Episode 42 || Open Door Adoption + Bob Goff

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Annie chats with the ladies from Open Door Adoption Agency -- Lauren Fielding and Sarah Taylor -- about adoption, Bob Goff, and life in Thomasville. Bob Goff is headed to The Bookshelf on October 1; come snag a copy of his bestselling book Love Does and get it signed! (Like what you heard about Open Door Adoption? Consider donating to their endowment or making a monthly financial commitment to their organization here.)

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 42 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life in the South.
0:09.9	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia.
0:15.9	And today I'm joined by two lovely guests, Lauren Fielding and Sarah Taylor, both with Open Door Adoption
0:22.4	Agency here in Thomasville. We are going to be chatting about an upcoming event. The Bookshelf
0:28.3	is partnering with them to bring Bob Goff to town. So we will chat all about Bob Goff,
0:33.8	Love Does, and what makes living in Thomasville so special. Before we get started, just as a reminder for local listeners, we are hosting Bob Goff.
0:42.9	Hopefully when you listen to this, it'll be that evening from 530 to 630, Thursday, October 1st at the bookshelf.
0:49.6	It should be a wonderful, fun event.
0:52.0	So if you are a fan of Bob Goff, and if you're not, I think you will be by the end of this podcast episode.
0:57.5	Come out to the bookshall 530 to 6.30 p.m. October 1st.
1:01.6	Also, on Friday, October 2nd, we are having a flash mob at first Friday to celebrate the Happiness Project, which is our one book selection for 2015.
1:12.3	So if you are interested, I hope you will visit the one book website, www.1bookthomas
1:17.9	county.org to find out all about our one book program, how the bookshelf partners with that
1:23.0	community event, and come out on Friday, October 2nd for the flashMob and First Friday Celebration. All right, let's go ahead and get started. Hi, Lauren. Hi, Annie. How are you? Wonderful. And hi, Sarah. How are you? Hi, Annie. I'm wonderful. How are you? Wonderful. Welcome to my home. Okay, I want us to go ahead and just dive right in. So first of all, Lauren, let's start with you.
1:46.3	Tell us a little bit about your background and what brought you to Thomasville.
1:50.2	Sure, well that's such a long story.
1:52.2	So I'll try to condense it.
1:55.1	But my dad is originally from here.
1:57.6	My mom's from Canada.
1:59.3	And they met as missionaries in Brazil. So sort of a romantic
2:02.4	meeting on the Amazon River. And I was born there. And then when I was seven, we moved back here.
2:09.2	And I actually grew up across the street from Sarah. Oh, what a small Thomasville world.
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