Hey, friends. Welcome to the Raising Boys and Girls Podcast. I'm Sissy Gough.

And I'm David Thomas. And I'm Melissa Trevathan. And we're so glad you joined us for this conversation. Let's dive in.

You all, we are thrilled to introduce you to two amazing women who have certainly met so much to my family in the last few years.

Z Pendleton is the director of St. George's kindergarten. And Angela Rice is the assistant director. And these ladies have impacted thousands of kids over generations and have impacted my heart through Henry and

Witt. And we are so grateful to introduce you to their wisdom and to their warmth and how much fun they're bringing into the lives of so many kids and families.

So when we first started talking about doing the ages and stages and talked about stage one kids, I mean, immediately your two names were like top of our list. We have got to get Z and Angela in here. It'd be so fun to get

to sit down with the two of you. And that might have even been, that was a couple of years ago, at least, that we talked about having y'all here. And, and obviously I every year just grow more endeared to the two of you and the care that you have taken of my favorite little guys on the planet. And yeah, just, yeah, I don't know if we look like

special y'all and the feelings mutual. I mean, like we just love your whole thing. I mean, you know that every time you're there ministry. I mean, you know, I'm just after last March. Everything y'all did. It's amazing. And just so blessed to have y'all in Nashville.

Wow. Thank you. Right back at you. Yes, exactly the same way. Yes. And yes, new y'all would have so much wisdom and be hilarious at the same time.

We'll say just from my time with the two of you. Well, again, hopefully we meet your expectations. Yes. Well, I'm just so grateful for the place and the atmosphere that y'all have created and the kindness and warmth and sweetness of all the things that are all

the same. We're just, I know, I know it's a magical place. I mean, it is. It's the Disney world, you know, preschool. Yes. I have never talked to as many people about any school who say we're just so sad. We have to leave. We're so sad. We have to leave when their kids

graduate that all the time. Yes. Well, it is a sweet. It's a dying breed, the traditional preschool. So, you know, hopefully Saint George is will continue.

We're going to be 75 years and 2025. So we have a big celebration. That's so. So, um, yeah, I mean, and it just, you know, we just hopefully have created a legacy that will the fun.

I mean, are you kidding? We had big steps. I mean, big shoes today. And I mean, that's what makes us happy. We love it as much as the children. Yeah. I mean, you know, dress up for any occasion. We have two twos in every color.

I mean, I mean, we just we love to dress up and have fun. And that's it. Yes. Yeah. Well, you're both so gifted at YET. Yes, you are. Yes. Okay.

So speaking of all those years, I just found out this morning before even getting to see all how long you've been friends. So before we even start with your stories, teachers, I want to hear your story as friends.

Well, we started in first grade. No, yes. We were saying Henry's and seventh grade Z left, went to overbrook for seventh and eighth grade.

And then we met back up at St. Silia and did a year of college together. No, you too. Yeah. And then just we were each other's made of honors. And we're you've got mothers to, yeah, I'm the children.

And so I started working at St. George's when my oldest who's 32 was in the threes, you know, and I have my elementary education, but I was like, I did my student teaching.

I thought, no, wait. I'm not going to do that. I love the littles. And so I worked there. You know, I was a teacher for a while. And then I probably 2002 took over. That's when Mother's Day Out had a separate person. And so I was over Mother's Day Out until 2007 when I became the director. And I never wanted to be the director.

I mean, my husband and Carol Moss at the time was our office manager. And they just pushed me and pushed me. I'm like, OK, I mean, whatever. I had no one. I remember my first day. I sat behind the desk. I'm like, OK, well, what do I do now?

And then Angela, when did you come to work there?

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