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ABOUT THE EPISODE

In this special Father’s Day episode, Sarah welcomes her dad, Barry Bender, to Not My Story to talk about what has and has not gone as expected raising four kids. With 37 years of fatherhood under his belt, Barry shares about the differences between having children in the home versus parenting adult kids, the importance of prayer, and how he has been intentional along the way. You especially do not want miss his nuggets of wisdom that he shares toward the end.

MEET THE GUEST

Barry Bender was born and raised in northeast Indiana and has served as a Director of Human Resources for over 25 years. Barry will have been married to his wife Janine for 42 years this August and together they have raised four kids. In his free time, Barry enjoys participating in and watching sporting events (particularly the Purdue Boilermakers), taking care of his landscaping and garden, reading, and dreaming about what he will do “when he grows up.”

EPISODE NOTES

• Purdue University

• “Footprints” poem (also known as “Footprints in the Sand”)

• Zig Ziglar

• Dr. James Dobson

• What Barry is reading:

  • David: A Man of Passion and Destiny by Charles R. Swindoll

  • If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty by Eric Metaxas

  • The Price We Pay: What Broke American Healthcare—and How to Fix It by Marty Makary, M.D.

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