Mary Laura Philpott: Everybody Has Something

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Kate Bowler

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Writer Mary Laura Philpott had all the regular kind of parental worries until her teenage son had his first seizure. She had to learn to balance her fear alongside her love all the while recognizing that everyone has something they are dealing with. In this episode, Kate and Mary Laura discuss: Why love sometimes makes us afraid for all we have to lose Why remembering that “everyone has something” can make us feel less alone (and more likely to bring snacks) Why worry isn’t the mental work we think it is CW: epilepsy *** Looking for the transcript or show notes? Click here. Find Kate on Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. Subscribe to our weekly email for blessings. No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear) is available wherever books are sold and now available in PAPERBACK. Order your copy, today. Looking for some short spiritual reflections and blessings? Check out GOOD ENOUGH: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection. Available wherever books are sold. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	My son, Zach, loves to hear me tell and retell the story of the day he was born.
0:13.1	And to my great credit, I have managed to remove all the gory and painful bits and distilled
0:18.1	it into a central plotline.
0:20.4	The great discovery.
0:22.0	I always start.
0:23.8	When I had a baby in my tummy, I knew one day he was trying to get out, and the baby
0:27.9	pushed and pushed.
0:29.6	And do you know who it was?
0:31.7	And then he can't handle it so he goes, it was me.
0:34.6	Because he knows the slides.
0:36.5	And I always say, but I didn't know that yet.
0:39.6	And then I went to the hospital and the baby pushed and pushed and he wouldn't come out.
0:42.9	And do you know who it was?
0:45.0	It was me.
0:47.0	But I didn't know that yet.
0:49.2	And finally it was time and the baby pushed and pushed and finally there he was.
0:53.8	And the nurses picked him up and wiped him off and checked him and weighed him.
0:58.4	And by this point, he can just like not handle what is happening.
1:01.7	And it goes, it was me, mom.
1:05.3	But I didn't know that yet.
1:07.8	And then they put the baby in my arms and we looked into each other's eyes and we loved
1:13.2	each other.
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