Hi friends, welcome to another episode of that sounds fun. I'm your host Annie F

Downs. We're so happy to be here with you today. Hey, the music in the background is from

our good friend, Mr. Drew Holcomb. Make sure you've grabbed a copy of his newest album,

Dragon Seat, is playing at the Ryman this weekend. And to keep you updated, I did get to

buy some tickets. I did buy some tickets. I found some and were able to purchase. I cannot

wait to see him in concert. Make sure you check out Drew Holcomb.com and see when he is coming

close to you as well. Today on the show, we have one of my favorite artists. We've been in the

same place a couple of times. This is our first like in-depth long conversation. And I absolutely

loved it. It was the right day at the right time. I hope it will be for you today as well. Ruth

Chow Simons is just incredibly gifted in writing and illustrating just kind of every part of being

an artist. She's the best at it. So you are going to love her new book, Beholding and Becoming,

that actually comes out tomorrow. So you can still order it today. Pre-order it today can be to you

this week. But it is incredibly good. And as always, it's beautiful. Ruth just makes incredibly

beautiful work, including this conversation. So here is a little time with you and me and Ruth

Chow Simons.

Okay, listen, Ruth, we have just started here. Okay, for starters, people might know you're

Grace Lice, but your actual name is Ruth. It is. So dear everyone, she has a real name.

Y'all are going to Scotland in like two weeks. Oh my goodness. Yes, we're taking all your sons.

All six boys. Seriously, it's a little bit. Did you birth six boys? I birthed six boys one at a time.

One at a time, not even in doubles in there. No, because really it's like how could you handle it?

Right, I don't know. My assistant Jen is an identical twin. And I'm like, how does parents do that?

No, so it is one at a time. One at a time. And yeah, the Lord grew my heart in accepting the reality

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