7. Bananas, Brave Questions, and Birthdays

07/27/22 • 32 min

My son is turning 9-years-old and I honor his birthday by sharing past essays I've written about being his mom.

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My son is turning 9-years-old and I honor his birthday by sharing past essays I've written about being his mom.

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The Leah Ideology Podcast - 7. Bananas, Brave Questions, and Birthdays

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Intro: Hi, I'm Leah. 3 of my strongest skills include writing, speaking and overthinking and over feeling literally everything in my life to a crazy nuanced degree. I've decided to use these traits to create a podcast where you and I will share this space to talk about life and what makes it so tough sometimes. No matter what age or stage of life you're in. Welcome to the Leah ideology podcast. I'm your host, Leah Wagner. I'm so glad you're here.

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