162. Uniquely United: Foundation First

Today in episode 162 we lay the foundation for the Uniquely United series in the Practically Speaking MOM: Intentional Mom, Strong Family Podcast.

Note from Val Harrison, The Practically Speaking MOM, about episode 162.
If you have listened to this podcast for a while, you know that I pray about every topic and every episode and really seek to listen to God's leading of what we air and when we air it.  Well, God has given me some direction for how to proceed with our occasional series Uniquely United.  We began this series a few months ago with part 1. My husband Rich joined me on the podcast for us to talk about Fast-Paced and Slow-Paced people and how to navigate having both types in your home.  We have also recorded the next stepsin the series that is about People-Focused vs Task-Focused family members.  When that episode airs you will learn how to handle parenting a child that is opposite of you. Maybe you are task-focused, and they are people-focused. Or perhaps you are a free spirit who likes to enjoy whimsy and spontaneity, but your child likes to be regimented and scheduled.  How do we handle these differences within the family unit in a way that helps us all to flourish?  As we prepared to air that episode for all of you, in my prayer time for the podcast, I felt God was telling me that we need to BACK UP.  Let's do this more solidly, from the foundation first.

That's what today is.  Today in episode 162 we lay the foundation for the Uniquely United series.  You may have actually already heard this conversation, way back in episode 8.  One of the things we did in that episode was to discuss what ONENESS in marriage means to us.  While we were talking about ONENESS we also talked about the concept of UNIQUELY UNITED.  We are going to back up and listen to that conversation now for two reasons: First, because this conversation is a great description of uniquely united, we want you to hear it again. and secondly, a family can be so much more uniquely united if the marriage is committed to that paradigm as well. So, if you are married, begin there first, in helping your family to be uniquely united.  IF YOU ARE NOT MARRIED, your child may be some day and you want them to have a vision of what a healthy marriage looks like. This episode can help with that also.

SO, let's revisit this very early conve