You're listening to the Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Kelsey.

And I'm Erica. We're two former next door neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh.

We're inviting you to come on in, have a drink, and stay a while.

Hey, friend. Hey friend. Today we're going to talk about our experiences with transitions in motherhood.

We'll reflect on what it's been like to become mothers, how we've changed, how we've stayed the same,

and what motherhood transitions we're currently experiencing.

Before we get into this conversation, however, we want to remind everyone that our Winter Book Club episode will air on February 26th,

and we'll be reading

the novel Once Upon a River by Diane Sutterfield. We hope you'll get a copy of the book and join us.

All right, now let's get into this topic of transitions around motherhood. I really love,

I really love this topic. I think this was a listener's suggestion of some sort, wasn't it?

I think so. I would like to hear more about that transition?

We have very wise listeners.

So, okay, so thinking about looking back at the transition from not being a mother to

becoming a mother, I have a few questions.

First, what are the most significant ways that you've changed or grown?

Man.

Okay.

We're going to talk about some ways that we've stayed the same in a minute.

And I think that that's important because I think I've,

I felt a little panicky and I think that some other people might feel the same way.

Like, am I going to even recognize myself, you know?

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