I'm your host, Annie Updowns. I'm really, really happy to be here with you today. We've got a great show and store for you. Thanks to you. But before we dive in, I want to take one of our amazing partners, the Glow.

I'm your host Annie Updowns. I'm really, really happy to be here with you today. We've got a great show and store for you. Thanks to you. But before we dive in, I want to take one of our amazing partners, the Glow.

Okay, you can just consider this a little pre podcast check in. How are you feeling? Do you find yourself struggling with anxiety or stress or any sleep challenges? Okay, take a listen to this peaceful meditation from Glow.

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So today on the show, we're doing something a little different rather than having a conversation with a guest. I'm having a conversation with you a couple of weeks ago. I asked if you all had questions.

You'd like for me to talk through about not being Mary Jed and you really came through with some great questions. And it's honestly, honestly, such a sacred honor to get to talk with you about my thoughts and response to the things you're walking through and wrestling with and hoping for.

I asked Ashley from my team to sit in with me and Craig, our prints, you know, he engineers the podcast. He was in here too and we worked through as many questions as we could.

So buckle up because it's a little longer than a typical episode, but we really felt honored that you trusted us with these questions and wanted to give as many of them as possible at the time they deserved.

So here is our Q&A about singleness.

Ashley, welcome to the that sounds fun podcast. Wow, thanks. This is like a VIP. That's what I want this to be is like one of our VIPs from one of our live that sounds fun tours where you kind of run the thing.

Okay, and I'll answer the questions. I love it. Do you need to make any announcements like you do before we start a VIP? Just hey, everybody. I'd love to give you the lay of the land. Welcome to that sounds fun.

We're going to ask some questions, answer some questions, have a great time. Hopefully hear from the Lord and that's what I know.

That sounds great. Ashley for those who don't know is the COO here at Downs Books, also known as the staff boss. She runs all of us. She is the boss of all of us myself included. And when we're on tour, you run the VIP.

It's true. And so all of our hundreds of VIPs that have met you so far adore you.

Oh, I love them too. A couple of things I want to say upfront. We are talking today about singleness about not being married yet, not having kids yet, kind of where the season of life I have been in.

And we asked our friends on social media if they had any questions. Right. Just like we do at VIP, we pass out a card, people get to ask questions. And then I buzz through the questions. I read them and I answered them.

And so we're going to kind of have that same model today where we had over 700 questions submitted in 24 hours. We have whittled it down to 150 or so that cover all the topics.

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