Christian Parenting.

Welcome to Pardon the Miss.

I'm your host, Courtney DeFaio, and on this podcast, we talk about raising kids as Christian parents.

It's so very important for me to honor God with my family and the two kids that he's given me.

But honestly, it's not always neat or easy or tidy,

but it's always worth it. So join us every week to laugh and learn together on this beautiful

and messy journey of parenting.

Well, hello, friends. I hope that you're enjoying your fall. And I don't know where you live in the world or in the country, but in Texas, it is a unique time. And I know I complain about this all the time, but I just need you to, I don't know, have sympathy for me. So it'll be like 60 something degrees for a couple of weeks and then we'll jet back up to 90 and you just never know what to wear.

You're like, are we spring, are we summer, or we fall, are we winter?

I don't know.

But I'm hoping, this is what I'm dreaming about, like in the movies.

I'm hoping that you are walking down the street with like colorful leaves below your feet. I hope you have

like on a flannel little shacket or something like that and some boots and maybe a little toboggan.

I wish I kind of lived in the north for like a minute. And then I would complain about the cold

because I'm just that cranky. But I hope you're having a great fall and that your kids are

being decent. I mean, is that too low of a bar?

You know, it's not realistic for them to be amazing all the time or for you to have all these

movie moments in your home. But I hope that y'all are having some blips of fun, some

blips of connection, some sweet moments with each of them and that we're just trying to enjoy

the journey amidst

real life problems, right? That's the way. So I take notes in my notes. Does that make sense?

I try to jot down thing in my notes app in my phone. That sounds better. And, you know,

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