Welcome to this week's bonus interview on the Purrs of Rest podcast. I'm your host,

Ashrida Chuchu, and today we're talking to my new friend Stacey Thacker about feeling disappointed.

She's an author, speaker, wife to her husband of 27 years, and mom to four daughters. Her most recent book

is called Threadbear Prayer. Prayers for hearts that feel hidden, hurt, or hopeless. So you can

see why she's the perfect guest to have on during this season of praying through hard emotions.

Just like her book, our conversation covers a lot of territory, from teenage heartbreak

to chronic health issues and ongoing parenting challenges.

And for our Patreon prayer partners, we have an extra segment of this conversation with Stacy that you're

not going to want to miss. We actually talk about how to walk with your child through their

own disappointments in a way that draws them closer rather than pushing them away from Jesus.

So if you're not a monthly prayer partner, you're really going to

want to sign up in order to hear that extra segment. Okay, here's my conversation with Stacey Thacker.

As we jump in, I would love for you to do a little thought experiment with me.

Okay.

So thinking back on your childhood, when is the first time that you can remember feeling disappointed?

Like you had certain expectations and they weren't met.

Childhood, that's throwing me.

Okay, maybe the first one, but what's like the significant moment?

Okay, okay, I will go back.

I'll go to high school.

That seems a little easier.

I feel like in many ways my, I had a, I mean, from my perspective, loving parents and a good childhood, you know, for the most part.

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