165. Wisdom from a mom of 14 (with Nicole Homan)

2022-04-12

“Home is for learning and not for perfection and while we’re learning we are loved” are some powerful words that Nicole Homan shares with us. I am very honored to have Nicole on today's show. She is the author of They Call Me Mama where she shares her story of raising 14 kids. We walk through her experiences of adopting her children, sitting within the mess and learning how to give yourself grace. That it’s okay to not give up or give in and to embrace the pain because it is all worth it. Join me as I talk with Nicole Homan and look over the jour...

We walk through her experiences of adopting her children, sitting within the mess and learning how to give yourself grace. That it’s okay to not give up or give in and to embrace the pain because it is all worth it.

Join me as I talk with Nicole Homan and look over the journey that God has led her on. How she said yes to one moment and suddenly had ten children.

In This Episode

[00:34] - Welcome to another episode of The Crystal Paine Show.

[02:01] - I ask Nicole to introduce herself.

[03:39] - When you first got married, were you planning on having kids right away?

[05:50] - Nicole finds out she was pregnant right before their first adoption.

[09:00] - What advice, what encouragement would you have for someone who, they want to step out but fear is holding them back?

[11:11] - Were there moments when you were thinking, “what did we say yes too”?

[13:13] - I share what I heard from a mom who is overwhelmed by the mess and the noise, what do you do in those moments?

[15:08] - You must be doing something to cultivate that stillness in your heart, I don’t think that just happens.

[16:48] - How do you actually get your kids to allow you to have this quiet time?

[19:23] - Nicole shares the story of how they went from 10 children to 14.

[22:49] - Did you know, “okay 14 is the number, we’re done”?

[23:10] - We talk a little bit more about the failed adoption.

[25:05] - What have been some of your biggest lessons? What would you say to the women before you had any kids? What do you wish you would have known?

Links & Resources
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Nicole Homan, Planted

Books

They Call Me Mama by Nicole Homan

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