Welcome to the first episode of My May is for Mama's series where every episode in the month of May is dedicated to the Mama's listening. And I'm starting it out with a great conversation with my friend Molly Stillman, who just wrote an amazing book called If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry. It's so good. We talk all about it, but it really honors the life and story of her mom,

which is just amazing. You'll hear all about it. I'm so excited for this series. I hope you love it.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 234.

Much of our lives can be divided into two categories.

Work and play.

Simply put, that's where our life and our 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 in.

Thank you. soul and a fulfilling life. Listen in. Molly, I am so excited to have you on the Work and Play podcast. Welcome. I'm so excited. I've been

like, I've had this date like circled on my calendar,

like, you know, like metaphorically. I've just been so excited about this. So thank you for having me.

It's an honor to be here. It is such an honor to have you. And we are going to be talking all about

your new book, which I'm so stoked to share about, which is if I don't laugh, I'll cry how death, debt, and comedy led to a life of

faith farming and forgetting what I came into the room for. Best book title, best subtitle. I love it so

much. We're going to get into all of that today. But let's just start by you sharing a little bit about you,

who you are, your family, what you're up to for anyone listening who

might not know you. Yeah, well, I am a wife to John. I'm a mom to Lily and Amos here on Earth

and Elijah Malachi in Heaven. And we live on a small farm in Durham, North Carolina. And we raise goats and chickens and turkeys and ducks and geese

and guineas and all the things. And our life is busy, but full and beautiful. And professionally,

I have been in the content creation and blogging space for nearly 20 years, which is wild. I started

blogging when I was in college, like before that was even a thing that people even really knew

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