Hey friends, welcome to the Rhythms for Life Podcast where each week we talk about four rhythms

that help you reduce stress and anxiety and take charge of your emotional health. Rest,

restore, connect, create. These ideas come from Rebecca's best-selling book,

Rhythms of Renewal, trading stress and anxiety for a life of peace and purpose. So grab your

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Welcome back, I'm Rebecca. And I'm Gabe and it's Easter week. It is. It is. First week of April.

Yeah, this is always a special week for me five years ago. My dad went to be with Jesus and

this week leading up from Palm Sunnady Easter is always one of reflection,

and remembrance of him and just what a legend he was, how much he loved Jesus, and then also

just gratitude for what he gave me as a dad. I know, he's so fun. Ever since I knew him from

college, the college years, he had some of the best dad jokes we've ever had here. Oh, he did.

He was Mr. Punds all the time. All the time. And he would not crack a smile. He would just

make a little grin across the world. And he also would eat a grapefruit like every morning.

Well, we had citrus trees in our backyard growing up. Now he was the master gardener of these

citrus trees, but no one in my family would touch them because they were really, really sour.

My mom would not eat them, but he would. We had lemon trees, lime trees, orange trees,

and grapefruit trees. And I don't have a very big backyard. It was like one of each.

But he was, I get that from him. I think a little bit of that gardening situation.

And grapefruit, you've been doing grapefruit breakfast for me.

And everyone in my family thinks this is so weird, but I'm a Florida girl.

Well, the other thing though about your dad that's just cool is you have his Bible. And

often we'll be looking at it because, you know, those of you who've listened to this conversation

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