So in this process, I remember learning to ask for forgiveness of my children at a very early

age.

And I remember one of the first times I did that and specifically with me, Anne.

She was probably not even, she was close to three maybe.

Yeah.

So I went to her and I said, you know, man, I need to come to you and I need to ask you for forgiveness.

And I need to explain what the forgiveness was for.

And she looked at me and I remember her putting her hand, you know, on my hand and just saying,

I forgive you, mommy.

You're doing so much better.

Yeah. I forgive you, Mommy, you're doing so much better. I'm Dean Cullinay, and you're listening to Why They Did That, a show that explores the motivations of biblical characters and how their choices can guide yours. We all have people that we want to emulate, someone in our life that has been so impressive,

so Christ-like that we just want to be like them.

Well, for pretty much everyone in my family, that person is today's guest, Melanie Keon. Melanie was born in Boston. She has both her bachelors and her

masters in nursing. And today she lives in California with her husband, Mike, and two children, Mark and Mayan,

both of whom have actually featured previously on this podcast. Mark presented about Jacob,

if you remember in the last season, and Mayan helped us out with doing the advertisement for Weimar Academy.

And since moving to California, many of my favorite experiences have come from being at

their house. She especially has been such a blessing to my family and I. And as the wise man once said,

she opens her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looks well to the ways of her

household and eats not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed. And her

husband also and he praises her. Now if you follow us on social media, you know that we frequently

ask for your opinions and whenever we've asked what Bible character we should do next, right at the top of that list is Esther.

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