Hey y'all welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. I'm your host Heather McFaggan and

this is the place where I'm going to connect you with people and resources to remind you

that you're not alone. And this episode number 228 I've invited Andy Andrew, the author

of the new book Fake or Follower and she is free into my home. I mean we got cream

or out of my fridge and drink coffee out of my mugs and it was a fun chat. You'll hear

the difference of us being face to face versus the online inner webs. We hit on a lot of

topics but the main one is how to be reconciled reconcilers. Here's a little bit from Andy.

I think a lot of times with reconciliation and with some of these friendships that have

been reconciled what I've had to do always deal with your own heart first. So then when

you do come to the table you're not still throwing your own stuff at people. But then you

can walk them through like here's what I realized about myself and I just want to apologize

for that. Is there anything you wanted to say? Is there anything we need to reconcile?

Anything we need to talk about. So yeah I think that's important.

Maybe it's a new concept to you to consider the fact that because Jesus made us right

with God and we've been reconciled to God we are given the ministry of making things right

with other people. And in this holiday season where we're bumping into a lot of friends

and family that might bring stress I'm thankful that Andy is vulnerable sharing her process

of walking through forgiveness with her mom and the process of reconciling with friends.

And even sharing things like what it was like to have three kids under three and her post

part of depression and then moving to a new city and having her fourth dealing with some

control issues anyone with the control issues because you need your environment to be under

control. It's a fun conversation. I can't wait to share it with you. But first I want

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