Well, hello there. No, you're not losing your mind. Today is not Tuesday when I was recording the audio for episode number 21 in celebration of my 16 year old's birthday, my oldest child. I shared 16 lessons that I have learned over the last 16 years of parenthood. Hopefully you caught that

episode. If not, go to let's show up.com or wherever it is that you love to listen and listen

to episode number 21 of the show. Now, after I was done recording that audio, I kept going.

I decided that I wanted to also share 16 hopes and wishes and ideas that I wanted to encourage my new 16-year-old with as he enters this new year of his life.

As a bonus episode for you this week, I'm going to share that with you here

today right now, bonus episode. Here are the 16 hopes that I have for my son, for your children,

for each of us. Wherever you are, I hope that this message meets you there and gives you

a little something that helps make the load lighter

that helps you feel a little pep in your step or a little extra inspiration and encouragement

and maybe a little more inspiration enjoy welcome to the show up podcast with me, your host, Natalie Norton.

This podcast is all about having the courage to be a really good human and living the kind of life that genuinely fires you up every single day.

Are you ready to become your best self and truly show up for your life come what may?

Me too. Let's do this me too let's do this thing 16 things that i that i want to tell raleigh as he enters this year of his life and hopefully

these will bless you as a parent and can potentially bless your own teenagers as well. These are 16 hopes that I have

for Raleigh this year. Number one, I want him to know, Raleigh, I want you to know that you are

allowed to be a kid. Be a kid. Have fun. This is time. It's time for that. Don't carry the

weight of the entire universe upon your shoulders. Be a kid. Let it go.

Brush it off. Number two, Raleigh, I hope that you try and you fail and you try and you try and you

fail your whole entire face off because now is the time. Now is the time.

Experiment.

Experiment.

Experiment.

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