Hi, I'm Kate. And I'm Lori. We've always thought that the most compelling story

strikes the perfect balance between an honest look at the mess of life and the humor that can be found in the mess.

To be perfectly honest, we don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.

Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times. We can spin from hard, We don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.

Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times.

We can spin from hard and deep to humor and laughing on a dime.

The hard will be really hard and the truths we share are the ugliest of humanity.

We don't intend to make it seem like it's all fine or to pretty up the pain.

But we also know that the joy we found is all the more profound because of the pain. So we hope you can stick with us through the ugly

because there will also be joy and hope and humor. Welcome to the ugly truth about the girl

next door. Hi, welcome back to the uglyly Truth about the Girl Next Door.

I am Kate.

And I am Lori.

And today is very important for us to introduce ourselves because this episode is in response to a congregational message that was sent out to chap the chapel from the chapel

and which named us even though we have not really named ourselves. Well, they named us

first name and last name, which we've always referred to ourselves only by our first names.

And by the way, anyone who's been listening realizes that we have gone to great lengths,

twisted ourselves all around, made it actually kind of confusing at times to avoid

specifically naming individuals by name.

Yeah. Yep. And then their very first communication publicly, they just go

ahead and break that barrier. So. Okay then. So yes, here we are. Kate and Lori.

Sorry. Yes. It is necessary for us to do a special episode in response.

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