"What Can She Have?"
Coffee + Crumbs Podcast
Ashlee Gadd
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Today, writer Becky Morquecho joins us to chat about the challenges of food restrictions and what they've taught her about hospitality. She shares the hardships of her daughter's medically necessary strict diet but also encourages us with big and little ways friends make them feel included in the midst of barbecues and birthday parties. Whether you or your child is gluten-free, diabetic, has a dairy or nut allergy, or a rare metabolic disorder like Becky's daughter, we hope this episode says "We see you!" and maybe even inspires you to keep an extra jar of pickles in the fridge for someone you love.
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Becky encourages us to come alongside friends who can't eat whatever they want; listen to this bonus episode to come alongside friends by Asking Better Questions.
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| 0:00.0 | We believe motherhood is a gift, an art, not a science. |
| 0:07.2 | We believe it takes a village to raise our kids and that motherhood is better when we stick together. |
| 0:12.7 | Most of all, we believe motherhood is holy work. |
| 0:16.9 | At the core of our show, we want you to feel safe, known, encouraged, and loved. |
| 0:22.4 | This is the Coffee and Crumbs podcast. |
| 0:28.5 | Well, hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Coffee and Crumbs podcast. |
| 0:33.7 | I'm here, as I always am so happy to be with my best friend, Ashley. |
| 0:38.9 | Hi, friend. |
| 0:39.8 | Hello, friend. |
| 0:41.1 | And we have the great privilege of having our dear friend and somebody who has been so instrumental to this podcast, the Coffee and Crum's podcast for a while, |
| 0:51.8 | member of the coffee and crumbs team, the lovely Becky. Hi, Becky. Hi, guys. How fun for you to be on this side of the podcast today. I know. You are always on the other side of it. You get to really, like, see how the sausage is made in the recording booth today. That was really gross. I don't know why I |
| 1:12.9 | said that. That's fine. We're just going to roll with it. We're just going to keep going. Oh, gosh. |
| 1:16.9 | Oh, my goodness. Well, let me tell you all a little bit more about Becky before we jump into our |
| 1:22.5 | conversation with her today. But Becky is a writer and adoptive mom, and she is somebody who is always looking for the light. |
| 1:30.0 | She lives in rural San Diego with her husband, Jessie, and their daughter, and their golden doodle. |
| 1:35.5 | She believes there is beauty and goodness just waiting to be discovered, even in the most unexpected places. |
| 1:40.8 | And she writes about those things often. |
| 1:42.9 | Becky, we're so thrilled to talk to you. Thanks |
| 1:45.1 | again for joining us today. Hi, guys. I am just happy to be here chatting with you. I listen to |
| 1:52.5 | you guys when I listen to all the podcasts first, but now here I am with you. It's an honor. |
| 1:57.4 | You are. How fun to have us all together in this way. Well, to kick us off, Becky, we're going to talk about one of the beautiful essays that you |
| 2:05.1 | contributed to our new book, You're in Good Company. |
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