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And she'd said it had been diagnosed as cancer, quote, very serious, life-threatening, unquote.

And Ian said she'd appeared, quote, very concerned, unquote, about what the diagnosis meant.

And she asked for the guidance on whether to tell her children, and if so, how.

So the news would settle over the room.

That a cancer diagnosis in this circle wasn't something anyone would carry alone.

And Dawn was the first to respond.

And he told her, quote, that the best approach was to be honest, unquote.

And then they prayed asking for God's blessing on Erin.

And they held her in that prayer the way they'd held each other through every hard chapter for nearly 20 years.

And the afternoon wound down quietly after that.

And the guests left sometime in the late afternoon and Heather said that the food had been delicious and beautiful.

So by every measure available to the people sitting at that table, it had been a warm Saturday.

Let's take a quick pause to talk about something that is really hard, and that is trying something new.

It can be pretty terrifying.

I know when I launched this podcast and when Caleb and I launched Sour Boys, it was pretty daunting, just not knowing if it was going to work or not.

But honestly, having a partner like Shopify has made the whole journey so much easier.

Now Shopify, for those of you who don't know, is the commerce platform behind millions of businesses around the world.

About 10% of all e-commerce in the US, in fact.

From household names like Allbirds and Skims to brands just getting started.

And you get a full design studio with hundreds of ready-to-use templates, AI tools that write your product descriptions and even enhance your product photos, and that iconic purple shop pay button.