Why My Mom Was Actually Right About Everything

Always Here

Abby Howard and Abby Howard

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.9 • 936 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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We’re sharing highlights from our first family ski trip, diving into why more families are choosing to move abroad, and reading your hilarious (and humbling) stories of the times you definitely should have listened to your mom. We also open up about the advice from our own moms that has stuck with us — and how those lessons are shaping our lives and parenting now. Cozy Earth: Go to https://cozyearth.com/abby for up to 20% off! Always Eating Abigail: https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/moms-slow-cooker-beef-stew/ Abby:https://recipesbynatalie.com/sheet-pan-gnocchi-with-brussels-sprouts-and-sausage/?utm_source=Pintere... Leave your voicemail: (602) 456 - 9690 Chapters 02:38 - Life Update 13:18 - Wow That's Crazy 19:40 - Cozy Earth Ad 28:43 - I should have listened to my mom 45:32 - Things our moms taught us 01:11:41 - Always Eating 01:14:26 - Ask Abbys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I asked her if I could shave my eyebrows and she said no immediately shave off way too much.
0:03.9	So then I said, I'm going to cut my bangs. She'll never notice. It keeps being worse.
0:08.4	Immediately walk at the house. She goes, what did you do? My mom told me not to date this guy and he cheated on me with his cousin.
0:14.8	Harley, are you okay? My mom is incredibly servant-hearted. It's just like the way that she always steps in, especially one of these moments when
0:22.5	you really need your mom.
0:24.0	That's her legacy that I want to pass on to my kids.
0:32.9	Welcome back to Always Here.
0:36.0	We're your host, Abby Howard. And Abby Howard. And we are here to share
0:40.2	the hope in the heart with heart and humor. As always. Yeah. How are we doing? Actually, great.
0:47.1	Remember when CJ's beloved cow, he has a little warmie stuffed animal. Yes. That's beloved in our house.
0:53.2	And he's loved it for maybe a year and a half.
0:55.5	Well, the warmies the first time, I didn't realize that you can't wash this in the washing machine.
1:00.3	It just produces the most intense putrid mold smell that engulfs your entire house.
1:05.7	Because it's filled with something. Yeah, it's filled with lavender and flaxseed. And so I got
1:10.4	stuff on it. Maybe you cooked them.
1:12.3	No, I put it in the washing machine. And so then it gets wet and moldy. Oh. Yeah, and the mold,
1:17.6	like it just never dries out inside. So I ruined his first one. This was like a year ago.
1:22.7	And I told CJ that cow was on vacation. Well, cow is now on another vacation. What happened to
1:27.7	cow? Well, CJ had a diaper accident and yeah, got on cow. So poop? Yeah. I know. It was
1:35.6	bruised. How on cow? I know. It was a dark day, but thankfully Caleb was home, not me.
1:39.7	So I didn't have to do it. Too badly. But yeah, poor cows on another vacation. So I'm trying to decide. I made a whole video last time. We made a PowerPoint, and I said, cow was in New York. And he traveled the whole world because it takes a little bit for shipping. You need a budget set aside for cows. Yeah, we love the love the Warmies and from that video it got a lot of
2:02.9	views. So we have like a good relationship with Warmies now, but I did buy his new cow. It's like
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