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Hey guys, it's me, it's your girl. And for those watching on YouTube, you can see that we are back in studio in the

stud with another in-person guest.

And this time it is someone who I have known for 13 plus years now.

Fun fact, the person who took the very first photograph of my husband and myself together.

Back in Gay-Pourri, where we both lived at the time. But anyway, she is someone that I knew I

absolutely wanted to speak to for an episode on navigating being a single parent, specifically

a single mother. She had a child fairly early in life. And

to say that rearing him in the early days was a bit complicated financially is to undersell it.

So without further ado, I'm just going to throw it over to our guest today. She is a writer,

an app developer, an editor, business maven, mother, and many other things.

Her name is Jessica Blankenship.

Welcome.

Well, thank you.

You introduced me better than I couldn't say anymore.

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