Brook

Tuck yourselves in.

This message hit me right in the heart, and I'm going to be honest with you.

I know we do some goofy stuff, and that's important on this podcast.

It's important to make sure that we engage people, but if it's anything, this is what gets my blood flowing.

Let me have a look.

Oh, not from you, bro.

Yeah, I'll try this one.

No, you went to the right person.

Matua Mark, yes.

Matua Mark.

Hello.

My name is... And I'm a shifter and social worker over in America.

I was first introduced to the podcast a few years ago when a friend sent me a clip.

At the time, I had recently adopted two beautiful boys.

I found myself overwhelmed, not by burden but more by the immense honour of being entrusted with motherhood.

Because of my infertility, motherhood was not on the path of privilege that I could have had.

Yet two incredibly strong women chose to trust me with raising their sons.

That trust has never been lost on me.

I want to give my boys the world.

But I also know that there will be wounds, questions and challenges I cannot protect them from as their mother.