#12 Never Stop Fighting Through Life's Challenges – Brittany Chance

Amy (00:01) Welcome to Just a Thought with Amy Keys. We are here to inspire, educate, inform, and entertain. On today's episode, I am so thrilled to welcome my dear friend, my radiant friend with a million-dollar smile, boundless energy, tons of kindness, and a picture of positivity and faith, Brittany Chance.

Britanny (00:22) my gosh, you make me blush. No. Thanks for having me.

Amy (00:25) don't blush. It's all I only speak truth on this podcast, Britney. It's only I only speak truth. Everybody, I want to let you know why I invited Brittany to this podcast. Brittany is like a little sister to me, and she is a mom of four boys. That's a podcast in itself. And Brittany is somebody who has been through a lot in her life. I've known her since she was 18 years old. And how old are you now?

Britanny (00:54) Forty. I just turned forty.

Amy (00:56) So we're going back a minute. And Brittany has never ever let her faith waver and never let her resilience and positive attitude of all circumstances waver. And so you might be thirteen years younger than me. So that means I was, you know, like thirty two when I met you, thirty one when I met you. The

Britanny (01:18) That's wild. Is that right?

Amy (01:20) math right. But yeah, you were a senior in high school and I had a three year old.

So sweet boys. So I want Britney to tell her story. And the story I think will have some ups and downs in it, but that is life. And you every single time come out on top. And you are such an inspiration to me. So I thought it'd be fun to talk about how we met. Kind of already touched on it a little bit, but you were my first babysitter. I was.

Britanny (01:49) Ever.

Amy (01:51) pet

sitter and babysitter. You also used to pet sit for my parents before you were married.

Britanny (01:57) I did.

Amy (01:58) And my then three year old was convinced he would marry you when he was older.

Britanny (02:05) I remember that. I love it. Yeah.

Amy (02:06) He was convinced you were like the best thing ever. He loved when you babysat. You made him so happy, but you make everybody happy. It's just how do you it's just how you are. So I wish everybody could call you friend because

You are definitely a blessing to all who know you. So there's a lot of great things about you that have sustained you. And I've been on the sidelines to watch you. And I thought it would be a neat idea to go down the list of your boys by age, oldest to youngest, and just tell us a little bit about them and some of the things they've gone through.

Britanny (02:41) Okay. I can do it. Okay, so I have four boys. My oldest just turned thirteen last week and he was our first medical

emergency. Jace was attacked by the strep virus in when he was in third grade and it's called pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder.

Amy (03:05) Wow, say that two times real quick.

Britanny (03:07) I know, right? Well, they sh they abbreviate it as pandas. But it kinda made him crazy. He had OCDs, ticks, anxiety, and no one knew anything about this. We treated the strep virus and then let God take over. And time healed him and he is totally back to himself and a normal kid. And then my eleven year old that same year, six months later, he was eight at the time.

He was attacked by meningitis. So he started off with an earache and it wouldn't go away. We did antibiotics and he kept getting worse. Then his ears started bleeding. He was losing his vision. He was he couldn't even walk straight. So we went to the ER and they said it was just migraines. I should have stayed, I should have fought, but I trusted.

I I trusted what that doctor said. And come come to find out, it was more than just migraines. It was meningitis that led to his brain swelling, which is called hydrocephalus. And then that led to a massive blood clot that took up the entire right side of his head and down into his neck.

Amy (04:25) I remember you sharing, I think, the MRI or C T scan of that and it was shocking. I

Britanny (04:30) It was crazy. It was huge.

Amy (04:32) don't know how I don't know how that was in him.

Britanny (04:34) I know. I know. He was he was going down fast. Time was of the essence. And so all the prayers that everyone was sending up for Jack just gave me the strength to just keep fighting for him. And finally I had a doctor hear me and say, Okay, this is more than just a migraine. His name is Dr. Milburn and we are he's our angel. So he got us in for a CT scan.

That's when they saw the blood clot and he said, You need to go to the hospital right away And it ended up in three surgeries and

Amy (05:12) And you were there a long time with him.

Britanny (05:14) I know like six weeks.

Amy (05:15) It was a lo it was it was a long time. Right.

Britanny (05:17) time with my babies at home.

Right. Right. I had and Colt was a baby at the time, my youngest. Right. So it was it was de definitely challenging, but God did not let us down. He was there for us the entire way.

Amy (05:31) Well, when I came to visit that day, he slept the whole time. But I did notice how you and Roth, your husband, total soulmates, guys. These she fell for him the minute she met him, and she still does. they are the most darling couple, but I saw you both play different roles in that hospital room for each other and for your son. And it was pretty powerful. I still remember. I mean, y'all are like so happy to see me.

Yeah. Despite all you had going on. And that's one of those things I love about you is you still find the positives. Like you didn't cry, you didn't you just got what you needed done done. Yeah. And you helped and supported each other. And I remember there was a a literal corner of that hospital room full of toys that people had brought. And you couldn't play with them.

Britanny (06:20) Yes, I know. In the beginning he could, but then he just kept going downhill.

Amy (06:23) couldn't play with them. And so and then my friend JP tell them the story what he did.

Britanny (06:29) So Jack had had, I think it was his first surgery where they cleaned out the meningitis in his ear. And he came up, because you had said, my friend works there. Yep. He came up to see Jack and Jack was craving catfish. He wanted catfish. So he was like, Okay, well it's not catfish day. Friday's our catfish day. So he said, What else can I get you? And Jack's like, spaghetti or burgers, and I mean, he just gave a whole list. So then each day

JP would bring Jack a special meal 'cause Jack wasn't ordering the food. He didn't feel up to it. But when he got that special tray from JP, he tried with all his might to eat. And it was it was just the best blessing.

Amy (07:12) And it was a blessing to me to see that all I had to do was reach out to my friend Jamie to say, Hey, can JP do anything for him? And it was like magic. It was like bippity boppity boop. It just happened with a big heart. They have a big heart. There's Thanks, Carpenters. Yep.

Britanny (07:26) They do. They're Yes, so you're the best.

Amy (07:30) All right. So gotta tell the chicken story, the cat I mean the catfish story, because that is like a little silver lining.

Britanny (07:35) Yes.

Amy (07:37) And then baby number three. Or was there any more to talk about on baby number two?

Britanny (07:41) No, that was it. That was that it was huge though. Our entire family. Like those two incidences, and what are the odds they're both their brains were both attacked? Right. Like my two oldest ones. Right. Severe viruses attacking their brain in six months. And then my seven year old Cash, he's my easy peasy one. Nothing wrong with him. Knock it on wood knock on wood.

Amy (08:04) But yep.

Britanny (08:05) And then my baby, who just turned five and started kindergarten. I can't believe it. I know.

I know. It's been an emotional

Amy (08:12) Week. I can't believe it.

Britanny (08:14) But he was that was a roller coaster too. Yeah. That happened in twenty twenty one. So it was it was before my older two got attacked by those viruses. I was pregnant and had a blood clot inside my uterus. So that was growing and pushing Colt out. So he was born at thirty-four weeks, which wasn't Christopher born at thirty-four thirty-six.

Amy (08:40) thirty six but

I I'd been on bed rest for seven weeks. How

Britanny (08:44) gosh, it's crazy that we've

Amy (08:45) long were you? You were on like at twenty three weeks maybe? You

Britanny (08:48) Yeah.

Amy (08:50) were really long a long, like months and

Britanny (08:53) Mm-hmm.

Three weeks. Yeah. Four months in the hospital with no visitors because it was like right after COVID. You did

Amy (08:59) Hey, but I tried. Okay.

I literally told the hospital staff that I was your sister and that I had things to bring you. And they probably looked at me and thought, They don't look much like but and they still wouldn't let me come see you.

Britanny (09:16) No, they let you place it outside my door.

Amy (09:18) I think actually they either I remember going up the elevator, but I do not remember seeing you. I do not rem but I also remember in that hospital stay, like you always do, you make friends everywhere you go. And didn't you like bond a lot with nurses there?

Britanny (09:33) yes. Yeah, like a whole group of nurses that we still keep in touch with. Yeah.

Amy (09:37) Of course. Of course. They were probably happy for you when you had a baby, but they were probably kind of sad you left.

Britanny (09:42) I know. I was

patient. That's I know.

Amy (09:45) So was he healthy? I I feel like

Britanny (09:51) He didn't have he was totally up. Yeah, he didn't have problems. He was just It's hard

Amy (09:54) Hard to get here.

Britanny (09:56) to get here and then he wouldn't eat, so he had that the sucking which they say develops toward the end.

Amy (10:03) Breathe, sucking, and swallow. Wimpy wipe, boy send me. Wimpy wipe that's what Chris had.

Britanny (10:06) Boy

s he is totally normal. Just he has asthma now, but that's it. I mean, he looks like a good, solid, healthy kid.

Amy (10:17) And all these all these things you say so eloquently. You talk about it as though it sounds so easy to handle. And you make it look easy when you handle hard things. You you're the you're the epitome of you can do hard things.

And everybody that knows you knows that. Like you handle everything with such grace and and eloquence. But there were times in this where you had to have some doubts. You had to be like, what what is next? Like what on earth? Why my kids? Did you ever ask that?

Britanny (10:51) Well, I feel like I did, but also I was in such like I had tunnel vision. I was like, We are going to get through this and it's gonna be okay. And I just kept telling myself, it's gonna be okay. God's got this. I'm not driving the car. God's driving. Right. And I just kept offering it up to him. And I mean, we literally walked through hell and came out unscathed and over. It's it's incredible.

Amy (11:21) I don't and your marriage. I mean, these things test marriage. Yes. These things test your relationship with your other kids when you're distracted by one. And somehow I'm telling you, it it has to be God that that you lean on. I know that you do because I know your faith. We've talked about it a lot through our friendship. And then you have your your brother.

Britanny (11:42) I do. My brother's special needs. He's nonverbal and severely low functioning. So he's in a home, but I'm his guardian. I take care of him. I go visit him.

Amy (11:55) How old is he now?

Britanny (11:56) He will be forty three on Saturday. Wow.

Amy (11:59) Wow. Wow, how's he doing?

Britanny (12:01) He's doing great. He is doing great.

Amy (12:03) Where he is?

Britanny (12:04) He does. Okay. He's safe. They love him like their it's their kit.

Amy (12:10) So you basically have four boys and a and a kind of a fifth one.

Britanny (12:13) Well six if you count my husband.

Amy (12:15) Well yeah, that's sorry, Roth. She said it I didn't

Britanny (12:18) I said that.

Amy (12:19) He's gonna listen to this and shake his head and be like, Wait a minute. What? I didn't know that was in this podcast. And then your dad.

Britanny (12:28) Yes. We lost my dad way too early. He was sixty six years old. We lost him to early onset Alzheimer's and it was fast and brutal.

Amy (12:37) It was

Britanny (12:38) It was and COVID hit and I think that's what really took him down because he couldn't see us and his memory was fading and he was scared. Yep. And it just went downhill.

Amy (12:50) When we were touring facilities for my mother in law when we were thinking of moving her her here with her Alzheimer's, I don't know if you remember this, but I went into the facility where he was and I thought, gosh, he looks too young. He's

Britanny (13:04) I know I'm

Amy (13:04) such a handsome man. And he was smiling and happy and thriving that day, but I couldn't go talk to him because it was COVID. Yep. Again. I know. Right. But he was just, you know, going about his business. But I thought I'm

I thought this can't be real. And Sean's like, he doesn't look like he should be. No.

Britanny (13:23) Yeah, I know.

Amy (13:24) But early onset is a real thing. It is. It's scary. Was he diagnosed around age sixty? Did I dream this?

Britanny (13:30) I feel like it was fifty nine. Okay. And he said, Don't worry about me, I'm gonna fight this. Well Of course. I mean, of course, that's the bread bacon.

Amy (13:37) And he he was a powerful executive, a a hard working, well known executive for major companies. Yeah. And it just took he'd probably still be working if he could be.

Britanny (13:50) absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely He thought he ran the home he was in. He thought he built it from the ground up and he was in charge of it. And I love that that he thought that that stayed with him until the end.

Amy (14:02) But I think probably growing up he taught you a lot about being strong and resilient because that's the kind of man he was.

Britanny (14:09) One of my favorite quotes of him is, We don't have problems, we have opportunities. I

Amy (14:15) wow.

Britanny (14:15) think that's like inside of me. Like it is just part of my my vibe. And I think that's what got me through all those crises. Yeah. Just we're gonna get through this.

Amy (14:26) If I didn't learn anything today in my goings around doing what I'm doing, if I've learned that we don't have problems, we have opportunities, here for it. That is amazing. So thank you, Brad.

Britanny (14:39) Yes.

Amy (14:42) he's so proud of you. So then you had the issue with your artery and your back. Is that your artery? Or those two different things?

Britanny (14:53) It actually a vein.

Amy (14:54) Okay, a vein.

Britanny (14:55) So going back to Jack with the meningitis, the blood clot, all of that. So we they wanted to test to see why this happened. Because it was three major big things. Like, was it fluke? Was it genetic? So they started doing some intensive genetic testing. We still see a geneticist. Yeah, that's pretty neat.

Amy (15:15) Wow, I would too. Yeah.

Britanny (15:18) Well, I learned a lot and they tested. So Jack has a

blood clotting gene as well as factor five. Okay. Which factor five just like increases your risk of getting a clot

Amy (15:31) Right.

Britanny (15:31) and then having an actual gene is makes it even more likely you'll have a clot.

Amy (15:38) So was that why the clot in his brain was so big, do you think? Yes. Okay.

Britanny (15:42) So it triggered so the infection took over, made him swell, pinched off a vein, caused the the active or that inactive gene to activate and wow. So they never took out the blood clot. They said it was too I mean, it was so huge, but it was like twisted in and out of like major structures in the brain. So they

Amy (16:06) If I remember it was like the size of a palm in your hand. I've am I am I

Britanny (16:10) bigger than that. Like split his head in the middle down his nose. It was the whole right side. And like into his neck.

Amy (16:17) Wow.

Britanny (16:18) It was I think they they gave it a miracle. He really is. He really is. But his his testing led to me getting tested because I had varicose veins from pregnancy that I just ignored. Yeah. You know, my battle wounds. Well, it turns out I have the exact same genes as Jack. Like even the same.

Plotting number. It's incredible.

Amy (16:41) Wow. It's and

you wouldn't have known I mean, yeah, maybe his diagnosis has saved your life in some capacity. It did.

Britanny (16:48) It did. I really feel like each step that we've been through in life has led us to get stronger and become aware of like how to fight it. I mean, it's just it's opened the door.

Amy (16:59) Right. Of course. Right.

Britanny (17:02) So turns out I have a I had a blockage in the left lower iliac vein inside my stomach. So it's like toward the low back, but the main artery was totally pinching off and compressing that main vein.

So blood was pooling in my legs

and it was swelling, it was painful. And it's called May's Thurner syndrome. Of course. Of course I have an anomaly type.

Amy (17:29) Couldn't be another more random diagnosis in this podcast.

Britanny (17:33) Right. Hey, this is this is a lesson in the medical field. Thurner. That's

Amy (17:36) Hayes Turner syndrome. Yeah. Turner. Yeah. Okay. So

Britanny (17:41) what I just described where the artery compresses the vein. So they went in with a venogram and had to put a stent. They ballooned and put a stent to open it up. And when I got out of surgery, the surgeon came in and she said, Girlfriend, you were a taking time bomb. You could have dropped dead at any second with a pulmonary embolism.

Amy (18:02) My God.

Britanny (18:03) I

mean like she said total miracle and I was like, Well there's there's another miracle.

Amy (18:09) So it's almost like Jack saved your life. All that he went through, you wouldn't I mean he would just go randomly have genetic testing for that. Right. Like you wouldn't have done that.

Britanny (18:19) No, and especially being a mom, I'm hard headed and I take care of myself Right. Yeah. So he

Amy (18:22) We're we're fine, we're fine. Yeah, fine. Wow.

Britanny (18:27) saved me.

Amy (18:28) And I remember running into you at like c this was what, last summer or the w when was this?

Britanny (18:33) May of last year.

Amy (18:35) Okay. So I remember running into you at Costco, beaming, looking beautiful, smiling as always, a ball of energy, and you're like, Yeah, I just had this done. I'm like Like what? Like, how do you you're just like bouncing around, get in your cart, you know, feed gotta feed those boys. I mean it can you can

Britanny (18:54) Job doesn't have

Amy (18:56) you said it like you had just like worked out? Like or you just ran another errand. Yeah, you know. And it was like just another thing.

But I've never heard of that syndrome. I didn't know that was called that until today. So you're good?

Britanny (19:06) I'm good. I'm on blood thinners for life. I I even tried to fight my hematologist. I was like, please, why do you have to have keep me on this medicine? And he was like, Because over time a stent can clog back up and then you're right back to where you st so

I was like, Fine, you win. I guess you know what you're talking.

Amy (19:24) Can you be on like a low dose of that or

Britanny (19:26) He did taper me down.

Amy (19:28) so if you're on a low dose of that, do they monitor you every year? Yes. Okay. In that one specific spot or do they do blood work too?

Britanny (19:36) I do blood work every six months. Okay. And then I do ultrasound once a year. And but my doctor said if you want to go even on a lower dose, you have to get ultrasounds every six months.

Amy (19:47) Okay, so I think we have to also tell the wedding story of you were you I've never seen anybody try so hard to come to a wedding. my gosh. And you did everything humanly possible to come to the wedding. Yeah. My son's wedding. And then I

Britanny (20:01) I mean I had to. It was marrying someone, not me.

Amy (20:04) I know, right? He he finally had to go for somebody else.

Britanny (20:07) Love you, Emily.

Amy (20:09) So what tell us that story because I can't even it's so complex of what

What stopped you from coming to the wedding?

Britanny (20:17) Well, I think God was trying to tell there was there were lots of signs, but I was very determined. Yes, you were. So we had hotel booked, we had childcare taken care of, and what

Amy (20:29) gonna have a date weekend. If you were gonna go to Nashville Friday night and then Saturday come down to McMinnville for the wedding. Yes. Yep.

Britanny (20:35) It was like our first time. We haven't had a time together away since all these crises. So what, we're going on like five years now? A

Amy (20:43) It's been a minute.

Britanny (20:44) minute. But I mean, we don't need it. Our right relationship is strong, but it would be nice.

Amy (20:49) Yeah, yeah.

Britanny (20:50) So we tried. We tried. But my mother-in-law, who was going to watch the kids, came down with pneumonia. It started off as bronchitis and I think it turned to walking pneumonia. And she was just down. She couldn't even

Take care of herself. She couldn't get out of the bed. And she's always there for us to help when we need childcare. So I was like, Connie's down, so this isn't looking good, but I'm finding

Amy (21:18) You were but right.

Britanny (21:20) We're gonna figure out a way. Right.

I was trying to find someone who could last minute watch the kids. And then Roth said, How about you just go and I'll stay back with the kid?

Amy (21:30) Right.

Britanny (21:31) And I think my five year old, he ended up with bronchitis as well. Right. And he's the asthmatic one. So it was like twofold. So he's like, I'll just take care of the kids, you go. So I was like, All right. So Saturday morning, I was gonna get up, drive there, go to the wedding, stay the night.

Come home Sunday.

Amy (21:50) Right. And I was getting updates for all of this because you wanted me to know you were really trying trying.

Britanny (21:54) I was coming. I

I was not going to miss this. And then my car. I go to get in my car and I get this like flashing engine transmission service like aka don't drive. Warning. Warning. Your car's gonna combust. And I was like, no. And so I went back inside and I'm like, Roth, help. And he said, Brittany, I think God is telling you, don't go. There's some reason. That's the third sign.

He said, Th it you just you gotta listen. So my hard headed butt sat down in tears, texted you your

Amy (22:31) You're getting

Britanny (22:32) makeup done, and I'm like, I can't

Amy (22:34) But I think you forgot one detail. Didn't your father in law have his like didn't he

Britanny (22:39) We had

an accident that next morning, which

Amy (22:42) Yeah.

Britanny (22:42) was the reason God said, Yes, we need you to stay. So yeah, I forgot about

Amy (22:46) Yes. Yeah.

Yeah. So and he ended up ankle breaking.

Britanny (22:51) Broke his ankle and his shoulder. He tore a muscle. He's going back into another surgery.

Amy (22:56) my goodness. So all all of these things happen and I think listeners should know she never pouts. She never feels bad for herself. If you do, you don't show it. But I know your energy and you don't. And she never lets anything like these things stop her. I mean, if that were me and I was trying all these ways to get to this wedding of someone who really mattered to me, I would be crushed and kind of have a pity party.

And I always say and I've said in other podcasts, you can you can get down, but you can't stu stay stuck. You gotta you gotta keep moving. Yeah. I think that should be my life quote is you know, you you can't you can you can't get stuck and stay there. But you don't even get stuck. Like you don't even try. You just keep on going. Gotta pick. So if it it's like Britney's like one of those like, if it can happen, it might. So Brittany, what gives you motivation?

When you do face obstacles like the twenty minutes of them we've just spoken about in life.

Britanny (23:58) The power of God.

He has never let me down. I turned to him in a moment of crisis and he has shown up for me every time, every single time.

Amy (24:12) And I think in that answer, you're a testimony and a motivation to other people who may be going through something, maybe not things as random as this, as some of these, but you have definitely you live your life that way, solidly live your life that way. How have you seen yourself change as, you know, a wife, a mom, a friend through all of this?

Britanny (24:37) definitely grown and have learned that like the little things don't matter. I mean, what matters is the love of your family and friends and just

Amy (24:54) Resilience, faith and attitude or like you need you need you need a there needs to be a poster with your picture on it, like on a billboard, actually, not a poster, that says this is the face of resilience, faith, and attitude. Yeah.

Britanny (25:06) So what that

Amy (25:07) It is. And that is just how you how you do things. But I'm sure there's times where you've missed out on some things like the wedding. Yes. Or you've missed out on some social things. Because I mean, when you're in the hospital for four months, or when you have a kid in the hospital for weeks on end.

really, really sick, you miss out on what's on, but but then you're you're growing and getting stronger. And I think when you do go through hard things, little things, they really you're like, please, I this has happened to me. Like you can't hurt me. Yeah. Like bring it on.

Britanny (25:40) I mean that's that's how I feel.

Amy (25:43) Well, what words do you have for someone who might be in a similar circumstance of any of those? Like somebody in the hospital. I I remember bringing you like coloring books and stuff. Yes. Like here's some here's some of those grown up coloring books and some sharpened, nice new Crayola pencils. But that was the best. But like those have those things aren't like the deep down things. Those just help you pass time. Like what are things like a mindset, like

Goal oriented, like how do you how do you how what what would you tell someone?

Britanny (26:18) Never stop fighting to just never give up because God gave you that gut instinct, that inner fire within you to just f fight. And that never stop listening to that. Because if I would have stopped listening to that, my kids wouldn't be here today, especially Jack. He would not be here because we were turned away from the ER the first time around. And then I just kept fighting. I was like, well.

Can't take me down, I'm gonna find someone who will help up.

Amy (26:49) Right. And you know your kid. That's good advice too. Yes. You know your children and you have to be their best advocate. But it turns out that in in all of the weaving of these stories that Jack saved your life. Yep. For the genetic testing. And that is something that would motivate me. It motivates me actually now to look for the positives. But like I remember when I was on bed rest for seven weeks, I didn't have any other kids at home. I didn't think in it. I mean, I literally just laid on a couch.

and Sean packed me diabetic lunches 'cause I had pre diabetes. I didn't have to think about my other kids. How am I to get them home from school? How am I going to help them with homework? All the things that moms do, you couldn't do for a long time.

Britanny (27:33) I know. I know. That my mother in law was home with all the kids because life life was moving on while we were tending to Jack and we wouldn't leave his side.

Amy (27:44) We and Colt. When when he was in the when when you were in the hospital all that time. And so thank God for good community and and family who will step in and make things happen like that.

Britanny (27:56) my gosh, all the dinners and presents and prayers. I mean that this entire community showed up for us, not just one time, four times. And it's such a blessing. It's like God got us through, but he also gave us people that stand in the corner.

Amy (28:11) Well, you deserve it you

deserve it 'cause you do anything for anyone. I would.

Britanny (28:16) Would yeah. You would. Absolutely. Just like you.

Amy (28:19) Well, yeah, but I mean, we all try to do stuff for each other, but you it's time and time again. And I think time and time again sometimes you start to feel a little guilty about well, I didn't get to see that program at school for my son or I didn't get to go to this with my family or help them with that.

A mom guilt is a real thing. yeah. But I think when you're in the trenches, you just gotta get things done. And that's what you you have showed like you can walk through fire barefoot and come out unscathed. Like somehow everything you always go through, you come out better. Ever

Britanny (28:52) I do.

Amy (28:53) really not everybody can say that.

Britanny (28:57) No.

Amy (28:58) Everybody

can say that, especially I'm not gonna so try to sound like I'm so much older than you, although I am. But I mean s a lot of people older than you can't have not been able to handle things like you. 'Cause you had your first at what, twenty seven? Yes. Okay. So for the past thirteen years you've had challenge after challenge. Yes. And she's not mentioning all the challenges. This

Britanny (29:17) No, the just the major ones.

Amy (29:19) is just the major. Like there's some smaller ones that you're welcome to bring up too. But

Britanny (29:24) Those don't even matter. That's nothing.

Amy (29:27) She's not phased. All right, speaking of being phased, I want to talk about the story of your family getting stuck in the elevator. Me

Britanny (29:36) That is one of my favorites.

Amy (29:37) too.

Britanny (29:38) It's j it's hilarious. We we were going to an event for Jack because he's now a a hospital representative. And we were going to an event and is it the Peabody garage? And the elevator got stuck in between floors. And all of a sudden, like wouldn't open. It's very hot, hundred-something degrees.

Amy (30:03) And you had all four boys in the pillow.

Britanny (30:05) Four

boys. So there's six of us. There was a lady and her family that was going to get in with us, but one of my boys had already pushed the elevator button. Thank God. 'Cause it would have been twice as worse. But he so we're stuck. I'm texting our representative saying, Hey, we're trying to get there. We're stuck in an elevator. Of course we're stuck in an elevator. I mean it's me.

Amy (30:26) Pardon the pun, but what are the chances? Well

Britanny (30:28) What

are the chances of we just had you have to laugh at it? So I'm videoing and taking pictures while we're waiting on the fire department to come literally give us the jaws of life to get us out of there. And Jack is sitting in the corner with his fingers in his ears, like and this is post all what he went through. And he is just like panicking. And he goes, How can you laugh and take pictures and videos in a crisis? It's like, that's me.

Amy (30:55) Yeah, that's my life.

Britanny (30:57) Kind of used to this.

And I was like, we'll look back on it and laugh. This kid will not get in an elevator to this day. He makes me fla walk seven flights of stairs.

Amy (31:07) How long check how long were you stuck in that elevator?

Britanny (31:09) an hour. An hour.

Amy (31:11) And it was hot. Right.

Britanny (31:13) The we had called the Peabody Hotel 'cause we thought it was it was theirs. Well it's run by the city. It's just near the Peabody.

Amy (31:21) Okay.

Britanny (31:22) So they had but he was feed the h man came and gave us waters and snacks just through the little crack that he could get through.

I mean the video where they had to put a ladder down in there. You could see the brains of the elevator. It was

It was wild, but it was so much fun.

Amy (31:40) Every single time I step on an elevator, I think about your family. But I also think about the fact that I am literally putting myself in a box that closes and is hanging by a cable. And I think, wow, why am I doing that? And if I'm in one by myself, I think I'm I'm not like paranoid and I still ride them. Now, if I were your son, I might be a little more hesitant.

But I think, wow, it is so wild that human beings trust a metal box with doors that you can't open on your own and you go up and down and you just hope you're gonna get where you're going.

Britanny (32:23) I know, it's like faith.

Amy (32:25) It's the weirdest thing every time doors closed, and I'm like, Well, been nice and knowing you world. And then and then they open and I'm good. But but every time one has kind of like they they have like a little harder landing of like, Am I in the right

Am I in the right floor? Am I gonna be like Britney? And thank goodness there's nobody else with me. But then I think I'd rather have somebody with me. But do I have a water? Or could anybody get me a water? Or is it gonna take forever to get to me? I mean, yeah. So I always wonder that. I'm always like, why do I put myself in these? And when you think about it, there's really strange things like that in life that we do as we my family was talking about it. Like,

It is so weird that we put ourselves in cars and go like eighty miles per hour and interstate and trust everybody around us. Right. Right?

Britanny (33:12) Right? That's a that's wild.

Amy (33:13) Like there's aren't there things like that that you're like, wow. Like we just do things that we take for granted. Like that we don't even realize that really aren't the safest things to do. But the elevator thing is is really like a roller coaster is a choice. Right. Right. Like if you're a thrill seeker and you want to you wanna go do that, great.

But like elevators are kind of fundamental, like a lot of places. I mean, I'll take steps just for the exercise purpose, but when it comes down to some of these things, it's like, wow, we we do some strange my I was talking to my youngest about this kind of topic recently. He's like, Yeah, it's kind of weird we trust water sources. And I was like,

Britanny (33:54) Whoa.

Amy (33:55) That was deep. But three years ago in mining municipality, we had diesel in our water and we did not have water here for nine days in this house.

Britanny (34:04) Remember that

Amy (34:05) And

I don't know if that's what makes him think that or I mean you could smell it in our cups and our we couldn't take a shower at our house. I think Sean was like, Forget it. I'm whatever, I'm gonna take a shower. But

Britanny (34:16) Take a do so.

Amy (34:17) yeah, I mean why not? New a new fresh scent. Yeah. But there's certain thing I thought, water source, that is a whole nother podcast talking about different things. But the elevator is I think of you every time I get on one. I really do. I think of you.

Britanny (34:32) Now everybody else will too. They're gonna be like,

Amy (34:35) Well, what would you tell your younger self right now? What would you tell your eighteen year old self that I met?

Britanny (34:41) Gosh,

Amy (34:42) Like

Britanny (34:43) hold on, buckle up. Life's a roller coaster. True. No, but I would really tell my younger self not to care what people think because it doesn't matter. It it shine your light. Let your light shine. Don't let anyone ever put that out.

Amy (34:58) Well, your light is one of the brightest I know. Like I swear there's like little just rays around you. I mean, I've never seen you not smile. Even when you had kids in the hospital, or even when you were in the hospital for all that time, you're so positive and so like, you know, you can tell when someone's down or happy or their emotion almost on the phone sometimes by their voice. Yeah. And when I would talk to you while you were in the hospital with, you know, hoping to get

a really premature baby diagnosis as far as you could gestationally is that a word gestationally or is it gestation wise? I don't know what it is. Gestation. Extend your gestation period. But you you were all you are the kind of person that when you're in the trenches, you're lifting everybody around you up. And

Britanny (35:46) I try

Amy (35:46) that's a gift. That is hard to do when you are the one in it all and you're like, I'm everything's gonna be okay.

Britanny (35:54) It is. Well, maybe that was my purpose in life. Maybe I've gone through what I've gone through so that I can help others and

Amy (36:02) Yes. Well, you're probably doing that right now for hundreds of people. I love it. It'll be far reaching.

Britanny (36:05) I love it. Love

that.

Amy (36:10) So right now, what are you up to? You're got some good stuff going on.

Britanny (36:14) Yes, so because my baby went to kindergarten, I decided to do something for me during this like well, just time to myself. I started teaching Pilates. I teach mat Pilates and Reformer Pilates.

Amy (36:32) And how many days a week do you do that?

Britanny (36:35) Well, right now it's like three, but it's several back to back class.

Amy (36:40) Okay.

Britanny (36:40) So we just launched a reformer studio at

Amy (36:44) The why. Okay.

Britanny (36:46) and it's a really big thing. And I teach my first class tomorrow. But we have been training for a very long time.

Amy (36:53) Fantastic. And so if anybody wants to take class with you, they can reach out to me and I'll get your information. Yes. Love

Britanny (37:02) I would love to

Amy (37:02) that. Because you would definitely go out probably from that class mentally and physically happy being with Brittany. That's

Britanny (37:11) Yeah, so try to make it fun.

Amy (37:12) right. And you and you and Roth are into fitness. You've always been into fitness. Yes. But he is too. yeah. Right. I

Hey, I don't wanna embarrass Roth on this podcast, but I saw a picture of y'all recently and he's got some guns on his he's got

Britanny (37:27) Some

my goodness, he does not skip a gym day. He is so dedicated.

Amy (37:32) Is he all weights or does he do what else does he do?

Britanny (37:35) He

he is all weights, but I'm going to get him in the Pilates studio because we need to you the purpose of it is to stretch out.

Amy (37:42) But you've Right. Right.

Britanny (37:44) So you'll get the supporting muscles will get stronger.

Amy (37:47) Right. Right. So what is your workout routine besides Pilates, or do you just do that?

Britanny (37:54) I like to do I actually like to do weights because, you know, when you hit forty, everything kinda

Amy (37:59) Changes. Yeah.

Britanny (38:00) So I at home I just go through like a little hit workout and just, you know, do legs, arms, make sure that I strengthen up.

Amy (38:08) Yeah. Yeah. I do too. So I don't I do I mean, I might not look like a bodybuilder, but my goal is to just be strong at fifty three. I'm trying to be I'm trying to not fall. I'm trying to be stable and I know how important it is to have that. But yeah, I was looking, I was like, dang, there's some fit looking parents. I mean, I'm but it's so important to take that time for you. Yes. Because if you take the time for self care for you, you can take care of everybody else better. And I really I know there's gonna be some people are like, whatever, Amy.

You do not take care of yourself. You're always about other people. But you I've gotten better.

Hey Kelly, I know you're gonna comment on this because she has actually told me that she's seen me get better about some things, boundaries. It's important to have boundaries. As a parent, too. Yes. Yes. it would be real easy to feel sorry for your child and let them have everything they want and you don't do that. No. You've never babied them, no matter what they're going through, you've nurtured them through what they need. Yes. And there's a big difference.

Britanny (39:10) I learned that from you.

Amy (39:11) well.

Britanny (39:13) Mhm. I watched you raise those boys when I was babysitting. Boy

Amy (39:17) Well what

Britanny (39:18) mom to boy mom, I mean, it takes it takes a lot of

Amy (39:23) Yeah, yeah. We've just always wanted to raise like decent humans. Yep. Not savage animals. That's right. and men who will make great husbands, they've had a great example in their dad. Yep.

Britanny (39:40) Yes, goodly.

Amy (39:41) They definitely have had that. And kiddo number one has hit the wife jackpot. He has. And we could not be more blessed.

By her, she's a dream. Everything a mother in law could ask for, he found.

Britanny (39:55) And that's what I'm praying for every day 'cause I have four.

Amy (39:58) Yeah, you're yeah. Well and it's like as a mom, you don't really have like I don't have this paper checklist where I'm like, what I want from my sons and their wives. It I've never been like that. But Emily just organically checks all boxes. Like it's like, she does that. She cooks, she cleans, she flies airplanes, she crochets, she is so thoughtful. She looks at my son and you could just see how much she adores him. I mean, I could go on and on and on.

Britanny (40:25) Mine.

Amy (40:26) She dresses appropriately. She has a wonderful family who we adore. Like I d it's a checklist a mile long that is just naturally filled out. And we did raise our boys to have high standards. But they didn't have to in in the people that hang around and and wives and all that, but they didn't they didn't have to listen. No. So

Britanny (40:47) Could have retaliated.

Amy (40:48) number two is T B A on on the wife selection. He's, you know, a little young for that right now. But we're

Britanny (40:53) But

we're praying. We started our prayer.

Amy (40:56) I I've told him that Emily sets the bar very high and good luck because kiddo number one did such a great, great job finding that. But you guys

Britanny (41:06) It is great.

Amy (41:07) you guys have also set the bar high with your faith, with your just steadfast way of parenting. You're like, Okay, we got through this, this is the next thing. We got through this, this is the next thing. And we all know life is always gonna be full of valleys. It just is what it is. Yeah. And it's how you get through those.

But you just constantly do it over and over. I kinda would like y'all to have a little break.

Britanny (41:29) That would be nice. But if not, it's okay, we'll get the

Amy (41:33) through

it. Things are kind of stable right now. They are. Knock on wood again.

Britanny (41:37) Don't jinx me.

Amy (41:38) But but you have always been really good at just instantly turning to prayer. Yes. Like instant. Without any hesitation.

Britanny (41:45) Yes. I mean it's just the older I've gotten, I've s I see God in everything. You know, my younger self was just like, whatever. All right. I made it, I survived. No, I made it and survived because God got me through it. But each challenge showed me that God was there, he heard me and he was not gonna let me down.

Amy (42:08) Spiritual maturity. Yes. And everybody should be on a if if you are a faith based person, you should be always trying to mature in your faith. I have immensely since my mom passed away because I had to. I had thought I had great faith and I did, but now it's like magnified and I can't get enough of it.

Britanny (42:28) It's something about losing a parent that I and it started with my dad. So I I see why yours has I mean it just it's a weird you feel the grace of God more. Yes. In your grieving. Yes. Yes.

Amy (42:41) And beauty from ashes.

And, you know, that quick little two word sentence, but God. Mm-hmm. I mean, completely sustains everything. And sometimes it takes hard things to see that. Yes. And but not to but the important part is to not forget, because we do we people forget things really easily. Like I've my boys are five years, eight months apart. Wow, I forgot how hard it was to have a crying baby.

After that age gap. And when I had the second one, I was like, yeah. It's bad. I forgot about all that. So now we go into rapid fire. Okay. The rapid fire portion is my favorite part of the podcast because I love people to get to know you. I love people to hear your stories when y'all come on this, but the pot this is just the fun part. And there's no right or wrong. Promise. Okay. What's your favorite song?

Britanny (43:39) In sync. Bye bye bye. okay. And I literally danced to it in the car and my voice turned down the radio. I'm like, no, you did not.

Amy (43:50) yeah. Okay. huh.

Britanny (43:51) All right. I am a loud singer and a dancer and love it. yeah, every single one of them Yes. Okay. I'm a crazy fan.

Amy (43:54) Did you ever get to go to their concert? so we've been to multiple. yeah.

Okay. Yeah, that is one of those songs, like if you're at the store and you hear it on like Kroger Radio or whatever, you know, they have like the music above. Yeah. Maybe even in an elevator. maybe you might get we need

Britanny (44:10) Yeah.

Amy (44:11) to I mean it's usually elevator music, but every once in a while that's one of those songs that like I'll have it stuck on my head all day now, even though I haven't heard it and you've talked about it, I will I will

Britanny (44:21) Singing

bye bye bye and doing a little dance moves.

Amy (44:24) What's a piece or a couple of pieces of parenting advice you have for someone who's never had a kid before? Yeah.

Britanny (44:29) that's a tough one. 'Cause

we've had like so many different challenges. Let's see. I would say teach to be a good human being. That's important. Yep. Never give in to what they want. And if you say no, stick to it. If you go backwards, you're done. And

Amy (44:46) Yes. You are dumb.

Britanny (44:49) they f they pick up on it and you're done.

Amy (44:53) And I will be interested to see, and you have to keep me posted, the older your boys get, they may or may not remind you of certain punishments they got. They do. I may or may not have one who kicked a soccer ball through a window. He was told not to kick balls towards the house, but he did it. And of course it wasn't his fault. You know, it's one of those things. Yeah. And so at this very table,

He had to write I won't do stupid things anymore a hundred times.

Because I literally didn't know what else to do. And I was a much younger mom at the time, but he did. He wrote it. And I s we st we laugh about it now to t we we laugh about it. I don't

Britanny (45:39) Do you still have that piece of paper?

Amy (45:41) know. If we do if we do, I need I love to find it. But he you know, I have another one who the other one, he he's kind like if he was sent to his room like the two times he ever he's very easy. He he he was he wasn't phased.

He just entertained himself in his room. Like it wasn't like a punishment to him. Yep. I'm like, you're supposed to be upset. You're supposed to feel bad for what you did or supposed to like feel like you need to not do that again. And but you can just go out and hang up in your room hang out in your room. Okay.

Britanny (46:12) Okay, fine. I'll read a book.

Amy (46:14) I I feel like the most powerful word in parenting is no.

Britanny (46:18) It is.

Amy (46:19) Just because everybody else is doing it doesn't mean you should. Just because everybody else has that or gets to go there doesn't mean you can. Just because there's no rules at that house doesn't mean there aren't here. And I feel very lucky that my boys didn't test us a lot with that. They just knew no meant no.

Britanny (46:40) It starts early.

Amy (46:41) Firm firm foundation. Yep.

Marriage advice.

Britanny (46:45) Marriage advice. Okay. Never stop dating your spouse because you can get caught up in everything with kids and life and PTA, whatever it may be, but you have to remember it all started with you and your spouse.

Amy (47:02) How do date your spouse? Date nights? You could do

Britanny (47:05) Date

nights. Date nights. Or even if it's just put the kids to bed and watch a movie at home. Sometimes

Amy (47:13) Rap. Yep.

Britanny (47:14) that's how our date nights would go because we couldn't leave the kids or all the anxiety that our boys had from what they went through, they mom don't leave us. Right. So we we pivoted and made it happen. Right. But always take time.

Amy (47:28) Y'all got married in twenty eleven or twenty twelve. Okay. So you wow. That's

Britanny (47:31) twenty eleven. Fifteen years.

Amy (47:34) a big one. That's a big one. Yeah. Well, you do you have been madly in love with him since you met him. Yes. And you smile when you talk about him.

Britanny (47:42) I do. He's my best friend and pretty

Amy (47:45) I love him. He's he's pretty cute with those big audio.

Britanny (47:48) Remember

on Halloween? Mhm. We we were trick or treating and I said I had just started dating him. I said, I'm gonna marry this man. I was nineteen years old, y'all. I knew.

Amy (47:56) You knew. You knew

He And I knew by the way you were talking about him. And you've been dating a young fella before that too. Yeah. and then then then this one came along and it was like, bye. You you were you were good.

Britanny (48:07) I I knew. I was like, okay.

Amy (48:09) What's your favorite season? Okay.

Britanny (48:11) Fall. It used to be summer.

Amy (48:13) Yep.

Britanny (48:14) So maybe if I wasn't in Memphis, So living here

Amy (48:16) Yeah. Right.

Britanny (48:18) I would say fall. That T shirt and jeans

Amy (48:25) Right. I like Yeah.

Yeah. I used to be fall, but I think I'm more springish now. I like spring like I like like graduation season and wedding shower season. I like that sea I'm I'm it's grown on me a little. I used to be very autumnal, but now I'm a little more spring. Yeah. Yeah.

Britanny (48:42) It's it's brighter and happier.

Amy (48:45) I like seeing all the new growth on the trees and that kind of stuff too. I could see that. What's the best part of being a boy mom?

Britanny (48:53) I'm so laid back. I used to not be. I was a high maintenance, had to have all the accessories, had to look just right, and now I don't even care. I'm

Amy (49:02) Don't even care.

Britanny (49:03) like, whatever, I will rock the

Amy (49:05) Yeah, workout paying You're always so put together though. Like I mean, for four boys, I don't know when you have time to be, but you're always so put together. Well You are maybe

Britanny (49:13) Mm, sometimes I'm not. Or like I don't think I am, but y maybe you think

Amy (49:18) the beauty from inside just shows on the out. Maybe maybe. That's

Britanny (49:20) Well, that could be the light that you can't let burn out.

Amy (49:25) right. So if you could spend a day with a famous person, who would it be?

Britanny (49:29) Just had this conversation with with my boys. Okay, 'cause you know, sometimes when you meet your famous person, you get disappointed. But I have met some and I'm like,

Amy (49:37) Yeah. Yeah.

Britanny (49:41) it would be Dolly Parton. my

Amy (49:42) Me too. Gosh, me too. She

Britanny (49:45) is just an incredible person. Like

Amy (49:48) Had the boys been to Dollywood? yeah.

Britanny (49:50) We named our puppy after her.

Amy (49:52) Okay. Dolly. Okay. She's

Britanny (49:55) little white golden and she is s just full of light.

Amy (49:59) Yeah, same dollars. Just like dollars. I wanna like hang out with her and go to her new gas station. I know.

Britanny (50:03) No,

I wish I would have gone to the grand opening. Like she was there. I know. That was our change. I know. Dolly, if you hear this, we want to hang out with you.

Amy (50:07) So you

can come on the podcast. Yeah. You're invited. You have a perpetual invitation. You can come anytime you want. We'll we'll bring you to Memphis. Yep. We'll plop you down in my kitchen. That'd be perfect. You'll even get the free podcast cup that I give my guests.

Britanny (50:21) It's

my favorite. I'm like gonna take it everywhere.

Amy (50:24) It is. It's it's like when you go to the commissary and they give you the cool cup, you get to keep it. Well, I mean, when you're on a podcast, you get thirsty, you need to drink. Yeah. 'Cause you're talking for an hour. And so you get the cup to take home with the the show logo. I mean I mean

Britanny (50:38) The Qt

Amy (50:38) so Dolly, if you hear this or if your agent hears this, we'd love to have you on the show. Yes. It'll be a three hour episode. I

Britanny (50:46) Get to come, right?

Amy (50:47) Yeah. Okay. And then we'll take her to the Peabody for tea or something after if she deleted. We'll do something bougie in Memphis. I would love

Britanny (50:53) Love

that. Yeah. That sounds like a best day ever.

Amy (50:56) What's a word or sentence to describe the chance family?

Britanny (50:59) Resilient.

Amy (51:01) Yes.

Britanny (51:02) Go back to what we said earlier. That I mean that that we give we're given a second chance every single time. I mean maybe it's the pun on our name. I don't know. We are just

Amy (51:14) You are

Britanny (51:14) given a second chance. So we're resilient.

Amy (51:16) Every single time. How's your mom?

Britanny (51:18) She's amazing.

Amy (51:19) Yeah, I I need to mention them before we wrap up. You have a you have a sister and a mom too, both in Florida. Yes. Okay. And everybody's good. Okay.

Britanny (51:27) Everybody's good.

Amy (51:29) Well, I met you through your mom, technically. I know. Through the women's group at church. Because I was looking for a babysitter and that's how she she recommended you.

Britanny (51:38) And I loved babysitting. You could tell I was destined to be a mom because yes, I just gave my heart and soul into babysitting. I would play with the kids. It was my favorite job ever.

Amy (51:49) Hey, if you if you hadn't had pregnancy complications, do you think you would have had a fit? yeah. Because when you got married said,

Britanny (51:53) heck yeah. And a sixth, and a seventh

Amy (51:58) We want four or five kids. And at that point I had two and I was like, dang, she don't know how much work, she crazy. Kids aren't cheap either, you know? that

Britanny (52:06) True, that's but

Amy (52:07) worth it. Well, yeah, that that was I remember you saying that in my driveway. You had your dad you were pregnant with your first one. Yeah.

Britanny (52:16) Yeah, that was Jace.

Amy (52:17) And your dad came with you. And he I don't think he'd officially been diagnosed or maybe he was close to diagnosis. And I remember yeah, he was just like riding around with you. And you came to pick up something or do something here and you're pregnant with Jace. And you said you want you want a four or five kids.

Britanny (52:36) Yep. And I still after each one, still keep going.

Amy (52:39) So what are their ages right now?

Britanny (52:41) We have a thirteen year old, eleven, seven, and five. Wow. We're all odd numbers.

Amy (52:47) All odd numbers right now. That cool. And then they'll all be even numbers. It's

Britanny (52:50) It's crazy.

Amy (52:51) wild how that happens. Is there a season they're all born in? We got a trend here.

Britanny (52:55) We do. I have two winter babies and two summer babies. Okay. All right. I have November and February and then June and August.

Amy (53:04) Well, you got a quarter of the year covered in all that. We're good. I have an April and August baby. So, I I was

Britanny (53:12) Due on Christopher's birthday with Jace.

Amy (53:15) You were? I was. His birthday's tomorrow. Tomor we're recording this on August thirteenth. Tomorrow's his twenty fourth birthday. Speaking

Britanny (53:20) I was about to say is it Yep, that was my due date. my god.

Amy (53:25) of being a boy mom, it'll be my first birthday of his that I will not see him. He's gotta work. He'll be

Britanny (53:30) Aww. Come in, surprise her.

Amy (53:34) He did come this past Monday and we had Emily did too and we celebrated early, but I still am kinda like feeling sorry for myself. But he'll be in Baton Rouge on

on I mean, he's a pilot. He's got a job. He's his

Britanny (53:47) Got a j.

Amy (53:47) layover will be in Baton Rouge tomorrow night. But you know, you make the most of things. Just like you do, so do we. We make the most of things. And we celebrated a few days early and we had a great time. That's right. So I will take thirty six hours with him five days early, then nothing at all. Yeah.

Britanny (54:04) I agree. I would too. Every second.

Amy (54:07) Right. So being a boy mom, you boy boys love their mamas.

Britanny (54:10) they do. Well it's the

Amy (54:12) Everybody, thanks for listening to Brittany and her wonderful story, her her inspiring story, and her full of life story. We appreciate you listening. If you would like to be on the podcast, you can contact me at Amy Keyspodcast at gmail dot com. We're on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, iHeartRadio, and YouTube and

I don't even know where else. I think Audible. We're all over now at this point as we grow. We have reached, I think, six countries at this point. So we're really happy about that. And we're hoping we're spreading positivity and great things through people like Britney, through sweet friends just like her. And so if you have any information, if you'd like any information about her being your Pilates teacher, just email the podcast or or if you happen to know.

Me personally, you can text me and I'll get you to her. And we're just so happy you're here today. Thanks for your time to be here. I don't know where you carved this hour out of today. And I'm sure the rest of your calendar of the day is completely full with pickups, car lines, homework,

Britanny (55:25) All the things.

Amy (55:27) figuring out grocery stores, and being a boy mom and a wife and dating your husband. Yep.

Britanny (55:32) And it's the best.

I would do it every day, all day.

Amy (55:37) No re no no no regrets. No regrets. Well we love you and we're happy till next time

Britanny (55:41) Me too. Thank you for having me.