It’ll Always Be Fun with Brooke and Miranda

In part two of our conversation with our dear friend Robin Harris, we talk about what it really means to show up for people when life gets hard. ❤️ Robin takes us back to her early work with children in crisis and the lessons she learned about resilience, human behavior, and the incredible difference one person can make simply by staying. We talk about raising kids in a world filled with more “noi...

Some people seem to have learned early that there’s always room for one more. Robin Harris is one of those people. In Part One of our three-part conversation with Miranda’s lifelong friend, Robin, we go back to where her story began — growing up in a small town as one of five kids in a three-bedroom, one-bath house where somehow, the table was never too full. 🏡 Robin shares about the steadiness a...

When did getting dressed stop being about what we loved and start being about what was practical? Somewhere between growing up, raising kids, folding approximately 47,000 loads of laundry, and taking care of everybody else… parts of ourselves can quietly get packed away too. 🧺 🎙️This week, it’s just Brooke and Miranda back in the studio talking about everything from overflowing closets and dream...

This week, it’s just the two of us back in the studio! 💕 We’re catching up on a summer that somehow flew by way too fast—from the absolute surreal experience of seeing Kelly Clarkson and being in the same room with that kind of talent, to our trip to Ocean City, New Jersey with Brooke’s parents. Ocean City has been part of Brooke’s family story for generations, but this time Miranda and Levi got...

This week, we’re talking about what it looks like to raise and teach kids who know how to repair relationships, take accountability, and offer a real apology — and why so much of that starts with us modeling it first. Courtney shares how she works to create patterns of repair and reconciliation in her classroom and how those lessons can spill over into life at home. We also talk about giving ourse...

Some people feel like a breath of fresh air! And this week, we’re sitting down with someone who is just exactly that! Meet our lovely friend, Courtney Beaver! 🥰 Courtney is a teacher, photographer, mom of three, avid reader, Disney lover…and a self-proclaimed extroverted introvert. 😂 In Part One, we talk about her decision to move from third grade to fifth grade, what it’s like teaching her own...

This week we're back with part two with Jalyn Short, and we’re talking about where she’s headed next — in music, in life, and everywhere in between. 💜 Jalyn shares how she balances music, school, relationships, and real life, why mentorship matters, and what she’s learned about stepping outside your comfort zone to find your people — even when it feels scary. She also opens up about staying optim...

This week, we’re sitting down with Jalyn Short, a 21-year-old singer-songwriter from Gallipolis, Ohio, to find out where her love for music began—and where that love has already taken her. 💜 Jalyn shares how music has always felt like home, why she’s somehow more comfortable on a stage than almost anywhere else, and why performing for a room full of strangers can actually be easier than singing f...

What if God never asked you to do it all? 💜 In Part Two with Cassie Walker, we’re talking about the difference between our doing and our being—and learning that our worth was never meant to come from how much we accomplish, how many people need us, or how available we can make ourselves. Cassie joins Brooke 💜 and Miranda to talk about loving people without losing ourselves, discerning what actua...

What happens when the person everyone thinks you are… isn’t the whole story? In Part One with Cassie Walker, we dive into a conversation full of honesty, laughter, and some unexpectedly tender moments. ❤️ Cassie is a lover of words 📚, a mom of three 🧑‍🧒‍🧒 a wife 💍, a daughter, a sister, and a speech-language pathologist 🗣️. She shares how she found her career, what makes those hard days worth...

What if the one thing you were created to do… also became the thing that helped someone else believe in themselves? We’re back this week for part two with the incredible Maggie Jackson, owner of Musette School of Performing Arts. This conversation is full of laughter, heart, and the beautiful reality of what it takes to build something that changes lives. ✨ We talk about: 💖 Finding—and walking c...

This week on It’ll Always Be Fun, we’re sitting down with the one and only Maggie Jackson! 💜 Maggie is the owner of Musette School of Performing Arts in Gallipolis, Ohio, and while many know her as an incredible dance teacher and studio owner, her story began long before the studio doors ever opened. Before becoming a mom of two and inspiring so many young performers, Maggie followed her dreams a...

In this Monday Minute, we’re talking about something many of us struggle to believe: rest is productive. We live like everything depends on us — like if we stop moving, stop fixing, stop carrying, stop planning, then everything might fall apart. But Psalm 46:10 reminds us, “Be still, and know that I am God.” Sometimes the most productive thing we can do is slow down long enough to remember who is...

This week we’re back with our friend Rette Roettker for Part 2 of her story, and it’s a conversation about so much more than owning a restaurant. ❤️ Rette shares the sacrifices her family has made, the incredible example of hard work set by her parents and grandparents, and the risks that come with chasing a dream. 💪🌾 We also talk honestly about the realities of small business—the hard days, the...

In this Monday Minute, Brooke reminds us that courage doesn’t always look the way we think it will. We often imagine courage as something loud, confident, and fearless — like brave people never feel scared. But real courage is usually much smaller than that. Sometimes courage looks like taking one step. Saying one honest sentence. Showing up again. Trying when your voice shakes. Doing the next rig...

This week, we’re sitting down with our friend Rette Roettker — and her story starts in the sweetest, most small-town way. Think Little House on the Prairie meets The Andy Griffith Show, with a little flour on the counter and something good cooking in Grandma’s kitchen. 🏡🥧 Rette grew up on a family farm with her parents, sister, and grandparents, surrounded by family, hard work, and the kind of m...

In this Monday Minute, we’re talking about the grace of starting over. Sometimes we treat starting over like proof that we failed — like if we have to try again, apologize again, rebuild again, or rethink again, then we must have gotten it wrong.   But starting over isn’t always failure. Sometimes it’s honesty. Sometimes it means we noticed something wasn’t working and were brave enough to stop pr...

We’re back in the podcast studio this week, and we’re diving into the phrases we hear all the time — the ones people say without even thinking. Where did they come from? Are they actually true? Are they helpful… or have we just been repeating them because everyone else does? From familiar sayings to well-meaning advice, we’re talking about why words matter, how phrases shape what we believe, and w...

In this Monday Minute, we’re talking about something that can feel scary but is actually part of growing: changing your mind. Sometimes we believe something deeply, live by it, defend it, and then later realize we see it differently. That doesn’t always mean we were wrong in a shameful way. Sometimes it means we’ve learned more, listened better, grown softer, or allowed God to renew our minds. Cha...

We’ve been busy, y’all. 😂 This week, we’re catching up on all the things life has thrown our way lately—the fun, the chaotic, the sentimental, and the slightly embarrassing. We talk about running a wedding together, taking a trip to see Annie F. Downs, making new friends at the show, and Miranda’s unforgettable ticket-buying blunder that Brooke will absolutely never let her live down. We also som...

What started as one conversation with Brooke’s dad somehow became a full three-part series… and honestly, we regret nothing. 🙌 In the final ED-pisode, Ed is back with more stories, more wisdom, more random facts, and more proof that he may actually know something about everything. We talk about life, faith, family, the lessons that only come with time, and the things that matter more than most of...

In this Monday Minute, Brooke reflects on Galatians 6:9 and the call to keep doing good, even when we’re tired, discouraged, or not seeing the fruit yet. Faithfulness doesn’t always feel exciting. Sometimes it looks like showing up when you’re worn out, choosing obedience when your emotions are loud, and trusting that God is still working in the places where nothing seems to be changing. Don’t giv...

Some conversations make you laugh. Some make you think. And some quietly sneak up on you and leave you teary by the end. In ED-pisode Two, we continue our conversation with Brooke’s dad, Ed — math teacher, championship football coach, steady voice of wisdom, and one of our very favorite people. But this time, the conversation moves from the classroom and the football field into something even more...

We finally did it… we got Brooke’s dad on the podcast! And honestly? One episode was not enough. 😂 In this first ED-pisode, we sit down with Ed — beloved dad, former math teacher, championship football coach, random fact machine, and possibly the only person Brooke thinks is smarter than Miranda. We talk about his years in the classroom, what it takes to really teach students who don’t believe in...

We live in a world that loves to celebrate the big moments — the big wins, the big changes, the big breakthroughs. But in this Monday Minute, Brooke reminds us through Galatians 6:9 that some of the most meaningful things God does in us are built slowly… one faithful choice at a time. The prayer you keep praying. The kindness no one sees. The boundary you’re learning to hold. The quiet obedience....