No one was prepared for what this year has put us through.

But ironically enough, it's equipped us with the tools we need to move forward.

You're listening to Unsweetened and Unfiltered the podcast, episode 38 of season two.

In our season finale, we're going to share some bittersweet news with you guys.

But first, we're going to talk about what fears we've overcome what we have learned about ourselves and where

do we go from here you know for about a month now it's only been me doing the episodes and whatnot and you know

I know all of you guys have missed Zana's voice,

so I'm excited to bring back Zana. I forgot how to do this. It's been a while since I've

podcast, and I'm feeling very anxious and nervous. I don't know why, even though we've done this

for two years. It's very different. I don't know. It's very different because I think, you know why? When we actually have a guest, the guest is talking about their story.

I think when it's just you and I, and since you haven't been on this for a month or so now,

which we'll get into why, it's more so like us saying our stories now and our feelings and our thoughts.

Yeah, I'm not used to that.

I'm used to like, tell me about yourself.

Now I'm going to tell you about me.

Gosh, it's been such a hard past month, month and a half for my family. And I think for millions of families across the world going through what we've been going through for the past 10 months and that's dealing with COVID.

Unfortunately, on November 6th, on a Friday, my grandfather passed away. And even saying that doesn't, it doesn't feel real. You know, to say that this death was something that shook my family

to the core would be an understatement. My grandfather was a pillar for our family and for our

community. And it's not something that I can come to terms with yet, and I'm still

dealing with, and I think it's going to be something that we deal with for a very long time.

It's hard to talk about losing a loved one, and it's so hard watching you Zana right now,

because I know how you feel, but it's just like it's only been a month or so. It's very fresh. It's very hard. And when you said

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