# 309 - Raising Owen with Suzanne Lezotte

Wife of the Party

Berty Boy Productions

Comedy, Self-improvement, Comedy Interviews, Education

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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I sit down with my friend/author, Suzanne Lezotte. We talk about her experience raising a son with Down syndrome, fighting for fair treatment at school, applying for colleges, what she’s learned from him, writing her book, and much more! Check out Suzanne's book, "Raising Owen: An Extra-Ordinary Memoir on Motherhood”: https://amzn.to/3tCXtDV Book signing: Barnes & Noble in Westlake Village (the Promenade @ Westlake) Saturday, April 27 at 2 pm. 160 S Westlake Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 Follow Suzanne: https://www.suzannelezotte.com https://www.instagram.com/suzannelezotte_author --------------------------------------------------- This episode is sponsored by: -Lume: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with @lumedeodorant and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code “WIFE30” at http://www.LumeDeodorant.com #lumepod #ad -BetterHelp: Go to http://www.betterhelp.com/wife for 10% off your first month. -Hello Fresh: Go to http://www.hellofresh.com/wifefree and use code “wife free” for free breakfast for life. -Woxer: Go to http://www.woxer.com and use code WIFE15 to get 15% off your first order. --------------------------------------------------- LeeAnn Kreischer talks to friends about marriage, family, and being married to the life of the party, comedian Bert Kreischer! --------------------------------------------------- Our Next Book Club: “Drunk-ish: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving Alcohol” by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor: https://bookshop.org/a/97615/9781668019412 https://amzn.to/3TFFp6r SUBSCRIBE▶︎ @WifeofthePartyPodcast FOLLOW LEEANN: Facebook▶ https://www.facebook.com/wifeotp Instagram▶ https://www.instagram.com/leeannkreischer iTunes▶ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wife-of-the-party/id1343348729 Official Website & MERCH▶ https://www.wifeotp.com Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast! Raising Owen with Suzanne Lezotte | Wife of the Party Podcast | # 309 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	And as I wrote it, I was like, this is a really good story about parenting because all parents get a diagnosis somewhere along the way.
0:36.0	Maybe it's not Down syndrome, maybe it's later, but it was really about like how do you sort of step up to the plate, play the game, and continue with grace and
0:45.7	dignity and live the life that you've been given.
0:48.3	Oh, I got a brand new pair on the streets.
0:52.3	You got a brand new pair all the sweets. You got a brand new cheese.
0:55.5	I love your haircut.
0:56.9	Thank you.
0:57.4	It's so cute.
0:58.3	I literally just got it like, I was trying so hard to grow it out.
1:02.3	So it's been like, like you'll see in the
1:03.6	book one picture it's just like here yeah and I finally was like you know what I
1:07.5	called this woman who comes to my house and she'll come like irregularly like every
1:11.8	once a year or once every 16 months and I'm like just cut it just
1:15.7	cut it all off. How funny. She's like okay and she did she did a good job thank you.
1:19.5	So you wrote a book? I wrote a book. You wrote a book about your wonderful son Owen? Yes. So tell me about this book.
1:28.0	So, okay, so I guess I wasn't very successful in business because the last three jobs I had I've been laid off.
1:37.0	Oh really?
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