Welcome to the Storytellers Live podcast where everyday women share real and personal stories of encounters with God.

I'm your host Robin and I am here with Dawn, Katie, and Lindy.

And it's our prayer at Storytellers Live that you would meet God in a new way through these stories,

that you would know you aren't alone and that you can discuss these

stories with friends so that walls are broken down and community is built. Today, our storyteller

is Suzanne and she is from our Vestavia gathering, but this story actually happened right

after we were in quarantine. So there was no live gathering. And it was our first attempt at doing a Facebook

live. And so this was everybody's story. This was not, this did not just belong to Vestavia,

but it is a little bit different. We want you to know because it was recorded in late March.

And so she references the uncertainty and the fear, which we actually still are in to an extent, but this was very early.

So I do want y'all to know that when you hear her, she will be referencing that, and it's from

several weeks ago. But also, normally, you know, a lot of times we have people ask questions

in live gatherings. And so instead, I was someone to ask her questions. So you're going to hear that

at the end as well. You're going to hear me ask her some one-on-one questions.

That's right. And I think another thing that's important to let everyone know is that because

there was not a live audience, it really is like a storyteller, you know, reading us out of her

memoir. She does share some journal entries with us. And she does just cover so many areas

of just being thoroughly loved by God. She talks about, you know, laying our burdens at his feet,

being transparent, you know, waiting for his perfect timing, the unconditional love of a father.

And then she ends her story, though, talking about the walk that she was on when

her mother passed away. And we just thought it was a great time to share it with this Sunday

being Mother's Day. So we hope that y'all enjoy Suzanne's story. We want to tell you about

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