Jessie Artigue and Gerard Brown: Foster Parents And Child Free By Choice

Gerard + Jessie Pepper have been partners in crime since 2005. Their relationship started over a clean pile of laundry, and now they dish about life, love and how to keep from losing your mind on a podcast called Marriage Is Funny. Gerard loves his day job as a financial actuary, and Jessie continues to build her career as a lifestyle expert and online brand at StyleAndPepper.com. They enjoy preaching and speaking whenever possible, are always happiest while hosting friends and family in their home, and love being enthusiastic pet-parents to a rescue pup named Sadie Mae.

Listen in to hear:

Why they started a marriage podcast at the worst time in their marriage
What is like to record a podcast with your partner when you’re annoyed with them
Why they decided to be child free and why they opted to become foster parents instead
The beautiful gifts and intense challenges of hosting short term foster placement
The impact of foster parenting on their marriage
If fostering has shifted their perspective on having children of their own.

Links Mentioned:

Marriage is funny Podcast
Free Marriage Myths video series: Meet The Peppers
Meet The Peppers / Grounded Marriage
Jessie’s personal IG: @styleandpepper
Marriage is Funny IG: @meetthepeppers
Connect with Jessie at jessieartigue.com
Learn more about safe-families.org

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