#200: Can I Make Peace With the Past and Make Sense of the Present? With Bonnie Gray

4:13 Podcast with Jennifer Rothschild

Jennifer Rothschild

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Growing up as a Chinese American daughter of a mail-order bride and a busboy in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Bonnie Gray never felt like she belonged. She spent her childhood hiding “Chinese Bonnie” who lived in a dysfunctional home in poverty, so she could be accepted as cheerful “American Bonnie” who lived a life that looked like everybody else’s.

Bonnie joins me on the podcast today, and you’ll hear how she made peace with her past and how it has changed everything about her future. As she was trying to throw away pieces of her past—the ones she thought no one wanted—she discovered God was tenderly gathering all the broken fragments to build a new story of faith and joy.

It’s only when we learn to embrace the truth of our past that we can finally make sense of our present and celebrate what truly matters.

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0:00.9	I want to go to college. And then once I was in college, I then started kind of building the
0:07.6	life that I felt was one that was free of flaws, free of imperfections. Not that I was perfect,
0:15.1	but at least when I related to other people, okay, getting a job and then I live in Silicon Valley.
0:21.5	So then I began my 20s and working and then once I became a mom, okay, I read parenting books,
0:28.9	okay, how do these quote unquote normal people parent, you know?
0:37.2	Welcome to the 413 podcast where practical encouragement and biblical wisdom set you up to live
0:44.4	the I can life because you can do all things through Christ who strengthen you. Now welcome your host
0:53.1	Jennifer Rothschild.
0:58.4	Well, hey everybody, you're at the 413, but Casey and I are out of the closet.
1:02.9	Yes, we are.
1:03.9	It's still two friends, one topic, zero stress, and we are at my kitchen table.
1:08.4	And so that's why there's definitely zero stress today.
1:10.9	Yes.
1:11.6	We're enjoying some iced tea.
1:14.6	And a little snack.
1:15.8	Yes, a snack of lack of you want some?
1:18.8	We wish you were here.
1:20.8	We wish you were sitting right here at the table.
1:22.4	You are in our hearts.
1:23.9	And we're going to have a good conversation today.
1:26.2	Why did I bite and then decide to talk over?
1:28.4	Well, I want to tell them what your kitchen looks like.
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