Ep 1 - Someday We'll Find It: The "Mugs and Mercy" Connection

Welcome to our very first episode of Mugs and Mercy!   Listen in as we introduce the podcast, ourselves, and what's in our mugs. We'll talk about our background and what led us to creating a podcast, and how we hope it brings us more connection-- with each other and with our listeners! Cheers!   Find us online! Christine - Instagram: @thattinilife Emily - Youtube: @TakeEmWithYouu              Instagram: @Emily_Nicole77 Katie - Instagram: @muchadoaboutdrama, @NurturingNeurodivergentKiddos YouTube: @muchadoaboutdrama - @nurturingneurodivergentkiddos TikTok: @nurturingneurodivergence Website - muchadoaboutdrama.com   Music by: Nazo Zakkak - nazozakkak.com - Instagram @nazo_zakkak - Youtube @nazozakkak

Episode Transcript

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Pour a cup and connect with us today as we talk about connection and why we started a podcast.
This is Mugs and Mercy.
Cheers.
This is our first episode and yeah, we haven't been, we're really excitedly to.

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And be together.
So just a couple weeks ago, we were all hanging out and we hadn't all, just like the three of us been together in a long time and it almost didn't happen.
Like we just randomly were like, okay, yeah, I guess I can come over.
It's not necessarily a like, I don't have time to, but I haven't, we haven't hung out all together for a while.
Katie and I were trying to get together and Emily was kind of in a last minute edition, but hey, that's what, what we can do.

(00:52):
Yeah.
And we were, most of the time we were talking about Totally other things, birth stories, intense.
Um, anyway, and then towards the end of our time together, we started talking about podcasts that we mm-hmm.
Enjoy.
And we're like, wait, we should do this.
Like we, and, and we thought it would help us like.
Make intentional time to connect with each other too.
And I don't know how much we even said we should do this.

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It was just like, okay, so when should we meet? Like, let's just, we just did it.
Like we, we started, we're making it happen.
From hypothetical to here we are reality and we decided to make this first episode about connection because it's something, as we've gotten older and started having kids and gotten busy, it's very hard to actually like take the intentional time to connect and have fellowship with one another, and.

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It's something I feel I've been missing a lot.
Well, and for, we'll get into this later, but the three of us have lived in literally three different states the past, like almost five years.
Since 2020 or 2021.
Mm-hmm.
And we're finally all living in the same spot.
And as moms we can feel, you know, lonely and sometimes, and it's so nice to finally have each other and be able to connect together, but also.

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Together with you? With you.
And we, we grew up well for most of our growing up.
We were near each other in California.
Um, and I have a sister too.
They're my cousins.
We'll, we'll introduce ourselves in just a second.
Um, and so the four of us were always really close growing up, and my sister hopefully will come join us sometimes.
She's a little far away.
She's, she's about two hours away, so she'll join us when she can.

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She's the fourth amigo.
Yes.
But why don't we amigo? Um, so this first episode's about connection.
Why don't we.
Introduce ourselves, introduce ourselves, and that'll connect with you.
So who, I'll start since I'm holding this mic.
Um, hi, I'm Christine.
It feels so silly.
I'm Christine.

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I'm the eldest of the cousin sisters.
Um, and I am married to Miguel and I have two daughters and a little baby boy who's almost gonna be one,.
Yes.
We, I don't know how far back to go, but we did grow up, in Indiana while Katie was in California.
We moved to California in um, 2021, I mean 20 the 2001, the aughts and then, um, ended out here in the south 2001, we moved to California in 21.

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So, oh, I've been cradle orthodox my whole life.
I call it first generation, 'cause our parents.
Came into orthodoxy and then, um, we were, the first.
Children brought up in the family in Orthodoxy, and still keeping it going, so I don't know.
Oh, you might hear them call me Kirk.
Mm-hmm.

(03:40):
That's a nickname.
You'll get used to it, I guess.
So if we say, Kirk, you're not like, who? You know.
Oh, I don't even know how we came up with that years ago, but she's Kirk to us.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
And, um, I'm Emily.
Hi.
We're, we're, if you can't tell, we're very excited to finally be doing this, so Christine Kirk is my sister, Katie is my cousin.

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That's how we're related and, um.
If you mix this up, it's okay.
'cause everyone has always kind of mixed us up.
But, um, I am married to a wonderful man named Gary, and I have almost three, I almost had three kids.
How many children do you have? I have two children.
Sometimes it feels like three.
No.
I have, my son who's four and I have a almost 1-year-old also girl, and our babies.

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We're born very close together and we refer to them as the twins sometimes.
So, and they're both almost one, and we're really, it's bittersweet.
I'm Katie and I have actual twins.
She does, she does.
True story.
Um, alright, I'll start again.
Okay.
So I'm their cousin and then I have an older sister who.
A name Nicole who's gonna join us sometimes.

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I am married.
You married, hear her.
Referred to as Kel.
Yes.
Another big name You'll get Nicole sister is Yeah, we call her Cal Her.
And sometimes I'm Cake.
Cake.
Cake law.
Cake Law.
I don't know why.
Yeah, it is.
It is what? It's, I'm just, Emily.
Emily's the only one without a K name and she's been like, can't we try Kemp? And we're like, no.
Didn't quite work.

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So M cake.
Who's not with us right now? Yes, she's not with us.
Today's, she's just a little, couple north.
Okay.
I, uh, so I'm Katie.
Cake.
I'm married to Nazo who did our intro music.
Thank you, Nazo.
And then I have four children.
My oldest is a son, a boy.

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We have the giggles today, so here we go.
Um, and then I have, uh, so he's seven.
I have 4-year-old twin boys, and then I have an almost six month old girl.
So we all had babies.
Within less than a year of each other.
Our family had a baby boom.
Last, yes.
And yeah.
Yeah.
That's me.

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And that's us.
All right, girls.
It is time for what's in your mug.
Katie, tell us about what's in your mug today.
I have my favorite drink, so I'll probably have this a lot.
Simple iced coffee with the Costco, Starbucks, caramel macchiato, creamer, and a little bit of monk fruit.
It's satisfying choice.
It's a satisfying noise.

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Oh, the tinkle of an iced coffee.
Here I'll do the, I'll do the slurp like your hand.
I think.

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No, this is good.
No, this is good.
It'll resonate.
.66666667I hope this resonates with some of you because we also take this very seriously Katie, what about the mug? Is it special to you? This is a my Peter Pan mug. 131 00:06:56,871.66666667 --> 00:06:58,161.66666667 There's Tinkerbell on the front. 132 00:06:58,431.66666667 --> 00:06:59,661.66666667 She's not actually my favorite. 133 00:06:59,661.66666667 --> 00:07:03,261.66666667 I know a lot of people like her, but I played Wendy in high school. 134 00:07:03,261.66666667 --> 00:07:10,131.66666667 That was my first like large role in a musical and it was very exciting and this mug actually has Wendy on it and it's just super cute. 135 00:07:11,241.66666667 --> 00:07:32,366.66666667 Emily, what's in your mug? In my mug is, um, an iced mocha and there's caramel drizzle in it, and it's decaf because I drink a lot of decaf these days, but this mug, you can't see it if you're just listening, but it has an E on it and kind of like this art decoy type tile thing. 136 00:07:32,576.66666667 --> 00:07:35,66.66666667 And um, I got it from my boss. 137 00:07:35,76.66666667 --> 00:07:40,686.66666667 Back in the day when I worked at a school, but I didn't know this, but a lot of people we know have these mugs. 138 00:07:40,836.66666667 --> 00:07:42,546.66666667 It's uh, just a special mug to me. 139 00:07:42,596.66666667 --> 00:07:42,886.66666667 Okay. 140 00:07:43,676.66666667 --> 00:07:44,286.66666667 Christine. 141 00:07:44,676.66666667 --> 00:07:44,966.66666667 Okay. 142 00:07:45,1.66666667 --> 00:07:46,711.66666667 What's in your mug? Hi. 143 00:07:46,771.66666667 --> 00:07:48,961.66666667 So I'm drinking decaf coffee. 144 00:07:49,381.66666667 --> 00:07:53,911.66666667 Pour over, uh, with maple syrup and cream, and it's in my. 145 00:07:55,621.66666667 --> 00:07:57,601.66666667 C mug, which was a wedding gift. 146 00:07:57,601.66666667 --> 00:08:08,521.66666667 My husband has an M mug that matches, and Christine taught this to me, but if you put maple syrup in your coffee instead of sugar or anything else, it's so good. 147 00:08:08,521.66666667 --> 00:08:10,351.66666667 Just a little cream, little maple syrup. 148 00:08:11,251.66666667 --> 00:08:12,61.66666667 Game changer. 149 00:08:12,91.66666667 --> 00:08:12,661.66666667 You gotta do it. 150 00:08:12,661.66666667 --> 00:08:13,681.66666667 That's the good stuff. 151 00:08:14,71.66666667 --> 00:08:25,351.66666667 Okay, so for our next segment, we're going to explain why our theme of the day connects to us because the podcast about connection and this episode is specifically about connection. 152 00:08:25,771.66666667 --> 00:08:27,31.66666667 All right, so Christine, go. 153 00:08:27,301.66666667 --> 00:08:28,621.66666667 Oh, I didn't know I was going first. 154 00:08:28,621.66666667 --> 00:08:31,441.66666667 Okay, so, um, connection for me. 155 00:08:31,981.66666667 --> 00:08:38,851.66666667 I think of connecting to God and connecting to other women or people relationships. 156 00:08:39,361.66666667 --> 00:08:45,211.66666667 Um, and also connecting like with myself, and like who God made me to be. 157 00:08:45,541.66666667 --> 00:08:50,671.66666667 And I think those are all three categories of connection that are very important and needed. 158 00:08:50,671.66666667 --> 00:08:54,591.66666667 And, we can explore those topics throughout the podcast. 159 00:08:55,11.66666667 --> 00:08:55,311.66666667 Good job. 160 00:08:56,941.66666667 --> 00:09:09,181.66666667 Connection for me reminds me like when you're doing, when I'm having a bad day, like I'm kind of an extrovert because I always want people around and I really feel like it's like a saving grace. 161 00:09:09,181.66666667 --> 00:09:11,581.66666667 And it's like God's gift to us is each other. 162 00:09:12,61.66666667 --> 00:09:18,241.66666667 And I feel like we don't have that in today's society as much like our village, you know, our, our, um. 163 00:09:18,961.66666667 --> 00:09:21,301.66666667 Like families live far away from each other. 164 00:09:21,301.66666667 --> 00:09:26,691.66666667 People are kind of disconnected on their phones but, I think it's so important and, um, I'm glad. 165 00:09:27,21.66666667 --> 00:09:28,101.66666667 And we wanna connect. 166 00:09:28,391.66666667 --> 00:09:33,141.66666667 I think that I have felt very disconnected, over the past several years. 167 00:09:33,141.66666667 --> 00:09:34,911.66666667 Not from my family and children. 168 00:09:34,911.66666667 --> 00:09:37,431.66666667 Like we, we try, but like from my. 169 00:09:37,921.66666667 --> 00:09:41,641.66666667 Community, especially people at church and like my family. 170 00:09:41,641.66666667 --> 00:09:51,211.66666667 And so I think that reconnecting is going to be sort of my sub theme of the day and of the podcast. 171 00:09:51,571.66666667 --> 00:09:59,11.66666667 And of course, like Christine was starting to say, like fully connecting to God and focusing on him in all that we do. 172 00:09:59,821.66666667 --> 00:10:04,291.66666667 In some ways we connect with, when we connect with each other, it helps us connect with God. 173 00:10:04,321.66666667 --> 00:10:04,561.66666667 Yeah. 174 00:10:04,891.66666667 --> 00:10:05,191.66666667 Mm-hmm. 175 00:10:05,551.66666667 --> 00:10:06,361.66666667 So. 176 00:10:07,986.66666667 --> 00:10:10,476.66666667 In exploring our theme today? Mm-hmm. 177 00:10:10,896.66666667 --> 00:10:13,296.66666667 I thought we could go a little bit more in depth. 178 00:10:13,296.66666667 --> 00:10:17,166.66666667 We started talking about where we all came from when we were introducing ourselves. 179 00:10:17,736.66666667 --> 00:10:23,346.66666667 I thought we could talk a little bit more about our history together, our childhood. 180 00:10:23,346.66666667 --> 00:10:23,496.66666667 Yeah. 181 00:10:23,496.66666667 --> 00:10:32,651.66666667 Some fun, just like stories from our childhoods and how we all grew up together, and then our reconnection, if you will, that we're having. 182 00:10:33,546.66666667 --> 00:10:39,516.66666667 Now that we're all living cliffs together, so we, as we said before, they grew up. 183 00:10:39,786.66666667 --> 00:10:47,226.66666667 Christine and Emily grew up in Indiana and I grew up in California and I remember being very little. 184 00:10:47,226.66666667 --> 00:10:57,126.66666667 I remember every time we would do a visit to go see you all, it was like just the biggest, like most exciting, biggest thing, biggest deal in the world. 185 00:10:57,876.66666667 --> 00:10:58,566.66666667 And. 186 00:10:59,41.66666667 --> 00:11:00,391.66666667 Same on our side. 187 00:11:00,451.66666667 --> 00:11:04,621.66666667 I remember having a, I made a countdown calendar for like count. 188 00:11:04,621.66666667 --> 00:11:06,631.66666667 It was like countdown to the bronze. 189 00:11:06,631.66666667 --> 00:11:07,591.66666667 Aww, that's cute. 190 00:11:07,591.66666667 --> 00:11:12,961.66666667 And my parents, I remember my parents like thinking it was the cutest thing ever because it was like marking down the days. 191 00:11:13,381.66666667 --> 00:11:17,821.66666667 It was like the equivalent to like going on the best vacation as a child. 192 00:11:17,851.66666667 --> 00:11:19,651.66666667 Like we get to see the bronze. 193 00:11:19,651.66666667 --> 00:11:22,891.66666667 Like it was like, yeah, we looked forward to it all year. 194 00:11:23,191.66666667 --> 00:11:29,376.66666667 And then you were what, when you all moved to California, you were like 11, 12, 13. 195 00:11:29,381.66666667 --> 00:11:30,541.66666667 I was 15. 196 00:11:30,901.66666667 --> 00:11:32,161.66666667 I was 11. 197 00:11:32,851.66666667 --> 00:11:33,331.66666667 12. 198 00:11:33,336.66666667 --> 00:11:35,216.66666667 Wait, are you sure? Yeah. 199 00:11:35,636.66666667 --> 00:11:36,136.66666667 You've been 12. 200 00:11:36,136.66666667 --> 00:11:37,141.66666667 That's possible. 201 00:11:37,471.66666667 --> 00:11:38,311.66666667 You would've been 12. 202 00:11:38,311.66666667 --> 00:11:41,941.66666667 I think I turned 12 the first January we were here. 203 00:11:42,121.66666667 --> 00:11:45,661.66666667 So you must have been 14, something like that. 204 00:11:45,991.66666667 --> 00:11:47,461.66666667 I feel like you were going into freshman year. 205 00:11:47,641.66666667 --> 00:11:48,631.66666667 Sophomore of high school. 206 00:11:48,841.66666667 --> 00:11:49,771.66666667 Oh yeah. 207 00:11:50,341.66666667 --> 00:11:50,731.66666667 Okay. 208 00:11:50,731.66666667 --> 00:11:52,171.66666667 Isn't they, they were fairly young. 209 00:11:52,351.66666667 --> 00:11:54,571.66666667 Not a fun time to move to a new state. 210 00:11:54,841.66666667 --> 00:11:54,991.66666667 Mm-hmm. 211 00:11:55,471.66666667 --> 00:11:55,981.66666667 Yeah. 212 00:11:56,101.66666667 --> 00:11:56,611.66666667 That is hard. 213 00:11:57,441.66666667 --> 00:11:59,481.66666667 Except to be by our cousins, of course. 214 00:12:01,371.66666667 --> 00:12:13,131.66666667 No, a lot of change happened around that time, but moving was a really good thing and we're so excited to be close to the bronze, um, which is, when I say the bronze, I'm talking about Katie and her family, her parents and siblings. 215 00:12:13,131.66666667 --> 00:12:13,191.66666667 Yeah. 216 00:12:13,191.66666667 --> 00:12:15,441.66666667 They were the Gilberts Gilberts. 217 00:12:16,461.66666667 --> 00:12:16,641.66666667 Bra. 218 00:12:17,721.66666667 --> 00:12:24,81.66666667 But, um, but even before that, like, uh, when we would visit, are we gonna talk about tie-dyed? Sure. 219 00:12:24,171.66666667 --> 00:12:24,996.66666667 This is before talk. 220 00:12:25,216.66666667 --> 00:12:25,476.66666667 Oh dear. 221 00:12:25,476.66666667 --> 00:12:29,121.66666667 This, before we lived in California, um, our first band breakup fight. 222 00:12:29,211.66666667 --> 00:12:29,721.66666667 Yeah. 223 00:12:29,721.66666667 --> 00:12:33,111.66666667 So Christine was never in the band. 224 00:12:34,521.66666667 --> 00:12:35,841.66666667 But sh we okay. 225 00:12:35,841.66666667 --> 00:12:37,586.66666667 She's too old and cool for school. 226 00:12:37,586.66666667 --> 00:12:43,791.66666667 When I say I used the term band very loosely, it was, um, it was when Hansen was really popular. 227 00:12:43,791.66666667 --> 00:12:47,451.66666667 So we were basically, yeah, we were really into trying to be Hansen, but the girl version. 228 00:12:47,481.66666667 --> 00:12:48,21.66666667 Yeah. 229 00:12:48,81.66666667 --> 00:12:52,971.66666667 So cousins, we were like, oh, we're gonna start a band and be famous and it'll be awesome. 230 00:12:53,1.66666667 --> 00:12:55,581.66666667 And so Nicole and I were like, yeah. 231 00:12:55,631.66666667 --> 00:12:58,511.66666667 Somehow Christine got roped into helping us figure out the name. 232 00:12:58,781.66666667 --> 00:13:01,571.66666667 I'm pretty sure I came up with the name Tie-Dyed and it was the nineties. 233 00:13:01,571.66666667 --> 00:13:09,311.66666667 They got all the glory of being in the band, and I was too old to be in a little kitty band, but I was secretly jealous. 234 00:13:10,391.66666667 --> 00:13:14,276.66666667 I'm pretty sure that our parents forced you and Nicole to let me. 235 00:13:15,136.66666667 --> 00:13:19,426.66666667 Join probably like I, I think you did not want me to join little, little cousin. 236 00:13:19,431.66666667 --> 00:13:21,586.66666667 Like you were like, I was a little tag along cousin. 237 00:13:21,586.66666667 --> 00:13:22,576.66666667 I think I was five. 238 00:13:22,636.66666667 --> 00:13:23,206.66666667 You were five. 239 00:13:23,206.66666667 --> 00:13:23,716.66666667 Oh my goodness. 240 00:13:23,716.66666667 --> 00:13:30,886.66666667 I was like, and I still to this day think that Christine came up with one of the best names for a band tie-dyed. 241 00:13:30,946.66666667 --> 00:13:31,226.66666667 I think that. 242 00:13:31,406.66666667 --> 00:13:32,216.66666667 Pretty cool name. 243 00:13:32,216.66666667 --> 00:13:32,936.66666667 Especially for the nineties. 244 00:13:32,936.66666667 --> 00:13:33,986.66666667 Like nowadays. 245 00:13:34,46.66666667 --> 00:13:35,276.66666667 For the what? Nineties. 246 00:13:35,366.66666667 --> 00:13:36,176.66666667 Oh, the nineties. 247 00:13:36,686.66666667 --> 00:13:47,96.66666667 Especially in our family, like we have this whole lore about tie nine, and so we just say tide end and we break out into like our songs we wrote as kids, and it's like, um, we'll have to feature those. 248 00:13:47,156.66666667 --> 00:13:47,756.66666667 Yeah. 249 00:13:47,816.66666667 --> 00:13:51,266.66666667 When, when Nicole visits, there were definitely some songs that we thought. 250 00:13:51,516.66666667 --> 00:13:55,506.66666667 We were writing that were to tunes that already existed. 251 00:13:55,686.66666667 --> 00:14:00,996.66666667 It was like basically like probably nursery rhymes that we just put, like really sad words. 252 00:14:02,976.66666667 --> 00:14:04,716.66666667 But anyway, so we played around with it. 253 00:14:05,106.66666667 --> 00:14:05,616.66666667 Um. 254 00:14:06,356.66666667 --> 00:14:09,716.66666667 Are we telling about Oh, the the drama? Yeah, the boy drama. 255 00:14:09,716.66666667 --> 00:14:09,746.66666667 Okay. 256 00:14:09,746.66666667 --> 00:14:13,76.66666667 So Nicole and I, um, wanted seven and 8-year-old. 257 00:14:13,841.66666667 --> 00:14:18,506.66666667 You I was five, seven Old Katie's, five Christine's like watching as a 10-year-old or whatever. 258 00:14:19,466.66666667 --> 00:14:27,26.66666667 Um, and Nicole and I wanted to write love songs and so we were like, we're gonna sing about finding love. 259 00:14:27,971.66666667 --> 00:14:34,91.66666667 And I as the very mature five-year-old that I was said, excuse me, we are too young to be singing about boys. 260 00:14:34,91.66666667 --> 00:14:38,681.66666667 This is not appropriate material for our band. 261 00:14:39,221.66666667 --> 00:14:41,736.66666667 And we were like too young to understand love and we were like. 262 00:14:42,401.66666667 --> 00:14:45,761.66666667 Does Katie have to be in the band? So yeah. 263 00:14:45,761.66666667 --> 00:14:54,581.66666667 Basically the, the parents decided to resolve this conflict by having me go over to our Grande's house and bake cookies so that Nicole and Emily could sing about boys. 264 00:14:55,1.66666667 --> 00:15:02,651.66666667 Yeah, I'm surprised they let us just like sing about boys or do whatever, you know? I think I was still correct in my assessment that we were too young. 265 00:15:02,651.66666667 --> 00:15:03,671.66666667 You were very. 266 00:15:04,376.66666667 --> 00:15:06,56.66666667 Into propriety. 267 00:15:06,386.66666667 --> 00:15:09,896.66666667 So I think the big thing is we were all always wanting to perform. 268 00:15:10,436.66666667 --> 00:15:14,486.66666667 Um, we were all always wanting to connect, you know? Mm-hmm. 269 00:15:14,966.66666667 --> 00:15:21,686.66666667 No, but we connected a lot through, um, making shows and songs and stuff like that. 270 00:15:21,686.66666667 --> 00:15:25,571.66666667 And then we all ended up doing musical theater and bonding over that eventually and such. 271 00:15:27,101.66666667 --> 00:15:34,631.66666667 And we forced our parents to watch all the, many, many shows that we would put on, on a regular basis for them. 272 00:15:34,901.66666667 --> 00:15:35,81.66666667 Yes. 273 00:15:35,711.66666667 --> 00:15:36,41.66666667 Yep. 274 00:15:36,221.66666667 --> 00:15:39,791.66666667 And now my girls are carrying on the legacy they're performing all the time. 275 00:15:40,211.66666667 --> 00:15:40,871.66666667 That's really cute. 276 00:15:40,931.66666667 --> 00:15:41,861.66666667 It's, it's cute. 277 00:15:42,251.66666667 --> 00:15:47,711.66666667 I wanted to say, and then, so then as we grew up, we all would hang out and you know, we matured. 278 00:15:47,801.66666667 --> 00:15:50,261.66666667 A little matured and, um. 279 00:15:50,591.66666667 --> 00:15:57,131.66666667 But people always got the three of us mixed up because when we were younger, especially, all our hair was very blonde. 280 00:15:57,401.66666667 --> 00:16:00,71.66666667 Um, we all looked very similar. 281 00:16:00,461.66666667 --> 00:16:12,121.66666667 And do you guys, is the story waiting to tell you, do you guys, do you guys remember when we went to Starbucks, the three of us? And they're like, and then we ordered and they're like, oh, the littlest sister goes last. 282 00:16:12,121.66666667 --> 00:16:17,521.66666667 And we're, we all, we're like teenagers, so we were like, probably like, we shouldn't lie about anything. 283 00:16:17,521.66666667 --> 00:16:22,561.66666667 You know, like we're, and we all said Uhhuh, and we, we like, it was so awkward. 284 00:16:22,561.66666667 --> 00:16:34,411.66666667 We just like slowly backed away without like saying they're, they're probably like, what is wrong with these people? Like, wow, I would've, do you remember that now? I would've just been like Uhhuh, or actually we're cousins, but we look alike. 285 00:16:34,461.66666667 --> 00:16:45,681.6666667 Like, what I found interesting too with us growing up is I feel like we all like connected more at different times when we were, because Christine and I are six years apart, so there was a point that I was like, still a kid. 286 00:16:45,681.6666667 --> 00:16:47,91.6666667 And she's like, well into teenage hood. 287 00:16:47,121.6666667 --> 00:16:47,211.6666667 Mm-hmm. 288 00:16:47,451.6666667 --> 00:16:50,1.6666667 You know? But I feel like as soon as I started. 289 00:16:50,276.6666667 --> 00:16:59,456.6666667 Kind of even like as a preteen and, and getting into a teenager, like, she and I connected a lot more and like had a lot in common. 290 00:16:59,456.6666667 --> 00:17:02,626.6666667 And then we, you know, Nicole and I did a lot, yeah. 291 00:17:02,686.6666667 --> 00:17:04,606.6666667 We, we were in school together and everything. 292 00:17:05,176.6666667 --> 00:17:10,486.6666667 Um, but I think that's, so we were sisters, so obviously we, but we all, it's true. 293 00:17:10,516.6666667 --> 00:17:17,776.6666667 'cause then there's a time where like Nicole and I were really close and then you two got really close, like in earlier adulthood I feel like. 294 00:17:17,776.6666667 --> 00:17:18,196.6666667 And then. 295 00:17:18,976.6666667 --> 00:17:23,596.6666667 But then like Katie and I bonded over some things and you know, it just all flopped around. 296 00:17:26,806.6666667 --> 00:17:29,851.6666667 Poor terminology, but you know, the connection. 297 00:17:31,396.6666667 --> 00:17:32,596.6666667 Changed over time. 298 00:17:32,596.6666667 --> 00:17:32,686.6666667 Yes. 299 00:17:32,686.6666667 --> 00:17:34,186.6666667 And, and in good ways. 300 00:17:34,996.6666667 --> 00:17:36,496.6666667 Well, I think that's a good time. 301 00:17:36,886.6666667 --> 00:17:47,796.6666667 That's a good transition to take us a little more to now, because our lives have changed a lot from what it was with, kids and growing up and now we have kids from performances in the living room too. 302 00:17:47,796.6666667 --> 00:17:47,976.6666667 Yes. 303 00:17:48,696.6666667 --> 00:17:50,466.6666667 Now your kids are performing in the living room. 304 00:17:50,526.6666667 --> 00:17:52,386.6666667 No, we have to watch every one of 'em. 305 00:17:53,286.6666667 --> 00:17:54,486.6666667 So, oh, something I realized. 306 00:17:54,791.6666667 --> 00:18:02,111.6666667 So that we can record this episode, our husbands are helping to watch all the children, and there are nine of them. 307 00:18:02,741.6666667 --> 00:18:09,161.6666667 I realized that there's nine of them, and so we have between the three of us, nine under nine. 308 00:18:09,531.6666667 --> 00:18:10,71.6666667 Wow. 309 00:18:10,161.6666667 --> 00:18:11,601.6666667 Oh, hey. 310 00:18:11,726.6666667 --> 00:18:12,16.6666667 Yeah. 311 00:18:12,196.6666667 --> 00:18:12,416.6666667 Hey. 312 00:18:13,11.6666667 --> 00:18:13,551.6666667 Wow. 313 00:18:14,151.6666667 --> 00:18:14,781.6666667 That's crazy. 314 00:18:14,991.6666667 --> 00:18:16,761.6666667 We should change our name to nine under nine. 315 00:18:18,561.6666667 --> 00:18:20,721.6666667 No, they're gonna keep growing. 316 00:18:20,721.6666667 --> 00:18:22,161.6666667 They won't be nine under nine forever. 317 00:18:22,161.6666667 --> 00:18:24,531.6666667 But the oldest is eight, so it is nine. 318 00:18:24,651.6666667 --> 00:18:25,761.6666667 Nine under nine officially. 319 00:18:25,911.6666667 --> 00:18:26,391.6666667 Wow. 320 00:18:26,396.6666667 --> 00:18:31,676.6666667 So who knows what our husbands are doing, but they're in charge of three babies and five older kids. 321 00:18:31,676.6666667 --> 00:18:32,231.6666667 I'm sure they're fine. 322 00:18:32,996.6666667 --> 00:18:33,896.6666667 Six older kids. 323 00:18:33,896.6666667 --> 00:18:34,286.6666667 Wow. 324 00:18:34,346.6666667 --> 00:18:34,706.6666667 Yeah. 325 00:18:34,706.6666667 --> 00:18:36,596.6666667 The babies are all babies under one. 326 00:18:36,896.6666667 --> 00:18:39,471.6666667 And then three, four year olds. 327 00:18:39,521.6666667 --> 00:18:40,112.6666667 Three 4-year-old. 328 00:18:40,226.6666667 --> 00:18:41,551.6666667 6-year-old, a 7-year-old and 8-year-old. 329 00:18:41,561.6666667 --> 00:18:42,536.6666667 Seven and 8-year-old. 330 00:18:42,536.6666667 --> 00:18:42,896.6666667 Wow. 331 00:18:42,896.6666667 --> 00:18:43,106.6666667 Yeah. 332 00:18:43,171.6666667 --> 00:18:45,626.6666667 Who, let's say a prayer for them. 333 00:18:46,706.6666667 --> 00:18:49,266.6666667 So then, we all got married. 334 00:18:49,266.6666667 --> 00:18:50,856.6666667 We had started having kids. 335 00:18:51,366.6666667 --> 00:18:51,816.6666667 Um. 336 00:18:52,416.6666667 --> 00:18:53,976.6666667 And we live. 337 00:18:54,246.6666667 --> 00:18:54,876.6666667 Oh, I'm sorry. 338 00:18:55,236.6666667 --> 00:18:59,466.6666667 But that part we over some stuff there. 339 00:18:59,466.6666667 --> 00:19:03,906.6666667 No, I just wanna say like there were many single years before we all got married. 340 00:19:03,906.6666667 --> 00:19:03,996.6666667 Yes. 341 00:19:04,236.6666667 --> 00:19:10,476.6666667 To not make it sound like easy because it wasn't, those were some important years that we'll be part of our discussion. 342 00:19:10,536.6666667 --> 00:19:10,626.6666667 Mm-hmm. 343 00:19:10,866.6666667 --> 00:19:11,46.6666667 Yeah. 344 00:19:11,376.6666667 --> 00:19:15,36.6666667 Well also for some of us having children was quite a journey too. 345 00:19:15,36.6666667 --> 00:19:15,426.6666667 Yes. 346 00:19:15,426.6666667 --> 00:19:16,836.6666667 We have a lot of stories. 347 00:19:16,836.6666667 --> 00:19:18,666.6666667 A lot of things happened between. 348 00:19:19,71.6666667 --> 00:19:29,61.6666667 2021 or no, 20 2001 and now that's like al 24 years or whatever since we moved to California and now we don't even live there. 349 00:19:29,61.6666667 --> 00:19:29,781.6666667 But that's another thing. 350 00:19:29,781.6666667 --> 00:19:33,291.6666667 But yeah, we literally lived in three different states, three different families. 351 00:19:34,11.6666667 --> 00:19:36,471.6666667 We're reconnecting now and we're so excited to. 352 00:19:37,326.6666667 --> 00:19:39,906.6666667 Start this podcast and connect with you guys. 353 00:19:40,506.6666667 --> 00:19:40,656.6666667 Yes. 354 00:19:41,316.6666667 --> 00:19:41,976.6666667 And yeah. 355 00:19:41,976.6666667 --> 00:19:47,106.6666667 And encourage you to connect, maybe connect and reconnect with, um, other women in your life. 356 00:19:47,226.6666667 --> 00:19:47,616.6666667 Yes. 357 00:19:48,66.6666667 --> 00:20:01,936.6666667 Um, I just wanted to talk about like, that idea of connection and not everyone just has built in people to connect with, with, you know, a sister or a cousin or someone who just moves into town just when you need 'em or whatever. 358 00:20:02,416.6666667 --> 00:20:04,726.6666667 And so, like we were talking about. 359 00:20:05,341.6666667 --> 00:20:06,661.6666667 Connecting with God. 360 00:20:06,961.6666667 --> 00:20:09,751.6666667 I think that's something that you can work on. 361 00:20:10,11.6666667 --> 00:20:14,931.6666667 You always have the ability to, to pray more and go to more church services and this and that. 362 00:20:14,991.6666667 --> 00:20:25,921.6666667 I mean, unless you don't have that ability, but you know, most of us, we can always be investing in that and praying for those connections, and asking. 363 00:20:26,761.6666667 --> 00:20:47,21.6666667 God to help you with, a friend that will support you in this specific way that you need, or, um, sometimes connecting with a saint really helps, you know? 'cause like I know, like Saint Zia is a wonderful saint to connect with if, she prays for relationships, spouses, jobs, homes, all those things that are important in life. 364 00:20:47,81.6666667 --> 00:20:49,811.6666667 Um, and we can talk about her story some other time. 365 00:20:50,201.6666667 --> 00:20:53,141.6666667 Um, god, saints, pray for your friends. 366 00:20:53,141.6666667 --> 00:21:00,431.6666667 Pray for, People to be brought into your life that will suit the needs that you have. 367 00:21:00,791.6666667 --> 00:21:08,491.6666667 Pray for yourself to be a good friend to others, to see how you can be that person that someone needs to connect with. 368 00:21:09,31.6666667 --> 00:21:17,326.6666667 And and that's a good way to look at it, is not just I need connection, but it's like how can I connect with someone else? You know? Mm-hmm. 369 00:21:17,591.6666667 --> 00:21:22,391.6666667 And kind of going out of your comfort zone and taking the lead and saying, Hey, let's hang out. 370 00:21:22,421.6666667 --> 00:21:25,126.6666667 Even if you're an introvert, it'll be good for you and you won't regret it. 371 00:21:26,546.6666667 --> 00:21:27,326.6666667 I'm an introvert. 372 00:21:27,416.6666667 --> 00:21:28,256.6666667 Yeah, I know. 373 00:21:28,256.6666667 --> 00:21:32,486.6666667 It says the extrovert, right? But I mean, do you regret it? No. 374 00:21:33,416.6666667 --> 00:21:39,86.6666667 We decided that every week we want to share some appreciation for the other people in our lives. 375 00:21:39,146.6666667 --> 00:21:44,996.6666667 I feel like in the world right now, there's a lot of negativity where people complain about their children and their husbands and all of that. 376 00:21:44,996.6666667 --> 00:21:53,126.6666667 So we're gonna choose a specific event or person in our family to show some appreciation for, and then also fosters. 377 00:21:53,136.6666667 --> 00:21:55,286.6666667 That positive connection, to Yes. 378 00:21:55,646.6666667 --> 00:22:00,926.6666667 Can I just say one thing? Also with this whole podcast, we're not coming from like an expertise. 379 00:22:02,51.6666667 --> 00:22:03,101.6666667 We're not experts. 380 00:22:03,311.6666667 --> 00:22:13,411.6666667 We're not always like super positive and laughing, so like, we're trying to, I mean, we are a lot of the time for us, our sake, and for your sake, we wanna be as positive as we can. 381 00:22:13,531.6666667 --> 00:22:18,541.6666667 That's why we wanna connect, because that's what gets us through life, is connecting with others and doing that. 382 00:22:18,601.6666667 --> 00:22:20,71.6666667 We connect with God and. 383 00:22:21,556.6666667 --> 00:22:23,806.6666667 Joy, we connect, we get joy out of it. 384 00:22:24,646.6666667 --> 00:22:32,706.6666667 There's a lot of, um, need, we're always hearing like for mental health and spiritual health to, have gratitude. 385 00:22:33,96.6666667 --> 00:22:41,916.6666667 And, it's something that you gotta like practice and work out like a muscle to have more focus on gratitude than complaining and depression and stuff like that. 386 00:22:41,916.6666667 --> 00:22:45,276.6666667 So, yes, I feel like we're, we just wanna make a, an effort. 387 00:22:47,381.6666667 --> 00:22:50,981.6666667 To make sure we take some time to focus on something positive. 388 00:22:51,251.6666667 --> 00:22:55,521.6666667 So one of my twins is autistic and. 389 00:22:56,286.6666667 --> 00:23:08,706.6666667 He, we've been working on some different skills and communication and this week he has really started actually saying some sentences and things that he hasn't ever said before. 390 00:23:08,706.6666667 --> 00:23:08,736.6666667 Aw. 391 00:23:09,36.6666667 --> 00:23:12,396.6666667 And I also, so I appreciate him for like, his work that he is doing towards that. 392 00:23:12,396.6666667 --> 00:23:12,426.6666667 He's so sweet. 393 00:23:12,426.6666667 --> 00:23:20,496.6666667 He is a very sweet boy and I appreciate his brothers have been making more effort to play with him and include him in their games. 394 00:23:20,556.6666667 --> 00:23:24,396.6666667 And I, I've been worried sometimes about their relationship just. 395 00:23:24,796.6666667 --> 00:23:33,391.6666667 You know, 'cause it's, it's a little harder for like the neurotypical brothers to connect with him, but they've, they've really been connecting more and it's really sweet to see. 396 00:23:33,796.6666667 --> 00:23:35,881.6666667 Aw, that's really good. 397 00:23:35,931.6666667 --> 00:23:42,171.6666667 I just keep coming back to, I really am appreciative of my husband because. 398 00:23:42,746.6666667 --> 00:23:47,306.6666667 I mean literally right now he's helping watch nine kids, including two of his own. 399 00:23:47,306.6666667 --> 00:23:47,726.6666667 My husband too. 400 00:23:48,266.6666667 --> 00:23:50,6.6666667 But like I'm just like, I am. 401 00:23:50,6.6666667 --> 00:23:53,666.6666667 I'm so thankful 'cause I know not everybody has that support system and. 402 00:23:54,986.6666667 --> 00:24:04,946.6666667 Even when things get rough, like we always have each other and we, I always have him to lean on, you know? And, um, I'm so thankful for him and that's why I keep thinking about today and who I'm thankful for. 403 00:24:05,456.6666667 --> 00:24:06,326.6666667 Thank you, babe. 404 00:24:06,326.6666667 --> 00:24:06,866.6666667 Love you. 405 00:24:09,716.6666667 --> 00:24:17,436.6666667 Um, so speaking of people supporting us in this podcast, I wanted to, um, appreciate my mom. 406 00:24:18,131.6666667 --> 00:24:23,681.6666667 Our mom, Kim, we are a sitting in the spare room of her house right now. 407 00:24:23,781.6666667 --> 00:24:29,231.6666667 And she has been very gracious in letting us, paint and drill holes in the wall and all those things. 408 00:24:29,231.6666667 --> 00:24:30,161.6666667 And, um, and she's. 409 00:24:30,536.6666667 --> 00:24:31,796.6666667 Always helping with our kids. 410 00:24:31,826.6666667 --> 00:24:32,426.6666667 Always. 411 00:24:32,426.6666667 --> 00:24:32,726.6666667 Yes. 412 00:24:32,726.6666667 --> 00:24:36,446.6666667 So thanks Mom slash cam slash Mimi. 413 00:24:36,546.6666667 --> 00:24:43,186.6666667 We really appreciate you and your, support of us as children and nieces and goddaughter. 414 00:24:43,186.6666667 --> 00:24:47,926.6666667 Also, Katie is our, our God sister as well, so we're like double. 415 00:24:48,341.6666667 --> 00:24:50,831.6666667 True Double E, triple E connected. 416 00:24:50,831.6666667 --> 00:24:54,461.6666667 Our parents are her godparents and her parents are our godparents. 417 00:24:55,871.6666667 --> 00:24:56,981.6666667 We're double God sisters. 418 00:24:57,101.6666667 --> 00:24:57,401.6666667 Yeah. 419 00:24:57,851.6666667 --> 00:24:58,61.6666667 Okay. 420 00:24:58,61.6666667 --> 00:25:06,791.6666667 Finally, we decided that we're going to pick a goal each month and be accountable to each other and be accountable to you, so we'll have our goal for the month. 421 00:25:06,971.6666667 --> 00:25:11,231.6666667 We will also be updating on how the goal is going with the different episodes. 422 00:25:11,831.6666667 --> 00:25:13,211.6666667 So I'll have to be accountable. 423 00:25:13,211.6666667 --> 00:25:14,291.6666667 That's a good thing for Yes. 424 00:25:14,381.6666667 --> 00:25:15,221.6666667 Accountability segments. 425 00:25:15,281.6666667 --> 00:25:16,871.6666667 Part of connection is accountability. 426 00:25:17,381.6666667 --> 00:25:17,711.6666667 Okay. 427 00:25:18,131.6666667 --> 00:25:18,221.6666667 Mm-hmm. 428 00:25:18,611.6666667 --> 00:25:29,831.6666667 I moved, well, my family moved to the state near each other about a month ago, and we are not fully unpacked yet, and it's a beautiful new house. 429 00:25:29,831.6666667 --> 00:25:31,571.6666667 We're like so blessed to have it. 430 00:25:31,571.6666667 --> 00:25:32,801.6666667 We should not. 431 00:25:32,801.6666667 --> 00:25:34,61.6666667 It really, it a gorgeous house. 432 00:25:34,91.6666667 --> 00:25:34,211.6666667 Yeah. 433 00:25:34,256.6666667 --> 00:25:35,831.6666667 It, it was kind of one of those like. 434 00:25:36,326.6666667 --> 00:25:39,206.6666667 How is this house still on the market and yeah. 435 00:25:39,236.6666667 --> 00:25:42,386.6666667 Amazing that we um, that's a whole, like, God, we should tell. 436 00:25:42,656.6666667 --> 00:25:42,866.6666667 Yeah. 437 00:25:42,866.6666667 --> 00:25:47,306.6666667 We'll, we'll have like a whole episode about that in the move and so. 438 00:25:48,416.6666667 --> 00:25:55,316.6666667 I have a goal over the next month of fully unpacking and just truly making it a home. 439 00:25:55,556.6666667 --> 00:26:05,876.6666667 It's, it's a home already, but really like getting everything organized and done in such a way that we can really use our home and, and appreciate it and invite people over and all the good things. 440 00:26:05,876.6666667 --> 00:26:08,186.6666667 You have a, you're hosting a baby shower next month. 441 00:26:08,191.6666667 --> 00:26:09,956.6666667 That's, so that's a good timing for the goal. 442 00:26:10,886.6666667 --> 00:26:14,156.6666667 Alright, Emily, what's your, I should do that because I've been here. 443 00:26:15,311.6666667 --> 00:26:21,131.6666667 Like nine months, 10 months, and we're still like organizing things and getting furniture still. 444 00:26:21,401.6666667 --> 00:26:22,511.6666667 But that's not gonna be my goal. 445 00:26:22,511.6666667 --> 00:26:24,641.6666667 That's just my, that's my whole over year goal. 446 00:26:24,641.6666667 --> 00:26:33,761.6666667 But I think a lot of my root problems in life come from my not sleeping enough, like having a kid, having being a night owl, insomnia. 447 00:26:35,501.6666667 --> 00:26:37,181.6666667 So my goal. 448 00:26:37,556.6666667 --> 00:26:57,86.6666667 And actually I'm gonna be documenting this on, um, my YouTube channel, but it's, my goal here to be held accountable is I really wanna reset my circadian rhythm and really go to bed on time and wake up at a decent time because I like will go literally with like three or four hours of sleep on average sometimes. 449 00:26:57,86.6666667 --> 00:26:59,366.6666667 So my goal is really to reset that. 450 00:26:59,426.6666667 --> 00:27:05,591.6666667 'cause I think if I reset that everything else will start falling into place, you know? Just everything in life will start. 451 00:27:05,591.6666667 --> 00:27:09,71.6666667 Hopefully that then my house will get more organized, health will get better. 452 00:27:09,71.6666667 --> 00:27:10,91.6666667 All those things, you know. 453 00:27:10,211.6666667 --> 00:27:10,871.6666667 So that's my goal. 454 00:27:10,871.6666667 --> 00:27:11,561.6666667 It's very important. 455 00:27:11,561.6666667 --> 00:27:14,111.6666667 Sleep is very important and I'm really bad at sleeping. 456 00:27:15,981.6666667 --> 00:27:20,31.6666667 Those are nice, big goals because I think you moved nine months ago. 457 00:27:20,31.6666667 --> 00:27:20,781.6666667 We moved. 458 00:27:21,531.6666667 --> 00:27:23,61.6666667 Not, we were already in this. 459 00:27:23,451.6666667 --> 00:27:26,541.6666667 City, but we moved houses like eight months ago, I think. 460 00:27:26,841.6666667 --> 00:27:26,931.6666667 Mm-hmm. 461 00:27:27,171.6666667 --> 00:27:27,191.6666667 Right after. 462 00:27:27,191.6666667 --> 00:27:32,181.6666667 And we're still,, there's still parts of the house that you're like, oh, we haven't focused on this yet, obviously. 463 00:27:32,186.6666667 --> 00:27:32,426.6666667 Mm-hmm. 464 00:27:32,606.6666667 --> 00:27:33,981.6666667 And sleep is a doozy. 465 00:27:34,71.6666667 --> 00:27:34,161.6666667 Mm-hmm. 466 00:27:34,161.6666667 --> 00:27:40,551.6666667 That's a, or should I say a snoozy? Anyways, um, okay. 467 00:27:40,551.6666667 --> 00:27:42,951.6666667 So my goal is not as big as all that. 468 00:27:42,951.6666667 --> 00:27:43,41.6666667 Mm-hmm. 469 00:27:43,71.6666667 --> 00:27:46,611.6666667 Um, I want to get back into. 470 00:27:46,961.6666667 --> 00:27:48,851.6666667 Writing weekly. 471 00:27:48,881.6666667 --> 00:27:49,151.6666667 Okay. 472 00:27:49,151.6666667 --> 00:27:51,671.6666667 Which is just a very small amount of writing. 473 00:27:51,671.6666667 --> 00:28:02,741.6666667 But I used to have on my Instagram writer Wednesday, that's a good one, where you, there's a word of the week and you just write a little snippet of something including the word. 474 00:28:03,131.6666667 --> 00:28:04,541.6666667 And I used to host that. 475 00:28:05,961.6666667 --> 00:28:09,741.6666667 All the time, and I, stopped for like a year or something. 476 00:28:09,861.6666667 --> 00:28:09,951.6666667 Mm-hmm. 477 00:28:10,161.6666667 --> 00:28:11,841.6666667 My mother-in-law passed away. 478 00:28:11,841.6666667 --> 00:28:14,661.6666667 We were out of the state for like several months. 479 00:28:14,661.6666667 --> 00:28:15,711.6666667 There was just a lot going on. 480 00:28:15,711.6666667 --> 00:28:16,41.6666667 I was. 481 00:28:16,386.6666667 --> 00:28:18,756.6666667 Pregnant and then I had a baby and then moved. 482 00:28:18,756.6666667 --> 00:28:24,276.6666667 It was a lot anyways, so get back to doing writer Wednesday and Haiku Friday where we write a haiku every Friday. 483 00:28:24,616.6666667 --> 00:28:33,886.6666667 And just gotta get back in the habit and start making those connections again because it's like so wonderful when other people write a haiku and you're like, oh, we're connecting over poetry. 484 00:28:33,886.6666667 --> 00:28:34,816.6666667 It's wonderful. 485 00:28:35,186.6666667 --> 00:28:39,26.6666667 it's just, it gets me giddy, so I just have to like allow myself that. 486 00:28:39,56.6666667 --> 00:28:39,686.6666667 It's exciting. 487 00:28:39,686.6666667 --> 00:28:41,66.6666667 Chance to, yeah. 488 00:28:41,96.6666667 --> 00:28:41,666.6666667 Let myself. 489 00:28:42,386.6666667 --> 00:28:43,526.6666667 Do that again, to create things, stuff. 490 00:28:44,41.6666667 --> 00:28:52,166.6666667 I feel like, I feel like all three of us, we're in this phase of our life where we're like, we have babies and we have a lot going on, but we're all feeling very creative right now. 491 00:28:52,166.6666667 --> 00:28:54,476.6666667 Like we have a lot of endeavors we wanna do. 492 00:28:54,626.6666667 --> 00:28:54,716.6666667 Mm-hmm. 493 00:28:54,806.6666667 --> 00:28:59,456.6666667 We have big dreams, you know, and I think we should each talk about what we have going on in our lives. 494 00:28:59,456.6666667 --> 00:29:01,286.6666667 You know, we can say our other things. 495 00:29:01,556.6666667 --> 00:29:07,166.6666667 We just, we are very excited about creating and we're excited for you guys to be a part of it. 496 00:29:07,646.6666667 --> 00:29:10,721.6666667 So we want to know what your goal is. 497 00:29:11,371.6666667 --> 00:29:15,636.6666667 Okay, and we wanna check back in with you in a month, see how you're doing. 498 00:29:15,636.6666667 --> 00:29:19,536.6666667 Do you need to start reset your circadian rhythm? Do you need to, you know. 499 00:29:20,441.6666667 --> 00:29:21,191.6666667 Eat less sugar. 500 00:29:21,191.6666667 --> 00:29:21,581.6666667 I don't know. 501 00:29:21,581.6666667 --> 00:29:22,421.6666667 Whatever it is. 502 00:29:23,321.6666667 --> 00:29:23,411.6666667 Need. 503 00:29:23,471.6666667 --> 00:29:34,541.6666667 Do you need to eat more sugar because you need to, I dunno, but there's, you're that one person out there that really isn't getting much, it's not getting enough. 504 00:29:35,831.6666667 --> 00:29:47,831.6666667 Just whatever it is, let us know because we love supporting each other and you, and you can support us and let's just be one big happy, connected family. 505 00:29:47,831.6666667 --> 00:29:48,221.6666667 Connected family. 506 00:29:48,221.6666667 --> 00:29:48,311.6666667 Yeah. 507 00:29:49,91.6666667 --> 00:29:52,751.6666667 Like, comment, subscribe, share share's the big one. 508 00:29:52,751.6666667 --> 00:29:57,231.6666667 Honestly, yes, that's how we can connect with as many people as possible. 509 00:29:57,231.6666667 --> 00:30:00,711.6666667 And like, we hope that this is actually really encouraging for everybody. 510 00:30:00,711.6666667 --> 00:30:02,91.6666667 So please share. 511 00:30:02,521.6666667 --> 00:30:05,481.6666667 I do wanna say, so Christine, you said you have your. 512 00:30:06,261.6666667 --> 00:30:14,641.6666667 Instagram, can you share that with us? So people can join doing the Haiku or the Haiku Fridays and the Writer's Wednesdays? Yes. 513 00:30:14,731.6666667 --> 00:30:17,371.6666667 Um, and we'll link it down below as well. 514 00:30:17,371.6666667 --> 00:30:18,661.6666667 Like our other stuff. 515 00:30:19,201.6666667 --> 00:30:25,111.6666667 Do we do like check out below, um, for the link? Um, or if you're listening, we'll have it in the show notes. 516 00:30:25,171.6666667 --> 00:30:25,411.6666667 Yeah. 517 00:30:25,411.6666667 --> 00:30:25,621.6666667 Yes. 518 00:30:25,981.6666667 --> 00:30:27,841.6666667 Anyways, be somewhere where you can find it. 519 00:30:28,771.6666667 --> 00:30:31,231.6666667 Instagram, that teeny life. 520 00:30:31,291.6666667 --> 00:30:34,51.6666667 It's TINI like martini. 521 00:30:34,591.6666667 --> 00:30:38,941.6666667 Cini Martini nai [e-mail]? 522 00:30:38,971.6666667 --> 00:30:47,731.6666667 No, and I am, I think it's Emily under Nicole on Instagram or um, on YouTube. 523 00:30:47,731.6666667 --> 00:30:51,121.6666667 I have a YouTube channel where I'm gonna have some fun videos coming out soon. 524 00:30:51,121.6666667 --> 00:30:55,231.6666667 And it's called Take M with you, EM like me for Emily. 525 00:30:55,801.6666667 --> 00:30:56,881.6666667 That's what I have going on. 526 00:30:56,881.6666667 --> 00:30:59,521.6666667 Katie, am I sharing both things or just Yeah, share. 527 00:30:59,521.6666667 --> 00:30:59,821.6666667 Share. 528 00:30:59,821.6666667 --> 00:31:00,91.6666667 Both. 529 00:31:00,311.6666667 --> 00:31:02,381.6666667 So I've been a drama teacher for a long time. 530 00:31:02,381.6666667 --> 00:31:06,11.6666667 I'm actually just gonna be part-time this year, so I have more time with my family. 531 00:31:06,401.6666667 --> 00:31:10,456.6666667 But I've made a bunch of resources for drama teachers and I'll also be doing. 532 00:31:11,321.6666667 --> 00:31:12,251.6666667 Private lessons. 533 00:31:12,251.6666667 --> 00:31:14,791.6666667 So that's, much a do about drama. 534 00:31:15,181.6666667 --> 00:31:17,731.6666667 That's both YouTube and Instagram. 535 00:31:17,731.6666667 --> 00:31:18,601.6666667 Such a cute name. 536 00:31:18,601.6666667 --> 00:31:18,961.6666667 I love it. 537 00:31:19,651.6666667 --> 00:31:27,116.6666667 And then I also have started a page on Instagram and YouTube that's nurturing and TikTok. 538 00:31:27,996.6666667 --> 00:31:30,776.6666667 And TikTok, I'm embarrassed about TikTok. 539 00:31:31,636.6666667 --> 00:31:32,176.6666667 No, no. 540 00:31:33,466.6666667 --> 00:31:34,136.6666667 We're okay. 541 00:31:34,426.6666667 --> 00:31:40,111.6666667 We're millennials and we're, you know, the TikTok is new to us, but I'm on it too. 542 00:31:40,111.6666667 --> 00:31:41,736.6666667 Don't call it the, the TikTok. 543 00:31:42,871.6666667 --> 00:31:48,181.6666667 We honestly, we're gonna have a TikTok soon, so we might already, if it is, it's Are we? Yeah. 544 00:31:48,901.6666667 --> 00:31:49,891.6666667 No, I know. 545 00:31:49,891.6666667 --> 00:31:50,731.6666667 It's just TikTok. 546 00:31:50,731.6666667 --> 00:31:51,121.6666667 It's fine. 547 00:31:51,421.6666667 --> 00:32:01,801.6666667 Anyway, people, people are really good at engaging on there and like commenting and I, I've gotten really good ideas anyway, so it's nurturing neurodivergent kiddos on Instagram and on TikTok. 548 00:32:01,951.6666667 --> 00:32:06,396.6666667 It's nurturing neurodivergence, but that's where I talk about. 549 00:32:08,71.6666667 --> 00:32:14,341.6666667 What I'm learning basically as an autism mama and how I'm, she posts like daily updates. 550 00:32:14,341.6666667 --> 00:32:15,361.6666667 It's really cool to see. 551 00:32:15,631.6666667 --> 00:32:17,401.6666667 I'm trying to show how,. 552 00:32:17,711.6666667 --> 00:32:21,341.6666667 I'm not an expert, but I'm trying to show what I'm learning about supporting my son. 553 00:32:22,526.6666667 --> 00:32:37,706.6666667 And, uh, my husband is Nazo Zk and he did our intro music And you can, his Instagram is just Nazo zk and his YouTube is also Nazo Zk, KKAK. 554 00:32:37,856.6666667 --> 00:32:38,691.6666667 And he does. 555 00:32:39,396.6666667 --> 00:32:46,866.6666667 Music like for this, but he composes hymns for the Orthodox Church and absolutely beautiful. 556 00:32:46,866.6666667 --> 00:32:48,426.6666667 You will not regret looking him up. 557 00:32:48,426.6666667 --> 00:32:49,956.6666667 It's stunning work. 558 00:32:49,956.6666667 --> 00:32:50,106.6666667 He does. 559 00:32:50,106.6666667 --> 00:32:50,676.6666667 I agree. 560 00:32:52,116.6666667 --> 00:32:57,756.6666667 And also we are having, we have an Instagram, we will link it down below, but it's mugs and mercy. 561 00:32:57,936.6666667 --> 00:33:00,876.6666667 And we have a YouTube channel and a TikTok. 562 00:33:00,876.6666667 --> 00:33:05,436.6666667 And we will also, we should be pretty much anywhere you can find podcasts. 563 00:33:05,496.6666667 --> 00:33:05,856.6666667 Um. 564 00:33:06,791.6666667 --> 00:33:08,321.6666667 But, so thank you for the tuning in. 565 00:33:08,321.6666667 --> 00:33:09,371.6666667 However you're tuning in. 566 00:33:09,371.6666667 --> 00:33:11,291.6666667 If you wanna watch us, you can watch us on YouTube. 567 00:33:11,291.6666667 --> 00:33:15,371.6666667 If you wanna just listen, then you can listen to us on wherever you listen to podcasts. 568 00:33:16,651.6666667 --> 00:33:17,311.6666667 Alright. 569 00:33:18,196.6666667 --> 00:33:20,286.6666667 Alright, well, alright. 570 00:33:21,331.6666667 --> 00:33:23,526.6666667 Thanks for connecting with us today, cheer. 571 00:33:24,781.6666667 --> 00:33:24,901.6666667 Cheers. 572 00:33:25,891.6666667 --> 00:33:25,951.6666667 Woo. 573 00:33:25,956.6666667 --> 00:33:26,526.6666667 We did it. 574 00:33:28,976.6666667 --> 00:33:30,486.6666667 First episode on the.