When Your Child Has Cancer :: Stacie Smith {Ep 42}
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
10/06/14
•61m
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God never promised a life without pain. But He did promise to walk with you through it.
If you find yourself in the midst of a challenging time, then today’s podcast will be an encouragement to you.
Back in March 2008, today’s guest, Stacie Smith, received news no mom wants to hear. Her oldest son, Gavin, who was 3 1/2 years old at the time, was diagnosed with cancer. An aggressive type with a low survival rate, filling a third of his brain and down his spine.
Stacie’s faith had wandered in the years leading up to Gavin’s diagnosis, but in that moment she chose to turn towards God, beat on His chest. She claims that is the only way she survived childhood cancer.
What we chat about:- The events leading up to Gavin’s diagnosis.
- How Stacie first responded when the Dr said, “brain tumor”.
- When she rode in an ambulance with her son, how good friends proved true.
- How anger has surfaced more now, than at the beginning.
- The fear she felt at the beginning and pleading with God to save Gavin’s life.
“Lord, you created this. I believe you can recreate it. But if it’s not going to change, prepare me in advance if bad news is coming.”
- Stacie’s belief: Cancer didn’t come to Gavin before it passed thru the hands of God first. Wasn’t a shock to God. He knew it was coming.
Anger isn’t bad. But will the anger turn you towards God or away from God? Beat on His chest.
- The reality and length of cancer treatment.
- Gavin’s way to cope. . .his medicine cap collection:
- How Gavin’s brother reacted to the cancer diagnosis/treatment.
- Before cancer, Stacie drifted in her faith. . .stopped attending church because she didn’t want to expose her son to germs.
- God spoke to her the night before Gavin’s first surgery. . . and gave her a vision and amazing peace.
- Opportunities Stacie was given to share her faith during the treatment process.
- How to help someone going through a hard season.
- If you are going through a hard time, how to accept help from others, so you don’t rob that person of the blessing of helping you.
- The lessons when these things happen aren’t just for the immediate family.
- Connect with Stacie: Email- StacieSmithslp@gmail.com Show Notes:
- Isaiah 55:9–“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
- Stormie Omartian–“Just enough light for the step I’m on”
Previous Episode
The Mom Game Changer :: Kat Lee [Ep 41]
September 29, 2014
•40m
Raise your hand if you want to be a great mom.
I know I do. Sadly that goal is rarely ever reached by pure determination. Usually by 9 am, the whining or constant needs or sibling rivalry, sabotage all my efforts.
But what if I didn’t have to try to be a “great mom” in my own strength? What if there was a way to have eyes to see the most important things, patience to handle one more question and love to cover another mess?
You’re probably not going to be shocked by the solution–a combination of God’s Word & praying to be led by His Sprit. But maybe you struggle to make the solution a reality.
Yesterday our pastor taught from Psalm 119, saying “A God-oriented life is a Word-oriented life.” If we claim to be followers of Christ, believers of God, and yet don’t spend time in His Word, we will not have the firm foundation to stand on when the storms come.
Today’s podcast guest, Kat Lee (InspiredtoAction.com) not only reminds us how special moms are, but the game changer of going from frazzled to faithful.
Being the practical gal she is, Kat also shares an opportunity you have to be a part of an accountability community, HelloMornings (registration starts today! September 29th).
Sometimes we need people to come around us and spur us on to do things we struggle to do on our own.
Personally? This is the verse I’m memorizing:
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Ps 119:37
What we chat about:
- How Kat makes it through the week when her husband travels
- The negative cycle of staying up late, being a mean mommy, staying up late again.
- Kat’s experience growing up never having known her mom.
- Her curiosity about the mother-daughter relationship and trying to figure out what it means to be a woman/mother.
- Her longing to be loved and led by a mom. . . God’s whisper, “just wait”.
- How God redeemed Mother’s Day for Kat.
- She didn’t even know her mom & her mom had an incredible impact on her life.
- The call she received which led her back to her mom’s family/nation of origin.
- A Filipino family reunion with her name on a banner–a reminder she was known.
- The disaster of comparing your worst mommy moment to another mom’s best moment.
- Kat’s no-good-very-bad-day, leading to a revelation in the garage, in her hot mini-van, and what God asked her to do.
- The habit she began of getting up earlier than her kids, reading God’s Word & praying for her kids.
- Establishing the new habit, importance of a place and having accountability.
- How people can join an accountability group via Twitter, Facebook, Voxer, or Instagram. –40 countries represented. 4,000 women.
- If the groups fill up or you don’t want to be in a group, you can sign up to receive the emails and forms. —God, Plan, Move.–and worship song, “How Great You Are” by Antioch Live.
- In addition, HelloMornings is offering a Bible Study Course, how to study the Bible for yourself–with Katie Orr (FOCUSed 15) with book of Matthew (Six 10-minute videos).
- HelloMornings groups last six weeks–a little longer than it takes to establish a habit.
- God is the game changer for our motherhood.
God wants us to wrap our arms our His neck, not just stick our hands into His pockets.- Louie Giglio
Connect with Kat:Blog :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Instagram
Show Notes:- Inspired to Action Podcast
- Maximize Your Mornings
- Compassion Bloggers (Compassion International)
- HelloMornings (new challenge registration starts today, Monday, Sept 29th)
- “How to Study the Bible Power Pack”—Katie Orr & Kat Lee
Next Episode
From Fear of Man to Fermented Vegetables :: Trina Holden {Ep. 43}
October 13, 2014
•34m
What could people pleasing and pickled cabbage possibly have to do with one another?
The answer ? Today’s guest’s real food journey.
{real food} :: ...food as close to the way God created it as possible, free of additives and over-processing.
Trina Holden vulnerably shares how panic attacks and stress plagued her for years. And constantly worrying about what other’s thought had made a physical impact.
First she began to make small changes in her diet. Because of her gradual approach to eating healthier foods, she has sustained a “real food” lifestyle for years.
Trina also worked on re-wiring her brain to recognize God as the only One she needs to gain approval. Then to remember through Christ’s work, she is pre-approved.
The author of two “real food” books, Trina, is a wealth of information in regards to eating better. In today’s episode she gives some practical ways you can improve your family’s eating habits today.
What we chat about:- The health concerns which led Trina to eating real foods.
- What two things she replaced in her diet.
- A history of panic attacks which escalated after the birth of her first child.
- The load of all the roles she had and the pressure of the assumed expectations others have of her.
- A huge amount of stress she felt was based on worrying about what people thought of her.
- A need to rewire her brain and realize she is approved by God thru Christ.
- How Heather gets intimidated by real food writers and nervous they will make her switch all the food in her kitchen.
- What are fermented vegetables and the benefits of eating them.
- Heather’s love of Kombucha (how it makes her a better mom) and what that is.
- Why we need cultured food.
- Helping our bodies digest the food we eat, so we don’t just shove it through our system. Food becomes fuel.
- Preference of using the word “cultured” vs. “fermented”.
- How to make sauerkraut from cabbage on your counter.
- How Trina realized food isn’t the most important factor in our health, God is.
- Don’t eat healthy food from a fear-based perspective.
- How to buy the best chicken, what labels to look for.
- Does it matter if the eggs are brown?
- Legacy of healthy eating we want to leave our kids.
Stressing about what you are going to eat, is worse for your body than eating a candy bar.
Connect with Trina:Blog :: Facebook :: Instagram :: Twitter
Show Notes:- Real {fast} food
- Your Real Food Journey
- Naturopath
- My favorite Kombucha drink
- The story I mentioned of my son breaking his arm
- How to make your own yogurt
- (at the end of the show I mention a new link for instructions on leaving a podcast review. . .but I said ‘backslash’ instead of ‘forward slash’. . .here’s the correct link: GodCenteredMom.com/review . Thank you!)
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