Hi, and welcome to Jesus Over Everything, a five-day-a-week variety show that mixes encouragement,

the Bible, practical how-toes, and fantastic guests for the listener on the go. I'm Lisa Whittle,

and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be five minutes

well spent. Goodness, the next two days on the show for me are such a treat. I'm a new

interviewer. I've been on the other side of the

chair many times myself, but interviewing my guest today, Kathy Reimer Morgan, is a treat I can't put

into words. My mother, someone many of you requested to hear from, does not disappoint with her

wisdom and her wit. I'll promise you that. This author, speaker, pastor's wife,

mom, and grandmother talks about her grieving process, getting used to someone new after being married

for 52 years. Women in leadership, of all personality types, candid pastor's wife's struggles

and concerns and goodness. I even push her a time or two, which is typical of our

relationship. Bless that woman's soul. Now, here are a quick few things that you may not know, but I want

you to know going in. First of all, I co-authored my first book with my mother. It's true. The title of

that book, the idea itself, was her idea really completely. I just sort of tagged along. The whole thing was

kind of a happy accident that we published it together in the first place. So fun. She is the

original author in our family. That's also true. When I was about 12, I think she wrote her first book,

a parenting manual of sorts called A Thousand and One Ways to Introduce Your Child to God.

She's a wild creative. She really is. If you followed me for any time, you know that my grandmother

picked up a paintbrush at around the age of 60-ish, never really taking a class and became an

incredible artist. And this was my mother's mother, so the apple didn't fall far from

the tree in the creative department. Things I love and remember about my mother the most,

her silvery white nail polish on her beautiful hands, her drawing pictures of babies for me while

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