May 7, 2025 • 42 mins
In this heartwarming episode of Love Like Crazy, Stacey Coleman is joined by her three daughters-in-law—Brittney, Sarah, and Kayla—for a long-awaited girl talk full of laughter, love, and real-life reflections. From marriage expectations and motherhood struggles to pajama-clad family nights and chocolate chai tea parties, this conversation dives deep into what it means to build a legacy, embrace changing seasons, and sacrifice with joy.
You’ll hear about their sweetest traditions (like granddaughter Olivia’s new favorite birthday ritual), the chaos and beauty of raising kids under six, and how each woman is learning to surrender her own plans to God’s purpose. Whether you’re a newlywed, a busy mom, or someone navigating the tension between calling and chaos, this episode reminds us all that family is worth showing up for—and that love grows strongest when rooted in faith.
Hit play for a fun, faith-filled conversation that’s as real as it is encouraging.
Whether you're a young family seeking encouragement or simply love uplifting stories of faith and family, this episode offers heartfelt wisdom, humor, and inspiration.
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You’ll hear about their sweetest traditions (like granddaughter Olivia’s new favorite birthday ritual), the chaos and beauty of raising kids under six, and how each woman is learning to surrender her own plans to God’s purpose. Whether you’re a newlywed, a busy mom, or someone navigating the tension between calling and chaos, this episode reminds us all that family is worth showing up for—and that love grows strongest when rooted in faith.
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Speaker 1 (00:22):
Hey everyone, and welcome to the Lovelike Crazy Podcast. We
are so excited that you've joined us today. Today, I'm
joined by some very special guests. You know, a few
months back, my husband Jay, he had an opportunity to
sit down and talk with our three sons. Well, today
I have an opportunity to sit down and talk with
our three daughter in laws. So I'm really excited about
(00:45):
our girl talk today. So we're going to start off
with I want to introduce my girls to you. We
have Brittany, who is married to my oldest son, Tyler.
And how long have y'all been married?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Now?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Nine years?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Almost nine years, that's right. So, and then we have Sarah,
is married to my middle son Bryce, and you've been married.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
We're going on four years.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Right.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
I look at Kayla because right because y'all got married married, right,
it's the same time.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
And Kayla, you're married to Reese, our youngest and so
I'm just so excited to be able to get together
and talk with you girls. We we've been planning this
for quite some time, talking about this, and so it's
finally here and today we're we're sitting with her. We
all have our cups of tea because I know you
(01:37):
girls are all coffee drinkers and I am the only
like odd odd woman out here. I don't drink coffee.
But recently had an opportunity to go to the English
tea room back around Christmas time, which is Olivia's birthday month,
and we were celebrating her whole her birthday. Very first
(01:58):
time we went to the tea range, and so let's
let's kind of talk about how that's now becoming one
of our new family traditions. So do you agree, Yeah,
I think so.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
It's something that she asked to do this year. So
we gave her the options because I want to start
the nutcracker tradition with her, but she wanted to do
a tea party, and so that's something we did. And
so I sent a text out and we gathered the
girls and then some of our close friends and we
went and we had a great time.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah, I mean Oliviy turned six. Yeah, and I think
that it was just such a sweet time for all
of us to go and see her being so very
prim and proper. You know, she was dressed up in
her cute little dress, and so I definitely want that
to be like a new family tradition.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Yeah, she was prim and proper until she got ahold
of the chocolate chie down her white dress. I mean,
that girl.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Love late, but she was posing for those pictures.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Yeah, I know that I love. I love like the
tea parties and things like that. And so we were
we were trying everything, right, I mean, we all ordered
something different, and then whenever they offered the chocolate chi,
Livy was she jumped on that because she that girl
loves chocolate does after Nana's heart. I love chocolate too,
(03:19):
and so so yeah, so that became our our our thing.
We all love the chocolate chi, right, I yes, and
so uh. And so then for Christmas, I was so
blessed girls. You you gave me this beautiful teapot and
which we use today and to make our tea. And
then of course you guys got me some chocolate chi
(03:39):
and I am hooked. And so if there's any place
that has chocolate chi, I am on it for sure.
So that kind of reminds me of like different traditions
that that we have. And you know, one of the
things that that I believe is is a tradition in
the Coleman family because you know, we refer to ourselves
(04:01):
as the Coleman Crew. Even the grand babies are like,
are you a Coleman? Are you? Is your last name? Coleman?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Are you?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
And the Coleman Crew? So I think we've kind of
made that like family oriented and in really putting a
strong emphasis on family. And I know that family Knights
are a really big thing. Is Is there anything that
you would say like that you just love about family nights,
(04:28):
us getting all of us getting together? Anybody? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (04:33):
I guess for me, I have two children now, an
eighteen month old little girl and a two month old
little boy, So more so speaking about Margaret, it's just
fun to bring her over here and watch her interact
with her cousins and just see how excited she gets
to see them, you know.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, absolutely anybody.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Else, Yeah, I feel like for me, I am currently
known as KK in this house. We don't have any
kids yet, but I am an aunt of many thanks
to y'all, and I just love how excited they get whenever,
like me and Uncle Reice walk through the door, and
they all just get so excited because we know that
like we're gonna give them our full attention and be
able to go in the playroom and just cut up
(05:16):
with them and play hide and seek and play tag.
So I think that's my favorite part, is just like
walking in knowing that they're just so excited that we're here.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
I think the theme of Family Knights is just pure
chaos because.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
I'm total it gets.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Six kids six and under, which is crazy, but I
mean it is. It's loud, it's messy, it's chaotic, there's
lots of screaming. But I also feel like if it
was family night and it was quiet, it wouldn't be.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, I know. I the part that
I love the most. I mean anytime that I can
get and I know everybody who has adult kids are
going to agree with with this statement, Like when you
can get all of your adults kids together, like it
just is such a joy to your heart because you know,
and and to seeing all the little grandkids here, it's
(06:10):
like a throw a throwback to when you know, my sons,
your husbands were little, you know, and and so we
just have a great time. And of course, uh Papa,
we're known as Papa and nana Papa. Always he's like
cooking what like gumbo and.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
What's cooking something.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
He's cooking something. Yeh, yeah, we have this agreement. It's
like he cooks and then I clean, so I have
I have the the fun family knights, but but so
so enjoyable. Yeah. So family nights are fun and we
we don't get to do it as often as we
used to. I mean, you know, used to we before
we we had all these little kids. We it was
(06:53):
like once a week, almost, wasn't it. Yeah, And and
I think that it was kind of like a highlight
in the in the middle of of our week. I'm
sure I know, Brittany, like you'd be like, oh, uh well, PJ,
y'all call y'all call him PJ, right, okay, PJ. Like
he'll he'll plan on cooking something. You're like, oh good,
(07:14):
I don't have to cook stuff supper. Y'all feel that way.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Now, it's like do you want to cook? Do you
want to cook?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
No?
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Okay, let's like ask for a thing, like we don't
want to cook. It's like a little mini vacation because
we're not at home. I don't have to cook, I
don't have to do the dishes. I still get them
to clean up their toys here, but it's just you know,
when you're out of your house and the mess is
it in your house, It's like, yeah, you know, I
just have to go home and put you to bed.
(07:41):
It is just like a refresh.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
And sometimes you even bring them in their pajamas.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Oh yeah, yeah, because if I know we're going to
stay late, I bring them in their pajamas. I will
change them right before we leave here, the ones that
are in diapers. And we get home and it's straight
in bed, and it's just like win.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
Sometimes they even coerce Papa Nana first sleepover.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Yes they do, Yes they do, and and that's a
that's a lot of fun. And our sleepovers now consist
of making a palette on the floor or as they say,
a pilot a pilot on the floor in our bedroom
and they get popcorn with some mums and uh they
get to to that's where they get to sleep and
(08:21):
watch a movie. We do like a movie night. So
that that is always a lot of a lot of fun.
I know. I know sometimes y'all get Livy and Hudson
to ask, hey, when can we like come to your
house for dinner? You know, but I mean I know,
even before y'all had all the kids like Bryce especially
(08:45):
or any of the boys where they would text and
like hint around about family night, and so, uh, Jay
and I would joke like, oh, they're low on groceries,
they need to they need to come to our house.
And I was like, I'm here for it. I don't care, whatever,
whatever I can do, whatever I can do to help,
and just to get to get y'all here and to
(09:05):
be able to spend that time. So we're making all
kinds of memories. And you know, it's almost become like
a family tradition, you know, to have family night. It's
not just on holidays, you know, though we enjoy those
as well. So girls, you know, growing up in your home,
did y'all have anything like that, you know, with with
(09:28):
your families or with your grandparents or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yeah, we still have family nights at my parents' house
pretty much weekly. It's either like Tuesday or Wednesday nights,
and it's set in stone. And sometimes, of course things
don't work out, but my mom is always like the
door is always open if don't want to come in,
and so that's become a tradition. And I think that
Reese really liked that too. When we were dating because
he was able to have like, Okay, I know, no
(09:52):
matter what's going on in our busy lives, like I
can come over on that night and that's going to
be specifically deemed family night.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
What about y'all.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
I guess for us in my family, we wouldn't like
tournament family night. But I'm at my parents' house constantly,
and they're always feeding us, you know, so much so
that they're probably like, okay, that's enough, I won't come
over anymore. Their neighbors probably think we lived there, were
over there so much, but yeah, it's so so much fun.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
That's good.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Ours was completely different. I feel like the Black Sheep.
But also I've learned a lot in that. So we
were just my dad was always working side jobs like
doing whatever, working late, and then my mom worked twelve
hour shifts five days a week at the hospital, and
so ours was a little different because she would come
home rightfully so completely exhausted. And then we were in
(10:46):
so many sports and activities, so we never had a
set night per se, a family night, or do we
ever sit at the table and have family night. So
that's something that when we have the house now we have,
it has a formal dining room until I was like,
I'm going to bust out the wall and I was like, no,
you're not, because I was like, this is the only
(11:06):
place big enough to sit our entire family. And it
also makes it like we have to go sit and
have dinner as a family. So that's something that we've
started with us, is having like our own family night
with my crew and then of course not coming over.
So it's something that I think that we saw you
guys do and then I was like that's really important
to me too, yeah, because I'm like, we do have
(11:29):
four kids in life is so busy and this needs
to be a priority, right.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Right, Yeah, And that's why sometimes we're able to like
get together, you know more often. I know, like Bryce
works shift work, and so a lot of times we
try to plan around his schedule. Not everybody can come
every time I send out a text, you know, but
I do love it when, you know, when we can.
And of course if we go too long, then I'm
like I start missing y'all, and I start missing the babies,
(11:56):
and I'm like, okay, we got to catch up, you know,
because because life does get get really really crazy sometimes.
But and I guess you saying that is that you realize, Okay,
this is something intentional that we have got to be
mindful of, you know, and even more so, you know,
having your own, your own children, informing that family unit
(12:17):
of how important it is that you want that within
your own home, but then in the extension of with
the grandparents and and the aunts and uncles and all
the fun you know. So well, let me ask you this.
So whenever whenever you guys got married, which you know,
like we said, you've been married almost nine years, and
(12:38):
Sarah and Kayla, you guys planned weddings like just a
few months apart, and you know, you just celebrated four
years Bryce and Sarah is about to celebrate four years,
and time just flies. I mean, it has gone by
so quickly, and I'm just like, so, I'm just so
excited to see just the growth with my sons and
(13:02):
just you know, the maturity and how how well y'all
are all adulting, you know, I mean, And you're probably like, oh,
am I doing it? Am I doing it well? Because
I mean that it's just it's just a joy to
see whenever, you know, we can send our kids out
into the world and they find someone that they love.
You know, were there any like expectations that you guys had,
(13:28):
like in going into your marriage that you're like, oh, well,
I had this expectation. Maybe it didn't turn out quite
like you thought it would anybody.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
I guess for me specifically, going into marriage, Bryce and
I just had like a five year plan. So similar
to Kayla, Bryce and I got married like twenty one
days after I graduated college. So our five year plan
was going to be graduate college. I was going to
take a year off of school and just really try
(13:59):
to enjoy that year with him, applied to school, getting
to grad school. That was going to be two and
a half years of schooling, get a job, and then
start having babies. And let me preface this, with everything
that has happened, we would absolutely not change. We love
how it has turned out and the Lord has blessed us,
(14:20):
but that's not how it went.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
You know.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
The first two years probably went as planned. Got married,
took a year off, applied to school, gotten to school,
and then three weeks into school I found out was
pregnant with Margaret, which was awesome, but you know, just
like rolling with the punches and just listening to the
(14:45):
Lord and allowing him to guide our steps. You know,
in Proverbs it talks about how we make our plans,
but the Lord is going to guide our steps and
just truly leaning into that, you know, and just riding
the roller coaster of life, you.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Know, literally having to surrender what your story to the Lord.
So how about how about you, Brittany.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Well, as everybody knows, and if you're listening and you
don't know. In August of twenty sixteen, there was a
flood that happened here that was faster. Yeah, definitely a disaster.
It was record breaking. It was just crazy. Well, I'm
from Arkansas and so we naturally, of course like went
(15:29):
up to Arkansas to get married, and there was about
one hundred people or so from Louisiana that came up there. Well,
we got married on August twelfth. Well, the flood started
on August eleventh, and we thought it was coming in
Seale's house, and then we had found out that the
water was receding right before the reception, so we were like, yeah,
we're't married and it's not flooding. And then we wake
(15:51):
up on August twelfth, I think it was like seven
or eight am to a phone call.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
The first morning of married life for you, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
To find out that everything was flooding, and it was
the church was flooded, your house was flooded. It was
just crazy. So to say, the first year of our
marriage did not go as plans. It certainly did not
go lets I understand or expected. I'm over here squeezing.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
In my loss house. But it's all put back together.
We're put back together.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Yeah, So that definitely didn't go as expected. And then
on top of that, I mean it was a long
time with the rebuilding process and things like that. And
then I don't know, we had like a six or
eight hundred square foot apartment and it was a one bedroom,
one bath, and then we get a call and it's like, hey,
we need the boys to come live with you guys
for a little bit. I'm like, okay, send them over.
(16:43):
And so every other night they switch between the blow
up air mattress and the count and we're in this
one bedroom apartment in Bryce. Bryce. One time he was like, hey,
thanks pill to stay here. I'm gonna go cook. It
was deer meat and he's like, I'm gonna cook spaghetti.
But when you guys get home from work, I was like, okay, well,
and I told him, I was like, be careful as
I get cooked really fast. He's like, I know how
to cook it. When Tyler and I got home, it
(17:06):
was like burnt smelling. It was terrible because.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
The boys were still in high school.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Yeah they were, they were young. Yeah, so anyways to
say it didn't go as expected would be a great,
great understatement. And so that's what I told you. I
was like, when people say your first year of marriage
is the hardest, I'm like, you have no idea.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Okay, I can imagine they probably.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
And they had a dog in there too, Like it
was just crazy. But what I've learned is a lot
of things through that. I've learned that in the unexpected
is where we see a lot of the Lord's favor
shine up on us. I think there's a lot of
wisdom to be learned in the uncertain. I mean, truthfully,
when we moved here, I was struggling really hard because
(17:51):
I had been in Arkansas my entire life. I just uprooted.
Everything's feating. I don't know anybody, and I'm like, I
don't know that I heard the Lord correctly that that.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Would want me to go here. Lord, that was the
worst welcome party ever.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Yeah, But at the same time, I'm like, man, it
was really in the trenches of being in the uncertain
and being in the trenches of disaster and sorrow and
heartbreak and all of those things that I really feel
like the Lord showed up and became ever present and
almost reassured of, like, no, this is where I've planted you,
this is where I've called you to. So while it
(18:25):
wasn't what I was expecting, I certainly feel like it
was a time of growth in the last season that
the Lord taught us so much, so much spiritually and
in our marriage.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Yeah, it was definitely a ton of growth for for
all of us for sure. And I mean just just
the opportunity of being able to host your your new
uh brother in laws. I mean that was I'm sure
the most the most funny in your whole.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Lot that would have happened. And there's more bathroom and
three boys, And I was like, when I grow up
with a sister, I was like, oh, when you get
a culture shop, Yeah, yeah, there was there was not
enough smells.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
So but when you say, though, now that you are
you are officially a Louisiana girl.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
Oh yeah, uh huh yeah from the ground up.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Literally, you've been here long enough. We have initiated you.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Oh yeah, journey girls. On that Tuesday, I was like,
you are my people, and I'm your people, and my
children called the tire. I don't think we call the
tigers here.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
We whatever.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
We chant for l Su like we are an l
s U sold out louis Ya.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
We bleed purple and gold. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (19:39):
I'm still trying to get her on crawfish though.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Yeah, yeah, fish is the only thing.
Speaker 5 (19:45):
Are on the crawfish train.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
I just think it's so nasty that you I don't know,
so nasty. I wasn't gonna say it, but yes, And
You're like, that's where the flavors. I'm like, you guys
are nasty. That's what that is.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
That is no, and you know.
Speaker 3 (20:07):
No, I will not get all the crawfish train. I
love you. Ask me that she goes, will you feel one?
I was like, yeah, anything for you, like, demolish that thing.
I was like, after dad, I don't even know how to.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Maybe one day, So what about you, Kayla?
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Yeah, mine wasn't necessarily an experience per se, but I
think that one thing that I was not expectant of is,
like Sarah said, we got married during college. Actually me
and Race were both still in college, not graduated yet,
and so you know, in the dating life and the
college life, you have a lot of time to just
spend a lot of quality time together. And it's super
(20:43):
easy to do that because, especially in your senior year
of college most majors, you're kind of in like that
home stretch of like, Okay, I got the hang of it.
Now I'm going good, Like all I have to do
is graduate. And so I think one thing that I
was not expectant of is how much effort it would
take to actually spend intentional quality time together. So whenever
(21:05):
we graduated and he started working full time and I
started working full time because I had also taken a
gap year before applying to grad school, I quickly realized like, oh, like,
we are going to have to be much more intentional
with how we spend our quality time, even in the
little things. So like, for example, on not on a
(21:26):
necessarily structured family night, but we would make sure that
at least every night we were sitting at the dining
table eating dinner rather than watching a movie or watching
a show or vegging out on our phones, and I
felt like that was something the Lord was convicting us
of because we found ourselves coming home from the day.
You know, I was around kids all day long at
work and he was actually, you know, having to go
(21:50):
out and work outside a lot. And so I think
for both of us, it was easier for us to
just like sit on the couch, eat our dinner not
really communicate a whole lot.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
And we were like, wait, like what are we even doing?
Speaker 2 (22:02):
You know, we need to spend more quality time together,
and we need to spend intentional time together. So I
think that that is something we're still working on today
because again, like Reese has a business now and he's
working full time and I am in grad school about
to graduate, and so with the stress and all of
that going on grad school and everything going on in
(22:24):
the busyness of life, we've made it a point to
really have a more structured, intentional time together every single
night where we're communicating and talking about things that we
don't get to talk about during the day.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Yeah, so that is so good. Yeah, there's there's a
lot of things that when you get married and you
start having kids and everything that you have you really
have to be mindful of, you know, because because that time,
you know, it goes by so quickly, that the time
that you have before you have kids, the time that
you have with your kids. I'm speaking from experience. Y'all
(22:56):
all grow up so fast and then you know, are
out the door and moving on with life and so
so that that's that's good, that there's there's lessons to
be learned in all of all of these things.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
I think that's something I've told you too. I'm like, Kayla,
you have no idea how sweet this time is that
you have just you and rees and that you do
have the time to be intentional and to have those conversations,
because I think once you guys start having kids, you're
gonna look back and be like, whoa, oh yeah, I mean,
like it was that was a really sweet time that
we had just us.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
It's just it so so it's important to like embrace
the season that you're in and enjoy it, you know.
Jay and I also had a five year plan, Sarah
like you, and embraced it. We weren't going to have
kids for five years. Well, jokes on him, because we
started having kids after three years but but yeah, I
(23:51):
mean you really do. I agree, Brittany, like soak in
that time, Kayla, that that you have this just the
two of you, because then with kids, you're and to
you know, really fight for that alone time.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
Yeah, my girls.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Yeah. So so in this in the season of life
that you that you're that you're in, are there any
like certain sacrifices that that you feel like you're having.
Speaker 4 (24:17):
To make, Sacrificing sleep, sacrificing plans, Like we kind of
already touched on sacrificing just things that you want to do,
you know, like oh, I want to go hang out
with my friends. Oh I have two kids that need
me and I can't just pick up and go anymore.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
There's just lots of sacrifice. But with all that.
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Being said, you know it's all worth it in the end.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
That's good. That's good.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
So to add to that, if I agree with you completely,
like we do as moms sacrifice a lot of time
and we sacrifice schedules, but I feel like there is
so much of myself that I sacrifice as well. I
mean we have four kids that are six and under.
I'm like, they're all they're all home with me. It
is you know, like we say like feeling, and I
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is chaos. Like step into my household at any moment,
and it is someone's screaming, someone's crying, someone's hungry. It's
just crazy. And there's so many times where I feel
like my sacrifice, I guess for what I would say
for me personally right now is dying to myself every
single day. But then I'm also like, man, what a
reflection of the Gospel in that sense, And so I
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don't know. I think that's my biggest sacrifice. Is I
want the alone time so bad. I want to go
sit in the vata for ten minutes. I want to
eat a hot meal by myself. I want to drink
my coffee and I have to heat it up four times.
You know, it's it's all selfish things that I want
for myself. But the season that I'm in right now
doesn't really call for me to be selfish for myself.
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My season right now is for me to turn that
and reflect it onto my children and meet their needs
of what they need from me right now and then return.
I'm like, I know one day that I will get
all the things that I want to do, But then
I think about that and I'm like, man, that also
makes me really sad because it means I won't have
little hands pulling on me and little feet running through
my house and all the messages to clean up. But
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I think that's my biggest sacrifice right now, is my
own desires and turning that around to what do my
kids need out of me instead? Because it's only seasonal, it's.
Speaker 4 (26:21):
Perfectly said, and I feel like something the Lord has
taught me in that sacrifice, and something that I feel
like I've learned from you, Brittany, is just like all
of these things that we're sacrificing our own desires, it's
all to worship the Lord, you know, to take care
of our kids. And that's just something that is part
of the season, you know.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Yeah, I think because we've talked about that at Journey Girls.
Yeah too, on that Tuesday. But I feel like with
moms or truly anybody with any season, I feel like
the enemy can get into our head and start making
this why this, why that? Why whatever? And then it
almost does it become like an act of worship to
the Lord that I have to. I have to. I
don't want to, but I have to, And then it's
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it's like festering this aggravation and frustration inside of you know.
So I think in regard to that, I think the
Lord is also showing me like you as a human
are so selfish, you know, because it's I want these
things and they're earthly things and they're things for myself,
but it's showing my selfish desires fester up than me,
you know. So I think that's again just dying to
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myself every single day, picking up my cross and carrying
it with grace, a lot of grace with all of
those kids, but then returning all of that and saying, Okay, Lord,
this is my act of worship to you, this is
the season I'm in. I want to do it well.
I want to be faithful, and I don't want to
look back and have regrets.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Yeah, and I think about like talking about the seasons
that we're in. Obviously I am in a different season
than both of y'all. However, it really goes hand in
hand and.
Speaker 5 (27:52):
The sacrifices that I'm making.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Too, because, like I said, I am in grad school
to pursue my master's degree, and I've had to sacrifice
a lot lot of social freedom being able to hang
out with my friends, just like y'all have to sacrifice
things being able to hang out with family too.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Even sometimes we.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Could go like two or three weeks without even seeing
each other. Yeah, and it doesn't sound like a long time,
but for us, it definitely feels like a long time.
And so like to be able to give what I
need to give to pursue the gifts that the Lord
has provided me with, to pursue the career that he
has called me to, I feel like I have to
sacrifice the same things like time and my own desires
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and my own ones. And Reese and I both, I mean,
y'all know more than anybody we want kids so badly,
But that is a huge sacrifice that we've had to
make through this season, is being in the waiting and
calling and following what the Lord's calling is for our lives.
Same thing with Reese having the business in this season
that we're in, I feel like we are definitely having
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to make a lot of sacrifices.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
Also, quality time with each other.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Sometimes I have to study for hours upon hours at
night and we don't get that quality time together. And
so just like with kids running around, you don't get
that alone time. Same thing with whenever you're studying for
a huge test and then you have the anxiety and
the stressors that come along with that. But I think
that something that the Lord has really taught me through
this season is to lean on each other as a
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couple and to lean on our family and friends as well,
Like y'all have also been so supportive of me through
this season of Reese, through our season, and I think,
like Brittany was saying, like constantly keeping me in check
with like, remember why you're in this season, Remember what
the Lord is calling you to do, and be grateful
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for that. And just like we said, like embrace this
season that we're in and the sacrifices that we have
to make, because those sacrifices are always going to be
there no matter what season you're in, but they're going
to change depending on what comes in and what the
Lord blesses us with.
Speaker 3 (29:55):
I fully believe that the Lord is going to bless
y'all for all those sacrifices because I've told you, I'm like, Kayla,
I know how badly you want kids, and I'm like, man,
when the Lord bless y'all, I feel like you're gonna
be like I am.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Which means that we have the potential of having about
a dozen grandchild right.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
I know. There earlier we were on the phone and
I was like, man, has like, it's so many moving
pieces because I have four kids that I'm trying to
navigate and get here and here, and you bring that
one to here, and there's just so many moving pieces
for one little change. And Kayleb was like yeah, And
I was like, you'll get it when you have four kids,
and I'm like, I know you will have four kids,
I know, but yeah, I agree. I think every season
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has its own absolutely sacrifice and it just looks different,
but I think it's our hearts posture that makes a
big impact on that season.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
Well, and being able to move from season to season gracefully,
which you know, that reminds me of like whenever it
was time for all three of you to get married.
That was an opportunity for me becoming a new mother
in law, you know too, to be able to like
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pass the baton to you, you know, and we've talked
about that a few times. You know that I was
trying my hardest in that season to do it gracefully
and not be the mom that was kicking and screaming
because you know, my sons are grown and they don't
want to have anything to do with me, and they
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they love somebody else now more than they let me,
you know. That kind of thing. I looked at as
what what a beautiful what a beautiful transition, you know,
And so that was definitely a season for me to embrace.
And I remember apologizing to y'all saying, look, I'm passing
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the baton like when you get married, Like he's all yours,
you know, And I hope I taught him everything that
he needed to know, but if not, I'm sorry. Yeah,
this is for you now, Okay, he's all you know.
So it was, Yeah, that was definitely an interesting season.
So what would you say is maybe out of all
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the sacrifices that you're having to make in this season,
what would be like your favorite? What is like a
favorite of this this time in your life right now?
Speaker 4 (32:17):
I guess with my two kids more specifically talking about
Margaret since she's older, just watching her grow and it's
just so quick how fast they grow, watching her meat milestones,
you know. Right now, she her little personality is really
coming out and just seeing how she just wants to
imitate everything we do. The other day, I had her
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on the vanity and I was brushing my teeth. She
had her little toothbrush, but you know when they when
they're that little, there are toothpastes like fluorid free, so
they're just swallowing it. There's nothing to spit. Yeah, And
she watched me as I spit into the sink and
then she dramatically like whips her head back, whips it
into the and like spits, well, pretend spits.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
She learned that.
Speaker 4 (33:01):
I like that was so funny, Like she just wants
to do everything we want to do, and I.
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Just love it.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
M hmm, that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
I just want to add this before I give you
my answer on that. But I think that you did
pass the baton very gracefully. I think that you did
a wonderful job. Because I have two sons and they
are so little. I mean, Luke is about to be
a year and Hudson's about to be five. And I
look at Hudson right now and I'm like, how am
I ever going to give you away? I'm like, there's
not a chance. Like, good luck to that girl. You know,
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I am praying for her already, and I would love
to know who she is because I just want to
see her grow up too, you know. But I think
that you did an amazing job, even in the midst
of a flood and everything else. I think that you
did such a good job and you embraced us. It
felt like like you love your boys, but you've been
like waiting for your girls.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
Y'all are my girls? No, And I tell that to everyone,
you know, and that I thought I was going to
be this great girl mom and I ended you r
and you know, I had boys and raising the but yeah,
so I'm glad I'm not outnumbered anymore.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
Thank you. Thank you are such a good girl mom
for like us as adults. But then now that you
have three grand babies that are girls too, it's it
is fun to see you and that links too of
not just Nana, but like you're helping us raise little girls.
So I feel like it was a full circle moment. Yeah,
it's for sure.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
It's definitely fun, you know, having little girls, uh, grand
granddaughters and stuff. It's like I know how to I
know how to help y'all when it has to do
with boys, but like little girls. Okay, we're all learning it.
Speaker 3 (34:31):
Yeah, I mean, there's certainly times where I'm like, do
you want the baton back? And I know my dad
told Tyler when we got married, He's like, there's a
no return policy. But anyways, I think, going off of
what I had said earlier, my favorite sacrifice, while it
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is the hardest, is the daily sacrifice of dying to
myself because it just reminds me to bear my cross
every sing and it is it's such a catch twenty
two because it is incredibly hard, but yet it's also
my favorite thing to try and tackle day in and
day out. So I think that is my biggest thing.
And like I said earlier, I do have kids in
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all directions, Like this morning, Livy had already left for
school and I have three home. One of them wanted
a snack, one of them went to climb on me,
and Hudson wanted to a marker to make a sword
for school. And I was like okay. So I sat
there and I was like listen. I was like, three
of you are yelling at me. There's one of me
and there's three of you. I was like, so we're
going to go in order of whose need is the greatest,
and then I will get to everybody. But I say
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that to say I feel like there's times where it
is so loud in my ears, you know, mentally and physically,
it's just loud in my ears. And so it is
easy and natural for me to want to get overwhelmed
and overstimulated and just snap in an instant. And so,
like I said, while it is my greatest struggle every day,
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it's also my greatest honor to learn in those errors
and in that trial of dying to myself, picking up
across raising up disciples, because the last thing I want
is for my kids to be like man. Mom stayed
home with us, and that was great that she was
on edge and snapped at us all the time, because
then it's I completely can't fail down, you know. Yeah,
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So I think that is It is the hardest, but
it's my favorite thing to do.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
I think that my favorite part of this season is
seeing the Lord's plan come into fruition and seeing how
clearly his plan is for our life as a couple
and also my life as a future occupational therapist.
Speaker 3 (36:41):
You know.
Speaker 5 (36:41):
I think that getting so close to the finish.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Line has shown me Okay, like I've had to make
a lot of sacrifices in this past season. However, look
at where he's brought me, and look at the moment
that he's brought me to, and how close I am
to being done, and all of the stress and all.
Speaker 5 (36:58):
Of the busyness that came with this season is.
Speaker 3 (37:02):
So worth it now.
Speaker 5 (37:04):
And I also think.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
A huge part of this season for me was being
able to be the KK that I am to all
the babies, because I feel like as an aunt, it
is something that's super special for people who don't have
kids yet, it is something that is super special and
unique to be able to spend that quality time with
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them and build those relationships with them, and also watch
y'all grow as moms as my best friends, Like y'all
are both two of my best friends, and it's just
so cool that we're all such a close knit family
and we're able to just watch each other grow as moms.
Y'all are able to watch me grow as a wife
and as a future physician, And so I just think
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that it's super cool to be able to watch all
of the sacrifices that we all make each day and
be like wow, like this really is such a time
testimony of our faith in the Lord and our faith
in his plan no matter what happens. You know how
your five year plan didn't work out, and how you
all started your marriage in an apartment and here we
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are now and we're all just so close and supportive
of each other. And I just think that it is
amazing to see how blessed we are as the girls
of the family to have all of the boys, Like
Brittany was saying, I think that you did. You and
PJ both did an amazing job at raising them to
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be the men they are today, so that we can
grow and follow our dreams and be the moms that
the Lord has called us to be and be who
we've been called to be a by the Lord. So
I think it's a super special season for sure.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
I absolutely love having my girls and joining me today
on the podcast. Okay, I do want to clarify one
thing that our listeners probably do not know. Why you
guys call J PJ.
Speaker 3 (39:05):
Oh It started with me, Brittany, who did that? So
when I had that thought earlier, I was like, people
probably don't have any clue. So when Tyler and I
first got married and I stepped into the family, I
was like, what am I supposed to call you. We
had a conversation right over there in the kitchen in
the corner, I mean, I remember it, and I said,
what am I supposed to call you? And he was
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like pastor J. I was like I feel like okay,
like I will, you know, and I'm like that's what
feels No, No, I'm sorry. I think he said call
me mister J. I was like mister no, yeah, and
I was like, just call me J. And I was like, well,
that feels disrespectful to call you just J. Like could
you imagine walking in be like hey J, Like it
feels so disrespectful. And so then he's like, just call
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me pastor J.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
Because you were working at the church.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
I was working at the church at that time. And
I was like yes, like but we're family, so it
can't just be pastor J. So out of Pastor J
came PJ. And so it it was like our cool
thing that, you know, like I feel like so cool
at that moment because I could walk into the office office,
everybody's like, good morning, pastor Dame, like what's up PJ?
You know, but now everybody RIJ, like that was my
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name trademark.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
Yeah, you calling PJ, or even like Peach, Hey, pe
what's up? And so yeah, now now the staff and yeah,
and I even refer to him as so he's he's J,
He's PJ, He's Peach, or he's Papa.
Speaker 3 (40:33):
Yeah. I went to Olivia likes now and calling Pastor J.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
Okay, that happened yesterday at church. She came up and
she said something about hey, Pastor J. And and she
looked at me and she goes Stacey and I was like,
oh my goodness, and uh and he told her, he said, Livy,
now everybody can call me Pastor J, but only six
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people can call me Papa. So you need to call
me papa.
Speaker 3 (41:00):
It's her thing right now. She likes to mess with
people like, oh, hey, Kayla, and so we've been like,
who's Cala, that's.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
KK, that's right, yeah, yes, And I love seeing her
say things like, so is your last name Coleman? Are
you a Coleman? Are you part of the Coleman crew? Yeah,
it's just so precious. Well, girls, I have totally enjoyed
this conversation. This has just been the best time sitting
around with our tea and having having just girl talk
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of the Lovelike Crazy podcast
Hey everyone, and welcome to the Lovelike Crazy Podcast. We
are so excited that you've joined us today. Today, I'm
joined by some very special guests. You know, a few
months back, my husband Jay, he had an opportunity to
sit down and talk with our three sons. Well, today
I have an opportunity to sit down and talk with
our three daughter in laws. So I'm really excited about
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our girl talk today. So we're going to start off
with I want to introduce my girls to you. We
have Brittany, who is married to my oldest son, Tyler.
And how long have y'all been married?
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Now?
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Nine years?
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Almost nine years, that's right. So, and then we have Sarah,
is married to my middle son Bryce, and you've been married.
Speaker 4 (01:08):
We're going on four years.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Right.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
I look at Kayla because right because y'all got married married, right,
it's the same time.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
And Kayla, you're married to Reese, our youngest and so
I'm just so excited to be able to get together
and talk with you girls. We we've been planning this
for quite some time, talking about this, and so it's
finally here and today we're we're sitting with her. We
all have our cups of tea because I know you
(01:37):
girls are all coffee drinkers and I am the only
like odd odd woman out here. I don't drink coffee.
But recently had an opportunity to go to the English
tea room back around Christmas time, which is Olivia's birthday month,
and we were celebrating her whole her birthday. Very first
(01:58):
time we went to the tea range, and so let's
let's kind of talk about how that's now becoming one
of our new family traditions. So do you agree, Yeah,
I think so.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
It's something that she asked to do this year. So
we gave her the options because I want to start
the nutcracker tradition with her, but she wanted to do
a tea party, and so that's something we did. And
so I sent a text out and we gathered the
girls and then some of our close friends and we
went and we had a great time.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
Yeah, I mean Oliviy turned six. Yeah, and I think
that it was just such a sweet time for all
of us to go and see her being so very
prim and proper. You know, she was dressed up in
her cute little dress, and so I definitely want that
to be like a new family tradition.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
Yeah, she was prim and proper until she got ahold
of the chocolate chie down her white dress. I mean,
that girl.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Love late, but she was posing for those pictures.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Yeah, I know that I love. I love like the
tea parties and things like that. And so we were
we were trying everything, right, I mean, we all ordered
something different, and then whenever they offered the chocolate chi,
Livy was she jumped on that because she that girl
loves chocolate does after Nana's heart. I love chocolate too,
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and so so yeah, so that became our our our thing.
We all love the chocolate chi, right, I yes, and
so uh. And so then for Christmas, I was so
blessed girls. You you gave me this beautiful teapot and
which we use today and to make our tea. And
then of course you guys got me some chocolate chi
(03:39):
and I am hooked. And so if there's any place
that has chocolate chi, I am on it for sure.
So that kind of reminds me of like different traditions
that that we have. And you know, one of the
things that that I believe is is a tradition in
the Coleman family because you know, we refer to ourselves
(04:01):
as the Coleman Crew. Even the grand babies are like,
are you a Coleman? Are you? Is your last name? Coleman?
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Are you?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
And the Coleman Crew? So I think we've kind of
made that like family oriented and in really putting a
strong emphasis on family. And I know that family Knights
are a really big thing. Is Is there anything that
you would say like that you just love about family nights,
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us getting all of us getting together? Anybody? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (04:33):
I guess for me, I have two children now, an
eighteen month old little girl and a two month old
little boy, So more so speaking about Margaret, it's just
fun to bring her over here and watch her interact
with her cousins and just see how excited she gets
to see them, you know.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, absolutely anybody.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Else, Yeah, I feel like for me, I am currently
known as KK in this house. We don't have any
kids yet, but I am an aunt of many thanks
to y'all, and I just love how excited they get whenever,
like me and Uncle Reice walk through the door, and
they all just get so excited because we know that
like we're gonna give them our full attention and be
able to go in the playroom and just cut up
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with them and play hide and seek and play tag.
So I think that's my favorite part, is just like
walking in knowing that they're just so excited that we're here.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
I think the theme of Family Knights is just pure
chaos because.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
I'm total it gets.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Six kids six and under, which is crazy, but I
mean it is. It's loud, it's messy, it's chaotic, there's
lots of screaming. But I also feel like if it
was family night and it was quiet, it wouldn't be.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, I know. I the part that
I love the most. I mean anytime that I can
get and I know everybody who has adult kids are
going to agree with with this statement, Like when you
can get all of your adults kids together, like it
just is such a joy to your heart because you know,
and and to seeing all the little grandkids here, it's
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like a throw a throwback to when you know, my sons,
your husbands were little, you know, and and so we
just have a great time. And of course, uh Papa,
we're known as Papa and nana Papa. Always he's like
cooking what like gumbo and.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
What's cooking something.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
He's cooking something. Yeh, yeah, we have this agreement. It's
like he cooks and then I clean, so I have
I have the the fun family knights, but but so
so enjoyable. Yeah. So family nights are fun and we
we don't get to do it as often as we
used to. I mean, you know, used to we before
we we had all these little kids. We it was
(06:53):
like once a week, almost, wasn't it. Yeah, And and
I think that it was kind of like a highlight
in the in the middle of of our week. I'm
sure I know, Brittany, like you'd be like, oh, uh well, PJ,
y'all call y'all call him PJ, right, okay, PJ. Like
he'll he'll plan on cooking something. You're like, oh good,
(07:14):
I don't have to cook stuff supper. Y'all feel that way.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
Now, it's like do you want to cook? Do you
want to cook?
Speaker 1 (07:20):
No?
Speaker 3 (07:20):
Okay, let's like ask for a thing, like we don't
want to cook. It's like a little mini vacation because
we're not at home. I don't have to cook, I
don't have to do the dishes. I still get them
to clean up their toys here, but it's just you know,
when you're out of your house and the mess is
it in your house, It's like, yeah, you know, I
just have to go home and put you to bed.
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It is just like a refresh.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
And sometimes you even bring them in their pajamas.
Speaker 3 (07:45):
Oh yeah, yeah, because if I know we're going to
stay late, I bring them in their pajamas. I will
change them right before we leave here, the ones that
are in diapers. And we get home and it's straight
in bed, and it's just like win.
Speaker 5 (07:57):
Sometimes they even coerce Papa Nana first sleepover.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Yes they do, Yes they do, and and that's a
that's a lot of fun. And our sleepovers now consist
of making a palette on the floor or as they say,
a pilot a pilot on the floor in our bedroom
and they get popcorn with some mums and uh they
get to to that's where they get to sleep and
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watch a movie. We do like a movie night. So
that that is always a lot of a lot of fun.
I know. I know sometimes y'all get Livy and Hudson
to ask, hey, when can we like come to your
house for dinner? You know, but I mean I know,
even before y'all had all the kids like Bryce especially
(08:45):
or any of the boys where they would text and
like hint around about family night, and so, uh, Jay
and I would joke like, oh, they're low on groceries,
they need to they need to come to our house.
And I was like, I'm here for it. I don't care, whatever,
whatever I can do, whatever I can do to help,
and just to get to get y'all here and to
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be able to spend that time. So we're making all
kinds of memories. And you know, it's almost become like
a family tradition, you know, to have family night. It's
not just on holidays, you know, though we enjoy those
as well. So girls, you know, growing up in your home,
did y'all have anything like that, you know, with with
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your families or with your grandparents or anything like that.
Speaker 2 (09:32):
Yeah, we still have family nights at my parents' house
pretty much weekly. It's either like Tuesday or Wednesday nights,
and it's set in stone. And sometimes, of course things
don't work out, but my mom is always like the
door is always open if don't want to come in,
and so that's become a tradition. And I think that
Reese really liked that too. When we were dating because
he was able to have like, Okay, I know, no
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matter what's going on in our busy lives, like I
can come over on that night and that's going to
be specifically deemed family night.
Speaker 3 (10:01):
What about y'all.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
I guess for us in my family, we wouldn't like
tournament family night. But I'm at my parents' house constantly,
and they're always feeding us, you know, so much so
that they're probably like, okay, that's enough, I won't come
over anymore. Their neighbors probably think we lived there, were
over there so much, but yeah, it's so so much fun.
Speaker 1 (10:24):
That's good.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
Ours was completely different. I feel like the Black Sheep.
But also I've learned a lot in that. So we
were just my dad was always working side jobs like
doing whatever, working late, and then my mom worked twelve
hour shifts five days a week at the hospital, and
so ours was a little different because she would come
home rightfully so completely exhausted. And then we were in
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so many sports and activities, so we never had a
set night per se, a family night, or do we
ever sit at the table and have family night. So
that's something that when we have the house now we have,
it has a formal dining room until I was like,
I'm going to bust out the wall and I was like, no,
you're not, because I was like, this is the only
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place big enough to sit our entire family. And it
also makes it like we have to go sit and
have dinner as a family. So that's something that we've
started with us, is having like our own family night
with my crew and then of course not coming over.
So it's something that I think that we saw you
guys do and then I was like that's really important
to me too, yeah, because I'm like, we do have
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four kids in life is so busy and this needs
to be a priority, right.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Right, Yeah, And that's why sometimes we're able to like
get together, you know more often. I know, like Bryce
works shift work, and so a lot of times we
try to plan around his schedule. Not everybody can come
every time I send out a text, you know, but
I do love it when, you know, when we can.
And of course if we go too long, then I'm
like I start missing y'all, and I start missing the babies,
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and I'm like, okay, we got to catch up, you know,
because because life does get get really really crazy sometimes.
But and I guess you saying that is that you realize, Okay,
this is something intentional that we have got to be
mindful of, you know, and even more so, you know,
having your own, your own children, informing that family unit
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of how important it is that you want that within
your own home, but then in the extension of with
the grandparents and and the aunts and uncles and all
the fun you know. So well, let me ask you this.
So whenever whenever you guys got married, which you know,
like we said, you've been married almost nine years, and
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Sarah and Kayla, you guys planned weddings like just a
few months apart, and you know, you just celebrated four
years Bryce and Sarah is about to celebrate four years,
and time just flies. I mean, it has gone by
so quickly, and I'm just like, so, I'm just so
excited to see just the growth with my sons and
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just you know, the maturity and how how well y'all
are all adulting, you know, I mean, And you're probably like, oh,
am I doing it? Am I doing it well? Because
I mean that it's just it's just a joy to
see whenever, you know, we can send our kids out
into the world and they find someone that they love.
You know, were there any like expectations that you guys had,
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like in going into your marriage that you're like, oh, well,
I had this expectation. Maybe it didn't turn out quite
like you thought it would anybody.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
I guess for me specifically, going into marriage, Bryce and
I just had like a five year plan. So similar
to Kayla, Bryce and I got married like twenty one
days after I graduated college. So our five year plan
was going to be graduate college. I was going to
take a year off of school and just really try
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to enjoy that year with him, applied to school, getting
to grad school. That was going to be two and
a half years of schooling, get a job, and then
start having babies. And let me preface this, with everything
that has happened, we would absolutely not change. We love
how it has turned out and the Lord has blessed us,
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but that's not how it went.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
You know.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
The first two years probably went as planned. Got married,
took a year off, applied to school, gotten to school,
and then three weeks into school I found out was
pregnant with Margaret, which was awesome, but you know, just
like rolling with the punches and just listening to the
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Lord and allowing him to guide our steps. You know,
in Proverbs it talks about how we make our plans,
but the Lord is going to guide our steps and
just truly leaning into that, you know, and just riding
the roller coaster of life, you.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Know, literally having to surrender what your story to the Lord.
So how about how about you, Brittany.
Speaker 3 (15:08):
Well, as everybody knows, and if you're listening and you
don't know. In August of twenty sixteen, there was a
flood that happened here that was faster. Yeah, definitely a disaster.
It was record breaking. It was just crazy. Well, I'm
from Arkansas and so we naturally, of course like went
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up to Arkansas to get married, and there was about
one hundred people or so from Louisiana that came up there. Well,
we got married on August twelfth. Well, the flood started
on August eleventh, and we thought it was coming in
Seale's house, and then we had found out that the
water was receding right before the reception, so we were like, yeah,
we're't married and it's not flooding. And then we wake
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up on August twelfth, I think it was like seven
or eight am to a phone call.
Speaker 1 (15:56):
The first morning of married life for you, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
To find out that everything was flooding, and it was
the church was flooded, your house was flooded. It was
just crazy. So to say, the first year of our
marriage did not go as plans. It certainly did not
go lets I understand or expected. I'm over here squeezing.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
In my loss house. But it's all put back together.
We're put back together.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Yeah, So that definitely didn't go as expected. And then
on top of that, I mean it was a long
time with the rebuilding process and things like that. And
then I don't know, we had like a six or
eight hundred square foot apartment and it was a one bedroom,
one bath, and then we get a call and it's like, hey,
we need the boys to come live with you guys
for a little bit. I'm like, okay, send them over.
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And so every other night they switch between the blow
up air mattress and the count and we're in this
one bedroom apartment in Bryce. Bryce. One time he was like, hey,
thanks pill to stay here. I'm gonna go cook. It
was deer meat and he's like, I'm gonna cook spaghetti.
But when you guys get home from work, I was like, okay, well,
and I told him, I was like, be careful as
I get cooked really fast. He's like, I know how
to cook it. When Tyler and I got home, it
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was like burnt smelling. It was terrible because.
Speaker 1 (17:10):
The boys were still in high school.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
Yeah they were, they were young. Yeah, so anyways to
say it didn't go as expected would be a great,
great understatement. And so that's what I told you. I
was like, when people say your first year of marriage
is the hardest, I'm like, you have no idea.
Speaker 2 (17:24):
Okay, I can imagine they probably.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
And they had a dog in there too, Like it
was just crazy. But what I've learned is a lot
of things through that. I've learned that in the unexpected
is where we see a lot of the Lord's favor
shine up on us. I think there's a lot of
wisdom to be learned in the uncertain. I mean, truthfully,
when we moved here, I was struggling really hard because
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I had been in Arkansas my entire life. I just uprooted.
Everything's feating. I don't know anybody, and I'm like, I
don't know that I heard the Lord correctly that that.
Speaker 1 (17:59):
Would want me to go here. Lord, that was the
worst welcome party ever.
Speaker 3 (18:05):
Yeah, But at the same time, I'm like, man, it
was really in the trenches of being in the uncertain
and being in the trenches of disaster and sorrow and
heartbreak and all of those things that I really feel
like the Lord showed up and became ever present and
almost reassured of, like, no, this is where I've planted you,
this is where I've called you to. So while it
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wasn't what I was expecting, I certainly feel like it
was a time of growth in the last season that
the Lord taught us so much, so much spiritually and
in our marriage.
Speaker 1 (18:35):
Yeah, it was definitely a ton of growth for for
all of us for sure. And I mean just just
the opportunity of being able to host your your new
uh brother in laws. I mean that was I'm sure
the most the most funny in your whole.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
Lot that would have happened. And there's more bathroom and
three boys, And I was like, when I grow up
with a sister, I was like, oh, when you get
a culture shop, Yeah, yeah, there was there was not
enough smells.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
So but when you say, though, now that you are
you are officially a Louisiana girl.
Speaker 3 (19:16):
Oh yeah, uh huh yeah from the ground up.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Literally, you've been here long enough. We have initiated you.
Speaker 3 (19:22):
Oh yeah, journey girls. On that Tuesday, I was like,
you are my people, and I'm your people, and my
children called the tire. I don't think we call the
tigers here.
Speaker 1 (19:32):
We whatever.
Speaker 3 (19:32):
We chant for l Su like we are an l
s U sold out louis Ya.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
We bleed purple and gold. Yeah.
Speaker 5 (19:39):
I'm still trying to get her on crawfish though.
Speaker 1 (19:41):
Yeah, yeah, fish is the only thing.
Speaker 5 (19:45):
Are on the crawfish train.
Speaker 3 (19:46):
I just think it's so nasty that you I don't know,
so nasty. I wasn't gonna say it, but yes, And
You're like, that's where the flavors. I'm like, you guys
are nasty. That's what that is.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
That is no, and you know.
Speaker 3 (20:07):
No, I will not get all the crawfish train. I
love you. Ask me that she goes, will you feel one?
I was like, yeah, anything for you, like, demolish that thing.
I was like, after dad, I don't even know how to.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
Maybe one day, So what about you, Kayla?
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Yeah, mine wasn't necessarily an experience per se, but I
think that one thing that I was not expectant of is,
like Sarah said, we got married during college. Actually me
and Race were both still in college, not graduated yet,
and so you know, in the dating life and the
college life, you have a lot of time to just
spend a lot of quality time together. And it's super
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easy to do that because, especially in your senior year
of college most majors, you're kind of in like that
home stretch of like, Okay, I got the hang of it.
Now I'm going good, Like all I have to do
is graduate. And so I think one thing that I
was not expectant of is how much effort it would
take to actually spend intentional quality time together. So whenever
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we graduated and he started working full time and I
started working full time because I had also taken a
gap year before applying to grad school, I quickly realized like, oh, like,
we are going to have to be much more intentional
with how we spend our quality time, even in the
little things. So like, for example, on not on a
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necessarily structured family night, but we would make sure that
at least every night we were sitting at the dining
table eating dinner rather than watching a movie or watching
a show or vegging out on our phones, and I
felt like that was something the Lord was convicting us
of because we found ourselves coming home from the day.
You know, I was around kids all day long at
work and he was actually, you know, having to go
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out and work outside a lot. And so I think
for both of us, it was easier for us to
just like sit on the couch, eat our dinner not
really communicate a whole lot.
Speaker 5 (21:59):
And we were like, wait, like what are we even doing?
Speaker 2 (22:02):
You know, we need to spend more quality time together,
and we need to spend intentional time together. So I
think that that is something we're still working on today
because again, like Reese has a business now and he's
working full time and I am in grad school about
to graduate, and so with the stress and all of
that going on grad school and everything going on in
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the busyness of life, we've made it a point to
really have a more structured, intentional time together every single
night where we're communicating and talking about things that we
don't get to talk about during the day.
Speaker 1 (22:36):
Yeah, so that is so good. Yeah, there's there's a
lot of things that when you get married and you
start having kids and everything that you have you really
have to be mindful of, you know, because because that time,
you know, it goes by so quickly, that the time
that you have before you have kids, the time that
you have with your kids. I'm speaking from experience. Y'all
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all grow up so fast and then you know, are
out the door and moving on with life and so
so that that's that's good, that there's there's lessons to
be learned in all of all of these things.
Speaker 3 (23:08):
I think that's something I've told you too. I'm like, Kayla,
you have no idea how sweet this time is that
you have just you and rees and that you do
have the time to be intentional and to have those conversations,
because I think once you guys start having kids, you're
gonna look back and be like, whoa, oh yeah, I mean,
like it was that was a really sweet time that
we had just us.
Speaker 1 (23:28):
It's just it so so it's important to like embrace
the season that you're in and enjoy it, you know.
Jay and I also had a five year plan, Sarah
like you, and embraced it. We weren't going to have
kids for five years. Well, jokes on him, because we
started having kids after three years but but yeah, I
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mean you really do. I agree, Brittany, like soak in
that time, Kayla, that that you have this just the
two of you, because then with kids, you're and to
you know, really fight for that alone time.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
Yeah, my girls.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Yeah. So so in this in the season of life
that you that you're that you're in, are there any
like certain sacrifices that that you feel like you're having.
Speaker 4 (24:17):
To make, Sacrificing sleep, sacrificing plans, Like we kind of
already touched on sacrificing just things that you want to do,
you know, like oh, I want to go hang out
with my friends. Oh I have two kids that need
me and I can't just pick up and go anymore.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
There's just lots of sacrifice. But with all that.
Speaker 4 (24:40):
Being said, you know it's all worth it in the end.
Speaker 1 (24:43):
That's good. That's good.
Speaker 3 (24:45):
So to add to that, if I agree with you completely,
like we do as moms sacrifice a lot of time
and we sacrifice schedules, but I feel like there is
so much of myself that I sacrifice as well. I
mean we have four kids that are six and under.
I'm like, they're all they're all home with me. It
is you know, like we say like feeling, and I
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is chaos. Like step into my household at any moment,
and it is someone's screaming, someone's crying, someone's hungry. It's
just crazy. And there's so many times where I feel
like my sacrifice, I guess for what I would say
for me personally right now is dying to myself every
single day. But then I'm also like, man, what a
reflection of the Gospel in that sense, And so I
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don't know. I think that's my biggest sacrifice. Is I
want the alone time so bad. I want to go
sit in the vata for ten minutes. I want to
eat a hot meal by myself. I want to drink
my coffee and I have to heat it up four times.
You know, it's it's all selfish things that I want
for myself. But the season that I'm in right now
doesn't really call for me to be selfish for myself.
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My season right now is for me to turn that
and reflect it onto my children and meet their needs
of what they need from me right now and then return.
I'm like, I know one day that I will get
all the things that I want to do, But then
I think about that and I'm like, man, that also
makes me really sad because it means I won't have
little hands pulling on me and little feet running through
my house and all the messages to clean up. But
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I think that's my biggest sacrifice right now, is my
own desires and turning that around to what do my
kids need out of me instead? Because it's only seasonal, it's.
Speaker 4 (26:21):
Perfectly said, and I feel like something the Lord has
taught me in that sacrifice, and something that I feel
like I've learned from you, Brittany, is just like all
of these things that we're sacrificing our own desires, it's
all to worship the Lord, you know, to take care
of our kids. And that's just something that is part
of the season, you know.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Yeah, I think because we've talked about that at Journey Girls.
Yeah too, on that Tuesday. But I feel like with
moms or truly anybody with any season, I feel like
the enemy can get into our head and start making
this why this, why that? Why whatever? And then it
almost does it become like an act of worship to
the Lord that I have to. I have to. I
don't want to, but I have to, And then it's
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it's like festering this aggravation and frustration inside of you know.
So I think in regard to that, I think the
Lord is also showing me like you as a human
are so selfish, you know, because it's I want these
things and they're earthly things and they're things for myself,
but it's showing my selfish desires fester up than me,
you know. So I think that's again just dying to
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myself every single day, picking up my cross and carrying
it with grace, a lot of grace with all of
those kids, but then returning all of that and saying, Okay, Lord,
this is my act of worship to you, this is
the season I'm in. I want to do it well.
I want to be faithful, and I don't want to
look back and have regrets.
Speaker 2 (27:42):
Yeah, and I think about like talking about the seasons
that we're in. Obviously I am in a different season
than both of y'all. However, it really goes hand in
hand and.
Speaker 5 (27:52):
The sacrifices that I'm making.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
Too, because, like I said, I am in grad school
to pursue my master's degree, and I've had to sacrifice
a lot lot of social freedom being able to hang
out with my friends, just like y'all have to sacrifice
things being able to hang out with family too.
Speaker 5 (28:07):
Even sometimes we.
Speaker 2 (28:09):
Could go like two or three weeks without even seeing
each other. Yeah, and it doesn't sound like a long time,
but for us, it definitely feels like a long time.
And so like to be able to give what I
need to give to pursue the gifts that the Lord
has provided me with, to pursue the career that he
has called me to, I feel like I have to
sacrifice the same things like time and my own desires
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and my own ones. And Reese and I both, I mean,
y'all know more than anybody we want kids so badly,
But that is a huge sacrifice that we've had to
make through this season, is being in the waiting and
calling and following what the Lord's calling is for our lives.
Same thing with Reese having the business in this season
that we're in, I feel like we are definitely having
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to make a lot of sacrifices.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
Also, quality time with each other.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Sometimes I have to study for hours upon hours at
night and we don't get that quality time together. And
so just like with kids running around, you don't get
that alone time. Same thing with whenever you're studying for
a huge test and then you have the anxiety and
the stressors that come along with that. But I think
that something that the Lord has really taught me through
this season is to lean on each other as a
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couple and to lean on our family and friends as well,
Like y'all have also been so supportive of me through
this season of Reese, through our season, and I think,
like Brittany was saying, like constantly keeping me in check
with like, remember why you're in this season, Remember what
the Lord is calling you to do, and be grateful
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for that. And just like we said, like embrace this
season that we're in and the sacrifices that we have
to make, because those sacrifices are always going to be
there no matter what season you're in, but they're going
to change depending on what comes in and what the
Lord blesses us with.
Speaker 3 (29:55):
I fully believe that the Lord is going to bless
y'all for all those sacrifices because I've told you, I'm like, Kayla,
I know how badly you want kids, and I'm like, man,
when the Lord bless y'all, I feel like you're gonna
be like I am.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
Which means that we have the potential of having about
a dozen grandchild right.
Speaker 3 (30:14):
I know. There earlier we were on the phone and
I was like, man, has like, it's so many moving
pieces because I have four kids that I'm trying to
navigate and get here and here, and you bring that
one to here, and there's just so many moving pieces
for one little change. And Kayleb was like yeah, And
I was like, you'll get it when you have four kids,
and I'm like, I know you will have four kids,
I know, but yeah, I agree. I think every season
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has its own absolutely sacrifice and it just looks different,
but I think it's our hearts posture that makes a
big impact on that season.
Speaker 1 (30:45):
Well, and being able to move from season to season gracefully,
which you know, that reminds me of like whenever it
was time for all three of you to get married.
That was an opportunity for me becoming a new mother
in law, you know too, to be able to like
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pass the baton to you, you know, and we've talked
about that a few times. You know that I was
trying my hardest in that season to do it gracefully
and not be the mom that was kicking and screaming
because you know, my sons are grown and they don't
want to have anything to do with me, and they
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they love somebody else now more than they let me,
you know. That kind of thing. I looked at as
what what a beautiful what a beautiful transition, you know,
And so that was definitely a season for me to embrace.
And I remember apologizing to y'all saying, look, I'm passing
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the baton like when you get married, Like he's all yours,
you know, And I hope I taught him everything that
he needed to know, but if not, I'm sorry. Yeah,
this is for you now, Okay, he's all you know.
So it was, Yeah, that was definitely an interesting season.
So what would you say is maybe out of all
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the sacrifices that you're having to make in this season,
what would be like your favorite? What is like a
favorite of this this time in your life right now?
Speaker 4 (32:17):
I guess with my two kids more specifically talking about
Margaret since she's older, just watching her grow and it's
just so quick how fast they grow, watching her meat milestones,
you know. Right now, she her little personality is really
coming out and just seeing how she just wants to
imitate everything we do. The other day, I had her
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on the vanity and I was brushing my teeth. She
had her little toothbrush, but you know when they when
they're that little, there are toothpastes like fluorid free, so
they're just swallowing it. There's nothing to spit. Yeah, And
she watched me as I spit into the sink and
then she dramatically like whips her head back, whips it
into the and like spits, well, pretend spits.
Speaker 1 (32:57):
She learned that.
Speaker 4 (33:01):
I like that was so funny, Like she just wants
to do everything we want to do, and I.
Speaker 3 (33:05):
Just love it.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
M hmm, that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (33:07):
I just want to add this before I give you
my answer on that. But I think that you did
pass the baton very gracefully. I think that you did
a wonderful job. Because I have two sons and they
are so little. I mean, Luke is about to be
a year and Hudson's about to be five. And I
look at Hudson right now and I'm like, how am
I ever going to give you away? I'm like, there's
not a chance. Like, good luck to that girl. You know,
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I am praying for her already, and I would love
to know who she is because I just want to
see her grow up too, you know. But I think
that you did an amazing job, even in the midst
of a flood and everything else. I think that you
did such a good job and you embraced us. It
felt like like you love your boys, but you've been
like waiting for your girls.
Speaker 1 (33:48):
Y'all are my girls? No, And I tell that to everyone,
you know, and that I thought I was going to
be this great girl mom and I ended you r
and you know, I had boys and raising the but yeah,
so I'm glad I'm not outnumbered anymore.
Speaker 3 (34:03):
Thank you. Thank you are such a good girl mom
for like us as adults. But then now that you
have three grand babies that are girls too, it's it
is fun to see you and that links too of
not just Nana, but like you're helping us raise little girls.
So I feel like it was a full circle moment. Yeah,
it's for sure.
Speaker 1 (34:20):
It's definitely fun, you know, having little girls, uh, grand
granddaughters and stuff. It's like I know how to I
know how to help y'all when it has to do
with boys, but like little girls. Okay, we're all learning it.
Speaker 3 (34:31):
Yeah, I mean, there's certainly times where I'm like, do
you want the baton back? And I know my dad
told Tyler when we got married, He's like, there's a
no return policy. But anyways, I think, going off of
what I had said earlier, my favorite sacrifice, while it
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is the hardest, is the daily sacrifice of dying to
myself because it just reminds me to bear my cross
every sing and it is it's such a catch twenty
two because it is incredibly hard, but yet it's also
my favorite thing to try and tackle day in and
day out. So I think that is my biggest thing.
And like I said earlier, I do have kids in
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all directions, Like this morning, Livy had already left for
school and I have three home. One of them wanted
a snack, one of them went to climb on me,
and Hudson wanted to a marker to make a sword
for school. And I was like okay. So I sat
there and I was like listen. I was like, three
of you are yelling at me. There's one of me
and there's three of you. I was like, so we're
going to go in order of whose need is the greatest,
and then I will get to everybody. But I say
(35:38):
that to say I feel like there's times where it
is so loud in my ears, you know, mentally and physically,
it's just loud in my ears. And so it is
easy and natural for me to want to get overwhelmed
and overstimulated and just snap in an instant. And so,
like I said, while it is my greatest struggle every day,
(35:58):
it's also my greatest honor to learn in those errors
and in that trial of dying to myself, picking up
across raising up disciples, because the last thing I want
is for my kids to be like man. Mom stayed
home with us, and that was great that she was
on edge and snapped at us all the time, because
then it's I completely can't fail down, you know. Yeah,
(36:19):
So I think that is It is the hardest, but
it's my favorite thing to do.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
I think that my favorite part of this season is
seeing the Lord's plan come into fruition and seeing how
clearly his plan is for our life as a couple
and also my life as a future occupational therapist.
Speaker 3 (36:41):
You know.
Speaker 5 (36:41):
I think that getting so close to the finish.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Line has shown me Okay, like I've had to make
a lot of sacrifices in this past season. However, look
at where he's brought me, and look at the moment
that he's brought me to, and how close I am
to being done, and all of the stress and all.
Speaker 5 (36:58):
Of the busyness that came with this season is.
Speaker 3 (37:02):
So worth it now.
Speaker 5 (37:04):
And I also think.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
A huge part of this season for me was being
able to be the KK that I am to all
the babies, because I feel like as an aunt, it
is something that's super special for people who don't have
kids yet, it is something that is super special and
unique to be able to spend that quality time with
(37:28):
them and build those relationships with them, and also watch
y'all grow as moms as my best friends, Like y'all
are both two of my best friends, and it's just
so cool that we're all such a close knit family
and we're able to just watch each other grow as moms.
Y'all are able to watch me grow as a wife
and as a future physician, And so I just think
(37:51):
that it's super cool to be able to watch all
of the sacrifices that we all make each day and
be like wow, like this really is such a time
testimony of our faith in the Lord and our faith
in his plan no matter what happens. You know how
your five year plan didn't work out, and how you
all started your marriage in an apartment and here we
(38:14):
are now and we're all just so close and supportive
of each other. And I just think that it is
amazing to see how blessed we are as the girls
of the family to have all of the boys, Like
Brittany was saying, I think that you did. You and
PJ both did an amazing job at raising them to
(38:34):
be the men they are today, so that we can
grow and follow our dreams and be the moms that
the Lord has called us to be and be who
we've been called to be a by the Lord. So
I think it's a super special season for sure.
Speaker 1 (38:48):
I absolutely love having my girls and joining me today
on the podcast. Okay, I do want to clarify one
thing that our listeners probably do not know. Why you
guys call J PJ.
Speaker 3 (39:05):
Oh It started with me, Brittany, who did that? So
when I had that thought earlier, I was like, people
probably don't have any clue. So when Tyler and I
first got married and I stepped into the family, I
was like, what am I supposed to call you. We
had a conversation right over there in the kitchen in
the corner, I mean, I remember it, and I said,
what am I supposed to call you? And he was
(39:26):
like pastor J. I was like I feel like okay,
like I will, you know, and I'm like that's what
feels No, No, I'm sorry. I think he said call
me mister J. I was like mister no, yeah, and
I was like, just call me J. And I was like, well,
that feels disrespectful to call you just J. Like could
you imagine walking in be like hey J, Like it
feels so disrespectful. And so then he's like, just call
(39:48):
me pastor J.
Speaker 1 (39:49):
Because you were working at the church.
Speaker 3 (39:51):
I was working at the church at that time. And
I was like yes, like but we're family, so it
can't just be pastor J. So out of Pastor J
came PJ. And so it it was like our cool
thing that, you know, like I feel like so cool
at that moment because I could walk into the office office,
everybody's like, good morning, pastor Dame, like what's up PJ?
You know, but now everybody RIJ, like that was my
(40:13):
name trademark.
Speaker 1 (40:17):
Yeah, you calling PJ, or even like Peach, Hey, pe
what's up? And so yeah, now now the staff and yeah,
and I even refer to him as so he's he's J,
He's PJ, He's Peach, or he's Papa.
Speaker 3 (40:33):
Yeah. I went to Olivia likes now and calling Pastor J.
Speaker 1 (40:36):
Okay, that happened yesterday at church. She came up and
she said something about hey, Pastor J. And and she
looked at me and she goes Stacey and I was like,
oh my goodness, and uh and he told her, he said, Livy,
now everybody can call me Pastor J, but only six
(40:56):
people can call me Papa. So you need to call
me papa.
Speaker 3 (41:00):
It's her thing right now. She likes to mess with
people like, oh, hey, Kayla, and so we've been like,
who's Cala, that's.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
KK, that's right, yeah, yes, And I love seeing her
say things like, so is your last name Coleman? Are
you a Coleman? Are you part of the Coleman crew? Yeah,
it's just so precious. Well, girls, I have totally enjoyed
this conversation. This has just been the best time sitting
around with our tea and having having just girl talk
(41:28):
and y'all all have, all three of you have so
much to add to to this this conversation today and
I do know it's just going to be a blessing
to those that are listening, so listen. We're so glad
that you joined us today on the Love Like Crazy podcast.
And if this episode or any other episodes that you
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