Mamas in Spirit Lindy Wynne

At 36 years old, Karen Gambino was surprised she felt like an orphan when she lost her mom--it was like she was missing a significant force in her life. 
As Karen grieved, she sensed the importance of remembering and choosing to share the goodness of her mom with her family. 
At first, Karen and her five sisters visited their mom's graveside. Soon all the family wanted to join in their annual ritual of remembrance. 
In this moving podcast, hear how many generations gathered around Karen's mother's graveside on blankets, shared stories and sang songs to remember Karen's mother. As they raised their voices they discovered they were knit together eternally as family.
Listen and create a legacy of God's love in your family, too. 

As twelve-year-old April Mascola sat in her school desk she wondered what things would be like when she got home. Her mom had gone away for psychiatric care—April was doing her very best to fill her mom’s shoes and care for her three younger siblings while her mom was gone.
While April’s family wasn’t praying or attending church during this time—or any of the first twelve years of April’s life—April was graced with a supernatural peace to persevere though this difficult season. 
Hear how April’s mom was not only reunited with her husband and children months later, but also her Catholic faith. And how April’s mother began to share the gift of Our Blessed Mother with April. 
In this podcast, learn how Mother Mary has continued to draw April close. On a trip to Medjugorje in 2011, April discovered A Holy Prescription of The Five Stones of Medjugorje. April prays the Rosary daily, fasts two times per week, attends Confession monthly, reads Holy Scripture daily and attends Mass weekly. 
Listen and be inspired to make your own promises to Mary!

This podcast contains sensitive content, including discussion of suicide.  
Lisa Morris stopped going to Reconciliation as a teenager. She figured she could just go to God herself.
Lisa now recognizes her turn away from God was the beginning of many choices that resulted in immense suffering, including an abortion, eating disorder, poor relationship with alcohol and divorce.
Lisa went to church on an impulse the morning she signed her divorce papers--she had a full circle moment when Confession was available and she attended about fifteen years after she stopped going.  
Lisa was touched by the unfathomable mercy of God in the confessional and began a healing journey of the soul. Lisa wants you to know this gift is awaiting you, too.
 

Sue Simms got down on her knees and prayed in her hospital room. She awaited the test results revealing if her second daughter would have the same fatal birth defect she lost her first daughter to.
Sue told God that she trusted His plan and would follow—she just asked to know if her baby would live or die. 
As soon as Sue stood from her time of prayer, the doctor returned to tell Sue that her baby girl was healthy and would go home with Sue and her husband.
Many years later, this baby would become a mama and experience the same heart-wrenching loss with her first baby as Sue did. 
Grace-filled lessons abound in this story that captures the power of surrender, the gift of steadfast faith and the blessings of holy motherhood.
Listen and be filled with the extraordinary hope that only God can provide!

Rich Peluso was in a dark place in his early twenties--he was working a job that compromised his values and chisled away at who God created him to be.
While Rich was avoiding time alone with God in prayer, he desperately desired to reconnect.
One night as Rich laid in bed, he called out to God. And even though Rich was not ready to fully amend his life, God was faithful.
Days later Rich unfolded a newspaper that held a ceramic Christmas tree in his car--Rich never could have imagined the pages would hold the gift of new life for Rich. God would transform Rich's heart and provide him with a hope-filled future.
Listen to this final podcast in the Easter Series and behold an eternal perspective!

Elizabeth Blanke never could have imagined she’d be a young widow, on her own with three small children.
Elizabeth’s husband and high school sweetheart passed away unexpectedly from a sudden heart attack. 
Hear how God guided Elizabeth one step at a time to face the unimaginable. 
From planning the funeral to learning taxes to becoming the sole parent of their three children, Elizabeth leaned into God’s holy presence and supernatural provision—with God, she was able to attend to all the details while God attended to Elizabeth’s heart.
Listen to this newest podcast in the Mamas in Spirit Easter Series and know that all things are truly possible with God.