Fortitude
Everyone has a story of Fortitude! When we tell our stories of pain in adversity - stories of courage, redemption and hope - we give others permission to speak up and get the help they need. Each episode will give the listener a look inside what overcoming adversity looks like no matter what life throws at you. Each story is uniquely different - stories of alcoholism/addiction, infidelity, rape, abuse, loss of a child/children, cancer, rare disease, tragic accidents...etc.! We are in this life together to support one another and build community around hope and redemption. I am your host, Heather Kittelson, and I am so excited to have you here as part of the Fortitude community!
Fortitude
Episode 72: She's grown up in a home where the whole city knows her dad's name with Nora Tenhaken
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Paul, Jill & Nora TenHaken, Part 3
She's grown up in a home where the whole city knows her dad's name.
Eight years. Press conferences. Public scrutiny. Campaign seasons. Security details. Dinner conversations most kids never have to carry.
And through all of it, Nora TenHaken has been watching.
Watching how her dad leads. Watching how her mom holds everything together. Watching what faith looks like when it's not performed on a stage but lived out in a kitchen, in a car ride, in the quiet moments nobody else sees.
In Part 3, Nora joins her parents on the mic for the first time. And what comes out of this young woman's mouth will stop you.
We asked her: What makes your home the happiest place on earth?
We asked her: Who do you see yourself in more, mom or dad?
We asked her: What has it actually been like growing up in the public eye for the last eight years of your life?
And then we asked all three of them the question every family needs to sit with:
If your home could be described in one word, one word you hope lasts for generations, what would it be?
Their answer might make you rethink what you're building in your own house.
This episode is not about politics. It's not about legacy in the way the world measures it. It's about what happens when a family decides that faith isn't something they do on Sundays. It's the rhythm they protect every single day, even when the schedule says there's no time for it.
Fair warning: the laughter breaks in this one are unfiltered. We asked Nora who tells the worst jokes at home. We asked about the family tradition that started by accident and stuck forever. And we asked what moment in the last year made them all say,
"This is so us."
You'll laugh. You'll probably cry. And you'll walk away wanting to have a conversation with your own family tonight.
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