Hi, Shaline. This is Karen Gilbert. I've been listening to your show for over a year now,

and I have to give you lots of kudos and appreciation for the wonderful messages that you put out to all of us that listen to your podcast.

You have a lot to offer, and I'm very appreciative for people like you in the world.

I'm a 60-year-old woman, and I've worked for 30 years in higher education.

And the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown me kind of out of sorts. I'm working remotely from home. I spend a lot of time alone,

and just wanted to say how much your podcast mean to me, and I hope that you and your family are all doing well, and I'll keep on listening.

Thanks for everything you do.

What's up, Buttercup? It is Shaline and Brett.

Yep, we're in the car. We're recording this podcast in the car on a Wednesday.

Well, because we have a lot of people in our home, and we didn't want to have to tell them like, hey, everybody, keep it down.

So we thought, let's just jump in the car. There's a beautiful sunset. We're staying on our little drive right in front of our home.

It's kind of like a long, what do you call this?

Frontage road?

Yeah, a frontage road. So the sound quality is probably pretty good. It's relaxing.

We get to spend some quality time together in the car because there's no restaurants to go to.

And we thought we would let you in on a conversation. Like, hopefully you have your seat belt down. We're in the front seat, and it's just like, you know, you're in the back seat,

and we're all just like going for a ride and talking about what's going on.

So let's do this.

So on my stories tonight, I asked what is the hardest part about like the stage, like right now, where we're at, what's the hardest part for people?

Okay, here's what they said.

No date nights are really miss alone time and connecting and going out on dates with my husband.

Not being able to do all the things that make me feel normal.

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