Hello, everyone. Welcome to Why Mommy Drinks. Oh gosh, it's the morning and I actually

could use a drink by now. We're starting 15 minutes late because I lost a contact

lens in my eyeball because I'm a grown woman and I lose things, not usually in my body.

Okay, so today, first of all, I'm joined by my guest, co-host, Jessica Elena Esen.

Oh my goodness, Betsy, you called me my like, my sag after name. Look at you. You're a

official public name. My public, only my public self. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so happy

you're here. And today, we have a singer-podcaster activist with us, Melinda Hale. Hi, thanks for

having me. Wow, thank you so much for doing this show. I know you are a busy lady and, you know,

and a busy mom and you can't see it. Listener, but Melinda is gorgeous and she has like,

she looks amazing. I was gonna say that. I was gonna interrupt to say you can't see the

gorgeousness that we are experiencing in the morning, which, you know it, should be against mom

rules, but Melinda is bringing mom hotness back. It is a hot mom summer over here with Melinda.

Well, thank goodness. Jessica, by the way, really quick, speaking of hotness, you are coming in hot

audio wise. Don't put that thing at your mouth. You are just fine if you just leave it hanging.

I will do that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mom Rose. You're loud. You are so loud.

And you're already loud. I'm Colombian loud. Sorry about too loud. It's actually still really loud.

I don't know how to change that. How about if I do this? Oh, there you go. There you go. You're good.

So I have three children. They are all boys. I'm dying. I have a five-year-old, nine-year-old,

and a 10-year-old. Jessica, what's happening over there? I only have two boys, and I'm dying as well.

I have an eight-and-a-half-year-old and a four-and-a-half-year-old. Fantastic. Melinda, what is your situation?

I'm not there yet. I have one little girl. She is 16 months old. She's a pandemic baby. Her name's

Sienna, and she's a lot. I refer to her as a pit bull because she needs constant, constant activity,

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