEN IF GOD WOULDN'T HAVE
- 00:50:19.706 --> 00:50:20.640
- EVEN IF GOD WOULDN'T HAVE PROVIDED THE PODCAST THAT I
- 00:50:20.707 --> 00:50:21.608
- PROVIDED THE PODCAST THAT I HAVE NOW, THE CAREER THAT I GET
- 00:50:21.675 --> 00:50:23.176
- HAVE NOW, THE CAREER THAT I GET TEACHING THE BIBLE AND WRITING
- 00:50:23.243 --> 00:50:24.878
- TEACHING THE BIBLE AND WRITING BOOKS, IS I STILL BELIEVE THAT
- 00:50:24.945 --> 00:50:26.346
- BOOKS, IS I STILL BELIEVE THAT GOD HAD SOMETHING REALLY GOOD
- 00:50:26.413 --> 00:50:27.180
- GOD HAD SOMETHING REALLY GOOD FOR ME, AND ME OBEDIENT TO WHAT
- 00:50:27.247 --> 00:50:29.116
- FOR ME, AND ME OBEDIENT TO WHAT HE ASKED ME TO DO.
- 00:50:29.182 --> 00:50:31.151
- HE ASKED ME TO DO. AND SO, YES, IS THAT DIFFICULT
- 00:50:31.218 --> 00:50:31.918
- AND SO, YES, IS THAT DIFFICULT SOMETIMES?
- 00:50:31.985 --> 00:50:33.086
- SOMETIMES? OF COURSE!
- 00:50:33.153 --> 00:50:34.254
- OF COURSE! ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
- 00:50:34.321 --> 00:50:36.523
- ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. BUT, AS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS FOR
- 00:50:36.590 --> 00:50:37.624
- BUT, AS A FOLLOWER OF JESUS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, I HAVE SEEN TIME
- 00:50:37.691 --> 00:50:39.793
- OVER 20 YEARS, I HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT WHEN GOD
- 00:50:39.860 --> 00:50:41.595
- AND TIME AGAIN THAT WHEN GOD ASKS YOU TO LAY SOMETHING DOWN,
- 00:50:41.661 --> 00:50:43.864
- ASKS YOU TO LAY SOMETHING DOWN, HE HAS MORE PLANNED FOR YOU
- 00:50:43.930 --> 00:50:45.532
- HE HAS MORE PLANNED FOR YOU THAN YOU COULD EVER, EVER, EVER
- 00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:46.666
- THAN YOU COULD EVER, EVER, EVER IMAGINE -- AND, I WOULD CHOOSE
- 00:50:46.733 --> 00:50:48.235
- IMAGINE -- AND, I WOULD CHOOSE MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY ANY DAY,
- 00:50:48.301 --> 00:50:50.137
- MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY ANY DAY, OVER ANY CAREER, ANY TIME.
- 00:50:50.203 --> 00:50:52.873
- OVER ANY CAREER, ANY TIME. AND I THINK I WOULD DO IT AGAIN
- 00:50:52.939 --> 00:50:53.507
- AND I THINK I WOULD DO IT AGAIN TODAY.
- 00:50:53.573 --> 00:50:55.775
- TODAY. - BRITTANY: AND I THINK WE
- 00:50:55.842 --> 00:50:56.877
- - BRITTANY: AND I THINK WE LIVE IN A CULTURE WHERE WE SAY,
- 00:50:56.943 --> 00:50:57.544
- LIVE IN A CULTURE WHERE WE SAY, "YOU KNOW, WE SAY NO TO SAY YES
- 00:50:57.611 --> 00:50:58.345
- "YOU KNOW, WE SAY NO TO SAY YES TO SOMETHING ELSE."
- 00:50:58.411 --> 00:51:01.248
- TO SOMETHING ELSE." WHAT IF GOD WANTS US TO SAY NO
- 00:51:01.314 --> 00:51:01.882
- WHAT IF GOD WANTS US TO SAY NO JUST SO THE YES WE'VE ALREADY
- 00:51:01.948 --> 00:51:03.950
- JUST SO THE YES WE'VE ALREADY SAID IS A GOOD, FULL YES?
- 00:51:04.017 --> 00:51:05.852
- SAID IS A GOOD, FULL YES? - ROBYN: THERE YOU GO.
- 00:51:05.919 --> 00:51:06.386
- - ROBYN: THERE YOU GO. - BRITTANY: BECAUSE,
- 00:51:06.453 --> 00:51:07.020
- - BRITTANY: BECAUSE, SOMETIMES, OUR PLATES ARE SO
- 00:51:07.087 --> 00:51:08.755
- SOMETIMES, OUR PLATES ARE SO FULL THAT WE NEED TO SAY NO TO
- 00:51:08.822 --> 00:51:09.789
- FULL THAT WE NEED TO SAY NO TO SOMETHING, NOT SO THAT WE CAN
- 00:51:09.856 --> 00:51:11.992
- SOMETHING, NOT SO THAT WE CAN ADD SOMETHING ELSE OVER HERE
- 00:51:12.058 --> 00:51:12.592
- ADD SOMETHING ELSE OVER HERE THAT'S BETTER.
- 00:51:12.659 --> 00:51:13.093
- THAT'S BETTER. WHAT IF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE
- 00:51:13.160 --> 00:51:14.561
- WHAT IF WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON OUR PLATE IS BEST?
- 00:51:14.628 --> 00:51:15.695
- ON OUR PLATE IS BEST? AND GOD'S CALLING US TO
- 00:51:15.762 --> 00:51:16.596
- AND GOD'S CALLING US TO CONTENTMENT RIGHT WHERE WE ARE.
- 00:51:16.663 --> 00:51:18.098
- CONTENTMENT RIGHT WHERE WE ARE. AND WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THAT
- 00:51:18.165 --> 00:51:20.500
- AND WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THAT TO KNOW "I DON'T HAVE MARGIN,
- 00:51:20.567 --> 00:51:22.102
- TO KNOW "I DON'T HAVE MARGIN, RIGHT NOW, TO SAY YES TO
- 00:51:22.169 --> 00:51:23.670
- RIGHT NOW, TO SAY YES TO SOMETHING ELSE," BUT INSTEAD
- 00:51:23.737 --> 00:51:27.073
- SOMETHING ELSE," BUT INSTEAD GIVING THOSE DREAMS AND GIVING
- 00:51:27.140 --> 00:51:28.141
- GIVING THOSE DREAMS AND GIVING THOSE DESIRES TO GOD AND SAY,
- 00:51:28.208 --> 00:51:29.543
- THOSE DESIRES TO GOD AND SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEST."
- 00:51:29.609 --> 00:51:32.112
- "YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEST." AND, ONE DAY, HE MAY RESURRECT
- 00:51:32.179 --> 00:51:32.746
- AND, ONE DAY, HE MAY RESURRECT THESE DREAMS.
- 00:51:32.812 --> 00:51:33.313
- THESE DREAMS. AND THEN YOU, AND YOU, BEING
- 00:51:33.380 --> 00:51:34.214
- AND THEN YOU, AND YOU, BEING ABLE TO LOOK BACK IN THOSE
- 00:51:34.281 --> 00:51:35.649
- ABLE TO LOOK BACK IN THOSE SEASONS TO SEE HOW GOD BLESSED
- 00:51:35.715 --> 00:51:36.383
- SEASONS TO SEE HOW GOD BLESSED AND HONORED THAT?
- 00:51:36.449 --> 00:51:38.385
- AND HONORED THAT? HE BLESSES OBEDIENCE.
- 00:51:38.451 --> 00:51:41.955
- HE BLESSES OBEDIENCE. AND SO, WHEN WE'RE WALKING WITH
- 00:51:42.022 --> 00:51:42.622
- AND SO, WHEN WE'RE WALKING WITH HIM, IT'S NOT A DEATH TO A
- 00:51:42.689 --> 00:51:43.957
- HIM, IT'S NOT A DEATH TO A DREAM; IT'S HIM GROWING A NEW
- 00:51:44.024 --> 00:51:44.925
- DREAM; IT'S HIM GROWING A NEW DREAM WITHIN US THAT HE'S GONNA
- 00:51:44.991 --> 00:51:45.559
- DREAM WITHIN US THAT HE'S GONNA HONOR.
- 00:51:45.625 --> 00:51:47.294
- HONOR. - LAURIE: AND HE CAN DO IN A
- 00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:48.228
- - LAURIE: AND HE CAN DO IN A MOMENT WHAT WE CAN'T DO IN A
- 00:51:48.295 --> 00:51:49.029
- MOMENT WHAT WE CAN'T DO IN A LIFETIME.
- 00:51:49.095 --> 00:51:50.330
- LIFETIME. - BRITTANY: ABSOLUTELY.
- 00:51:50.397 --> 00:51:50.964
- - BRITTANY: ABSOLUTELY. - LAURIE: WITH WHAT WE GIVE
- 00:51:51.031 --> 00:51:52.532
- - LAURIE: WITH WHAT WE GIVE HIM AND WHAT WE "SACRIFICE"
- 00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:54.868
- HIM AND WHAT WE "SACRIFICE" DOWN HERE, JUST BECAUSE OF
- 00:51:54.935 --> 00:51:56.036
- DOWN HERE, JUST BECAUSE OF OBEDIENCE.
- 00:51:56.102 --> 00:51:56.937
- OBEDIENCE. - DIANNA: LET ME TELL YOU --
- 00:51:57.003 --> 00:51:59.839
- - DIANNA: LET ME TELL YOU -- THERE'S THIS FAMOUS QUOTE FROM
- 00:51:59.906 --> 00:52:00.607
- THERE'S THIS FAMOUS QUOTE FROM A PASTOR THAT I SAT UNDER,
- 00:52:00.674 --> 00:52:01.408
- A PASTOR THAT I SAT UNDER, PASTOR LEE DOMINGUE.
- 00:52:01.474 --> 00:52:04.578
- PASTOR LEE DOMINGUE. AND HE SAYS THIS: YOU KNOW, GOD
- 00:52:04.644 --> 00:52:06.079
- AND HE SAYS THIS: YOU KNOW, GOD LEADS; YOU KNOW, DEMONS DRIVE.
- 00:52:06.146 --> 00:52:08.048
- LEADS; YOU KNOW, DEMONS DRIVE. GOD LEADS BY HIS SPIRIT.
- 00:52:08.114 --> 00:52:10.584
- GOD LEADS BY HIS SPIRIT. BUT IT'S THE DEMONS THAT DRIVE
- 00:52:10.650 --> 00:52:11.918
- BUT IT'S THE DEMONS THAT DRIVE US THROUGH LIFE.
- 00:52:11.985 --> 00:52:13.320
- US THROUGH LIFE. AND SO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S
- 00:52:13.386 --> 00:52:15.655
- AND SO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST LIFE -- TO BE DRIVEN,
- 00:52:15.722 --> 00:52:16.590
- THE BEST LIFE -- TO BE DRIVEN, TO BE PUSHED, AND JUST, YOU
- 00:52:16.656 --> 00:52:21.094
- TO BE PUSHED, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, PACE THROUGH LIFE AT SUCH
- 00:52:21.161 --> 00:52:22.095
- KNOW, PACE THROUGH LIFE AT SUCH A HIGH SPEED THAT YOU NEVER
- 00:52:22.162 --> 00:52:23.263
- A HIGH SPEED THAT YOU NEVER INTERCONNECT WITH YOUR WORLD.
- 00:52:23.330 --> 00:52:24.798
- INTERCONNECT WITH YOUR WORLD. SO, I WANNA PRAY WITH YOU THAT:
- 00:52:24.864 --> 00:52:26.399
- SO, I WANNA PRAY WITH YOU THAT: LET THE LORD OF THE HARVEST,
- 00:52:26.466 --> 00:52:29.869
- LET THE LORD OF THE HARVEST, THE LORD WHO'S RULING OVER
- 00:52:29.936 --> 00:52:31.504
- THE LORD WHO'S RULING OVER YOUR, YOU KNOW, CAREER, YOUR
- 00:52:31.571 --> 00:52:33.807
- YOUR, YOU KNOW, CAREER, YOUR LIFE, YOUR MOTHERING, YOUR
- 00:52:33.873 --> 00:52:35.175
- LIFE, YOUR MOTHERING, YOUR NURTURING TO NOW LEAD YOU IN
- 00:52:35.242 --> 00:52:37.911
- NURTURING TO NOW LEAD YOU IN THE NEXT STEPS IN YOUR LIFE.
- 00:52:37.978 --> 00:52:39.512
- THE NEXT STEPS IN YOUR LIFE. LORD JESUS, I JUST THANK YOU.
- 00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:41.014
- LORD JESUS, I JUST THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR THE PERSON
- 00:52:41.081 --> 00:52:42.115
- I THANK YOU FOR THE PERSON WHO'S WATCHING.
- 00:52:42.182 --> 00:52:44.317
- WHO'S WATCHING. I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOU
- 00:52:44.384 --> 00:52:44.951
- I THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT YOU HAVE CALLED THEM.
- 00:52:45.018 --> 00:52:46.653
- HAVE CALLED THEM. YOU'VE CALLED THEM, ACCORDING
- 00:52:46.720 --> 00:52:48.255
- YOU'VE CALLED THEM, ACCORDING TO YOUR PURPOSE.
- 00:52:48.321 --> 00:52:48.989
- TO YOUR PURPOSE. AND, FATHER, THEY HAVE A DIVINE
- 00:52:49.055 --> 00:52:49.656
- AND, FATHER, THEY HAVE A DIVINE DESTINY.
- 00:52:49.723 --> 00:52:50.890
- DESTINY. AND, FATHER, YOU SPOKE MISSION
- 00:52:50.957 --> 00:52:51.958
- AND, FATHER, YOU SPOKE MISSION AND PURPOSE IN THEIR LIFE.
- 00:52:52.025 --> 00:52:53.994
- AND PURPOSE IN THEIR LIFE. LORD, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW
- 00:52:54.060 --> 00:52:55.428
- LORD, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW THEY START -- WHETHER THEY
- 00:52:55.495 --> 00:52:58.298
- THEY START -- WHETHER THEY STARTED WELL OR WHETHER THEY
- 00:52:58.365 --> 00:53:01.101
- STARTED WELL OR WHETHER THEY STARTED WITH A HALF A DECK OF
- 00:53:01.167 --> 00:53:01.935
- STARTED WITH A HALF A DECK OF CARDS -- WHATEVER THAT LIFE HAS
- 00:53:02.002 --> 00:53:03.803
- CARDS -- WHATEVER THAT LIFE HAS GIVEN THEM, THE LOT OF LIFE,
- 00:53:03.870 --> 00:53:04.771
- GIVEN THEM, THE LOT OF LIFE, LORD, I KNOW THAT THEY WILL
- 00:53:04.838 --> 00:53:05.872
- LORD, I KNOW THAT THEY WILL FINISH WELL, IF THEY JUST
- 00:53:05.939 --> 00:53:06.940
- FINISH WELL, IF THEY JUST SURRENDER EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR
- 00:53:07.007 --> 00:53:08.108
- SURRENDER EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR LIFE.
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- LIFE. SO, LORD, I JUST PRAY THAT
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- SO, LORD, I JUST PRAY THAT YOU'LL BEGIN TO MOVE AND
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- YOU'LL BEGIN TO MOVE AND BREATHE ON THEM THE FRESH WIND
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- BREATHE ON THEM THE FRESH WIND OF GOD, WHICH IS YOUR HOLY
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- OF GOD, WHICH IS YOUR HOLY SPIRIT; THAT YOU WILL GUIDE
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- SPIRIT; THAT YOU WILL GUIDE THEM, THAT YOU WILL TALK TO
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- THEM, THAT YOU WILL TALK TO THEM, THAT YOU WILL LEAD THEM;
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- THEM, THAT YOU WILL LEAD THEM; AND, LORD, YOU WILL SPEAK
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- AND, LORD, YOU WILL SPEAK INSTRUCTION DURING THE NIGHT;
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- INSTRUCTION DURING THE NIGHT; AND, LORD, THAT THEY WILL HAVE
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- AND, LORD, THAT THEY WILL HAVE A PEN READY TO WRITE DOWN THE
- 00:53:25.258 --> 00:53:26.826
- A PEN READY TO WRITE DOWN THE NEXT SET OF DIRECTIONS FOR
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- NEXT SET OF DIRECTIONS FOR THEIR NEXT STEP.
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- THEIR NEXT STEP. SO, LORD, GUIDE THEM, DO THAT
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- SO, LORD, GUIDE THEM, DO THAT FOR THEM.
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- FOR THEM. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY.
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- IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY. AMEN.
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- AMEN. - LAURIE: CONNECT WITH US ON
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- - LAURIE: CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET US KNOW
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- SOCIAL MEDIA AND LET US KNOW HOW OUR TEAM CAN PRAY FOR YOU.
- 00:53:37.971 --> 00:53:44.911
- HOW OUR TEAM CAN PRAY FOR YOU. - BRITTANY: SO, WE GOT AN
- 00:53:44.978 --> 00:53:46.546
- - BRITTANY: SO, WE GOT AN EMAIL FROM JOY, AND SHE ASKS:
- 00:53:46.613 --> 00:53:47.947
- EMAIL FROM JOY, AND SHE ASKS: "HOW DO I DEAL WITH
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- "HOW DO I DEAL WITH STEP-PARENTING AS A CHRISTIAN
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- STEP-PARENTING AS A CHRISTIAN COUPLE?"
- 00:53:50.950 --> 00:53:52.385
- COUPLE?" SO, IN MY JOURNEY, WE ARE A
- 00:53:52.452 --> 00:53:52.952
- SO, IN MY JOURNEY, WE ARE A BLENDED FAMILY -- A WIDOWER AND
- 00:53:53.019 --> 00:53:54.554
- BLENDED FAMILY -- A WIDOWER AND A WIDOWER THAT JOINED TOGETHER.
- 00:53:54.621 --> 00:53:56.456
- A WIDOWER THAT JOINED TOGETHER. AND SO, WE ARE STEP-PARENTING.
- 00:53:56.523 --> 00:53:58.291
- AND SO, WE ARE STEP-PARENTING. AND, FOR US, OUR BIG THING IS
- 00:53:58.358 --> 00:54:00.360
- AND, FOR US, OUR BIG THING IS GETTING HELP.
- 00:54:00.427 --> 00:54:02.062
- GETTING HELP. WE BROUGHT IN COUNSELORS--
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- WE BROUGHT IN COUNSELORS-- - ROBYN: OH, THAT'S GOOD.
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- - ROBYN: OH, THAT'S GOOD. - BRITTANY: --THAT CAN POUR
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- - BRITTANY: --THAT CAN POUR INTO OUR LIVES TO KEEP OUR
- 00:54:05.899 --> 00:54:07.467
- INTO OUR LIVES TO KEEP OUR MARRIAGE STRONG.
- 00:54:07.534 --> 00:54:08.668
- MARRIAGE STRONG. 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE MIDST
- 00:54:08.735 --> 00:54:09.969
- 'CAUSE SOMETIMES IN THE MIDST OF TURMOIL AND THE CRAZINESS OF
- 00:54:10.036 --> 00:54:11.805
- OF TURMOIL AND THE CRAZINESS OF BLENDING FAMILIES, WHAT YOU
- 00:54:11.871 --> 00:54:13.139
- BLENDING FAMILIES, WHAT YOU THINK IS HEALTHY MAY NOT BE
- 00:54:13.206 --> 00:54:15.208
- THINK IS HEALTHY MAY NOT BE HEALTHY FOR THAT MOMENT.
- 00:54:15.275 --> 00:54:16.509
- HEALTHY FOR THAT MOMENT. SO, HAVING SOMEBODY THAT IS
- 00:54:16.576 --> 00:54:17.911
- SO, HAVING SOMEBODY THAT IS NEUTRAL THAT LOVES YOU, AND
- 00:54:17.977 --> 00:54:19.479
- NEUTRAL THAT LOVES YOU, AND LOVES THE LORD AND LOVES THE
- 00:54:19.546 --> 00:54:20.814
- LOVES THE LORD AND LOVES THE WORD OF GOD TO SPEAK INTO YOUR
- 00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:22.716
- WORD OF GOD TO SPEAK INTO YOUR LIFE AND ENCOURAGE YOU AND
- 00:54:22.782 --> 00:54:24.284
- LIFE AND ENCOURAGE YOU AND LITERALLY JOIN HANDS AND SAY,
- 00:54:24.351 --> 00:54:25.885
- LITERALLY JOIN HANDS AND SAY, "YOU WILL MAKE IT, AND WE WILL
- 00:54:25.952 --> 00:54:27.053
- "YOU WILL MAKE IT, AND WE WILL WALK ALONGSIDE OF YOU."
- 00:54:27.120 --> 00:54:29.189
- WALK ALONGSIDE OF YOU." AND THEN, MAN, DRINK A BIG CUP
- 00:54:29.255 --> 00:54:30.657
- AND THEN, MAN, DRINK A BIG CUP OF GRACE.
- 00:54:30.724 --> 00:54:31.291
- OF GRACE. AND GIVE YOURSELF A LOT OF
- 00:54:31.358 --> 00:54:32.192
- AND GIVE YOURSELF A LOT OF GRACE IN THE JOURNEY.
- 00:54:32.258 --> 00:54:34.227
- GRACE IN THE JOURNEY. BECAUSE, NONE OF US KNOW HOW TO
- 00:54:34.294 --> 00:54:35.328
- BECAUSE, NONE OF US KNOW HOW TO DO THIS RIGHT.
- 00:54:35.395 --> 00:54:36.496
- DO THIS RIGHT. THERE IS NO TEXTBOOK TO HAVING
- 00:54:36.563 --> 00:54:39.099
- THERE IS NO TEXTBOOK TO HAVING A SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILD, TO HAVING
- 00:54:39.165 --> 00:54:40.266
- A SPECIAL-NEEDS CHILD, TO HAVING CHILDREN THAT DIDN'T COME FROM
- 00:54:40.333 --> 00:54:42.902
- CHILDREN THAT DIDN'T COME FROM YOU AND BLENDING A FAMILY.
- 00:54:42.969 --> 00:54:44.003
- YOU AND BLENDING A FAMILY. BUT THE REALITY IS THE LORD
- 00:54:44.070 --> 00:54:44.604
- BUT THE REALITY IS THE LORD CALLED YOU TO THIS.
- 00:54:44.671 --> 00:54:47.774
- CALLED YOU TO THIS. AND WHEN HE CALLED YOU TO IT,
- 00:54:47.841 --> 00:54:48.408
- AND WHEN HE CALLED YOU TO IT, HE WILL EQUIP YOU AND SEE YOU
- 00:54:48.475 --> 00:54:49.743
- HE WILL EQUIP YOU AND SEE YOU THROUGH.
- 00:54:49.809 --> 00:54:53.279
- THROUGH. - LAURIE: YOU CAN STREAM
- 00:54:53.346 --> 00:54:53.847
- - LAURIE: YOU CAN STREAM "BETTER TOGETHER" EPISODES ON
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- "BETTER TOGETHER" EPISODES ON THE GO.
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- 00:55:04.023 --> 00:55:05.625
- HONORING MOMS. TOMORROW NIGHT, YOU DO NOT WANT
- 00:55:05.692 --> 00:55:07.727
- TOMORROW NIGHT, YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS OUR FOR KING & COUNTRY
- 00:55:07.794 --> 00:55:09.996
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- 00:55:10.063 --> 00:55:11.564
- SPECIAL. HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK.
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- HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK. - REBECCA ST. JAMES: HI, I'M
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- - REBECCA ST. JAMES: HI, I'M REBECCA ST. JAMES.
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- REBECCA ST. JAMES. I WANNA INVITE YOU TO A SPECIAL
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- I WANNA INVITE YOU TO A SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY CELEBRATION ON
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- FOR KING & COUNTRY FOR A SPECIAL MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO OUR
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- SPECIAL MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO OUR MOM, AUTHOR OF
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- MOM, AUTHOR OF "BEHIND THE LIGHTS,"
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- "BEHIND THE LIGHTS," HELLEN SMALLBONE.
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