29: Home For The Holidays

In this episode, Steve and Jessica will finish the story of their first Christmas after they separated and then dive into the cliffhanger question that has so far remained unanswered. Jessica and Matt will talk about what Thanksgiving was like, and describe how they celebrated Fake Christmas (Black Friday). They actually went all out and did the stockings, gingerbread houses, the whole nine yards.

Steve will also share how he spent his Thanksgiving in San Diego visiting some museums and going to the beach. Back to 2011 when Steve and Jessica got divorced, it was the holidays and they had traveled to Idaho Falls to visit Steve’s family, and Jessica actually spent a whole week with them up to the 28th.

They both had very deep conversations during that time about how they wanted Penny to be raised, what their opinions were, and how they hoped that everything would look like down the road. Jessica was very concerned about whether Steve would be supportive of Penny being raised in the church, but it was not much of an issue because Steve had absolute faith in Jessica as a parent, and he knew deep down that she would never turn Penny against him in any way. His core concern was that they find a way to have a good relationship and ensure that Penny had both her parents in her life. Stay tuned for more of the really amazing story. Enjoy!

Highlights of the discussion: 

• People trying to pray for someone to be straight (04:17)
• The 6-week boldology challenge for the new year (08:01)
• Having fun and bumping into cousins at the HustleCon (10:52)
• Steve spending Thanksgiving in San Diego and having some much needed TLC (11:34)
• Taking family pictures right after the divorce was official (14:56)
• Teaching Penny to love without judging and to understand other people's situation (18:51)
• Declaring mutual trust, support, and understanding for each other (22:03)
• Steve opening up to Jessica about his feelings growing up as a kid, his experiences with his family, especially his dad (24:47)
• Jessica’s first New Year’s eve being single for two days (31:36)
• Feeling like Joey from Friends and the issue of not being able to spend time with the kids all the time (35:50)
• The beauty of properly done mutually coordinated part-time parenting (38:33)

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