MFP 221: Just a Kid in a Big Family
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
"The sacrifices our parents made to give us brothers and sisters is one of the greatest things they have done for us." - Mike and Alicia Hernon
We usually talk about family life from the perspective of parents. But for this podcast, we are going to take some time to talk about what it was like growing up in a family of 6 for Mike and a family of 10 for Alicia. We didn't realize it as kids, but our parents' lives were really hard and they made a lot of sacrifices having the large families that they had. We see now that although our parents had difficulties, they were not prevented from giving us the greatest gift that they could - our brothers and sisters. Our siblings haven't blessed us just as children, but we have been able to benefit from those relationships into adulthood! Our brothers and sisters have colored in the outlines that our parents traced for us. We hope that all parents listening will realize that more than money, premier schools, or fancy clothes your children need brothers and sisters. Those relationships are riches they will have for the rest of their lives!
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| 0:00.0 | Family, all in this together. |
| 0:08.2 | Family, we're taking a chance. |
| 0:10.8 | Family, like birds of a feather. |
| 0:13.2 | Family, get off the shoes and dance. |
| 0:15.4 | Hey, we are Mike and Alicia Hernan. |
| 0:17.4 | We have 10 kids and grandkids too, and we are here for every parent. Because we are on a |
| 0:22.2 | mission to empower moms and dads to embrace their sacred calling. So join the conversation. |
| 0:28.6 | Family, we're taking a chance. Family like birds of a feather. Hello, messy families. Thanks for |
| 0:35.9 | joining us on the program today for joining us in the neighborhood. |
| 0:40.6 | Yes. It is still in the Christmas season and we are celebrating. But we're actually really excited because we're going to the seat conference. |
| 0:49.7 | This is put on by Focus. And we're going to be out in later this week. |
| 0:54.6 | Our good friends at Focus. |
| 0:55.0 | All of our Focus missionary. |
| 0:56.2 | Shout out to all of them. |
| 0:58.6 | The current missionaries and alumni. |
| 1:00.5 | So we we love Focus. |
| 1:02.5 | And we've helped them with doing some training for their married alumni. |
| 1:07.7 | And so we were second time invited first time going. Yeah, yeah, |
| 1:12.0 | that's right. I'm sorry. It didn't work out the first time scheduling wise. Yes. Yes. |
| 1:14.5 | Really excited to be joining Sikh this year. And hopefully, uh, we'll get to see a lot of folks. |
| 1:20.3 | Anyone who's going to be there, we'd love for you to come by, whether it be for our session. |
| 1:25.0 | Yes, this is being released the Monday of the conference. Yeah, so it would be just a very brief moment. |
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