Dear Moms Pod

Hello Dear Moms! Join us for this week's episode! We are taking this week as a one off from our normal interview release to give you all a podcast and life update! We talk a little bit about what is happening with us personally and also how Dear Moms will be rolling out episodes during the holiday season! Additionally, we discuss the movie Wicked, Thanksgiving and our favorite theme in books and m...

Join us for Part 2 of our interview with Sarah! In this episode, we explore challenges of being a single mom. We talk about the reality of raising children on your own without any support from the other parent. Sarah discusses the powerful truth of motherhood; that when you decide to be a mom, you are making that choice that your very life could be taken and the physical connection that moms have...

Jenny and Lisa interview Sarah in this weeks episode.  In part one of this two part series,  Sarah shares her life as a professional dancer and all the hard work, dedication and sacrifice that goes into a dance career. She also gently discusses her journey through becoming a mom and also experiencing miscarriages. She talks about how extremely lonely and challenging having a miscarriage can be and...

Jenny and Lisa interview Natasha in this weeks episode. In this conversation, we learn about Natasha's life growing up in Panama and what it is like for her to visit there now. She shares the joys of living with her grandma, mom, aunts and cousins in Panama. We chat about her experience as a young adult coming to the United States to learn English.  She shares how dreaming in the new language and...

Jenny and Lisa interview Sonya Benson in this weeks episode. In this interview, we learn about Sonya's love and commitment to the outdoors. She shares how her and her husband built their own home with the help of friends and community.  She speaks about camping on her property for two and a half years as they build their beautiful home. She shares her love of the outdoors and her intentionality wi...

In this episode, Jenny and Lisa answer questions from Dear Moms Listeners. They discuss the intersection of faith, womanhood and motherhood where Jenny and Lisa both share their experiences and thoughts about faith in God and what it means and doesn't mean to them as women and moms. They also get personal with their symptoms of perimenopause including sleep issues, depression, heavy and irregular...

Jenny and Lisa interview Charlene in this weeks episode. Charlene is a mom, a grandma, and was the very first female school principal in her small town in Washington State. She shares stories of motherhood and what it means to her to be a "guide on the side." She also speaks to the challenges and comedy of working as the only woman in a board room of men. Listen to this delightful interview! Be su...

In part two of Mindy's interview, she shares her adoption story of a beautiful baby girl with Down's Syndrome. It is fascinating how her and her husband's adoption story of this baby girl intricately connects with the beginnings of her story she shared in part one! She shares the joys and challenges of being an "older mom", inducing lactation, and straddle parenting, and teaching skills to her kid...

This week, Dear Moms introduces part one of two interviews with Mindy Brouse. In this part 1 interview, Jenny and Lisa talk with Mindy about her career/calling as deaf educator, and how this led to her and her husband fostering a deaf child for 6 years. Mindy speaks to the complexities of fostering an older child and the impact on her, the child and her family. She also shares insight into her lif...

Jenny and Lisa interview Amanda in this honest and vulnerable conversation. Amanda shares her experience in the military where she did static line jumping, as well as her unique journey with creating a blended family with her wife, Anya. She is the cool mom that jumps out of planes and can also speak to some very real and raw topics. You don't want to miss this episode! Be sure to listen to the po...

Jenny and Lisa interview Bethany about her experience as a surrogate and opens up to us about her story as a young mom to twins. Her story is powerful and an important one. There is discussion about addiction, losing a parent, and post partum depression. Also make sure to listen to the post show at the last 10 minutes where Jenny and Lisa discuss the differences between their respective health cla...

Jenny and Lisa interview Melissa Wood and discuss the fun of parenting adult children, Melissa's foster care journey and the challenges of eating gluten free and celiac disease. Listen in!

Jenny and Lisa have a great conversation with Shayna! We discuss being an EMT, her views on motherhood and her struggles with infertility. We discuss how she became a mom and how she was told at an early age that she would not be able to have children.

This episode introduces Jenny and Lisa to our podcast community.