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In Ecclesiastes 3:11, we read that God makes everything beautiful in its time. It is comforting to know that nothing is wasted in God's economy, but all of it will be used for our good and His glory. You're invited to join us for poignant conversations and compelling interviews centered on believing for His beauty in every season.
Shannon (01:01)
Well, hey everybody, welcome back to the Everything Made Beautiful podcast. And I am super excited that today is the first Monday of March. And in this Monday, we are trying something new on the podcast. Several weeks ago, I asked my daughters, Maggie and Ali, if they would be willing to start.
appearing regularly on the podcast as some co-hosts for me. Sometimes it might only be one of them, sometimes it'll be both of them. And I just said I was tired of hearing my own voice all the time. And I enjoyed the opportunities to get to talk to guests. But also I wanted to just be able to talk about things.
with other people and so they both said yes and then had some fun ideas of their own and so one of their ideas was that maybe about once a month-ish they would also pick a surprise guest is that right girls and so somebody I know
Ali (02:11)
Yes.
Shannon (02:15)
but I don't know before we get on the podcast who it's gonna be so that the conversation is super organic. So we're just gonna try some fun things. I'm still gonna interview awesome guests, like has always been a hallmark of this podcast. And we've got several of those interviews lined up and I'm so excited about them. But you're gonna get to know a little bit more of the two favorite girls in my life, which are my own girls, Maggie and Ali. So.
Girls, welcome to the podcast and I'm gonna turn it right over to you, because that whole thing about me not wanting to hear my own voice all the time starts now. So can each of you, you can go in whichever order you want, can you just share a little bit about yourself, who you are, what you're up to now in life and why you said yes to doing this?
Maggie (02:53)
Ha ha ha.
Of course! Well, I'm the oldest, so I'll go first. I currently live in Florida. I'm currently an event producer, coordinator, planner for some resorts at Walt Disney World. I have been working here for three years. I just hit my three years in January, which is wild to think about. Wild. But this is my most recent role and I'm having an absolute
Shannon (03:32)
That's wild.
Maggie (03:38)
blast. I am 22. I'm going to turn 23 in March this month on the 25th. Woohoo! And I'm super excited about that. I've got my dog. Her name is Oakley. She's just the best thing ever in the entire world. She's sleeping right over there, like the good little princess that she is. And I'm just having a blast in this like early season of adulthood. It's been really challenging, but it's also been really fun.
and I'm super expectant for what's coming next.
Shannon (04:10)
Yeah, love it. Why did you say yes to doing this?
Maggie (04:15)
I have wanted for a little bit to be more involved in what was going on with the podcast. I wasn't totally sure where I was going to fit in there because some of you may or may not know Miss Ali over here does a lot of our social media and I got super jealous like sisters do and was like, wait, I want to be involved too. I want to have a job. And you were like, well, what if we started co-hosting? And I was like,
Ali (04:31)
Yes?
Maggie (04:42)
That sounds like my dream. I love talking more than anything else. So yes, of course, anytime. So I've just texted a couple of my friends and was like, we're recording a podcast. And they were like, my gosh, that's amazing. So it's been so exciting. I'm so glad it's finally happening and I can't wait for what's coming up.
Shannon (04:46)
You
Love it.
Yes.
Ali (05:05)
So my name is Ali. I'm the youngest. I am currently a senior in high school. Yay. I will be finishing my senior year at the end of May, May 24th, And I'm looking into going into cosmetology school.
and I'm wanting to do hair for a living. I work at a cute little ice cream shop and, you know, still living at home, obviously, because why would I move out? Obviously.
Maggie (05:34)
Don't do it. It's a trap.
It's a trap, truly.
Ali (05:40)
Yeah, I really am not wanting to do that anytime soon. anyways, yeah, we're just kind of living life, being a teenager and soaking up every last minute, but also ready to be done. So yeah, that's kind of how life has been. And yeah.
Shannon (05:58)
okay, so what is something that people might be surprised to know about you? Like, each of you just pick one thing that people might assume a lot of stuff, but what is something people would be surprised to know?
Maggie (06:14)
I don't know if people would necessarily be surprised to know this, but it might be something for people who don't know me. It might make them go, wait, what? My lifelong dream is to free dive with sharks. Lifelong dream. I cannot, I cannot wait.
Shannon (06:34)
girl loves some sharks.
Maggie (06:36)
My lifelong dream is to swim with sharks. And I feel like when I tell people that, they're always kind of like, you're crazy. So if you know me, you wouldn't be shocked to find that out. But if you don't know me, that is absolutely 100 % my dream and I cannot wait to do it.
Shannon (06:54)
Mm-hmm, Ali.
Ali (06:55)
I
would say one thing that people would be surprised to know about me. My close, close friends know this, but I feel like other people do not. I used to be, and I'm now getting back into it, a very avid reader. I love reading. I could sit down and finish a whole book, like if I really set my mind to it. I love reading specifically the Karen Kingsbury books.
They're so good. Like, when I tell you I started in, I think, sixth grade with the Baxter Family series and read, I think, 20 or 30 books by the time I was in eighth grade, and now I'm rereading them, and they're so good. Definitely recommend.
Maggie (07:25)
my gosh. Yeah.
Shannon (07:45)
Yep, that's good. Okay, those were good answers. I wasn't sure what you were gonna say, because I haven't heard any of your answers to what I might ask you. Okay, so because we are absolutely not doing this because we are too precious for ourselves and we think that we are amazing and we don't do anything weird and we have no problems in our family, let's just get this out of the way. What is something that I do?
Ali (08:10)
Right, of course.
Shannon (08:14)
that secretly or not so secretly you think is cringe-worthy or funny, you can pick either one or both. Like if you're just like, I'm about to read mom's mail right here on this podcast because she is not, mom is not too precious for this. Okay, what is it?
Ali (08:29)
she's prepared.
Maggie (08:30)
I have mine. I have
have fun.
This is always in jest. But Ali is gonna know exactly what I'm talking about. As soon as I start describing this. If someone is walking incredibly slow. Shannon, Shannon Scott will turn to whoever she's with and be like, I remember the first time I took my first step, like, just she can't
Ali (08:45)
I'm scared.
my gosh.
or just walk anywhere,
walk as slow as possible. So it's really okay.
Maggie (09:06)
She can't, she'd never, she'd never say it to them or loud enough for them to hear. But Ali and I die every time, die, die, die, die a thousand deaths. It is hilarious.
Shannon (09:06)
Yeah, I may...
No.
Yeah. Some people have road
rage. I have pedestrian rage for sure. Yeah.
Maggie (09:21)
And she does, and she does. And so
she'll just turn to you and be like, yeah, walk anywhere, I guess. And you're just melting, melting. And we, the last time that she was in Florida with our family had a whole discussion about it. And it was hilarious. And so now it's the funniest thing ever. I adore it.
Shannon (09:40)
it makes them so uncomfortable. Like when people are doing things in public and they're being absurd or they're walking slow or just any level of absurdity or insanity that's going on in public, my kids immediately start trying to buffer me and like, mom, don't say anything, don't say anything. As if I've ever.
Ali (10:01)
Please don't
say anything. Please don't say anything.
Shannon (10:03)
as
if I have ever publicly embarrassed my family by calling people out. And I have never done that, but I have done it enough under my breath that I think I've instilled fear in them that someday the lid's just gonna come off and I'm gonna say it out loud. Ali, you share that as yours or would you like to add to?
Maggie (10:16)
One of these times. One of these times.
Ali (10:26)
I think I'll share that because I really just can't think of anything. You're just so perfect. Thank you.
Shannon (10:31)
Okay. see, this is why you're my favorite. Don't tell the others.
Maggie (10:37)
goodness
Shannon (10:40)
Okay, so obviously you guys and your brother have grown up in a Christian home. It's all you've ever known. Like we have been, I mean, your parents either for better or worse have been professional Christians for your whole life and that we have been in ministry and on stages and things of that nature. So
Maggie (10:56)
Yep. Yep.
Shannon (10:59)
What do you think would be a misconception that people might have about growing up in a Christian family?
Ali (11:08)
I have one. Prepared. I would say one misconception is that we, and I don't want this to sound bad, but that we just love being at church all the time. I would say it's something that I enjoy, but when you're at church almost every day, it can get really tiring and it's not something
Maggie (11:10)
was ready. She said, pick me, I've got it.
Shannon (11:21)
okay.
Ali (11:37)
It's not something fulfilling all the time. So if I go to church on a Sunday, I feel nice and filled up after that. But a lot of times we would be, you know, serving, which is absolutely amazing. And I love serving, but a lot of times we would go home afterwards and I would be like, I am so ready to be done with the day and not go back to church for a little while.
Shannon (11:58)
Done, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Maggie (12:05)
Yeah, it's not like sitting in service and learning and being taught. It's, you know, sometimes physical labor, crawling around with two year olds on the floor for two hours. And then maybe you serve in both services. So you serve for four hours and it can be a lot. So I totally get that. I was going to say specifically once I moved to Florida and wasn't surrounded, cause we went.
Shannon (12:15)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (12:32)
to church every Sunday, every Wednesday. We also went to a Christian school. Everyone I knew was Christian or knew already that I was Christian. So they already had some sort of conceptions about me, conceptions, ideas. They'd made their own interpretations of everything. And so I feel like when I moved to Florida and told people, you know, like my mom's a pastor, my dad's a worship leader, da da da da da, they were like, oh, so you had no fun. And I was like,
Shannon (12:47)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Ali (12:57)
Mm-hmm.
Right, right.
Shannon (13:00)
interesting.
Yeah.
Maggie (13:02)
Because I
think a lot of times people, especially if you haven't grown up around it and it's a foreign concept to you, lots of people are like, so you sat at home and read your Bible and only ever listened to worship music and only watched corny Christian movies and only told each other how much you love each other and also never left the house except to go to church. And you're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Shannon (13:28)
Yeah, kind of antiquated view of things, yeah.
Ali (13:29)
Cause...
Maggie (13:32)
Right,
exactly. And I was like, I actually think we had tons of fun. And I think that was a priority for us was like experiencing things together and not only experiencing things, but experiencing fun things like seeing what's out there and seeing all of the things that have been put on earth for us to enjoy. we were not made to just sit at home and do nothing. So I think a misconception specifically once I moved here was, so you had no fun. And I was like, actually quite the opposite.
Shannon (13:53)
Yeah.
Maggie (14:01)
quite the opposite.
Shannon (14:02)
Yeah.
But I do think, you know, for a lot of people, I grew up much the same way you guys have grown up. And there was a time though, when I had to figure out my faith as my own versus the thing that I was borrowing from my parents or borrowing from my grandparents or borrowing from the church or the pastor. So
Maggie (14:19)
Mm. Mm-hmm.
Shannon (14:32)
What has that looked like for the two of you? Like how has your faith journey been unique to each of you? as you've kind of, cause you're both now, you know, legally adults and stepping into adulthood and making adult decisions. When did you kind of realize, okay, this isn't my family's faith. This is my faith for me.
Maggie (14:57)
Honestly for me, relatively recently, once I was out of the house and it was my decision to go to church every Sunday, my decision to get involved, my decision to volunteer, my decision to do with my time what I wanted to do solely and had no other input, I was like, so I cannot just like skate by on the...
pastor's kid knowledge of everything. I've got to take the reins at some point and really make this a priority. And I feel like it was so easy to move down here and be distracted by all the things. And I used to work every Sunday, which was really a bummer, but I could have watched online and I chose not to. I could have gotten up early and gone to the super early service, but I chose not to, you know? So I feel like pretty recently.
Shannon (15:42)
Mm-hmm.
Ali (15:45)
Right.
Maggie (15:54)
I've been like, okay, this needs to become mine and I need to take ownership of this because I'm not getting by on everything I learned in preschool and Sunday school and all of those things that Jesus loves you. Yes, so true, so true. You do have to open your Bible though, you know? So I feel for me actually really recently because it's mine to own now and I don't have the consistent
Ali (16:13)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (16:13)
Yeah.
Maggie (16:22)
This is what we're doing as a family, so you're coming along. You know what I mean?
Shannon (16:25)
Yeah, it's good.
Ali (16:27)
I would say for me, it's been the past year, maybe year and a half. As soon as mom kind of transitioned out of working at a church, I started to no longer feel like the, oh, well, mom's going to church, might as well just go with her. know, if she's gonna be going, might as well. Like I have nothing else to do. And now I actually do want to like get up and...
go to church and serve and be with my cutie little second graders. they're so adorable. And I was like, wait, this is actually something that I should want to do, not something that is I'm only doing because mom's already taken the car, you know? And then even then, I started to realize it was honestly in December, I was like, I'm not
really doing anything to strengthen or grow my faith outside of the church building. And so I had to start like, I made it a daily habit to get in my Bible, whether that's before bed or when I wake up in the morning, you know, cause you have to just start out when you're actually going to want to do it. And I will tell you one thing, it's not early in the morning.
Maggie (17:27)
Mmm.
Shannon (17:45)
Mm-hmm.
Ali (17:47)
So I've started reading my Bible right before I go to bed and I wanted to really focus on actually analyzing what it says instead of just, you know, let me open it up and read one chapter, you know, and then not actually retain anything. So my small group leader at school was like, you should start in Proverbs. And I was like, okay. So I've started in Proverbs and
Maggie (18:03)
Right. Right.
Ali (18:12)
If you open up my Bible that I keep next to my bed, it's all highlighted with stuff next to it because I was like, I need to actually learn this information because if I'm not gonna be doing anything outside of church, then the only days that I'm gonna be thinking about it are Wednesdays and Sundays. And that's not how it should work. Exactly.
Shannon (18:16)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (18:21)
Right.
Shannon (18:30)
No, and that won't sustain you.
Well, and you know, for me to transition off of a church staff and all of the kind of automatic being at church things to go away, you did have a decision to make just like Maggie had a decision to make once she moved to Florida of, okay, well, this isn't about just jumping in the car with mom anymore. So how am I going to lead myself?
Maggie (18:45)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Shannon (18:59)
You had the same decision to make once I was no longer, you know, quote unquote, being paid to be there. And I just became a congregant. And so I was only going when the thing I was involved in was happening. And you had to decide, am I still going to be serving in Kid City? Am I still going to show up early? Am I still going to lead worship? And you've decided yes to all of those things and realized it's not enough to just go on Sunday.
even if you're involved in all the things and you're there for seven or eight hours. And so I'm so grateful to hear both of you say, I had to decide at some point that I had to go after it and be in God's word and be in church because I decided that it was the right thing to do. so you go ahead, boo.
Ali (19:27)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (19:47)
I also feel like, I'm so sorry
to cut you off. was just gonna say, I also feel like this sense of like, because I'm not in an environment anymore where it's just a thing that everyone does or a thing that everyone's already exposed to, even if they don't necessarily go to church every Sunday, like going to a Christian school, that was the baseline for everything. And so it was kind of just understood. Now working in Florida with...
who hundred thousand other people who are from all different backgrounds and everything. It's amazing to learn from all of those people. But I also had this moment where I was like, I don't want people to hear from me or hear from someone else that I'm a Christian and be like, really?
Ali (20:33)
Mmm.
Shannon (20:34)
Yeah, I couldn't tell. Yeah.
Maggie (20:34)
Once I had
that, I was like, I gotta like lock in, for lack of a better term, and really get myself in the right space because I don't want to walk around and have people be like, she's a Christian? Okay, not interesting than that. know, so that was.
Ali (20:42)
Right.
Shannon (20:55)
Yeah,
Ali (20:57)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (20:57)
we get anesthetized in the Bible belt when we go to church, our parents work at the church, we go to a Christian school. Like it is easy to go, well, I look like everybody else, but we all know that we love Jesus, so it doesn't have to be as obvious that we do. And then to be somewhere like Disney, and people hear you're a Christian, what you...
Maggie (21:02)
Yup.
Right.
Ali (21:13)
Right.
Shannon (21:19)
what you want in an environment like that is I knew there was something different about her. Yeah. Yeah.
Maggie (21:23)
that makes so much sense.
Ali (21:24)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (21:25)
Like I could not figure out what the, right, exactly. So I don't know when that question first popped into my brain, of course no one had ever said that to me or I had never experienced that. But I was like, I really want to ensure that the decisions that I'm making and the words that I'm using and the things that I'm saying to people and how I'm treating the people around me really line up.
Shannon (21:29)
That's so good.
Maggie (21:49)
so that when people hear this or when I talk about it or they hear it from somebody else, they're like, that makes sense. Yep, totally. As opposed to, really? My biggest fear, truly. So I think that really changed the game for me of yeah, you guys don't know that my mom was a pastor and so I'm just gonna skate by on that and everybody knows, so it's fine. Like, no, I gotta make this my own.
Shannon (21:59)
Yeah. Yeah.
Ali (22:01)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (22:13)
Yeah,
So if you would be willing, I'm wondering if you would be willing to share maybe a mistake that you have made recently and what you learned from that.
Maggie (22:29)
I fear I have so many.
Ali (22:32)
Hahaha
Shannon (22:32)
And you also don't have to because that's an awkward thing to do. But I never like to be like, my gosh, we had this podcast and me and my daughters and all we talked about was how great we are and how we are ministry people and like everything is always coming up roses because that's not true.
Ali (22:45)
Right.
Mm-mm.
Maggie (22:48)
far
from it. I would say...
recently, I went through a pretty tough season and I think we're going to talk about that a little more in a future episode. So be sure to tune in. But I had to really check my reactions to the thing that was happening because it was really easy to be really angry and to respond in anger. And I did respond in anger.
Shannon (23:03)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (23:23)
to somebody involved in the situation. And because of how I responded, I have not been able to have any sort of communication with them anymore, which means I also haven't been able to apologize. And while I have reached out, I understand the space that they're looking for because I responded pretty harshly and I'm not super proud of that.
but it also taught me like, this is why taking a pause and not reacting when your emotions are as crazy as they can be and you're at the height of this emotional period is really important. And taking a step back and going to the Lord first and being like, Lord, I want to burn things down, but I can't, so I'm gonna need your help on this one.
Ali (24:05)
Mm-hmm.
Right.
Shannon (24:18)
Yeah.
Maggie (24:21)
is really difficult because it doesn't necessarily give you that super warm and fuzzy feeling of like, haha, I got them back, you know. You have to just kind of let it go. And I did not go to the Lord first in that scenario. And I now really, really wish that I had because I was hurt and I ended up hurting somebody else in the process. And it's not my finest moment. It's not my finest moment.
Shannon (24:31)
Yeah, so hard.
Hmm.
Yeah, that's good.
Ali (24:49)
I would say for me, I deal a lot with the guilt of things that I've done that I can't fix. So if I say something to somebody, I can go back and apologize and just be like, hey, I'm sorry for speaking that way to you. I was not in the right mindset or anything. But.
The things that like I can't fix like when I break someone's trust like that takes a long time to build it back or like one thing I can think of is I recently was driving my dad's car and I rear ended somebody and it did a few thousand dollars worth of damage and
Maggie (25:20)
you
Shannon (25:34)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (25:40)
Right, of course, of course.
Shannon (25:42)
of every parent
listening has received that phone call. If they have kids old enough, they have received that phone call where first you're grateful that your child is alive. And then your second question is how bad is the damage?
Ali (25:58)
Right.
And at first it did not look that bad. And then the quote came back and it was a lot more than that. And I was like, perfect. And so then the insurance company was trying to total the car
And so I deal with like the guilt of like when I've done something wrong, I hold that very heavily.
And so it was ruining my day. And then I was like, hold on. God's got this, you know, it will all work out.
Shannon (26:30)
And what would the guilt really have done for you? Because you're not a mechanic, you couldn't fix the car, you're not independently wealthy, you couldn't pay to repair it. And so the funny thing about guilt is rarely does it lead us somewhere helpful. Now, if guilt
Ali (26:36)
Exactly.
Maggie (26:51)
Right.
Ali (26:51)
Right.
Shannon (26:53)
is actually conviction leading to repentance. That's very different. But guilt for the sake of guilt because the enemy likes to deal in guilt, it doesn't lead us anywhere helpful or true. So I'm glad that you were able to see the difference in it because not only does God not hold you accountable for, well, I hope you have plans to fix an SUV, your parents don't either. What's true is
Ali (27:19)
Right?
Shannon (27:21)
Let's be more careful. Let's pay better attention. Like there's a lesson to learn here, but condemnation is just not part of the equation. So there was a time in your life where you would not have been able to move past it. And so it's a mark of maturity that now you're able to process all the way through it and realize, Hey, in the grand scheme of things, this is not worth this much mental and emotional energy from me. So
Maggie (27:36)
Yep.
Shannon (27:50)
I'm grateful for that. gonna wrap up here in a minute. But if you could give advice to your younger self.
Maggie (28:02)
goodness gracious.
Ali (28:03)
gosh.
Shannon (28:03)
What is one thing, just one, because
we could talk for four and a half hours, but what is one thing you would tell your younger self?
Maggie (28:08)
And we could.
Shannon (28:15)
And maybe think about it like if there are mamas of daughters who are listening.
Maggie (28:25)
This sounds so cliche because I feel like we are told this a lot, but the drama from middle school, the drama from high school, the drama from all these people in your hometown who you see every day actually is not going to matter in five years. And so it's not going to matter in five years. Spend five minutes on it and then move past it. Now.
easier said than done. As a overthinker and I would say chronic overthinker and chronic worst-case scenario girly, that is really hard to do. However, three or four years removed from high school at this point, none of that plays a part in my daily life anymore. None of that plays a part. Did it feel really big at the time? Yes, of course.
Ali (29:02)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (29:21)
But my favorite little analogy is like if you were looking at a calendar and something happened on the third day of the month, you put a little red tack on the third day. It looks really big when it's on the third and you're only looking at the third. But when you zoom out and you look at the whole month, that's like nothing, absolutely nothing. So I think I was told that a lot, but I never had anybody be like, no, no, literally that is not going to matter.
trust and believe because when you're going through it, feels like the end of the world. But visualizing it and putting it that way of like, no, this is minuscule and this is not gonna affect your life three years from now is something I wish that I know. My two best friends, we met in sophomore year of high school and we talk every single day. So it's not that at all.
Shannon (30:04)
And it isn't that you don't have relationships from high school, because you do. Yeah.
Maggie (30:15)
I have somebody from high school coming to visit me in three days. Like, it's not that we don't have a relationship anymore. It's just that that thing that that girl said one time that someone overheard in the hallway actually didn't end the world. So I think the perspective is really good. And I think maybe if you have a visual person, showing that kind of visual learning can be really helpful sometimes and showing that sort of.
Shannon (30:30)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (30:44)
perspective in real time is something that like totally changed my mindset. So that's one piece of advice I wish I could give to my younger self because I feel like I got really wrapped up in that stuff and not as wrapped up in the things that actually mattered. And so I feel like the drama and the whatever took up so much space in my brain and I could have been doing 400 other things. So that's one thing I would say.
Shannon (31:09)
Yeah, it's good.
Ali (31:13)
Yeah, my one piece of advice would probably be, just because you're not there doesn't mean they're going to forget about you. Because, and I still struggle with this, but it's been proven time and time again that if I don't show up to something, it doesn't mean that they're going to stop inviting me to that thing. Like I had another commitment, you know? but I just used to
Shannon (31:24)
Mm.
Yeah, that are you talking
about just like the FOMO of everything? Yeah.
Ali (31:45)
Yes, yes, yes,
yes. I used to focus on that so much. was like, well, if I'm not there, though, they're going to forget about me and then I'm no longer going to be friends with them. And we're just going to fall out and nobody's ever going to talk to me ever again. it was very catastrophic. But I've realized that that is simply not the case. And my best friend, anytime I'm not somewhere, she'll text me and be like.
Maggie (31:59)
Of Of course.
Ali (32:10)
We miss you so much. You know, like, it's just that extra, reassurance of just they actually don't forget about me if I'm not there because I am their friend, you know? So.
Shannon (32:20)
Yeah, yeah,
so good. Girls, this is going to be a fun journey. I'm excited about some conversations that we can have and we'll get into some deep stuff on some other episodes. But I definitely just wanted people to kind of get to know you. A lot of our sweet women have heard about you ad nauseam. But I'm
always excited for people to get to know you. Maybe we'll get your brother on here one day. So a couple of rapid fires for you that are book.
Maggie (32:48)
so fun.
Ali (32:49)
That would be so fun.
Shannon (32:53)
Of you've already kinda said yours. Yes, yes.
Ali (32:55)
The Baxter Family Series, just all of it. It's just perfect.
Maggie (32:59)
So if
I told you I'm not much of a reader, I know, I know, I know, but the Bible, that is the word of life. How could you not? How could you not?
Shannon (33:02)
That's okay. It's okay. Yes. Church answer. Favorite
Ali (33:03)
Just say the Bible, just say the Bible.
Shannon (33:14)
movie.
Maggie (33:17)
Okay, Maggie in 2020 would have said Titanic. And that is still quite true, however.
Ali (33:17)
I...
Shannon (33:21)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (33:24)
I'm gonna go with Wicked Part 1 for right now
Ali (33:27)
Okay, I would say, Well, I have to put Wicked in there because you know, it's so good.
Shannon (33:33)
Mm-hmm.
Maggie (33:33)
It's so good. It's so good.
Shannon (33:36)
And
we were big, wicked on Broadway people. like, we've been rolling for a while. Yep.
Maggie (33:39)
Yes, we had a high bar. We
Ali (33:40)
Absolutely.
Shannon (33:43)
All right, favorite, my favorite movie?
Maggie (33:43)
Mom, what is your favorite?
well you can do book and movie. You didn't answer so...
Ali (33:50)
Yeah, both.
Shannon (33:51)
I didn't answer,
did I? Favorite book. Ooh, that's hard. I am like Ali, I'm a pretty voracious reader. So it's gonna be very difficult for me to pick a favorite book. But yeah, well, obviously the Bible. But favorite movie, I'm a big sound of music girl.
Maggie (33:58)
Yeah.
That's okay. The Bible.
Ali (34:06)
Yes!
Shannon (34:14)
That's just kind of my staple. I do love the sound of music.
Maggie (34:15)
That's a great one. Yeah, that's a great movie.
Ali (34:15)
That's a good one.
Shannon (34:17)
I do just want to say girls, you two are a gift to me. You are a treasure.
this is gonna be fun. I'm really thankful that you're willing to do this. And I'm excited about the conversations about life and faith and the way that God is making everything beautiful that we'll get to have. So all of you listening and watching, I hope you have enjoyed just getting to know my girls a little bit more. And I think they will make great.
co-hosts whenever they appear and we are grateful for you. We're grateful that you engage with this podcast and with our funny little life that we lead and we hope that you are on the lookout for the way that God is making everything beautiful all around you, including you. And we'll look forward to seeing you next time.