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Episode 123 - New Steps Forward

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Join us as we give an update on what is going on in our lives! We have a new website - firmfooting.coach. It is going to be the online home for our Relationship Coaching. Please feel free to check it out, and let us know what you think!

We are also talking this week about getting along and communicating through difficulties and working on a frustrating project together. How do we act and react when it is the project or task that is setting us off, and not our spouse?

Have a listen, and leave a comment.

Have the best week! Enjoy the journey!

Transcript

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Upfront and Undivided with Luke and Dean'na. Hey babe. Hi babe. How's it going? You know, it's good. It's good. It is good. It's really, really good. I'm doing my best not to be completely stressed. I know. I know. And I know we were just talking about that. But it's like, you know what? Let's tell those wonderful folks at home that I'm stressed. Because we missed last week. We missed last week. And that's okay. It is okay.

Because we've been busy. Yes. And do you want to tell them what we've been busy with? We have finally built a website. Yes. Yes. It initially was built through Canva. Yes. Predominantly by me. Yes. And then you tried to lovingly upload it to a host site. Yes. To carry said website and it wouldn't take it. No. It was not something we could just copy paste or very simply drag and drop. And so some of it was involving, yeah, it's a work in progress. It creates stress. Listen,

guys, I am going to tell it like it is. I already told one of our sweet, sweet friends of ours. Listen, if you want to see how solid your marriage is. Try to sit there and build a website together. You had to talk me off the ledge. I did. You were about to break stuff. A lot of stuff. You were about to destroy my computer. You know, I'm just saying. It was that whole... I have wasted all this time. I've wasted all this energy.

What have I been doing for the last however many weeks to build this thing and do all the things? Oh, I didn't turn off my phone. Oh, no, you didn't. And how do I do this? Right. So that stuff. So I literally had to get up out of the chair and walk away for a second. And me and Jesus, we

had to work it out because. I think that's what it was because it's like I'm texting literally with my oldest brother, with Bobby, and listen, guys, get yourself somebody that cheers loudly for you because between Luke going, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, babe, I'm sorry. We can figure this out. We got it. We're going to figure this out. Which light do you want to start building? you know, kind of thing. And I wasn't that aggressive,

but I, I was very, I saw it on your face. You were, um, to the point where I even looked at you and I said, I promise I'm not mad at you. I'm not yelling at you. Even though I'm raising my voice right now, it's not, it's not, ah, it's not at you. Um, I, I'm grateful because like, And he's cheering loudly for us. He's so excited about everything that we have accomplished so far. And even today, you know, we're sending him the website address and all the things and

him shooting back. You know, we're getting ready. You and I are getting ready for church. Yeah. And then he just sends that sweet text that just says, I just want to tell you how proud I am

of you. Yeah. And it's like. thanks big brother so have people strategically yes that will tell you the truth yeah that will also yell louder than the naysayers or clap louder than the silence and it's like because that is everything it is that's kind of everything and as much as you and i are so good at encouraging each other When you and I are in the same space, you're doing your best to learn. You now are learning a completely different web design. Because it was frustrating

for me. Because it's not... The website I was using to build our website was not something that is just like, oh, yeah, just click and drag and click and add. And you can quickly add this and readjust this real quickly. And I'm like, yeah, that's not good. Like you cussed probably or tried to or almost did a couple of times. But I think what we did is we walked away. And now that we can look at this. And I'm standing back and I'm like, all right, Father, nothing

is ever wasted. Number one, we're now honing into skills that we do need, that we get to grow, that we get to polish. We also got to see a web design to where we're standing back and going. Okay, well, that's really actually pretty cool. Yeah. Not that our first one wasn't good. Right. But there is something a little bit extra. Yeah. It's very polished, very professional. Yeah. Still a couple things. I'd say it's probably 85 % to 90%. So we've already got it launched.

Yeah, it's live. So when you guys go. Live, live. and peruse through the website, just know that you might hit a couple of places where you go, well, this doesn't quite look right, or maybe it looks like it's... It's using filler words. Or it looks like it's stock stuff. Just know that we are still in the process, and there are only so many hours in a day, and we have children. We have jobs. We have lives. We have family. We have each other that we need to pour into.

And so that was why we missed last week. It gets to be a lot, but it's a good a lot because it's like... I feel like we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I think so, yeah. On this one. As far as this project, yes. As far as this project goes. Because... Because ultimately, we've talked that this is just the very beginning

of this journey. It is. Yeah. It is. But I think... I think that that's... I think the reason why you and I are staying, for the most part, fairly peaceful through it all is because we're like, Father, we're going to do it the way that you tell us to do it. Yeah. We're going to do this best in the timing that you allow us. He never gives us really a time frame. No. There's a... Hey, you should do this. Yeah. There was going to be a word I was going to use. Oh, sorry. It's

okay. A prodding? Yeah. I was about to say, not quite an urgency. Yeah, not quite an urgency, but enough of a prodding. Yeah. It's like... Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. I need you to do this. Right? And he's... Man. You know, when you walk this out with God, it just... It really is a lot easier than what... what it seems. True. Yeah. You know, I get that scripture where it says, my yoke is easy. My burden is light. Yeah. If we walk with him and he's like, I have a task

that we, we, we, we need to accomplish. I'm not going to leave you. I'm right here with you. I'm plowing along with you and I'm going to share with you in this. To where it's not just me doing all of it, but you get to do your part and get to grow in a space. And I think that that's what's so beautiful about walking this progress with, you know, the coaching and then the books and the podcast and just life. And it literally does, it literally bleeds into every space of our lives.

Standing back, even teaching our children, hey. Just take a deep breath. Take a deep breath. It's going to be okay. There is no time frame here. If God says do it, you do it. Don't let the pressures of this world be the determining factor on when and when you don't or if you do or if you don't. It's one step at a time, trusting the process, enjoying the journey. All of it. It bleeds into our marriages. Life becomes a lot more peaceful. It does. That's the second

or third time you've said that. We had talked about some of the frustration and some of the... that we went through with this. It was something that you and I talked about the other day. When I was at work and walking sparks, it was like, because you were talking about joy. And then it made me think of peace. Yeah. You know, because peace doesn't necessarily mean the absence of conflict. Correct. You know, and I think a lot of people need to know that and remember that.

Yeah. Because your home can be full of peace. Yeah. Even though there is sometimes conflict. Yeah. Or even a little bit of chaos. Right. Yeah. Because it's that comfort. It's that stability. It's that security. It's that knowing that even if there's conflict, we're not going anywhere. Right. And it's just like when we were talking about joy. Joy is not happiness. You can have joy even if you're sad. Right. Again, it's back to that. How filled are you with the Holy Spirit?

Or how are you filled with the Holy Spirit? That helps determine your peace. That helps determine your joy. And so even if you are having a conflict, even if you are both tearing your hair out through frustration of trying to build a website or trying to build furniture from Ikea, it's like... That happens. Life happens. But again, it's where is your source and where are you leaning into when that happens? Because again, we are going to have disagreements. There will be frustration.

There will be struggles. There are going to be obstacles. Again, we have an enemy that's out

to trip us up, to take us out. take our eyes off of each other take our eyes off of god right so it's like okay we know the struggles and persecution and all this stuff is going to happen right what do we do in the meantime or what do we do when it comes right right you know because again it's you know i know i love to say you know again it says you know when you know when the struggles come when the persecution comes you know no no weapon formed against you not Oh, if a weapon

ever gets formed, it's like, no, it's been formed. Yeah. They are being formed. Yeah. Yeah. You know, so it's like there are weapons. There are struggles. There is persecution. What are we going to do about it? That's it. That's it. Because there's like you keep saying it's like standing in a space of where's your foundation? Yeah. What is your foundation like? Because I know a lot of times when we do some of the relationship

coaching. Um, you know, like you and I will look at the spouses and say, do you still want to be married to this person? Yeah. Do you still want to be here? Do you love them? Are you willing to fight for them? It's funny because sometimes it's like, oh, of course. Of course they do. Of course they're going to say yes. Actually, not necessarily. Not necessarily. We've had people that paused and I'm thinking, holy crap, we're in trouble. Do you want to be married? And you

want to go, no, the answer is yes. The answer is yes. Hello, the answer is yes. But it's... I explained it to our beautiful brown -eyed girl one day, and I just looked at her and I said, listen to me. You're going to be stepping into this arena one day. You're going to be married. You're going to have conflict. You're going to have arguments. You're going to have disagreements. There's going to be things that you will not see eye to eye on. You just won't because you're

not the same person. You're going to wake up and be like, I do not like you. I do not like you. Again, I love that my brother and sister -in -law were so, so candid. Yeah, there was a whole year. Whole year? 365 days. That is a lot of effort to say, I don't like you, but I'm not leaving. I have chosen to be in this space with you. I have chosen to grow in this space and learn in this space with you. And when we take the time to say, I choose you. I choose

you and I will never change my mind. I may not like you today. May not like this moment. May not like how you responded to that. But I'm going to choose you because you're mine. And you're going to know that I'm on your side. I'm on your team. You were a bonehead. Did not like that. Let's communicate that. Let's say this in a way. Like even learning how to say it in a way. That is more encouraging as opposed to discouraging.

Yeah. That you're not tearing your spouse down telling them that they're an idiot or that whatever. Yeah. It's the learning how to speak truth in love and even sometimes just being okay in the silence. Yeah. And I think also speaking the truth. Not just in love, but also speaking truth in the hard. In the hard. Yes. Yeah. Yes. Because again, it's... I love you enough to tell you the hard truth. Right. Yes. You know, it's like, I love you. This is really bothering me. Yeah.

I love you. It upsets me when you say this, do this, act like this. Right. You know? And so it's like, oh no, I can't ever say that to my

spouse. I love them. It's like... then tell them what's wrong yeah yeah if this genuinely bothers you you know again we had similar conversation i mean something similar to this kind of brought up earlier when we were talking with some friends you know and the our one of our favorite subjects of you know laundry came up again yes if this upsets you the way i fold your shirts then you do then then you please do it yeah or please say something yeah yeah you know or or teach

me yeah i genuinely cannot learn this if i genuinely stop honey sparks is trying to kiss me yes um i just want to let our listeners know what was happening you're distracting me um i forgot what i was going to say talking about learning yeah Teach me. And if it's something that I genuinely cannot seem to get a hold of, cannot figure out, you, as the one requesting this of me, you get to say, okay, you get to love that person enough in that space to understand the limitations that

they come with. Yeah. Or, you know, again, it was like, you know, I had seen somebody else talk about it. You know, it was like, if you're requesting somebody do something, you know, like, let's say, because I think they're, The example that I heard was they were like redoing something in their kitchen. Yeah. And it was like, you know, they were changing out the hardware on their cabinets. And it was like, you know, hey, can you go ahead and do this? Or, you know, hey,

when are we going to get to it? And it was one of those things of like, you know, the one spouse was asking, when can we do this? And the other spouse was like, okay, well, I don't have time right now. How important is this to you? Is it like... I can do it at this time later, or if this is important to you now, you can do it now because I unfortunately don't have the ability

to do it now. I don't have the bandwidth. Or if it's important, even though if it's, you know, quote unquote, my job, you know, if it's important to you of how it gets done, then please, by all means, I am not going to be offended if you do it. I almost used painting a room as an example, but you're really good at painting a room. So I'm like, I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to touch that. Seriously, when our friend was telling us that they're painting their house

right now, I wanted to go, can I come? I was like, don't do that. You're going to absolutely stretch yourself. But I was like, I'll come help you paint. I saw it on your face. I love to paint. I mean, there might be some opportunities coming up for you. It's true. It's true. But it is, you know. So it's like, you know, again, it's back to where are your strengths? Where are your spouse's strengths? And not just where are your strengths, but what is important to you? Yeah.

You know, again, I know there are some things that it's like because of how I was raised, it's like this is how it needs to be. And this is the quote unquote right way inside of my brain. I know. I'm mature enough and I'm smart enough and I'm wise enough to know that what's the right way in my brain does not mean that it's the right way for everybody. But I know that in my brain, that's the right way. And that's the way I have to do it. for it to be the right way in my brain.

And everything that you guys just said is everything that goes across his face. Anytime that I'm doing the dishes, or I'm trying to fold something, or I'm trying to move furniture, I'm trying to, oh yeah, like even putting Gabriel's bed up higher. Or it's like if we try to make the bed together. Oh, see, we can't do that. We can't make the bed together. We can't do that. Just like we can't load the dishwasher together. No, no. But again, you have in your mind, this is the right

way. In my mind, this is the right way. Baby, can I tell you something? Yeah. There is no right way in my brain. Oh, see. That is the thing. Wow. That is your trick. My brain is just weird. That is the trip of me. My brain is weird. No, I'm probably weird. Because there is no right way in my mind. But I can see where people will go. But if there was a right way in my mind for the dishes, it would constantly look the same, chaotically, but it would still look the same.

Yeah. There is no right way. That's true. It's like our fridge and our pantry. This fits here. Sweet. We're going to put that there. And I literally, I can feel you. From across the room. That's why I have to leave. You have to leave. I do. I have to leave. When you load the dishwasher, I have to leave the kitchen. Because, listen, guys, beforehand, before we mastered this, we mastered the walking away. We mastered the walking away. Yes, we did. Since we've mastered this,

it would be bad. I would turn and say, what? Yeah. I would just twitch. What? Do you want it here? By all means, sir, you do it. Like I would be snarky, guys. You would. It would be bad. But then you're hovering over it. You're 6 '3", I'm 5 '4". Y 'all do the math. He hovers. Yeah. And like looming over me, I'm using all the words, but the words are correct. Looming over me of like, babe, the water's not going to get to that. Do you want to do this? Yeah.

Okay. And so here we are. Yeah, here we are. Here we are. Here we are. And it's like... Teaching people what... Encouraging people, hey, if it's right in your brain, here's what you do. This is the right way to do it. I don't... I have never been diagnosed, guys. Never, never, never, never, never. And I do not claim this over me so much. Right. But I am a personality. That

looks very, very similar to ADHD. And with the way that my brain is wired, now listen, it's not that I can't do other things in other ways. If I'm following someone else's lead, I am really good at following leads, I think. Yes? Yes. Oh, yeah. But it's like if you leave me, thank you, if you leave me to my own devices. Yeah. To myself. Yeah. I will start cleaning in a room and then I will go put something away in another room

that was in said initial room. Yeah. And then I'll end up going and starting to clean in that next room. And then I'll get distracted and then maybe like, okay, I need to do something a little bit more like instant. So I'll go vacuum. Or, oh, wait, hold on. Like, I need to go maybe do a load of laundry. And then it's like I get the laundry going and then it'll sit in the basket as it is sitting in the basket upstairs for a

week. And then it's like, but because you see how my brain moves, because we have, that's one of the big lessons that we want to teach people is study your spouse. Like, study your spouse. Find out. what it is that they need. Because it's like, when I am working on a project, it might take a little bit longer, or it might take a second. But it's simply because my brain is going in a different way to move to the next subject, and then I gotta, oh, and then there's

a squirrel, and then it's... Mom. Mom. Mom, see, and then you throw that factor into it. Or the dog who's biting her nails. Yeah. And I'm trying so desperately to stay engaged with you right now. And it's like where you are like, let's get this. I always go back to when you and I were cleaning together. Oh, yeah. When we would do house cleaning. Yeah. And I had my own business. Yep. And at the beginning of our marriage, actually while we were dating, but at the beginning of

our marriage. I was cleaning houses and you would come with me. Yeah. Mostly because right after we got married, I was out of school and I had no job. You had no job. Yeah. And so you would come with me. Yeah. And you would clean what? I would clean the kitchen. The whole kitchen. Yep. It would be sparkling. It would be amazing. I'm really good at cleaning kitchens. I would clean what, baby? The whole house. The whole house. A, you're a lot better at cleaning than

I am. But because, thank you, babe. But because I believe the reason why my, because my brain is fueled in the way that it is. Yeah. I am able to multitask on a level. Yeah. That kind of supersedes other spaces. And it's like when you learn your spouse, I'm not going to, that sounded kind of haughty. I didn't mean it that way, but it just. I'm a multitasker. Yeah. Like on a constant. And so, because like once we get done here, I'm going to get on the treadmill. I'm going to be

carrying some weights. I'll be listening to maybe something. Yeah. And then like, and you're going to go game. Yeah. With Sebastian. Yeah. And it's like, it's figuring out what the other person. figuring out how the other person thinks, understanding that your thinking can shift and can grow and can change, that you can compromise, that you can... It's like, I keep saying learn, but it's like, it's... It's knowing the limitations. Yeah.

And you said the strengths, but I also want to say it's important to know each other's weaknesses too. It is. Because when you step into those places of weakness, you have a tendency. It's not that you can't grow in those weaknesses. I think what it does is it helps you be more gracious. Yeah. While they're growing. And it's also recognizing. Because I like the learning that you say, learn your spouse, but I think it's also the recognizing. Recognizing that this

is how my spouse behaves. This is how my spouse acts and responds and operates. And it's like, again, a lot of the stuff you figure out while you're dating, while you're courting, while you're

engaged, stuff like that. But there is some... curveballs that come after you get married and all of a sudden when you are sharing a home and you're living together every day and going to bed together every day it's like oh this is oh this is this is how you do that okay cool um you know i mean even some people you know their morning routines or their nighttime routines it's like that's wow that's that's really set you have to do that okay cool I have to shower.

You do. Yeah. And, you know, again, and it's like there was something I noticed about you and I, and I was thinking about something. You know, it was one of those things. It was like, you know, how you do your morning routine versus how I do my morning routine. And it was one of those things. It was like in the morning, like as soon as you get up, like the first thing you do is brush your teeth. Yeah. Like that's the first thing, you know, before you do anything

else. You might take your vitamins first thing in the morning, but like the first thing. I go pee. Yeah. I take my vitamins. Yeah. And then I brush my teeth. Yeah. Yeah. Whereas me, my morning routine, I have to be dressed. Yes. And then I brush my teeth. Like my brushing teeth is like almost the last thing I do. It's the icing on your cake. Yeah. Yes. It's like the last thing I do is I brush my teeth, then I comb

my beard. Yeah. And then I'm ready to go. Because when I brush my teeth, do you know what happens? What? Something in my brain triggers. Yeah. And then I come alive. Okay. Like, which is funny because, like, my little herbal tea, like, vitamins, like, help, like, just kind of give me that, like, good morning. And a shot of caffeine or whatever it is. But it's, like, something about getting the junk of the night off of me. So I can be refreshed and ready and set for the day.

And so, um, it's funny. I want to say one of our friends, Christy Carmen, um, she does a workout program and it's, she does hers first thing in the morning. She said, um, I, instead of like whenever they get up and it's like stupid early, she was, when she brushes her teeth. she works out harder and more effective. Interesting. Isn't that interesting? So there's like, I don't know if there's science behind any of this. I mean,

there might be. But something about getting the gunk and feeling fresh kind of energizes you in a space. Yeah. And see, and I was thinking about that. I'm like, why is it that I like, you know, again, this is the first time we've really talked about it because you're like, wow, this was on your brain? I'm like, yeah, this was on my brain. This is what happens. Welcome to my brain. But it was like, I was, I was like, oh, that's really cool. It's like, but why is

it that I wait? And then I think I realized it, you know, because again, it's not a big deal, but like growing up, my sister and I shared a bathroom. So it was like, she would take longer to get ready. And so it was like, for the most part, it was me. It's like, okay, well, I got to get ready for school. I'm in my room. So get fully dressed and get everything. And then it was like, okay, fine. Before we walk out the door, it's like, oh, I now get to go in the bathroom

and brush my teeth. Okay. So I think, I think that's what it was. And that's just something that's blood over. Interesting. Cause we share a bathroom and we both have our own sinks and we have our own space. So interesting. But yeah, I think that's the only thing I can really think of as to why it happens that way. I love that. But yeah, that's. Yeah, I love that. But yeah,

just randomness. Again, just randomness. It's just it's interesting to see the different patterns because it is it's like you you are that person. And then because immediately when you were like, like, I immediately get dressed and I'm like, OK, hearing your explanation, I like. And then my other the explanation that was playing in my head is because you like to be prepared. You like to be prepared. If something were to happen, you prepare. And where I, once I brush my teeth,

then where do I go, babe? I usually make my way out into the kitchen. I go feed the fish, say good morning to Pez. I open up all the blinds in the living room to let the sunshine to come in to get everybody ready for the day. Then I make my way up to that cute little guy of ours. Our girl is usually... already up or moving or starting to stir. And then get his clothes out, do all his stuff, make my way back down, make his breakfast, make their lunches, and then I

get to go. But it's like, as you get prepared to say, I'm going to get prepared just in case something, whatever, you're working on the kitchen while I am working on the rest of the house. That's crazy. That's good. Yeah, it is. That's good. And then we had our revelation today as we're driving. Yeah. And we see where the girl about walked into the road if it wasn't for the husband or boyfriend or whoever. And you were laughing and you said, it's because, you know,

like. Oh, I'm with my man. I'm with my man. I can shut off my brain. I don't need to think. And because I did that to you in the grocery store. You did. Literally yesterday. I mean, you called yourself out. I did. I just was like, just do, do, do, do, do. I'm literally like a little puppy just walking behind you. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Not a care in the world.

Not even focusing. Like, you know how you like look around, you see things, but you don't see things because you're just like, do, do, do, do. And the store was packed. It was so packed. And maybe that's why I wasn't focusing because I was not trying to get like anxious driven. But it was like, do, do, do, do, do. Fine, fine, fine. And then I turned and looked at you and

I said, ah. babe listen i totally forgot what our list was i don't even remember why we're here i'm with you and you get to drive this ship and you're like okay and then just we're walking through we got the stuff that we needed for our tacos because that was a request from our children and then we went home yep and then i was like but then today i said i think i figured it out babe and it's again these are generalizations these are not absolutes that when women are out

with men Out in public, we have a tendency to be a little bit more lax just simply because we do feel safe with you. You are on high alert. You are looking around. You're making sure that everybody is safe. But the moment that you hit house and you're home. then you get to shut down and then we get to take over. And we get to provide a space that is safe for you. And we get to say this is, hi, honey, here's dinner. Hi, honey, you get to go game now. Hi, honey, blah, blah,

blah. Not that you're getting permission, but just that. You now have permission to kind of shut off your brain. You get to just be. This gets to be your place where you get to come and rest. Yeah, and I did. I liked that. I really liked how you did... You're like, this is what it is. It's like outside the home, it's this. Inside the home, it's... Yeah. Yeah. And it's not that you're not... It's not that you disengage.

Right. Because I think too many times... I don't want to say men in general, but just unfortunately that... A majority of the time it happens to men. It does because you guys are usually the ones that are outside the house. And unfortunately, when you do come home, that peace that you feel can almost disengage you. Like you go on to autopilot. I'm just going to sit here with my lazy boy and I'm just going to zone and watch TV and do nothing. Where the wife is like, hi, the house is on fire.

I really need you to re -engage, activate. I need you to, like, I need you. Johnny is having a problem. Yeah. Gabriel is having a crisis. Yeah. Like something's going on. I need you to reengage. Yeah. It was almost, it's almost like I heard, I heard about a study that they did once about fathers and mothers. Yeah. And that kind of goes along with this. And they were looking at, they were doing a study of like new parents.

And what they did was they, when, when the parents were sleeping, They played a noise of like a child crying or something, you know, like that. And they noticed a vast majority of the time the mother would wake up. The father would continue sleeping. And they did that like almost every time. That's what it was. The vast majority of the time, mother woke up, check on the baby, father kept passed out. No idea what was going

on. But when they did that again. And instead of a baby crying, it was a noise outside the house. Yeah. A vast majority of the time, it was the dad that woke up and the mom remained sleeping and passed out and had no idea. How beautiful is that? Yeah. Genuinely. Yeah. Like just to see the natural dynamic that God has placed in us as men and women. Yeah. And so we

need to be. aware of those things and and and also be aware of which which position of those do you hold again majority men majority women yes there's natural things that we do have but sometimes we've said it before it's you're You may not be good at finances. I might be good at finances. I might be the one that gets to do the mechanics and you're really good at the laundry. We cannot put certain things on certain people just based off of their gender. We have

to say, hey, what is it you gravitate to? What is your talent? And celebrate those things as opposed to insisting that somebody tries to fit into a box that they... that they were not designed to be in. Yeah. Agreed. Yeah. So do you want to tell everybody the name of our website, and then we're going to go away? I do, because I was. I was like, we didn't really say that. We're going to have to close with that. Yep. So our website, which is live, again, it's about 85%,

90 % complete. So if you see something that's weird, you can either let us know, or you can just know that it's going to get fixed really

soon. Yes. Within the next... couple few days so yeah firm footing dot coach because if we have or haven't told you the name of our relationship coaching is firm footing yep so that's that's the name we chose that's what we're rocking with because again we we believe that communication and and understanding and and a lot of what we talk about and believe in is really good for a good, solid, firm foundation for marriages,

for relationships. And so we wanted to do that for our relationship coaching business, but then also our website. So it's firmfooting .coach. We did get the .coach because we are going on that in that vein. But it's going to have a section there for merch. It's going to have a section there talking about our coaching business. If we want to do small groups, stuff like that. It's going to have connection links and all there for our podcasts. So, yeah. But, yeah, it's out

there. It's live. Like I said, it's almost done. If you see some errors, just either let us know or be patient. But yeah, we're doing it. We're moving forward. We're doing it. Yeah. And there's a page that you can fill out if you and your spouse want to look into relationship coaching. We are going to be setting up times where we can give somebody a free consultation to see

if we're a fit for you. And you for us because it's not just us for you, but we also need to know that we have the confidence to where we can give the tools to you in the capacity that you need them because we definitely don't want to try to give you something if we don't believe that we're the right people. And then also, I do want to say with firmfooting .coach, We have picked up a slogan and our slogan actually came off of a sticky note from our daughter that she

picked up. Yeah. And it just simply says, don't trip on what's behind you. And that is one of the main reasons why we're like firm footing because too many times we're having this. looking in our rearview mirror kind of mentality as opposed to looking forward on the things that are ahead. So know that if that is something that you're wanting, something that you're looking towards, that will always be one of our number one goals.

It's not trying to fix what was behind per se, but it's helping you obtain the tools that can help you be successful in the future. And isn't there a Bible verse about that? Isn't there a scripture out there about once you put your hand to the plow, don't look back or something? Do not look back. Yeah, don't look back. Learn from the mistakes. Learn from the situations. Learn

from the things. We get that. But let's start equipping each other with the tools to where we're not making the same mistakes over and over again and so we can grow and then be better. Yeah. So that is where we are. And then if you are in the KC area, one more time, 9900 View High Drive starting Tuesday, this coming Tuesday, April 8th at 630. The very latest we're going to try to get everybody out of there is by 8. Everybody will be walking out of the building

by 8 o 'clock. And we will be doing a four -week marriage thing basically called Marriage Supplements. And a lot of what you guys get to hear here is what we are going to be sharing there, but we're going to be doing it on more of a one -on -one personal basis. Or small group basis. Small group basis, which will be really nice. Yes. I am really looking forward to this time. Yeah. So if you guys don't catch us this time, know that we probably

will be coming back around. But if you are a church or if you are an organization that is looking for somebody to come out and speak to your group. We are also available to those kind of things, too. Yes, we are. So, guys, have the best week. Enjoy the journey.

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