Hillary + Beatrice’s Story

Simple Families

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Kids & Family, Parenting, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We all know that it’s important to stay home right now–it is our social responsibility. The Weidner family is one of a million reasons this continues to be important. Today I am bringing you their story. Hillary and her husband Jordan are not strangers to social isolation–they were put on a year-long lock down after Beatrice had a liver transplant in the first year of life. We are talking about what it’s like to be parenting an immunocompromised child in the current pandemic. Get in touch with Hillary: On Instagram Hillary’s Blog The post Hillary + Beatrice’s Story appeared first on Simple Families.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to episode 2007. Today I have a chat with Hillary Widener.
0:05.8	Hillary is the mother of three children under the age of five and her oldest is a transplant recipient.
0:11.6	She's sharing her story along with what it's like to parent
0:15.0	an immunocompromised child in the world right now.
0:18.0	Hi, this is Deney. I'm the founder of Simple Families. Simple Families is an online community for parents who are seeking a simpler, more intentional life.
0:28.0	In this show, we focus on minimalism with kids, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing the mental load.
0:37.3	My perspectives are based in my firsthand experience raising kids, but also rooted in my PhD in child development. So you're going to hear
0:45.0	conversations that are based in research but more importantly real life.
0:49.2	Thanks for joining us.
0:52.2	Hi and thanks so much for tuning in.
0:56.0	I have a conversation with Hillary Widner today.
0:59.4	I've been following Hillary's story for the past several years.
1:03.7	With the spread of coronavirus and so so many of us
1:06.9	staying home when we're able to,
1:09.3	it's important to stay focused on the reason.
1:12.4	And Hillary's family is just one of a million
1:15.0	different reasons why this is important. I'm so grateful that she's sharing her
1:19.2	story with us today but before we get into today's episode here's a word from our sponsor. The sponsor for today is
1:25.9	cause box and I will be honest that I am very skeptical about endorsing any type of
1:31.8	subscription box.
1:33.0	So when Kuzbox reached out and told me about their product,
1:37.0	which is a quarterly curated subscription box
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