Welcome to the Strong Women podcast, where we explore a deeper understanding of the humanity,

value, intellect, and creativity of women.

I'm your host Sarah Stone Street, and I'm your co-host, Erin Kunkel.

Our guest today on the Strong Women podcast is T.C. Cannon. And T.C. is a friend of ours, and we're excited to introduce her to you. She's the author of two books. One is Lord, Where's My Calling? And the second one is my big bottom blessing, how hating my body led to loving my life.

And also, Tisi is a contributor to a book that I know a lot of you have read, and that's

the Mama Bear Apologetics book.

And so we are thankful for all she has written and contributed, especially in that book.

So many of our listeners, TZ, have loved that book.

And so also you're a mother of three and a wife to a wonderful husband and you live in Tennessee.

So thank you so much for being on our podcast today.

Absolutely. It's my pleasure and thankful to join you today. Okay, TZ is such an unusual name. Is there a story behind that?

Yes, there is. In fact, people often ask me, where did you get that name? And I say from a a 19-year-old hippie, which who was my mother,

obviously. My mom was very young when she got pregnant with me. And apparently she had a nightmare

that she named me something very common. And I guess that was her worst fear. I don't know

that I would have a common name. So she ended up making up my name,

T-C, T-E-A-S-I. And I spent many years just really not appreciating the name as a little girl.

You know, there were no other T-Cs around. I would go to the mall and, you know, move the little

kiosk around, just hoping for a keychain to miraculously

appear.

No chance.

But, yeah, no, she made it up.

And I've learned to appreciate it in my older years because now I can special order

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