Hi and

I am a mom struggling well podcast. My name is Emily Thomas and I am a mom on a mission to get a new perspective.

Y'all I am not proud of it but I spent far too long waiting for my daily

irritations to resolve before the good times can begin. And I'm thinking the struggles are just going to keep

coming so I might as well get a new plan. God promises if we

persevere through our daily struggles our character will be built and will end up

with a hope that doesn't disappoint and I don't know about you but my hardest days happen when I've lost sight of that hope.

So if that's your story too, join me each week as I interview someone who is passed from just struggling

to struggling well. Welcome back. You have got episode 43 here and I am talking to my friend

Angela Paschol. She is a wife and a mom to four. She was a photographer but she stopped that for a season. She'll tell us about why.

I first saw Angela on Instagram and I really connected with the way that she is honest about her struggles

but also earnest in her seeking to choose the way that she is honest about her struggles but also earnest in her seeking to

choose the way of grace and freedom. In this episode we cover so much making a

safe place for your kids which is more than just locking the doors so robbers don't get in, what she does

to enter into hard places in her own life and what she discovered when she did.

She talks about how she practically connects with her boys and how being a mom was not

natural for her and instead felt clunky and awkward and she felt super insecure

about it. I'm still thinking about her wise words and I know you're going to love

this episode.

Before we get started though, I wanted to read a review that I loved from Abbey's music.

She said, these episodes have been like a fountain for my thirsty mama heart.

They're honest, they're encouraging, they speak truth. like a fountain for my thirsty mama heart.

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