Hi friend! Last week I loved having my hubs, Jim join me on the podcast talking about things we wished we knew before we got married. It’s fun, lighthearted and he had a little bit too much fun with the sound effects. #ohyeah You can listen to it here.
Today’s episode is with Melanie Shankle. Melanie is a wife to Perry, mom of her only child, Caroline, blogger, speaker, and author. She loves fashion, reading, watching Netflix and spends her extra time watching Caroline play Soccer.
You will hear Melanie share how she went from blogger to author on the NY Bestsellers list with her books about motherhood, marriage, and friendship. We talk about what it looks like as a mom of an only child, what God taught her when she walked through a difficult time in her life losing one of her best friends, and about comparing ourselves to other women. She also shares about her new book coming out called, “On the Bright Side” and her first children’s book called “Piper and Mabel about her two super active yet fun dogs”!
“I can love being a mom and I can want to run away and spend the night down in a nice hotel away from my family at the same time…those things aren’t mutually exclusive.”
Don’t worry about grabbing apen and paper, you can check out the full list of links including what Melanie is eating, reading, and loving in the Show Notes at wrenrobbins.com/podcast
SHOW NOTES
Quotes from the episode:
“Hey, we’re all in this together and we’re all figuring it out. I write my books like I’m talking to my best friend.”
“I can love being a mom and I can want to run away and spend the night down in a nice hotel away from my family at the same time…those things aren’t mutually exclusive.”
“I think we so discount the grace and mercy that God’s gonna give us to walk through whatever we have to walk through.”
“But, I want Caroline to see this is what friendship looks like…you are with someone through the good and the bad and the hard and the ugly and there’s beauty in that.”
“ I just think any time you put yourself out there, there’s always a risk of getting hurt, I think that’s life, but to me it’s so worth it because those are the things that make life worth living.”
“Another woman’s good news doesn’t limit what God wants to do in my life.”
“We buy into this lie that there are finite number of blessings…that one woman’s good news means that that may be less that we can get.”
“If we train ourselves to look for the bright, then I think we start to see more bright.”
““Another woman’s good news doesn’t limit what God wants to do in my life.””
EAT-READ-LOVE
What Melanie is Eating: Dot’s pretzels ; Twice Baked Potatoes from the Pioneer Woman
Reading: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Loving: Thrive Brightening Face Wash (promo code BIGBOO for 15% off your first order)
CONNECT
Connect with Melanie:
On the Bright Side book landing page
Melanie’s books mentioned in the episode:
The Antelope in the Living Room
I am just smiling ear to ear to have been able to talk with Melanie on the podcast! She is so relatable, funny, and the conversation was just so fun. As if we all couldn’t love her more, right? Wrong!
Thank you for joining me on this episode today! If you loved our conversation today, I would be honored if you would leave a review for the podcast! You can do it on your podcast app right on your phone. Thank you for that. And, I will include all of the things Melanie mentioned in my show notes at wrenrobbins.com/podcast
Thanks for joining me today. Don’t forget to check out my Monday Boost encouragement on my Facebook page LIVE Monday morning around 8:30 CST as we all talk about our fav part of the episode! Would love for you to join me!
Remember, We are all Friends of a Feather, so let’s stick together!
Have a great week and I’ll see you next time! Bye friend!
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