Tag: Faith
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Creating Family Memories Through Travel With Kristin Faith Evans
In this episode, Carrie Holt interviews Kristin Faith Evans, who shares her journey as a mother of a child with disabilities. Kristin discusses the challenges and joys of parenting, the importance of family travel, and practical tips for families with medically fragile children. She emphasizes the need for a positive mindset, baby steps in travel,…
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Courageous Travel With Medically Fragile Kids With Erika Weise
In this episode, Carrie Holt interviews Erika Weise about the challenges and joys of traveling with a child with special needs. They discuss the importance of family travel, the planning involved, and the memories created through these experiences. Erika shares her family’s journey, the obstacles they face, and the courage it takes to make travel…
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When You Want To Do Big Things For God and The Unexpected Happens With Miranda Bailey
Today, we hear from Miranda Bailey, a mother of four whose plans for their family didn’t turn out the way she expected when the country closed to adopting the girl they wanted to bring home, and then their fourth son was born with Holoprosencephaly. Listen as she shares her story of navigating grief, expectations, how…
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Encouragement For Sharing Your Story in the Unexpected With Mackenzie Walters
In part two of this interview with Mackenzie Walters, she shares the different types of faith stories, some guardrails for sharing, and how to decide what and when to share with others. She also offers some practical advice on knowing when you’re not ready to tell your story and how our stories are often a…
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The Importance of Sharing Faith Stories With Mackenzie Walters
Mackenzie Walters is the author of the book “Faith Storytellers.” In this episode, she shares the importance of sharing our faith stories, the vulnerability it requires, and also the power of connection that comes from sharing. Most importantly, she describes how we can find God in the tiny details of our life stories and His…
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When You Face The Worst Case Scenario In The Unexpected with Becky Davidson
Join Carrie today as she interviews Becky Davidson, from Rising Above Ministries, who shares her “modern-day” Job-like story of being a mother to a child with disability, substantial loss, wrestling with God, the key element of lament, and the importance of community and soul care. May 6, 2025 Episode 9 Resources: By The Brook –…
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Experiencing Denial in The Unexpected Grief
Denial is our body’s way of protecting us from the reality of our situations, but sometimes we get stuck there. In this episode, Carrie discusses this stage of grief: some reasons we get stuck, the risks of being stuck in denial, and some practices for moving beyond it. April 22, 2025 Resources: Jason Gray: Remind…
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Navigating Transitions in Special Needs Parenting
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” — C.S.Lewis Transition, a fancy way of saying change, strikes fear into the heart of every special needs mother. Transitions or change is hard, especially if we didn’t expect them…
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What Should We Remember?
Our homeschool year is winding down to a close, and as a result, I’m finally spending some time organizing and cleaning out closets and weird storage places in my house. My second son is also graduating from his homeschool program. That has its own set of crazy emotions. My hope chest I have a cedar…
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What Does It Mean to Rest?
Fear arises when we imagine everything depends on us.— Elisabeth Elliott This quote has been showing up lately on my social media. I researched to see if she actually said it. Lately, there are a lot of quotes flying around social media being attributed to C.S. Lewis that were never said or written which are…