Welcome to Seltzer Squad, the podcast about staying sober in the city with your host, Kate Sander and Jess Valentine.

Hi, Jess.

Hey, Kate.

Today I want to talk about mom stuff.

Okay.

I just know this is going to get stressful.

For me.

It'll be sad for you.

It's stressful for me.

But I feel like it's important.

Mother's Day is coming up.

And I want to talk about so many things. I guess let's just get into it. What was your relationship like with your mom growing up? Well, my mom had me very young.

She got pregnant with me when she was 17. Okay. And she was a single mom from the time I was one o'clock from the time I was one year old until she got

remarried when I was six.

Okay.

However, my stepfather, who I called my dad, was in my life that whole time pretty much.

Yeah.

And I was the only child until I was, she got pregnant with my sister

when I was nine. Okay. So I was a very spoiled child. Yeah. Up until I'd say about six years old,

you know, we lived in an apartment above my grandparents and I was their favorite grandchild

because, you know, they felt bad for my mom and we were so close, you know,

we, like, physically were so close. So I think that we had a really good relationship.

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