Welcome to Inklings. I am Emily Bell Freeman, and I'm so excited to welcome you to a space where you and I get to experience a hint of something more together.

This is a community where we lean into discussions that will help us obtain a bedrock understanding of the doctrines of Christ.

Not overnight, but every day better.

Strength gathered over time. There is a place for you here. Looking forward to spending this

semester with you as we embark on a journey focused on becoming his. Good morning, everyone.

Welcome to Inklings.

Happy Thursday.

So excited to be here.

Oh, also, happy Thanksgiving, which is so fun. Um, and I have to tell you about

my week. Do you know this about me? I don't know. But I, um, have this funny gene that makes it so I have a higher chance of getting skin cancers, melanoma in

particular. So it is my person, it's not my personality. It's my life that I go to the dermatologist

all the time. That is regular for me. So

that happened this week. And you might have heard of this procedure where they put you under this

blue light and it sunburns your face so bad and then your whole face pills off.

And I had that done earlier this week so you can tell by my lips are so tight still.

And I did put on a little makeup this morning because my face is so red.

You would die if you saw it and it has been so funny because my face is so red. You would die if you saw it. And it has been so funny because my grandkids,

when they FaceTime me, and they see me, every single one of them, they start talking to me like they do.

Nana, whatever they're going to say. And then they just stop and look at me. And then they say,

what happened to your face?

And it has been such a funny, funny week. And I just keep telling them this. This is such a great

trick. If anyone ever has to have this done, I just keep telling them, I forgot to put on my

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