Christian Parenting.

Welcome to Pardon the Miss.

I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and on this podcast, we talk about raising kids as Christian parents.

It's so very important for me to honor God with my family and the two kids that he's given me.

But honestly, it's not always neat or easy or tidy,

but it's always worth it. So join us every week to laugh and learn together on this beautiful

and messy journey of parenting.

Okay, you guys are going to love this series.

We're calling it a series, but it's basically just three episodes in a row that have empty nesters.

We're calling it empty nestor wisdom.

And our first guest is going to offer us wisdom from her empty nest years is Kristen

Hatton. She is here in

Dallas. She's authored four books and her latest one is called Parenting Ahead, Preparing Now for

the Teen Years. She is amazing. She gives so many practical pieces of advice and just encouragement

and I think you'll enjoy seeing what she is experiencing and noticing from this place of an empty nest and looking back.

And I just treasure that advice from anyone older than me.

So here we go.

Okay.

Hi, Kristen.

How are you? I am well. It's good to be with you, Courtney. I know. And we're

literally across the city from each other, but we're on this app thing. Exactly. But it's nice that we

know each other in person now. I know. So let's tell people how we know each other. Actually,

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