What Our Parents Never Gave Us

Some of the deepest wounds in life don’t come from what happened to us. They come from what never happened at all. The conversations we never had. The approval we never received. The comfort, encouragement, or guidance we spent years wishing for. In this episode of Faith Is a Journey, we reflect on grief, parenting, childhood memories, and the empty places many of us still carry long into adulthood. But what if those gaps weren’t accidents? What if the things our parents never gave us were the very things that pushed us toward God? We talk honestly about: chasing approval success that still feels empty learning to stop blaming the past why discomfort often deepens faith and how God fills the places people never could This is one of our most personal conversations yet, including an original song called “Hold On” inspired by a childhood memory and the realization that the hand we were meant to reach for was never just our parents’… but His. If you’ve ever struggled with loss, regret, unmet expectations, or wondering why certain voids exist in your life, this episode is for you.