Hey friends, we were never promised that life would be easy. Sometimes it is hard and super crazy,

but when we do life together, we find that it becomes a lot easier and much more fun.

I believe in joyful life, in happy parenting, healthy marriages, long-lasting friendships,

and making perfect memories and imperfect homes. I love to dig deep and talk about the really

raw things that people are not always comfortable discussing. And I'm also passionate about

sharing practical tips that have helped me to help you

navigate through life less stressfully and more purposefully.

We will laugh together and struggle together.

You will hear honest insights on strengthening your faith and your marriage, parenthood,

how-toes, and so much more so that you can live life and live it with joy.

I am Lindsay Maestis. Welcome to the Living Easy Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome back to the Living Easy podcast. This is Lindsay

Myestis and today our guest is Stephanie Quayle, the author of Why Do We Stay?

Stephanie has a story that is equally like grief-stricken while also a massive lesson learned in your life.

And so I'm really excited to hear from you. So thanks for being here.

Oh, thank you for having me. I'm just, uh, this book being in the world,

it's just kind of blowing my mind. The best part about it has been the total surrender.

Yeah. And just going, okay, there's no, there's no explanation except God.

Mm-hmm. I'm so happy for you. I imagine it feels like a very emotional time in the sense that your

vulnerable words, your story, permanence of it is out into the world. How does it make you feel

when you think about that? What you just said permanence is so right on point because what I've, this happened the same kind of, same kind of

emotions when I put out the album on the edge because that was the first time me revealing any

of this story, right? The differences with the book, these are my words, they're black and white.

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