But if you're willing to share just what those could be and why they're helpful.

Yeah, as I started researching for the book, I started to notice patterns or overlaps in what other people were experiencing when they were stepping into God's yes.

And the first one is the season of blooming, and that's when our prayers and our expectations and our reality all fell in line.

And those are kind of the sweet seasons of life that we wish we could push pause on, right? You know, everything goes smooth sailing according to plan.

In scriptures, it talks about how Jabez prayed this big prayer and God grant us request, period, end of story.

I was like, if we could only always have a season of blessing, that would be wonderful.

But the reality is sometimes there is some of the other seasons, like a season of building, which is when you get what you prayed for.

Looking back, like what was one of the things that you wrote about that you're like, oh, I should have started there? What was the first thing that you would encourage someone to do?

[gentle music] Let's start with, like, a really basic, kinda straightforward question, which is, what is cognitive disengagement syndrome?

What we do know about CDS is it's this cluster of symptoms or behaviors that is related to ADHD, but also distinct, but it's not technically a disorder of any kind at this time, and it's represented by symptoms such as mental confusion or fogginess, excessive daydreaming or mind wandering, zoning out.

And then rather than a hyperactivity, more of a hypoactivity, so maybe slowed behaviors, lethargy.

We see that there's a lot of, like, daytime sleepiness, um, especially difficulties in the morning, so that waking up, the alertness is kind of a, a thing we, we see.

I've also heard from parents before kinda describe differences in kids with CDS taking a really long time, for example, in the shower.

Is that kind of what helped you get into this work? Like, what drew you to doing this?

Actually, it was not what initially drove me into ADHD or CDS.

Getting into this field is what helped me understand myself more and reflect on, [laughs] "Oh, wait, I identify with this." But no, I actually, in undergrad, I was a psychology major, and at one point, I had the opportunity to work at a summer camp, a summer treatment program for kids with ADHD, and actually implementing the, the program was life-changing for me.

Wow

... my, my gut.

Like, I just like, ugh, like almost like I got punched.

Like, oh my gosh.

Like, I think I would change everything.

And I remember that moment, like, opening that letter, like, opening that note from my mom, and the timing of it, and my first prayer, and not really knowing, like, who this God was.

And I knew that I had that encounter, but I didn't have language for it.

He gave it to me, and now what?"

But how would you know if you had CDS?

As far as the parsing apart, a few different things that you can think about.

So ADHD is represented by this external distraction.

So things around you in the environment, kind of like your brain's noticing everything all at once, maybe.

Whereas for individuals with CDS, they might be internally distracted.

So distracted by their own thoughts.

excessively daydreaming.

Is that kind of what helped you get into this work? Like what drew you to doing this?

Mm.

That was a really meaningful assignment for him.

It was accompanied by prayer and fasting, weeping.

I mean, he really felt passionate about rebuilding the walls, and stepping into that, stepping into that answered prayer, he faced opposition.

It's said that they felt like the task was impossible because there was too much rubble to move.

I feel like we can all relate to that [chuckles] in our lives.

Like, "Wait, I stepped into this new job," or whatever it is, and it just feels like rubble, like, "When is the rubble ever gonna end? I thought this was gonna be like a peaceful, easy season." And so, you know, he faced opposition, he faced resistance, he faced, you know, their having to hold a weapon of worship in one hand and then a weapon to defend themselves in another.

Mm-hmm

Yeah.

So those counties, they, they're doing a wide variety of things with them.

Uh, one of the main things that our county programs do with it is it goes to fund leadership programs in their individual counties.

It's sending kids to, um, teen summit, teen conference, um, it's promoting their 4-H clubs, their area teen councils, and even their individual teen councils within their communities.

But also, I want to highlight one particular county, because they're doing some really unique things with their AgTag money, and that's up in Carroll County.

She, uh, for one she did an incubation project with baby chicks in a elementary school.

Uh, got to reach 425 kids, um, through a chick incubation program.

Mm-hmm.

So what is the difference between a retirement community, a long-term care home, and a nursing home?

Yeah, this is a really great place to start.

I would say nursing home is a bit more of a colloquial term.

It's probably more antiquated.

It's an umbrella term.

It is what we tend to think of as a congregate living setting where people who need assistance or nursing care go live.

The real distinction is between long-term care homes and then retirement homes, which is also its own little bit of umbrella term.

Do you