Our belief in God is demonstrated in our behaviors.

How much faith we actually have in the good is demonstrated in our willingness to conform to it, even when it stretches us.

Hi everyone, Dr. Jennifer here.

I wanted to say a few words before you listen to this episode.

This conversation was originally recorded in 2022 as a celebration of my mom and the impact that she had on my life.

My mom at the time was thriving, so much so that she had just taken up ballroom dancing at age 89,

and it was amazing to watch her step into that new experience.

By the time we released the episode in 2023, she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

and was in the middle of an incredibly difficult season.

She passed away in 2024, and I've been missing

her presence in my life ever since. And so this Mother's Day, I wanted to bring this episode back

to celebrate her and to celebrate mothers and all women who look out for the vulnerable

among us everywhere, because everything I said about her then is still

true. She loved me wholeheartedly. She was a constant in my life through every happy moment and

every awkward, doubt-filled, difficult season. Her love shaped me and her life and way of living

it shaped the work that I do. I hope this conversation brings you something

meaningful, whether you're celebrating your own mother, grieving her, or thinking through the way you

want to show up as a mother or even as a child, sister, or friend. My mom was not perfect, none of us are,

but she loved with her whole heart, and that's what made all the difference. I hope you enjoy the episode.

Every once in a while in some of your podcast, you mentioned your mom, and you talked about her in a way that it's made me really want to

come to know her a little bit better. So I wonder if you could just share a few stories about her.

One story that you briefly touched on one time that I love is you talked about your mom taking

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