You are listening to episode 13 of the God Center Mom Podcast, an interview with Rachel Ann Ridge.

You're listening to the God Center Mom Podcast with Me Heather McPhanion.

As the mom of four young boys, I know motherhood's hard.

Sometimes I think I make it harder than it needs to be.

By putting myself in the center of things or even my kids,

I forget to place God there and be led by his spirit. I also tend to forget

that I'm surrounded by God. He goes before me, he walks with me on the hard days, and he comes

behind me when I make a mistake.

So each week I'll interview someone new

and we'll discuss what it means to be a God Center mom.

Thanks for listening.

Hey everyone, welcome to the God Center mom podcast.

I am thrilled to be able to have a new friend on the show. I met our

guest Rachel Ann Ridge at a conference that I hosted last summer and Rachel was so sweet to offer

her services to make the facilities look amazing.

And she was just really wise with how she chose to decorate the place and then her spirit was so uplifting and sweet and kind and I've just gotten to know her over the past year really well and you know the kind of friend that now you have each other's phone

numbers so I'm very excited to invite Rachel onto the show welcome Rachel

oh sorry hey thank you so. I'm honored to be here.

And Rachel is an artist, designer, writer, and mom of three grown children.

Now Rachel, will you tell us about your children? Sure. All

all three of the of my kids are now in their 20s. My oldest two daughters are

27 and 25 and then and they are both married and then I have

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