His & Her Life Hacks
Dawne and Larry were former high-achieving corporate executives both living outwardly successful lives. Internally, they were spiraling. Life circumstances had brought them to their knees. Rather than giving up, they leaned into their faith and did the hard work to make themselves whole again. Now thriving, they are on a mission to lead others to find their true purpose so they too can live a life of joy.
Creating this podcast is part of our mission.
We will be sharing life hacks from a His and Her perspective from our combined experiences that include: Raising 10 children, Overcoming significant loss to thrive again, Navigating 30-year careers in Corporate America, Falling in love, Building a relationship in our 50's, and much more!
We keep it real, offering inspiration and hope, and creating a community where you can sit back with your spouse, partner or best friend to listen, laugh or cry, and learn. Most of all, we want you to leave our podcast feeling uplifted and empowered to take action!
The His & Her Life Hacks Podcast is part of our company, Grit2Grace, designed to offer hope, inspiration, and real-world solutions to those in need. Through our experiences and transformative process, we teach you how faith, resilience and hard work can help you:
- Get unstuck and find your true purpose
- Overcome and heal through loss
- Remove limiting beliefs
- Navigate single parenting challenges across many different ages and circumstances
- Double down on your faith to find true joy.... and much more
His & Her Life Hacks
Episode 10 - When Your Fiance Gifts Your Eight Children a Puppy at Christmas - The Oakley Story
For all those who are considering giving a puppy to your children this holiday, or for those who have already done so in the past......this episode is for you!
In this episode, Larry & Dawne share the heartwarming and hilarious story of how their precious Oakley, an English Cream Golden Retriever, was introduced into Larry's family. Although Larry grew up with dogs, getting a puppy for a growing family of eight children was never something he seriously considered, despite the best persuasion efforts of his daughter Carmel, who had a puppy at the top of her Christmas wish list for 5 years.
But along comes Dawne, a lover of dogs, who thinks it would be a perfect gift for the children. She convinces Larry that it is time, and they embark on the journey to pick out a puppy and surprise the kids on Christmas Eve. But their perfect plan needs to change after a nightmare first night of an overactive bowel system, a nasty rain storm, and no sleep!
Despite the challenges, the gifting of Oakley to the Ambrose children produces the perfect moment when the kids come to the realization that the puppy that Dawne is holding as she walks into their family room, is actually theirs! And Carmel's reaction? Well in the words of the famous commercial...Priceless!
They close by describing how Oakley has perfectly complemented their family and how they could not imagine life without him. So, if you are on the fence on whether or not to gift your kids a new pup....our recommendation is a resounding YES!