Finding Hope

Y'all today’s episode is so close to my heart. This story holds so much value in knowing and loving the seasons we are IN. Learning to lean into what God is showing us and trusting Him to help us in the process. I share the story of adjusting to life after a really sweet season and stepping outside of my selfishness to truly meet people that God needed me to meet. I share how staying in the same season will never work and God must use each one to teach us a newlesson. So grab a cup of coffee and pull up a chair for today’s story about every day dishes.

Y’all Flashback Friday is one of my favorite things I do on this show! It’s in these episodes where I sit down with my Dad and the two of us share stories of the past. Family stories. The one’s that we remember and the ones that have been told to us so many times we think we lived it too. Join us while we laugh and CRY A LOT over the stories that give us so much hope and joy. So pull up a chair and a cup of coffee, it’s Flashback Friday.

Happy Father’s Day y’all! I am so excited about this hilarious Father’s Day story. So many of us have different experiences when it comes to our relationships with our fathers. This story, to me, shares so much about the importance of fathers and father figures in our lives. I am so grateful for my father and the example he set for me in my life. With this story, you hopefully will see how hilarious and embarrassing it is on my end, but how beautiful it is in representing my father’s heart. So join me around the podcast table for another hilarious and thoughtful episode. I hope y'all enjoy!

Y'all, I am so excited about today’s episode. I have the incredible honor and privilege of having Stephanie Holden on the show today. Stephanie is a believer, wife to Preacher Nick Holden, mama to three, grandmother to 5, and minister in her community of Porterville, MS. Y'all Stephanie's story is seriously unmatched. The incredible stories she shares today are SO full of wisdom, vulnerability, VERY CHALLENGING seasons of life, her very amazing family tree, but more importantly, y'all, it is all about the value of what Jesus has done in and through her life. How He saved her life and members of her family. I cannot stress this enough… listen listen listen. Write this stuff down and keep it close to your heart. It is SO good. SO SO GOOD. So, ill stop rambling and ill humbly and boldly introduce y'all today to … Stephanie holden

Y'all today is gonna be so much fun! My guest today is the one and only Ray Hughes. I first heard Ray speak at a church service nearly 4 years ago and I was hooked by his way of teaching. HE TOLD STORIES. the kind that hold your attention and make you nostalgic for a time in which you never lived. He can share the gospel in a way that no one else can. Ray is a husband, father,  minister, well known speaker, world traveler, writer, poet, songwriter, podcaster, craftsman, and just a good old fashioned country boy. Born and raised in Kentucky, Ray can tell the stories of the south the way only a southern can tell them. I am so grateful and completely humbled to have had the opportunity to sit at his feet. I originally was going to share his episode in 2021, but the words and truth that he has to share about the global pandemic we have faced was too good to wait around another year to share. Because of the pandemic, internet was well used and forced us to connect via facetime. Y'all I'm grateful for it. I felt like I was sitting with an old friend, just one I had never met before! If you want to find more information about Ray, check out his website RayHughes.org OR check out his podcast called “The Listening Porch.” I assure you you will not be disappointed! I loved having Ray on the show and I hope you do the same!

Happy Mother’s Day to all my listeners. Today’s episode is a story about my mama. My sweet,sweet mama. I know everyone has a story about their mom that they pull out every year, but nothing beats this one. It shows her heart and the way she cared so much about me in a time that my heart really needed both sympathy and a little tough love. I hope today gives you encouragement as a mama that sometimes you can change your mind and sometimes it’s in doing so that gives your kiddo just what they need! So pull up a chair and a cup of coffee and your mama memories for today’s story. I am so glad you are here!

You may know her as the fabulous owner of Nancy Ray Photography, maybe you’ve heard her podcast “work and play” with Nancy Ray, or maybe more recently you saw her on national television as her birth photo went viral! However you came to know her, Nancy Ray is a treat in itself and I cannot believe that she came on the show to share her heart, her story, and her incredible journey in life. It was such an honor to sit at her feet and LEARN. Learn about motherhood, marriage, finances, walking through different seasons, having a viral picture and so much MORE.   I came to know Nancy from working for the studio and film lab that developed her film. Nancy Ray photography is a Raleigh, NC based studio that offers FILM and digital photography.  Nancy teaches courses online and shares incredible tips and guidance on her podcast  “work and play” with Nancy Ray. Ever since learning of her, I have never for a moment missed out on encouragement. She is a light to this world and a true carrier of the Gospel in all she does! I am so grateful to have had the privilege of speaking with Nancy, I can’t wait for you to hear too!

Y'all I am so glad y'all are a part of today’s episode! If you didn't listen to the two episodes leading up to this one, be sure to go back and listen. A good story is all about the lead up! TODAY It’s here that I share the story of my sweet Emmy Lou Bell and the story of how she came into the world. This day was unbelievable and SO full of goodness and PEACE. God was so gracious in the whole process.  I hope that this episode is full of encouragement and HOPE for any mama about to go into labor for the first time. Let this story be one that encourages you that ALL will be ok and you have nothing to be afraid of! So grab a chair and a cup of coffee and let’s sit around the podcast table for today’s Delivery Day Episode.

Y'all I am so glad that you chose to listen in again on this journey! This episode is so sweet to me. Mainly because this is the GOOD part. This is the part of the journey where I share how I walked through fertility treatments and found a doctor who was able to finally HELP ME. It is in this episode where I get to share the JOYFUL part of this journey and the road that lead me to becoming pregnant with my girl: Emmy Lou Bell .  Y'all this one is so sweet and I am glad you're here to listen in. So grab a chair and a cup of coffee and listen to today’s story!

Y’all Flashback Friday is one of my favorite things I do on this show! It’s in these episodes  where I sit down with my Dad and the two of us share stories of the past. Family stories. The one’s that we remember and the ones that have been told to us so many times we think we lived it too.  Join us while we laugh and CRY A LOT over the stories that give us so much hope and joy. So pull up a chair and a cup of coffee, it’s Flashback Friday