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Hey guys and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa.

Hi, Melissa. Hi, Mandy. How are you? I'm doing well, very excited, Melissa, because we're celebrating this week. We are. Specifically even today.

I think we actually forgot about this last year. We did. Well, actually, I will admit that after all

these years, dates just get a little fuzzy for me. I thought that our Pau anniversary was on July 17th for some

reason. But then you told me when we just sat down to record that it is in fact today July 19th.

So I feel like we're having like a married couple moment where I'm like, when is our anniversary?

Well, it's possible now that you're like, depending on me, I looked at the date like four days ago. So I could be wrong. But it's possible now that you're like depending on me I looked at the date like four days

ago so I could be wrong but it's either the 17th or the 19th I think it is today but I do the same

thing I'll give it to you I'll give it to you either that or a happy two days late seven years and

two days or seven years today yes we can celebrate both both let's. Let's celebrate. Let's celebrate. I'm so

thankful that we've been doing this podcast, that we have this podcast, that you guys have listened for

seven years. Some of you, you are real troopers. It is, I guess, humbling to realize we do still

have listeners that we have interacted with from day one. And that is,

it really is a special feeling to me because seven years has a very long time. I think right

before we started, or did you just say it on the recording? All my things are blurring together.

But didn't you just say this has been like a third third of my life I've done this. It has.

Wait, no, no, it's been a fifth of your life. Not a third. I was like, wait a minute.

You're not 21. No, that sounds more. No, that sounds more accurate. So it is pretty wild. A fifth of my life I have spent doing this podcast with you and very very thankful for that I think

we've had a lot of great memories along the way absolutely and so yes huge thank you to everyone

who's listened and dealt with all the mistakes we've made and the weird stuff we've said and the

dumb stuff we've said and even the good stuff we've said you guys are amazing and it is such a hashtag blessing every day to be able to do this and to share people's stories and share families. And I don't know. I'm just, I don't know. We're sadpy. I'm so sappy in my old age. It's crazy. I'm like, now I understand why people like my, my mom posts these, like, very motivational things on Facebook. Also crazy things, but she will post motivational things. And I'm like, I think I start to get it now. I know. It's funny because I actually share now, like, a lot of like positive thinking things and like motivational type, like things that when I see like memes, if you can, they're not funny. So you can't call it a meme because there's nothing funny about it. It's literally just me being like, you can accomplish anything. I sent that to somebody the other, no, on Patreon. The little blurb that like, you know, like, what is this episode about? I wrote something and then was like, we're so thankful for each and every one of you. Thank you guys, blah, blah, blah. By the way, this is Melissa writing this. And I was like, you'll never believe it. But I actually mean all these words. I'm like, teary-eyed. I don't know what's happening. We should probably get into this story before I get too emotional. But yes, thank you guys so, so much. We appreciate it. So over the last five years or so,

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