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

and this is the place where I'm going to walk alongside you and connect you with people

and resources who remind you you are not alone. In this episode number 235, I am chatting

with Marissa Henley. One thing that I have seen in my own life and also over and over

again with other friends is that the Lord really does provide. And he provides in a lot

of different ways, and usually he is weaving together this tapestry of support to provide

for our friends needs, and we're just one thread. We don't even necessarily see all the

other threads that he's using to meet those needs. And so I think that it's good to pray

and ask the Lord, you know, what is my role? Marissa is the author of the new book,

Loving Your Friend Through Cancer, and in this episode she's sharing a bit of her story,

and helping us be the kind of friends I know we want to be, but often are left wondering

what's most helpful. Marissa starts by giving us a framework to help us figure out which

circle of friends do I fall into for that person, which may me wonder how am I cultivating

the friendships in those circles? And if you need help there, go back to my conversation

with Sally Clarkson a few weeks ago. Marissa shares a great, simple, yet meaningful tip

on when you bring someone a meal. There's more goodness in here. Before we get to it,

I want to talk to you about last week's episode. So basically we had a couple technical difficulties.

Y'all loved Paul David Trip, but some of you missed the intro and the outro for that episode.

But I don't want you to miss something amazing that Paul is offering us. So he recorded

a marriage conference elaborating on the content of that podcast episode. He recorded

four sessions at the conference, and they are now available to stream when you purchase

a license. So all you have to do is go to dope on alone.com forward slash marriage, check

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