SJP #025: Amy Roberts: Finding Joy in Loss -- and Homemaking Hacks
Sep 04, 2017
Simply Joyful Podcast — Amy Roberts: Finding Joy in Loss -- and Homemaking Hacks
Here on the Simply Joyful Podcast, I don’t want to ever pretend that life is always hunky-dory. It’s not. Life on this side of heaven is sometimes filled with tragedy and deep sadness. I’m pretty sure that every mother will agree that losing a child is her greatest fear. There may even be listeners who have walked this same road as Amy. To you, know I wish I could sit with you and hug you and hear your story.
I really don’t want you to miss all that God has done in Amy’s life since losing Emily. She has so much encouragement for us. We talk about fear, and about the joy that she still has.
I cannot wait for you to hear this episode! Get ready to be encouraged!
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Highlights from the Show:
- Amy shares a simple way that she adds joy to her life, and I love her answer. It's such a great reminder to all us moms. Slow down.
- Take the time to smile at your children and look at them. Listen to what it is that they are telling you—even if it’s something that doesn’t really matter, it’s their thing. Drink that extra cup of coffee. Sit just a little bit longer with your kids.
- Note: We talk about the tough topic of losing a child and grief the first half of this interview. If you need to skip to the home management part of the podcast, please feel free to skip to the 20:32 mark!
- Amy didn't always want a large family. In fact, she was pretty sure she was going to stop after one! She shares a little about how the Lord changed her and her husband hearts about having a large family, and we share a few humorous stories about having “large” families.
- Amy shares the heartbreaking story of losing her daughter, Emily, nine years ago, how it has effective her life, and how it is a journey that the Lord has her family on.
- Don’t borrow trouble. Don’t worry about the things that haven’t happened to you. —Amy Roberts
- Amy shares why the Psalms are perfect for those on the path of grieving, and why she wrote an e-devotional walking the grieving through the Psalm.
- Amy shares what her biggest challenge is as a homemaker as well as give tips and hacks on feeding such a large family.
- I simplify everything—even down to who sits where in the van. —Amy Roberts
- Amy shares how she feels that people have this unattainable goal about what “family time” is supposed to look like and how she thinks her goal is to squash that.
- It’s more about being together as a family then it is about the specific things. —Amy Roberts
- Amy shares a little about being a military wife and the dynamic of living without her husband for long periods of time during deployments.
- I ask Amy to share about “starting where you are”—which is talked in depth about in her book.
- Amy shares about their chores system: what chores does she pay for and what chores are considered part of “living at home”. I love her idea behind “Home Blessings” day—a day that focuses on what you can do right now to bless your home and your family.
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