Summer of Mentorship 2019 Week One :: Nancy Williams
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
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🗓️ 15 July 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The first guest in our mentorship series is Nancy Williams**. She is known by her 9 grandchildren & 4 great-grandchildren to label each family gathering as "the best ever". Her phrase perfectly summarizes this podcast.
The show first aired in February of 2014 (Episode 11) and was titled "Best Ever Life". Based on the title, you may be surprised to discover Nancy's motherhood journey includes many trials and heartache. But she views each challenge as an "opportunity" (her word) to see the power of God at work.
This interview is bursting with Truth and wisdom. Here's a brief summary of the topics we cover:
- How to keep your thoughts and perspective in check when your husband works long hours.
- Where to turn with your parenting questions.
- How to respond when the consequences of sin enter your children's lives
- How to share a simple family tradition of gratitude and love (fabulous idea!)
- How to deal with mom guilt (a.k.a., the part of the podcast where I get emotional)
- How to help your children turn to God when you can't meet all their needs.
SUCH good stuff.
I was most encouraged to hear this message from Nancy:
This can be the "best life ever", no matter the circumstances, if it includes eternal salvation for our children and unconditional love in our homes.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the Don't Mom Alone podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm your host, Heather McFadden, and this is the place where I'm going to walk alongside |
| 0:14.0 | you and connect you with people and resources to remind you you don't mom alone. |
| 0:19.6 | And you're listening to the first episode in our third annual Summer of Mentorship series. |
| 0:25.6 | Now, if you're new around here and you've never heard of this series, let me explain. |
| 0:30.1 | For six weeks in the summer, we republish older episodes from mentors that we found valuable. |
| 0:36.1 | We also have created a discussion guide. |
| 0:38.4 | So if you listen while you're at the pool or on a trip and you want to get together with friends, |
| 0:44.2 | we made it a little bit easier. |
| 0:46.1 | And it gives you a taste of what our Don't Mom Alone podcast clubs are like. |
| 0:50.3 | If you want to know more about podcast clubs, go to Don't Mom Alone.com for a slash join. |
| 0:56.8 | So this first episode in our series originally aired in 2014. |
| 1:01.3 | It was episode 11 and it was titled Best Ever Life. |
| 1:05.5 | I had the privilege of sitting around my dining room table and chatting with longtime icon |
| 1:10.8 | from our church community, Nancy Williams, aka, fancy Nancy. |
| 1:15.8 | I did not raise any of my children differently. |
| 1:18.9 | As an adult, I've been well and I am not responsible for the path they choose. |
| 1:25.6 | It has nothing to do with my value. |
| 1:28.0 | I love them just the same. |
| 1:29.8 | And it's such a joy when they go through struggles to walk with them and the power of the Lord |
| 1:35.2 | to encourage them. |
| 1:36.2 | Nothing's impossible with God. |
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