Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and this is Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books.

As a mom of four kids in New York City and a writer myself, I know all too well how short everyone is on time, so I'm here to help.

I'm going to interview authors and writers of all types about their work, especially as it

relates to parenting and family issues. Hopefully you can listen while doing eight million other

things and fall in love with these talented scribes in their fantastic books, essays, and songs

like I have, plus get some tips on surviving parenthood. For more about me,

you can check out my essays at zibby owens.com. Today's episode has been sponsored by Once Upon a Farm.

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with the Reverend Lydia Saan. Lydia Saan is a minister, writer, and teacher, but as she says

in one of her articles, she's, quote, not that kind of minister.

A graduate of scripts in the Yale Divinity School, she is currently a minister at St. Mark's

United Methodist Church in San Diego.

For fun, she loves watching The Bachelor, going to or hosting dinner parties, and writing in

cute coffee shops, but mostly goes to them for the pastries.

So welcome Lydia. Thank you. I'm so glad to be here.

So I read Lydia's article on Medium.

It was the featured article in my newsletter one day last week or the week before.

And the title, what 90 somethingsomethings regret most, really stopped

me in my tracks and I couldn't wait to read the article. And then afterwards I reached out

to Lydia and so here we are. So, Lydia, tell me a little about your background. Where

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