Looking Back, Moving Forward: Our Journey Through 2024

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About This Episode In this reflective episode, Aaron and Jennifer look back on 2024 and all it held. They share about welcoming their sixth child through an unexpected C-section after planning a home birth, navigating postpartum emotions, and finding their capacity stretched. It was a year of unmet expectations, including loss in the family and a house-flip investment that underperformed, and also a year of provision as Samaritan Ministries members helped cover a large hospital bill with handwritten prayer notes. Aaron candidly shares an identity struggle around turning 40, and they talk about supporting each other through transition, asking what you can be grateful for, and keeping your heart soft as you step into a new year.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Welcoming baby number six — an unexpected C-section and postpartum emotions When life doesn't match expectations — processing a year of disappointments Provision through community — how Samaritan Ministries members helped carry a hospital bill Walking through identity challenges — Aaron's honest struggle at 40 Supporting each other through transition — staying close in a stretched season Choosing gratitude — asking what you can be grateful for Keeping hearts soft — resisting a cold heart in a cold world Church family — building lasting memories and family traditions

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