Welcome to May is for Mamas, where I dedicate every episode in the month of May to the

Mama's listening. We are kicking it off with a beautiful, encouraging conversation with Ashley Gadd

on why it's so important to keep creating in the margins of motherhood. Ashley is the author of

Create Anyway, which is a beautiful book. It just came out. I could not get my hands on it fast enough. It, y'all, it's so good. Listen, Ashley is a wife, a mom of three, a follower of Jesus, a writer, a photographer, and she founded coffee and crumbs, which is a beautiful online space that brings mothers together

through storytelling. Ashley is just, she's just the kind of person who has a beautiful heart,

and I'm so grateful I had the time with her today. Also, side note, coffee and crumbs has a podcast,

and it's one of the very few podcasts I actually

listen to. What a gift it was, just to get to know Ashley, to get to know her heart.

I know you're going to love our conversation on creating in motherhood.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 192.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play.

Simply put, that is where our life and legacy take place.

This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well,

which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life. Listen. Well, Ashley, I am so grateful to have you on the Work and Play podcast. Welcome. And I would love to start

just with you sharing a little bit about you and your family and your work for any of my listeners

who might not know about you. Sure. Well, thank you so much for having me today. I'm honored to be here.

My name is Ashley Gad, and I live in

Sacramento, California, and I am married to my husband Brett. We've been married for, I think

we're going on 16 years this summer. I have to double check that math, but that sounds about right.

Yeah, 16 years. And we have

three kiddos, ages, almost 11, 8, and then four. And I'm a writer. I'm a photographer. And I'm also

the founder of Coffee and Crumbs, which is an online community for mothers. So that's me. And also the only podcast I really faithfully listen to.

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