Episode 79: Managing It All: Family, Marriage, and Work
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2019
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
If you’re overwhelmed and feel like you can’t slow down, you need this episode. Denise Kendrick is a full–time working mom of nine kids, and she’s learned how to breathe in the middle of day to day life. It hasn’t been without trial and error, but she brings her lessons learned to encourage us. She’s developed systems that work for her and offers principles to help guide your thinking so you can set your own boundaries as well. Listen in if you want help from one mom who has been where you are.
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| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey. |
| 0:04.7 | This is The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:09.4 | When you look at my life situation and you think, well, that's really extreme. |
| 0:12.5 | She's got nine kids. |
| 0:13.4 | She's got seven kids in school at her home. |
| 0:15.4 | Just know I was a mommy of one and then a mommy of two. |
| 0:19.0 | And the goldfish grows to fill the bowl. And so you can be just as busy with one kid as you can be with four. You have a decision making in that. It's not just like, well, I'm going to have less kids, so I'm not so busy. You don't have to be busy all the time, no matter how many kids. I'm living proof of that. And I'm pretty busy. But a lot of it is based on my choices |
| 0:38.3 | and my decision making. And so that's kind of empowering. Hey, it's Jamie Cade. Welcome to the |
| 0:47.1 | Forgotten Podcast. Whether you're part of the foster care community, passionate about serving, |
| 0:52.3 | or simply interested in learning more, we are here for you. |
| 0:56.9 | I am so excited for you to meet my guest today, Denise Kendrick. She is married to Bruce and a mom |
| 1:03.0 | of nine and a grandma to three kids. She is also the co-founder and executive director of Embrace, |
| 1:09.8 | a foster care and adoption ministry |
| 1:11.8 | in the North Texas region. |
| 1:14.4 | We're going to talk today about how to be intentional when you have a lot on your plate. |
| 1:20.1 | And I know so many of you listeners out there feel that, that you have so many different |
| 1:24.7 | plates spinning. |
| 1:25.5 | And I believe you're going to be so encouraged today. Now, before we head to the interview, know that you have so many different plates spinning, and I believe you're going to be so encouraged today. |
| 1:29.5 | Now, before we head to the interview, |
| 1:31.2 | know that you can find links to connect with Denise. |
| 1:33.8 | You can find helpful resources, takeaways from today's show, |
| 1:36.9 | and all our past episodes at the forgottenpodcast.org. |
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