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🗓️ 6 July 2023
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Have you ever had a really frustrating moment as a parent that later became a fun memory? John and Danny share some examples from their own parenting journeys. You'll also hear from Jim Daly who speaks with Gary Thomas about learning to embrace the moment you're in as a mom or dad.
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| 0:00.0 | We've all had frustrating moments. Sometimes those can become fun memories. I remember a time |
| 0:09.5 | when our van was breaking consistently on a road trip to go camping. It took about three and a half |
| 0:16.0 | hours longer than it was supposed to and my blood started to boil. I was under so much stress |
| 0:21.3 | I'm thinking just let us get there before dark and then we'd go |
| 0:24.5 | 20 minutes and it would conk out and we'd sit on the side of the road for 15 or 20 |
| 0:28.6 | minutes I'd try to start it the van starts we get going again hay, but then we have kids crying as we stop again and again and again. |
| 0:37.0 | But somewhere in there, my middle daughter decided to make fun of this situation. |
| 0:42.0 | And we got on the funny train and it was |
| 0:44.7 | really hilarious. We can now smile about the really odd camp out we took where we got |
| 0:51.5 | stopped time and again by that vehicle. I'm so glad my |
| 0:54.8 | daughter was able to redeem the moment and we want to offer some encouragement |
| 0:59.5 | to you redeem those frustrating moments. I'm John Fuller along with Dr. Danny |
| 1:04.3 | Danny I know you are an outdoors person you take road trips like me you've got to |
| 1:11.0 | have something. Oh yeah yeah what comes to mind is actually a time. |
| 1:16.0 | This was a moment between my son and I and I was it was a potty training one we've talked |
| 1:21.6 | about this one a few times and my son just laughs and |
| 1:26.0 | I was teaching him about the potty, right? And he went over to the toilet, he looked at me and said, hey said hey you know I was so excited that he was |
| 1:34.4 | about to use the toilet for fun he got it he looks at me steps over to the |
| 1:40.2 | side and just decides to go right there and just a puddle right next to the toilet. |
| 1:44.7 | And he just stares at me at that point. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm going, what? |
| 1:49.0 | That was so frustrating because I thought we were there and I could tell it was absolutely intentional. |
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