The Sands Family Christmas Podcast

[2025] Our Family Has Grown!

welcome to the fourth year of our christmas podcast! join us in this one-sided dinner date where we do all the talking and unpack the past year in our lives! this episode will dive into our birth story somewhat - hence the slightly longer episode! thank you for taking the time out of your day to hear how we've been going, we greatly appreciate those of who listen and we'd love to hear yours answers to these questions the next time we see you. :) 0:00:00 - introduction 0:03:43 - highlights of the year 0:16:57 - lowlights of the year 0:33:38 - what has surprised us this year 0:38:21 - art that caught our attention 0:57:07 - things that challenged us this year 0:59:19 - things that we're proud of 1:01:03 - things we've learned about ourselves 1:03:10 - where we hope to be in a year from now 1:04:35 - our hopes for next year 1:08:04 - our person of the year 1:13:04 - goodbyes

[2024] Navigating Joy and Grief

welcome to the third year of our christmas podcast! join us in this one-sided dinner date where we do all the talking and unpack the past year in our lives. in case you didn't know already, we had a fairly heavy year and talk unapologetically about our experience with miscarriage. there is no pressure from us to engage but greatly appreciate those of you who will listen :) [CHAPTERS]0:00 - introduction2:11 - highlights of the year11:12 - lowlights of the year21:10 - what has surprised us this year22:53 - art that caught our attention33:29 - things that challenged us this year36:24 - things that we're proud of39:32 - things we've learned about ourselves42:11 - where we hope to be in a year from now43:45 - our hopes for next year45:53 - our person of the year49:33 - goodbyes

[2023] The Year of Matildas

welcome to the second year of this little christmas podcast! join us in this one-sided dinner date where we do all the talking and unpack the past year in our lives. [CHAPTERS] 0:00 - introduction 2:40 - highlights of the year 7:26 - lowlights of the year 14:50 - what has surprised us this year 17:03 - art that caught our attention 28:11 - things that challenged us this year 34:46 - things that we're proud of 37:01 - things we've learned about ourselves 38:19 - where we hope to be in a year from now 40:11 - our hopes for next year 43:57 - our person of the year 46:17 - goodbyes

[2022] A Much Better Year!

join us as we unpack our year in-depth, through the use of audio podcasting, instead of the soon-to-be-outdated family christmas newsletters of yesteryear. [CHAPTERS] 0:00 - why a podcast? 4:42 - highlights of the year 14:41 - lowlights of the year 21:53 - what has surprised us this year 26:17 - art that caught our attention 44:03 - things that challenged us this year 46:57 - things that we're proud of 49:37 - things we've learned about ourselves 56:52 - where we hope to be in a year from now 58:47 - our hopes for next year 1:03:38 - final thoughts 1:04:27 - our person of the year 1:05:40 - goodbyes