Unmet Expectations and Gratitude in Marriage: Our 2024 Year in Review

from Marriage After God Hosted by Aaron & Jennifer Smith

Handling unmet expectations in marriage and choosing gratitude. Aaron and Jennifer Smith look back on 2024, a year that included welcoming their sixth child through Jennifer's first C-section at 37 weeks after planning a home birth, navigating postpartum emotions, and stretching their capacity with six kids. They share honestly about a year of unmet expectations, including loss in their family and an investment that didn't turn out as hoped, and how Samaritan Ministries members covered their hospital bill with handwritten prayer notes. Aaron opens up about an identity struggle around turning 40, and together they talk about supporting each other through transition, building memories with church family, and keeping hearts soft in a cold world.

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