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Hey, tailblazers. I'm Rebecca Cunningham. And this is Girl Tales, a kids podcast packed with girl power and stories where every child's voice matters.

Today is our final episode of season eight. I cannot believe that a little dream I had back in 2017 has made it this far and has

reached all of you. I am so, so grateful that you listen to our stories. It means so much to me.

The Girl Tales team is taking a break until later on this year.

If you want to stay updated on when our new episodes will be out, grownups you can sign up for our newsletter and you'll find the link in our show notes.

Before we get started, I'd like to send a lot of special shoutouts and a lot of birthday shoutouts that we've got to cover because we're taking a break.

So first some special shoutouts to Shay, Josie, Lola, and Nicoletta from Carlsbad and to Scarlett and Zach in Scotland.

And some birthday shoutouts. Not everybody's birthday is this week,

but there will be a lot of birthdays that we're going to miss,

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