Blue Babies Pink
Brett's final thoughts on the journey of Blue Babies Pink...
info_outline Episode 44 • Love StormsBlue Babies Pink
NOTE: This is the finale of Blue Babies Pink. If you haven't read the previous 43 episodes, please do that before listening to Episode 44. Also, after listening to this one, be sure to check out the Epilogue for the final wrap-up.
info_outline Episode 43 • Tears on a Boat DockBlue Babies Pink
"I sprinted down that path, through the trees, all the way out to the boat dock—heaving, shaking, and sobbing as I ran. I felt like I might choke, fighting for breath. My face poured wet salt onto the summer grass below..."
info_outline Episode 42 • Someone to Run Home ToBlue Babies Pink
"I began to think a lot then about the role of a spouse, of a companion. I'd never been in anything close to a meaningful relationship, and I'd slammed the door on love years before, so I was clueless about it all."
info_outline Episode 41 • Questions for GodBlue Babies Pink
"My whole life, I'd been taught that God's design for the world was men and women getting married and making babies. This formed family units which were the building blocks of society. So it made sense that the institution of marriage would lead to great human flourishing."
info_outline Episode 40 • Brain BlanksBlue Babies Pink
Brett appears on a Christian TV show and disaster strikes...
info_outline Episode 39 • Decade-Long BattlesBlue Babies Pink
"March 14 was the day I thought God cursed my testicles..."
info_outline Episode 38 • Elvis and LarryBlue Babies Pink
"And while death is inevitable, we still have to live. We still have to do our best to use our lives well. This is one of the great paradoxes of life: That our time on earth is both utterly precious and completely insignificant."
info_outline Episode 37 • Growing Old, But Not Quite Growing UpBlue Babies Pink
"Every wedding was a little funeral for me. I held a little sad ceremony in my heart...a ceremony for one..."
info_outline Episode 36 • AnxietyBlue Babies Pink
Trip(s) to the ER...
info_outline"And I believed that, if God wanted to love me—to hug me—He'd do it through my community. His people would surround me. They'd carry me. They'd love and encourage me on hard days. They'd push me forward when I couldn't walk anymore. God uses community to sustain us when we can't sustain ourselves. I learned that then."