Hello, hello, hello ladies and gents and welcome to this week's episode of the botan beloved podcast

You'll it has been a minute. It has been a minute since I have been on the podcast since I've made episodes since I've written episodes since I've

Record episodes and put them out on video and on audio but we're back, baby. We are back and it is so

Crazy. It is so crazy to be back. As many of you guys know, first of all, hi. Hello. If it's your first time tuning in

My name is Kirby Kelly. Welcome to my little corner on the internet in the audio verse and I hope that you are encouraged by the episodes that will

Follow this one

Uh, this is kind of just like a quick little intro back into the pod world

I kind of want to tell you guys about the season of life that I've been in and

What to expect moving forward. So if you watched my last episode or I've kept up with me on any of my social media

Which you can it's Kirby is a boss on all my socials

Um, then you know that back in May I had one of the craziest months of my entire life

I had one of the highest highs and one of the lowest lows that I've ever experienced

I spent all my time all my energy all my effort working towards getting my

Master's in theology at DBU. I had this momentous moment where I graduated and I walked across the stage

And then just not even a week later my mom tragically passed away. I've nowhere. Y'all is crazy um

And I just needed that time and that space to

Really put pause on everything that was going in my life in order to

One be present

But to to take care of all of the things that you logistically need to take care of when a person passes away

Which is a lot and being that it was my mother

There was a lot that I needed to do

Not just funeral wise even though that did require a lot but even

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