Hey everyone and welcome back to the Clever Girls No Podcast. So before we wrap up this year, I wanted to take a moment to speak from my heart and say thank you truly. Your support, your messages, your listens, your shares, your comments across social media, your emails, every single thing has meant more to me than you know.

This has been a year of growth for me, but it has also been one of the toughest seasons of my life.

As many of you know, I lost my dad in August and navigating that grief while still showing up for my

family, for my business, and this community has been incredibly hard.

There were moments where I didn't even, truly, I didn't know if I could keep going,

moments where I just wanted to step away from everything and hide in a little bubble

with my husband and my kids.

But every time I came back to record a podcast, to film a video, or to connect with you all

on social media, you know, from your comments, to film a video, or to connect with you all on social media,

you know, from your comments, from your encouragement, and even just from your presence,

knowing that you guys were there, I was reminded of why I do this work and why I'm so

passionate about Clever Girl Finance. And I would say in many ways, this community has helped

me grieve.

Many of you shared your own stories of loss with me, and I am so grateful for that openness.

Your honesty gave me perspective and reminded me that grief is something that is universal.

I'm not going through this alone, and it is, you know, unfortunately a part of life.

So thank you for sharing that with me. Thank for being here thank you for giving me grace i paused my youtube lives during

the time from my dad passed up until now because i just haven't been in the right head space

but they will be back again i have to say thank you for allowing me to be

human, not just someone that you see on YouTube or a voice behind a microphone because, you know,

I'm navigating life like everybody else. And despite the heaviness of this year, there have still

been bright spots. So Clevergal Finance continued to grow,

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