Mom Made Me Do It!

We discuss a wild Would You Rather, and trace how small habits from our moms built real courage. We talk baby plans, snack heists, pet chaos, and end with an encouragement about boldness. 

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-Josh & Hannah

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Transcript

Cold Open And Would You Rather

SPEAKER_03 0:00

Here's what to expect on this week's episode of the River Morning Show weekly podcast.

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Would you rather always have a theme song that plays whenever you enter a room or have a laugh track that follows you around?

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Who are these people? Mo.

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My friends.

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See, it works! No, it's it's it's your face and your desire to want this so badly that keeps making me laugh. You're laughing at my face. I cannot. I am done.

Silly Debates And Grilled Cheese Logic

SPEAKER_06 0:32

Thanks for listening in on this podcast. You can find more when you click on demand at riveradio.com. I feel like, Hannah, these two arguments are very similar and you're wrong on both.

SPEAKER_03 0:44

Naturally, okay.

SPEAKER_06 0:45

Oh yeah, because how it goes. If you cut your grilled cheese diagonally, you get more sandwiches.

SPEAKER_03 0:51

No, that is false. That's ridiculous.

SPEAKER_06 0:53

If you put the toilet paper roll over top, it cleans better.

SPEAKER_03 0:56

No, that's also false and super ridiculous. No, no matter which way you cut the grilled cheese.

Moms’ Rules That Shaped Us

SPEAKER_06 1:02

You almost said cut the cheese, didn't you? And we've come full circle. Hannah and her husband Chris are having a baby in August. A little boy. And so you've already mapped out a few things you know the child is going to do, which got me thinking of like, what is it that your mom made you do? And you're now, now you're so glad about it. You can call or text 800-609-1049.

SPEAKER_03 1:31

I know some friends have already joined in. Uh Vicky says that her mom made her learn farm chores. Yes.

SPEAKER_06 1:36

Which are artwork, sustenance for your family.

SPEAKER_03 1:40

No, like muckin' out stalls. I can't imagine.

SPEAKER_06 1:43

Don't ever say that muckin' out.

SPEAKER_03 1:44

Don't ever muckin' stalls. I know my mom had to do that, but she did not pass that along. Uh Dawn said to cook, which I think is super handy. Yes, of course. And then uh Kathy said to go to church every Sunday. Yes, of course.

SPEAKER_06 1:59

It is beautiful. It's okay to build a habit that is church because how else can you get in that community? Then you realize, well, I need this and I want this. I love it. As opposed to just being forced to do it. And I'll say this not everything in the moment so far that a mom is gonna make her child do is like super fun at that time.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 2:23

For example, I am so thankful that my mom uh made me have the hard conversations. You know me, I am non-confrontational.

Parenting Plans For Hannah’s Baby

SPEAKER_03 2:34

Yeah, at all. You don't like it at all.

SPEAKER_06 2:37

At all, at all. And that has been my whole life. But there was a time she made me tell the truth after I embellished a story about how our basketball coach was yelling at us. Oh no, uh-huh. Uh she made me talk to my brother after he ruined a shirt I liked, and I was just gonna be like, eh, it doesn't matter. She's like, no, go talk to him. Yes, it's important. She encouraged other tough talks I needed to have as a college kid and a young adult, and um, she helped me know confrontation would not kill me. Even though I felt like I was gonna die.

SPEAKER_03 3:06

And they can lead to healthier relationships, right?

SPEAKER_06 3:08

It was necessary, yeah. So I very much appreciate she was very gently but strongly led me down those roads, even though I still am kind of kicking and screaming about it. But as a grown man, I get the band-aid. And I'm thankful she did. How about you? What's something mom made you do? And now you're so thankful she did. Call or text 800-609-1049. In case you somehow have missed the news over the last week, Hannah and her husband Chris are having a baby.

SPEAKER_03 3:42

A baby boy.

SPEAKER_06 3:44

Baby boy coming in August. And so, Hannah, I want to know what are you gonna do about it? Meaning, what are the things that you're gonna have your son do? Like, what are the things you're gonna make sure they are involved in? Yeah, you know, this is this is not the you know dictatorial parent thing. You need these experiences and this is gonna be fun for you, so we're gonna do these things.

Community Texts And Life Skills

SPEAKER_03 4:08

Well, yeah, there's definitely things we want him to be involved in. Like, you know, I played soccer and volleyball. I would love for him to try those things. My husband ran track and cross country. I think he loved for him to be involved in that. Neither one of us are musically inclined, but uh, we do think it's good for kiddo to try an instrument.

SPEAKER_06 4:26

Yep, that was one of the things we did. Every child had to play an instrument at least for a little while.

SPEAKER_03 4:33

I'm thinking like piano lessons, because I know you can start that pretty early, something like that. Um, I grew up doing a wana, so I'd really love like a VBS is great too, but I loved I wana growing up. So that's something we wanted to get involved in young. And then I know the one that him and I have talked about off and on, and we probably need to circle back, but is a second language.

SPEAKER_07 4:57

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_03 4:58

I think that that's just so needed and like can really help the brain grow and be able to think in different ways.

SPEAKER_06 5:05

So plus, then you know depending on the language, you'll know if they're talking about you.

SPEAKER_03 5:10

Yeah, I can't somebody speaking. I mean, Chris and I won't know.

SPEAKER_02 5:13

We don't speak a second language.

Laugh Track Vs Theme Song Showdown

SPEAKER_03 5:15

If anything, this kid will be able to speak behind our back in a second language, but we do just love how much it pushes the mind to learn a second language. So those are all those are some things we're we're thinking about, but we gotta see how it goes.

SPEAKER_06 5:29

Those are some really good things. Like, I I will say this it takes a village, so please share what your mom made you do, and now you're so glad she did. It could even be the tough stuff. Call or share, maybe give uh Hannah and Chris and anyone else with a child a really good idea. 800-609-1049. You could say it's your mom's fault, but you also could give her credit with something she made you do that now you're so glad. You can share it when you call or text, 800-609-1049. Hannah and her hobby are having a baby, and you're outlining a few things they will do.

SPEAKER_03 6:08

Things that we we know we want to get started early with our kiddo. Um, I think uh piano lessons, I know a lot of kiddos start that at some point, but hopefully the earlier the better.

SPEAKER_06 6:17

My wife was playing piano for church at the age of four.

SPEAKER_03 6:20

Yeah, but and both of us just are not musically talented and wish that we were. So we figured we'd pass it on to the kiddo.

SPEAKER_06 6:27

So we'll check with them in like 20 years. Yeah. Are you glad mom made you?

SPEAKER_03 6:32

Josh, what about you?

SPEAKER_06 6:33

Uh I was glad, uh, air quotes glad, but I know it's necessary. Mom made me have the tough conversations. Very like, I will go with the flow to avoid a confrontation. Yeah. And a lot of those flows don't need gone with. Yeah. So she helped me kind of stand up for myself. Uh, we've got folks texting in at 800-609-1049.

SPEAKER_04 6:53

Julie said my mom made me pick an elderly person to help out every summer with their chores. Oh my word.

SPEAKER_05 6:59

It's adorable. It's so sweet.

SPEAKER_04 7:01

Yeah, it's great. She said it taught me humility and respect, and it was just a beautiful act of kindness. Yeah, it is. That's fantastic. Sandy in Zanesville said learning sign language. She said her mom was deaf, so it really helped her in adult years, communicating with people who, you know, had hearing impairment.

SPEAKER_03 7:20

Oh, that's such a blessing in a community that's so tight-knit and beautiful. So that's so cool.

SPEAKER_06 7:24

And that honestly, that it's not a foreign language, but it's another language. You know, and you had talked about making sure your son learns a foreign language.

SPEAKER_03 7:31

Yeah, and I think that that can fit right up that alley. And she's right. Like I know she said that you can learn that starting super young as like an infant. So absolutely love that idea, friend.

SPEAKER_06 7:40

The only way I know what more is is because I had a little cousin who learned that when he was done.

SPEAKER_03 7:44

My nieces and nephews learned that and all done, and all yeah, it's so cute.

SPEAKER_06 7:49

Uh thanks for thanks for calling. What is that thing your mom had you learn? And now you're so glad you did.

SPEAKER_01 7:57

It was my dad, actually. Um, he was a mechanic. So, like, we got to learn how to change tires, how to uh check your oil, um, like all kinds of car maintenance. And perfect. That was like so helpful, especially today. Like my kids got taught all of that kind of stuff, and that was really helpful. And he was always like, oil changes we could do by ourselves and flip jobs, and you know, like it's all that kind of stuff, but that's something that kids don't learn today. I know it's like vehicle maintenance or you know, anything like that.

SPEAKER_06 8:32

Well, the other thing too is you are saving cash.

SPEAKER_01 8:36

I was thinking.

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Would you rather?

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Would you rather what is it today? Would you rather have theme music that plays every time that you enter a room or have a laugh track that follows you around?

SPEAKER_03 8:54

Oh. These are this is awful.

SPEAKER_06 8:57

I kind of like both. No, they're so cringy. No, like, so every time you enter a room, you like set the aura, or every time you make a joke, but a laugh track. The laugh track helps other people laugh. That's why they have them in shows. Clarifying question.

SPEAKER_03 9:13

Would the rest of the world also have these things, or is this like just you?

SPEAKER_06 9:17

They would hear it, yeah.

Living The Dream And Pet Chaos

SPEAKER_03 9:18

No, but I mean like would they have a laugh track? It's just you. Oh you're the only one. No, that's so weird. I don't know. Okay, so would you rather have theme music when you walk into a room or have a laugh track go with you everywhere you go?

SPEAKER_06 9:34

You have to pick one.

SPEAKER_03 9:35

And he's first. I guess theme music?

unknown 9:38

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 9:39

Because a laugh track just seems like nobody around you naturally laughs at you, so you have to force it.

SPEAKER_06 9:45

Yeah, but I with the theme music, I just have you like sacheting into the room every time.

SPEAKER_03 9:51

What happened to that thing? What song would you pick? Oh goodness. Well, something like sweet or fun. Um, okay, hold on. Maybe um maybe uh this one. Oh you know? Are you sure? You would want this? I don't. I mean, on the spot, like people would know, hey, come hang out, like I'll be your friend.

SPEAKER_06 10:17

I don't know if this leaves like enough impact.

SPEAKER_03 10:19

Like enough impact? What do you think?

SPEAKER_06 10:22

Wouldn't you want like old school skillet, maybe?

SPEAKER_02 10:25

Like every time you walk in the room, it's like, I have arrived!

SPEAKER_03 10:29

No, that's what I don't want.

SPEAKER_06 10:31

You don't want this?

SPEAKER_03 10:32

I don't really want the attention. I just want people to know they can come hang out with me.

SPEAKER_06 10:36

You don't want that, you want this instead.

SPEAKER_03 10:38

Yeah, it's gentle. But what I'm what I'm getting from this, Josh, is not your answer. No, because So where do you sit with this? Would you rather have a theme song that comes into a room with you or have a laugh track wherever you go?

SPEAKER_06 10:52

1000% the laugh track. Yes, I would, because I've always been a bit of a goofball and I've always enjoyed making people laugh. And the laugh track helps people laugh. No.

SPEAKER_03 11:01

Yeah, it's they look at him and go, he's a tryhard.

SPEAKER_06 11:04

No, I don't think it's that. And also, I love kids. Maybe we could do like a baby laugh. Maybe we could.

SPEAKER_03 11:09

No, that would be concerning. No. Like every time I make a I'd be looking around going, where is this child? Where is he?

SPEAKER_06 11:17

It was a weird laugh. How about like kids laughing? Like you have nieces and nephews, you like kids laughing. Everywhere I go.

SPEAKER_03 11:26

Like they're just trying to appease you.

SPEAKER_06 11:28

Okay, well, that was that was fine, Hannah. I mean, I don't feel appreciated here. I'm just gonna take my ball and go home.

SPEAKER_05 11:41

See? It works! You're laughing, aren't you?

SPEAKER_03 11:45

I'd walk away and be like, that guy can't get anyone to laugh at him. He has to bring his own laugh track.

SPEAKER_06 11:50

Well, you don't have a laugh track, I've got a laugh track. See?

Listener Stories Of Hard Days

SPEAKER_03 11:56

This is going to come down to you because we are at a complete stalemate here. Would you rather? See, this is so nice and welcoming. Isn't it? Have a theme song when you walk into every room or have a laugh track wherever you go.

SPEAKER_06 12:09

You know, I think our two can actually fit together, Hannah.

SPEAKER_03 12:11

I don't know. That was a lot. Call or text 800-609-1049.

SPEAKER_06 12:19

Producer Mike has outdone himself today.

SPEAKER_00 12:21

Would you rather?

SPEAKER_04 12:23

Would you rather always have a theme song that plays whenever you enter a room or have a laugh track that follows you around?

SPEAKER_03 12:33

Look, both are bad.

SPEAKER_04 12:35

The laugh track does it, man.

SPEAKER_03 12:37

No, you are so strange that you want that. Okay. Both just make me uncomfortable because it's like, look at me, but I know I have to pick. You have to pick. I know. So I I said I'd go with a theme song. As long, yeah, it's like this one would be great because then people would know when I'm walking in a room, like, hey, come be my pal. I'll be your friend.

SPEAKER_06 12:58

That's fine, but the other thing that friends do is make you laugh. Right?

SPEAKER_03 13:04

Yes. However, if you have this laugh track going, it makes it look like you can't get people to laugh. And so you're you need the support of a laugh track.

SPEAKER_06 13:14

Are you saying sitcoms across time have not been funny? Because they've all they've all got a laugh track, Hannah.

Choosing Joy In The Mess

SPEAKER_03 13:23

But that's not the real world, Josh. Yes, it is. I watched it.

SPEAKER_06 13:28

It was real in my living room, and I felt more real that day than I ever had before.

SPEAKER_03 13:33

If it's not normal to have a laugh track, which we decided when we first started talking about this, that it wasn't like everyone would get a laugh track or everyone would get a thing. It's just you. It's just you. And you're sitting in a meeting and you crack a joke and nobody starts laughing, but you press this button and all of a sudden a laugh track goes. Everyone's laugh. It's weird.

SPEAKER_05 13:50

Listen, if you try hard, everyone's laughing.

SPEAKER_02 13:53

Who are these people? No.

SPEAKER_05 13:56

My friends.

SPEAKER_02 13:57

See, it works! No, it's it's it's your face and your desire to want this so badly that keeps making me laugh. Are you laughing at my face? I cannot.

SPEAKER_06 14:12

Remember, you're my friend.

SPEAKER_02 14:13

You are though. Oh nice! All right, so good reminder.

SPEAKER_06 14:17

Uh, we have the text lines open. That is a thing. Um call the text 800-609-1049. Uh, producer Mike, who's who's saying what on this would you rather?

SPEAKER_04 14:27

Bryce from Worcester said, with the laugh track and my type of sarcasm/slash humor, at least now people will get when I'm joking.

SPEAKER_03 14:36

Oh, I I could see that being useful. Yeah. That's a decent argument. If you're a really sarcastic person and I'm not panicked over, like, did he mean it or was it just funny? That would be helpful. But Josh, you're not a sarcastic person.

Where Boldness Truly Comes From

SPEAKER_06 14:49

Uh-huh. What's that mean?

SPEAKER_02 15:24

Not stuck yet.

SPEAKER_04 15:25

Okay, what else? Well, Dean. One vote for me. Dean said that he'd like a theme song and he went with Awake and Alive by Skillet.

SPEAKER_02 15:33

Oh.

SPEAKER_04 15:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 15:35

Here's my old school skillet guy.

SPEAKER_06 15:38

Here we go. Absolutely. Can you imagine? Do we get pyrotechnics when he walks into this the room each time?

SPEAKER_03 15:46

What if like your kid is napping and you walk in with this?

SPEAKER_06 15:48

Hey, it didn't say you couldn't have the volume way down.

SPEAKER_03 15:51

Now we're adding a bunch of asterisk, but you know what? That's it's fine.

SPEAKER_06 15:57

That was a funny joke, Hannah.

SPEAKER_03 15:59

Good job. It's uh regardless, that was actually for Team Hannah, so I'm okay.

SPEAKER_06 16:04

So it's one, it's one to one. Uh this is Would You Rather have a theme song every time you walked in a room or have a laugh track with you every time you needed it.

SPEAKER_04 16:13

So Phil from Columbus is also on Team Hannah with the theme song. Come on. He said his theme song would be To Hell with the Devil.

SPEAKER_06 16:22

If you wonder, did we just swear? No, it's the title of a song from the 80s from a Christian from a Christian hairband, and they are telling the devil to go home.

SPEAKER_07 16:33

Basically.

How To Listen Live And Farewell

SPEAKER_06 16:35

What they're doing. Okay. I could get behind this, but that's two votes for Hannah, one vote for me, and I don't like it anymore.

SPEAKER_04 16:41

Well, don't worry, because Courtney from Mount Victory is on your side. She said, I'm going to go with a laugh track on this. Yeah. Because as long as you can manage to not crack a joke during a funeral, you're good.

SPEAKER_03 16:55

No! Courtney. That's such a good point. Like, what if, what if, like the worst case scenario, or like I remember at school you lean over and make a joke to somebody, and the teacher's watching, and you can stay all hush-hush, but then there's a laugh track.

SPEAKER_06 17:11

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today.

SPEAKER_03 17:15

Yeah. Oh no.

SPEAKER_02 17:17

Both are rough. Both are rough.

SPEAKER_06 17:20

I suppose if we had to do only one, I think this is the best fitting of everything we've heard.

SPEAKER_07 17:29

Thank you.

SPEAKER_06 17:29

Because you will make everyone feel as though they have a friend every time you walk in the room.

SPEAKER_03 17:35

Just by saying that, I feel like you're you're my friend, Josh. Okay. Well. It was a good joke. It was a joke, yeah. This is a serious question, and your advice is genuinely needed. Okay. Do you hide your snacks? Do you have to hide your snacks? I love my husband so much.

SPEAKER_06 18:02

I was gonna say, you don't have teenage boys. I don't. Like I do. So we hide our snacks from them.

SPEAKER_03 18:07

I believe it. My husband does a ridiculous amount of things for our little family. He's finishing the basement on his own. He just insert all these closet organizers and all the rooms. Nice job. Anything with the yard, he does it. He cleans, he shares in cooking, dinner responsibilities, and so much more. However, this man keeps eating my snacks. And not just any snacks. If it were any ordinary day, I probably wouldn't be talking about this. But he eats the last of my pregnancy craving treats. Oh no!

SPEAKER_06 18:45

Listen, listen, you're only you're only allowed to have I've been down this road four times, man. Listen to me and any other soon-to-be dad. You only can have like the the pains. You can't have the craving.

SPEAKER_03 18:59

He can have some, but don't take the last of it, you know? Like, don't take I'll get there. The bagels. He'll eat the last one. He ate your bagels? Yes. The honey nut cereals.

SPEAKER_06 19:13

He ate your cereal.

SPEAKER_03 19:15

The vitamin water that I have with me all the time because for some reason normal water doesn't taste good, so I have to drink vitamin water.

SPEAKER_06 19:21

He drank your vitamin water?

SPEAKER_03 19:23

He drank the last one. The final bottle. The Panera bread that a river friend dropped off. He ate your dropped off bread! I had one slice! He had four. My snacks are under attack. And I don't know how I feel about it, but I just need to breathe. Cool, keep it cool, keep it cool. Because he does so much. He's lucky he does so much.

SPEAKER_06 19:53

And it's one of those phrases that can mean good things or bad things. It it just it depends on how you say it. Just live in the dream.

SPEAKER_03 20:02

Oh yeah, because there's just live in the dream.

SPEAKER_06 20:04

Yeah, and then it's just like just live in the well, Hannah, you said it a certain way.

SPEAKER_03 20:08

Yeah, just just live in live in the dream. So what's going on, friends? I am so tired this morning because as you probably know, not every night when you go to bed goes as planned.

SPEAKER_06 20:22

Right, yeah. Your mind can keep on a spinning and all these different things.

SPEAKER_03 20:25

Definitely if you have family or if you have pets. So I go to lay down last night and I'm exhausted. It had been a long day. And you know, my cat named Fish, he is a cuddle bug. He loves attention. Definitely at night he wants to sleep on top of you. Oh well, he's not he's not laying still. He's just pouncing and screaming and losing his mind. He's rubbing up against me at bedtime. You're trying to sleep. Yeah. And usually he just he'll he'll do a few, like he likes to make biscuits, you know that thing. He loves making biscuits.

SPEAKER_06 20:57

He's kneading with his uh paws, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:59

But he was freaking out, and I was like, buddy, I don't know how to help you. Like, what do you need? But we just we left it at that. He just was going chaos mode. Then Bear is my dog, and halfway through the night, he starts gagging, like making these throw-up noises, but no throw up. And this has happened before. It's almost just like a reflux thing.

SPEAKER_06 21:19

He was doing one of those, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 21:20

That don't remind me of it. Is that good? Okay, that was too good. He's gagging in the middle of the night, so the cat's losing his mind, the dog's trying not to vomit. Something out of nowhere in the middle of the night comes crashing down somewhere in our house. Both my husband and I sit up and try to figure out what it was, and we're looking at the ring doorbells and all the cameras, trying to be like, are we good? and couldn't find anything wrong.

SPEAKER_06 21:44

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_03 21:45

So just living the dream. And then I wake up this morning and I'm like trying to see in the dark because you know, Chris is still sleeping, and I see this mysterious dark shadow on the floor.

SPEAKER_07 22:01

Oh no.

SPEAKER_03 22:02

And I turn on my phone flashlight. And Bear wasn't just gagging. Oh there was a mushy pile of dog vomit. He's like, okay, okay, well, that one, I would have to get the like handheld the carpet cleaner. Right. So, uh oh, Chris, Husby, that one's on you when you wake up.

SPEAKER_02 22:21

That one's you. You're the worst slash I get.

SPEAKER_03 22:24

I would have had to wake him up.

SPEAKER_06 22:25

Yeah, I understand.

SPEAKER_03 22:26

So then I go out to our kitchen and fish the cat's food. Is in the pantry and he has an automatic feeder that goes off at 9 p.m. every night. Well, the pantry door was closed. All of this is happening in a 12-hour time span. So, fish, the reason he was losing his mind, he was going bonkers, was because he couldn't get to his food. Poor buddy. But the biggest issue is we still have no idea what crashed in the house. So I'm gonna go home today and have to walk every corner.

SPEAKER_07 22:59

Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_03 23:00

As long as I don't find a gremlin in one of them, I guess we're good. All right. Just living the dream.

SPEAKER_06 23:06

I know Hannah's not alone. You can share how you're living the dream too, if you want. And it's not a competition, so maybe you're Come on in.

SPEAKER_03 23:14

The lot is fine. Maybe your dream living is good.

SPEAKER_06 23:16

800 609-1049. We're living the dream. Actually, well, Hannah's living the dream, and it's a sarcastic dream she's living.

SPEAKER_03 23:26

I know. Last night it was just like a pure chaos tornado of an evening. Because we try to go to bed, and my catfish is losing his mind. Usually he's a cuddle cuddle bug. He was jumping off the walls, he was screaming at us. The dog, his name's Bear, he was gagging all through the night. Come to find out in the morning there's vomit all over the floor.

SPEAKER_07 23:47

Not good.

SPEAKER_03 23:48

And sometime in the middle of all that, something comes crashing down in our house, and we still have no idea what it is.

SPEAKER_06 23:55

You are living the dream of home and pet ownership.

SPEAKER_03 23:58

I have stuttered through so much this morning because my eye is twitching and I'm exhausted.

SPEAKER_06 24:05

Well, that explains that. I wasn't gonna ask, but anyway.

SPEAKER_04 24:08

Uh producer Mike, who's texting in? Chris in Worcester said that his son's car was told in an accident just after Christmas. He was okay. Okay, well, that's good. But then, four days later, a big branch fell out of a tree and landed on his wife's car.

SPEAKER_03 24:24

Oh my goodness. That's two cars. Oh, I'm so sorry.

SPEAKER_04 24:27

And then the day before his wife's car went to the body shop, the alternator died. Dude! And they're still waiting to get it back.

SPEAKER_03 24:35

Good grief. Okay, you are living the dream, friend. I'm so sorry. Josh, I have to I have to imagine. Are you living the dream? I have dreams. You have four kids, a dog. Like, are you living the dream?

SPEAKER_06 24:52

If you are living the dream, you can share it. Um, 800-609-1049. But yes, like it. Picture with me, if you will. It's almost 9 a.m. Do you know where your kids are? Uh because I don't.

SPEAKER_07 25:05

What?

SPEAKER_06 25:06

Uh I don't have pet vomit everywhere. I have kids all over creation. This is living the dream of parenting four kids. One moved out and has two jobs and is never around anymore, and we have to spend money to see her at her salon or restaurant. Oh, yeah. One is either running or working at the ski resort or at Walmart or at Orchestra or doing homework. Another is either running or working at the pizza shop or listening to vinyls or playing Fortnite or doing homework. The third boy is either running or practicing soccer or doing homework or playing Brawl Stars. I don't even know what that is. I don't even it's on his phone. It's a phone game. And on any given night, I don't know who's doing what when. I expected this when they all moved out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not when they're still siphoning off of me at my house.

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Siphoning. Yeah, that's that's a good word. That's a good way to I have a good word picture in my head. The good news is whether you are quote unquote living the dream today or not, and we say that so sarcastically, that you are in it with a community and a family. We are in it together, and we're gonna keep fighting for joy and seeing the silver linings. Keep living that dream, friend!

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Hannah, where does boldness come from? Oh, the Lord. Oh, yeah, okay. You went right for the Jesus Jude. That's perfect. It might be for you a personality type. Maybe you think boldness comes from confidence fed by the encouragement of others. Sure. And that's a true thing. Maybe it is an irrational self-belief. I've been around those people.

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That does exist.

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Like uh in God's economy, Hannah, so to speak, none of that is the source of boldness. But I'm also not talking about I believe in God, so I'm bold. Sweet! Okay. You know, it's not like junior asperity.

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God, yeah. I'm bigger. Fear's big or God's bigger way. God's bigger than the boogeyman. Is that what you're trying to do? That's the one.

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So what I am talking about, though, what I am talking about. I put it in this journal I'm keeping for my kids. I call it Thoughts, prayers, and observations. This is entry number 17. The world loves a person with boldness. But get this the best boldness doesn't come from you, it comes because of what Jesus has done. By ourselves, we can't come to God. But because he died for you and me, we can do what the writer of the book of Hebrews in the Bible says. It's in chapter 4, verse 16. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. These are just some thoughts, prayers, and observations.

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