The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters
by Joanna Gaines
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Chip and Joanna Gaines joke and riff off each other to an enthusiastic audience in their home state of Texas. While Chip cheers on the author and acts as moderator of the event, Joanna talks about the moment in her childhood that made her “shut down,” and the "mom guilt" that sometimes hits this mother of five. They also share and comment on photos from the book.
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The author muses about being at the midpoint of her life and how she wants the second half to be free of perfectionism. Expressing a sense that life has gone by too fast, she says she tried, through writing, to go backwards and recapture some moments she might have missed. She reflects on how much her husband Chip helped her in the writing process, and how she has learned to turn her “laser focus” to the things that really matter.
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