Hi, I'm Sarah and I'm Megan. We're two moms with eight kids between us from

little to grown. We're in different areas of the country and in different stages

of life, but we both know that motherhood's a lot easier when real moms share

tips and encouragement. And remind you that it's really all gonna be okay. We're

not experts. We're parents who've been there. We're not perfect. We're real.

Welcome to the mom hour. Hey everyone and welcome to the mom hour. I am Sarah

Powers and surprise. You are getting a second voices episode this month. So our

voices series is usually where Megan and I take turns talking to someone, you

know, besides each other. And often that is in the form of an interview. But I'm

really excited today because I have with me two guest co-hosts from our

contributor team. So I am here with Joanna Martin. Hi, Joanna. Hi. And Catherine

Devries. Hey, Catherine. Hi. So I'm so excited to have you both here. Thanks for

joining me today. Kind of in like guest co-host chairs. You can imagine us

around a table with some coffee maybe. So Joanna and Catherine listeners have

already heard your voices in a couple of our past podcast episodes. A week of

real life dinners. And then Catherine was part of our pandemic baby series. And

then listeners, if you are on Instagram, you might have gotten to know

Catherine and Joanna because we've been doing some day in the life Instagram

takeovers that have been really fun. And both Joanna and Catherine have done

those. So today we are actually talking about books and reading and both what

we are reading as moms and adults. And also the books that our kids are loving

lately. So ladies, you are both big book lovers and readers. And I am someone

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