Our last episode of season 1 ends with a much-needed discussion on building community in this busy, lonely modern age.

Joyce and Sophia talk about why community is a pillar of The Old Umma Club, what community is, how they met and built community, and what the challenges are in building community at this season of life.

Reach out to Sophia and Joyce:

Instagram: @theoldummaclub

Email: theoldummaclub@gmail.com

Music credits:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Part 2 on Marriage, because apparently we have a lot to say on this subject, and it's an important one.

Joyce and Sophia talk about the subtle cultural clashes in their marriage and how that influences marriage conflicts, and how they're learning to manage those conflicts better. This is a rather transparent episode.

Reach out to Sophia and Joyce:

Instagram: @theoldummaclub

Email: theoldummaclub@gmail.com

Music credits:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Joyce and Sophia talk about marriage...and husbands. They discuss what they expected in marriage, and what the reality was...especially with babies and kids in the picture. Oy.

Reach out to Sophia and Joyce:

Instagram: @theoldummaclub

Email: theoldummaclub@gmail.com

Music credits:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Joyce and Sophia recall their faith background being raised in the Christian church. One was raised in a Korean-American community center-like church, the other as a missionary/pastor's kid in Chinese-speaking churches. They discuss what they appreciated about their faith background, and what they would do differently in raising little believers.

Reach out to Sophia and Joyce:

Instagram: @theoldummaclub

Email: theoldummaclub@gmail.com

Music credits:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Being in a bi-racial marriage can get tricky when it comes to parenting bi-racial kids, especially if your partner comes from a really different cultural background. Joyce & Sophia talk about their childhood being raised by Korean moms and how that impacted their current mothering.

What are absolutes we want to continue? What do we want to break and not bring with us?

Listen along as we unfold what it means to be an Umma in our own unique ways!

Reach out to Sophia and Joyce:

Instagram: @theoldummaclub

Email: theoldummaclub@gmail.com

Music credits:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We can't be The Old Umma Club and not talk about what's aging us and making us feel old. Even though starting families in our 30s is super common, we also know we get slapped with "geriatric pregnancy" the moment we turn 35 years old. Join us on this cheeky episode as we talk about rickety bones to the never ending sleepless nights that magically ages us overnight!

Reach out to Sophia and Joyce:

Instagram: @theoldummaclub

Email: theoldummaclub@gmail.com

Music credits:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, we have an honest conversation about how we went from working mom to full-time stay-at-home parent, from two different perspectives: One never envisioned she would ever be a mother, let alone a stay-at-home parent. The other always dreamed about having a family and staying at home to raise children. We discuss what the transition was like, what our expectations were, and what the reality is-- and how that's impacted our marriage and parenting.

Reach out to Sophia and Joyce:

Instagram: @theoldummaclub

Email: theoldummaclub@gmail.com

Music credits:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Our first episode begins with a very fundamental question: What is an umma? What is a mother? When you hear the words "Mother" or "Mom," what image, what descriptions come to mind?

Here we talk about how we formed our first image of an "ideal" mother, the conscious and subconscious expectations we developed for ourselves, and how we bring God into it.

Reach out to Sophia and Joyce:

Instagram: @theoldummaclub

Email: theoldummaclub@gmail.com

Music credits:
"Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/