Girlfriends, episode number 133, why you should go to confession.

Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a

mission to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in family

living. This week, we're talking about the power

of the sacrament of confession and why you might just need to go get yourself some forgiveness

and grace already. Let's get started.

Hey, girlfriends, I am back. But you, through the magic of podcasts, didn't even know I was gone. I told you I was pre-recording some episodes because we were going to be away. I was going to do some traveling. And those of you who follow me on Instagram and other places where I shared pictures from our vacation. No,

we were in the Outer Banks for an entire week and it was wonderful. I loved it. It wasn't our whole family. I got over that and I was a little rough because my three oldest kids weren't

able to be with us because of work schedules. So it was the youngest five and me and Dan and we had rented a place down in the

outer banks in North Carolina. And it was beautiful. It really was. That first night when we got

there, we drove, okay? We drove the 12 and a half hours in one day. And it really wasn't that bad

because I don't have babies anymore. I don't have toddlers anymore. And

we were pretty much able to entertain ourselves, which was great. So that part was good.

And but then when we got there and I didn't have my big kids with me, I felt it immediately because

we had a pretty reasonably sized place and that hasn't always been

the case on family vacations. Sometimes it's tight quarters. And I was just thinking how great it would

be if my big kids could be with me. But I got to get over that because there's only going to be

more of that. There's only going to be more of those kinds of letting goes and losses and changes

and shifts in the days to come. And I'm very aware of that.

You know, Juliet, our fourth, is going away to college this fall. And it's going to be the same

kinds of feelings over and over again. And I think I've shared with you, I've gotten a little bit

better at it. I was kind of a mess for some of my kids, especially my two boys when they were

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