Episode 400: Jeanie Edwards (Mom) and Sean Edwards (Gay Son)

Listen, Learn & Love Hosted by Richard Ostler

Richard Ostler

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

My friend Jeanie Edwards (active LDS, married mother of three, teacher in Princeton NJ) and Sean Edwards (RM, Married to Matt, School Administrator in Utah) share their family story. Sean and Jeanie share Sean’s coming out at age 17, serving a mission, trying to date women, dating men and eventually getting married to Matt (also a RM) 2 years ago. Sean shares his deep love for his Heavenly Father and the Savior and the support he is receiving from his family, friends, and school community. Jeanie, who has been on this road for 15 years, shares insights as a deeply committed Latter-day Saint and mother on raising a LGBTQ child including how we can do better. Thank you Jeanie and Sean for being on the podcast. Your family story is a beautiful family love story and will help many. ** Please Check Out My New Book At: ** Deseret Book: www.deseretbook.com/p/listen-learn-and-love-embracing-lgbtq-latter-day-saints Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/1462135773

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0:00.0	Welcome listeners to another episode of Listen, Learn, and Love, hosted by Richard Osler.
0:09.6	My guests on today's podcast are the Edwards family.
0:13.5	In my home here in Salt Lake City is Jeannie Edwards.
0:17.6	She is married to Clay Edwards, who's not here.
0:20.3	And with her, is her gay son, Sean, who is married to Matt.
0:24.6	They have two other children, and we're just going to talk about their story as an LDS family raising a gay son
0:31.6	that's now moving four in his life in a same-sex marriage and has a wonderful career. This is a podcast to
0:39.3	just try to bring us together as the same human family. Jeannie is active in the church in New Jersey,
0:44.2	has served for many years. She'll share more of her story. And in fact, let me just turn it over to
0:50.5	Jeannie to give a bio and introduce her family to our listeners.
0:56.9	Well, hello. We are really excited to be here today, Richard. I've been listening to your
1:02.4	podcast for a lot of years now. It's been very helpful to me and my husband. So I'm originally
1:10.2	from Blackfoot, Idaho, but my parents came from China.
1:14.8	And we were the only Chinese family in the entire town, so it was kind of an interesting
1:20.9	childhood there. I'm married to my husband Clay, who's from Las Vegas. We've been married for 40 years,
1:27.1	and we met while we were
1:28.6	attending BYU. I'm currently a high school teacher. I'm teaching special ed, and we've been
1:34.6	living in Princeton, New Jersey for the past 33 years. We have three kids. Our oldest daughter
1:41.0	is named Delane. She's now 36. She has autism and she lives only 10
1:45.8	minutes away from us in a group home. Her life hasn't been easy, but we absolutely adore her.
1:51.9	Our youngest daughter is Krista. She's 26. Krista graduated from BYU and she's currently
1:57.5	eighth grade English teacher. And she's starting a master's program this summer in educational leadership.
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