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Life Giving Faith in Every Circumstance :: Lisa Appelo [Summer of Mentorship Wk 2]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Education, Leisure, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Childhood should be carefree, right? We hope that our kids make it to adulthood with as few scars as possible, but that isn’t the nature of the world we live in. What happens when our kids encounter grief? What happens when we aren’t able to give them the childhood we wanted them to have? 

This week I talk with Lisa Appelo, widow and mom of seven, who found herself in that spot - grieving the life she wanted for herself and her children, and then having to navigate the shift in every relationship that comes through change or grief. What she has found in the last 11+ years has been the presence of God for her and her kids. The rhythm of their regular bible study was a lifeline and she offers us great encouragement of God’s nearness and direct involvement in our lives. Read more of their story in Lisa’s new book Life can be Good Again: Putting Your World Back Together After it All Falls Apart.

We’re taking time this summer (as usual) to be mentored by some experienced moms and benefit from their wisdom. I’m asking them about their “mom brands” and the unique families and assignments God has given them to help us embrace the specific and unique spot God has given each of us. 

Discussion Questions:
  • What stood out to you in the episode? 
  • What does family bible reading look like in your home? What is one change you could make to your routine to incorporate some kind of bible reading? Think small! Remember that Lisa says it’s a fight to make that space but totally worth it. 
  • Where can you give your kids the freedom to choose, allowing the Lord to work in them independent of your direct guidance? You can think small here too! 
  • Where might you need to step back in your child’s life to preserve your relationship with them?
  • What relationships have shifted because of loss or change, big or small?  Spend time praying with and for one another over these relationships and God’s good plan for them. (This could feel like an insurmountable question for someone in your group - approach it with empathy and care!)

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Aloon podcast.

0:10.2

I'm your host Heather McFadian and this is the place where I get to walk alongside you

0:14.7

and connect you with people and resources so you know that you don't mom alone.

0:20.7

This is our second week of the summer of mentorship this year.

0:24.1

We're doing something a little different.

0:25.9

Instead of just republishing older episodes, we are having new conversations with past guests

0:31.4

and today's guest is Lisa Apelo.

0:35.2

In that moment, I thought you know this isn't the childhood I wanted for you but God is so

0:40.2

present in it and can do so much for them in it.

0:45.3

And so just leaning on that, just grieving the childhood I wanted for them, grieving the

0:50.1

one that I planned for them, but realizing that God has so much for them still.

0:55.7

And that this was an intentional, purposeful chapter.

1:00.1

Just really helped me make that shift.

1:04.3

Lisa first came on the show back in 2015.

1:07.5

It was episode 84.

1:08.7

We put a link to it in the show notes and it was in that episode that I learned about

1:15.2

Lisa's story and the challenges she's walked through.

1:20.1

I think today's episode is going to encourage you all over again about what

1:25.4

sustained her in incredibly hard circumstances.

1:29.4

How do you walk through grief as an individual and with your kids?

1:34.5

She is the mom of seven and she has a new book that has come out called Life Can Be Good

1:40.9

Again.

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