Hey guys, welcome to the Happy Hour Podcast with Jamie Ivy. I am your host Jamie Ivy.

And I just want to say thanks for joining us today. And you are listening to episode number 23.

And today I have my two girlfriends Becca Harris and Maris Bush. Becca and Maris spend a lot of

time talking about adoption and specifically foster care. Becca has two boys that she adopts

her from the foster care system. Maris and her husband, Steven, have two boys, one biological and one

that they adopted domestically at birth. And then they have been foster parents throughout this year.

And so we talked a lot about foster care and what that looks like for them in their journey.

We also talk a lot about Texas because Becca and our Texas girls and Maris is a Tennessee girl.

So we're trying to sway her over to the real UT, the University of Texas.

I want to say thank you to someone that left a comment on iTunes. She said I recently found Jamie's

podcast. A friend introduced me to it. I binge listened to all of them in just a few days.

Tuning in is like sitting down with some of your best girls that you just met.

Jamie and her guests are always engaging and talking about real life stuff that you'd

speak with your girlfriends about. I love listening while running errands, school drop off and

cleaning. Thanks for a fun hour. And that's from Andrea. Andrea, that is exactly what I want the

happy hour to be. I wanted to be as if you're just sitting down with a bunch of girlfriends. So I'm

glad you feel that way. The next comment is from Sible. And she said thanks, Jamie, for letting me

ease drop on such fun and inspirational conversations. These podcasts make my commute to work much more

exciting. I especially love the book recommendations. I have a stack of 2B red that never ends. Sible,

I love book recommendations. And so I love telling you about book recommendations as well.

Today we talk about a couple books in here that have to do with adoption and foster care. So if this

is your world, I encourage you to check out these books. Guys, thanks for listening. I love doing

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