Real Stories of Mom to Mom Kindness

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Krissy: Have you ever had a stranger show you kindness when you were hanging on by a thread and maybe you left realizing you never even got to say thank you, or you wish you could go back and tell that person just how much that moment meant to you? That's what we're doing today.

I'm joined by my friend Kaitlin Becker, and we're sharing stories of the quiet, powerful, kindness moms show each other, the stuff that holds us up on the hardest days. This episode is one big thank you to the women who've saved us in small but unforgettable ways.

My name is Krissy Bold. I'm a mom to two little boys, and this is Mom's Guide to Finding Herself.

Before we dive into this special Thanksgiving episode, I just wanna take a second to say thank you. Thank you so much for being here, for listening, for letting this podcast be a little part of your world. Whether you've been here since the beginning, or if this is your first episode, I'm so glad you pressed play today.

This one is extra special because it's Thanksgiving week. Yes, but also because I'm not doing it alone. I've got my friend Kaitlin Becker here with me. And if you don't already love her, you're about [00:01:00] to. This is not Kaitlin's. First time on mom's guide to finding herself. You can go back to episodes 58 and 59 to learn more about her journey to motherhood

and juggling being in the spotlight while raising a child of her own. Kaitlin is an actor who you might already know from NBC's the Sunny Side Up show, or from playing the original Meekah character on Blippi.

She makes some of the funniest, most relatable mom content online, but more than that, she's just one of those people who gets it like deep in the trenches of motherhood gets it.

And today we're sharing stories about those little moments when another mom or even a total stranger stepped in with kindness when we needed it the most.

These moments may seem small, but they stick with us. They're the reason we keep going. So wherever you are, maybe cooking, folding laundry, or hiding in the pantry with your pie, come hang out with us. We've got some stories to share. Kaitlin Becker, thank you so much for being here with me today for this special Thanksgiving episode.

Kaitlin Becker: I'm excited for whatever this is gonna be. I love Thanksgiving [00:02:00] and I wanna hear these stories. Let's get into it.

Krissy: First I have to ask, do you have your dinner pants on? Because I do.

Kaitlin Becker: Wait, I actually do, I literally hear what

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: and they're stretchy in the waist. I've just been wearing pants like this lately. You know, just being a woman

Krissy: Yeah,

Kaitlin Becker: not bloat. Bloat, not bloat. We never know. So

Krissy: we never know.

Kaitlin Becker: can't have the,

Krissy: Yes.

Kaitlin Becker: loosey goosey.

Krissy: Yes, I agree. As comfortable as we can be. 2025 has been a year of trying to be as comfortable as possible, and I think this is the future. We are in it

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah.

Krissy: and we're lucky to be here. So this episode is all about acts of mom to mom, kindness. And I know that you witness probably a lot of Mom to Mom kindness, whether it's through your cameos.

That you are featured on, that people are ordering for other people just to be kind. Or maybe it's people just coming up to you in the street and [00:03:00] telling you about things that have happened to them because you're the kind of person that would happen to. Do you have any stories that come to your mind about mom to mom, kindness,

Kaitlin Becker: I do the first one that came to mind. Now I'm like, did I tell you this? It doesn't matter.

Krissy: it doesn't matter.

Kaitlin Becker: when I, I traveled with my son, I mean, I still do travel alone with him now. He's, you know, he's a sophisticated 8-year-old and it's very easy. But when he was a baby to like three years old, he was really terrible on planes.

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: Like, awful. Just

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: wanted to run up and down the aisle and, you know, all the things. And so when he was really young. I don't even know if he could walk yet. I was stressed out because just getting from security to the gate, he was putting me through it. I was already high stress, get on the plane and I'm pulling out, you know, my hundreds of snacks. I pull up a video [00:04:00] on my phone and I'm just pulling out all the things, you know, just like, here are all the options. Eat all the snacks, watch this

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: and I am just high stress and we boarded first. So I'm seeing everyone, you know, come onto the plane.

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: And I am just like already apologetic, even though no one has said anything and we haven't even taken off.

And I'm just like, oh, sorry, sorry. And this woman passed me and she was like, Hey, is it just the two of you? And I was like, yeah, sorry. I'm sorry. And she told me her seat number she said, I'm a mom too. And I used to travel all the time with my kid. Uh, she's like, I totally get it. And she's like, you're fine.

He's fine. This is my seat number if you wanna like tap out or if you need to go to the bathroom or

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: I will help you come find me. And I was like, tears

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: chills. Yeah, because I'm like, she just knew she was a mom and was like, Ugh. I'm sure she, you know, it was

Krissy: Yep,

Kaitlin Becker: stressed out mom with the baby.

Krissy: yep.

Kaitlin Becker: all over the floor. We haven't even taken off yet. And she was just like, here's my [00:05:00] seat number.

Krissy: I love specific offers like that. Like it's not just like, come find me if you need help. Like, no, this is where I am.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah, this is where I'm sitting. If you

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: like get a break, go to the bathroom. I was like, wow.

Krissy: That's amazing. I love the, those moments they just like stick with you and you like think, I wish I could go back and tell them how much of an impact this made on me because we don't know if we're being intrusive sometimes

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah.

Krissy: if we're actually helping.

Kaitlin Becker: Well,

Krissy: Yeah,

Kaitlin Becker: I, you know, I will never forget that moment and I tried to. that moment back on

Krissy: yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: where I was flying alone,

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: woman across from me, she had twin babies

Krissy: Oh my gosh.

Kaitlin Becker: like juggling twin

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: And she seemed so stressed out and I was like, Hey, like literally using the same line.

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: right here if you need to tap out. And she was like, I'm fine. I was like, okay, sorry.

Krissy: Oh,

Kaitlin Becker: Like she was like,

Krissy: yep.

Kaitlin Becker: you? I was like, sorry, sorry, [00:06:00] sorry, sorry, sorry. Carry

Krissy: She was probably just overstimulated and that was like the next thing, like.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah. I was like, nevermind. Yeah.

Krissy: And some of these stories, I'm like, I'm curious what, how you would react to some of the re the examples. So I put out a post on Reddit and I, and people showed up. I got over 50 responses on this one post of people sharing the loveliest stories. So I tried to narrow it down, but it was difficult, the number one.

It's funny that you brought up his travel story. That is the number one. Common theme I would say of all of these is posted, and that's the first one I have here. So the story is I was traveling with my baby and had so much crap with me on the airport, shuttle, car seat, suitcase pack, and play stroller, literally all the baby stuff.

It took me several trips onto the shuttle to load it all, and no one helped me. I sat with my baby all sweaty and stressed. The stroller was parked in front of me. As more people got on, I kept trying to move the stroller closer to me, and I, I [00:07:00] can like feel that right the like,

Kaitlin Becker: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Krissy: and kept saying sorry to everyone near me and getting on.

This older lady sitting across from me said, stop apologizing. You deserve to take up space. And it healed something in me, right.

Kaitlin Becker: My period's coming. I didn't know. I didn't know it was gonna be like this. Yeah, it's coming

Krissy: Right,

Kaitlin Becker: oh my God.

Krissy: right,

Kaitlin Becker: Wow.

Krissy: right.

Kaitlin Becker: You deserve to take up space.

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: I, think I would've burst into tears,

Krissy: Yes.

Kaitlin Becker: it would've just been an instant lower, you know, like,

Krissy: Yeah. Yes. Either of them. Yep. It, because it's so powerful and specific, it's like, it's not just stop apologizing. It's, it's validating. It's giving that permission, like you have this gear and it's not by choice. Like you have to have this, and so many of these people have gone through this too, so

Kaitlin Becker: wow. And [00:08:00] just stop apologizing is just a nice reminder

Krissy: yep.

Kaitlin Becker: life, you

Krissy: Yes, yes. I agree. Such a good one. Okay. You're gonna wanna get the, the tissues, if that one was like.

Kaitlin Becker: Come on.

Krissy: I know that makeup artist to bring her back

Kaitlin Becker: we were gonna need you be on standby.

Krissy: on standby. Okay. I was at a shopping center indoor playground, so I'm picturing like one of those mall park like playgrounds inside the mall

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah.

Krissy: with my two and a half year old on Mother's Day alone, as my partner was working. Already a stressful situation. My little one was having a huge meltdown and I was feeling very overwhelmed.

One of the cleaning ladies stopped to talk to me, and I guess she could see I was struggling. I managed to get my little one to leave the playground and was walking to the car with him. Pretty close to tears, just big feelings all around, and this cleaning lady appeared out of nowhere and gifted me a muffin from the cafe in the food court, and wished me a Happy [00:09:00] Mother's Day and to hang in there.

It was by far one of the nicest things that's ever happened to me. I cried my head off in the car while I shared the muffin with my kid.

Kaitlin Becker: Guys,

Krissy: Right.

Kaitlin Becker: You didn't say, Hey, do you wanna chat and cry with me? you wanna end your week in tears? Wow,

Krissy: Is it? Yeah. Somebody who's working on Mother's Day.

Kaitlin Becker: Exactly. Who's. Who's not,

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: I mean, I'm assuming not. Uh, having a muffin and being like, happy mother stage me. I'm having the best day is working

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: a mall

Krissy: In a mall again. Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: Wow. Thank you cleaning lady.

Krissy: Thank you. Cleaning lady.

Kaitlin Becker: That's

Krissy: We're right. I'm probably not making a ton of money cleaning malls and buying this person a muffin. I.

Kaitlin Becker: Moms see moms.[00:10:00]

Krissy: Moms see moms?

Kaitlin Becker: we, we have that skill just like mom. Mom.

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah. Wow.

Krissy: Yes. Okay. I had my dog and my first son, then four months old in a stroller. After a long, sleepless night, I finally got to a coffee shop and got my f myself a coffee. I walked out holding the coffee and pushing the stroller. I put the coffee on the ground to unwind my dog's leash from a tree. It was wrapped around while we waited, and he knocked my coffee over.

We could see that coming, right, but I picked it up fast enough and had a little left. I stood up and he pulled and I dumped it on myself. A woman came over to help hold the leash while I cleaned myself up, and another then asked if I wanted her to get me another cup of coffee. I thanked her and declined, but explained how much their help meant to me.

One of them was older and told me about her son graduating college that day. As we stood talking, the barista came out with another of my coffee drink. She was also a [00:11:00] mom and saw it happen, so she made one. For me for free. Three hero women fulfilled something in me of human connection that day. I desperately needed.

My kids are four and two now, and I always look out for those moms that may need connection, not just to pay it forward.

Kaitlin Becker: Enough, shut this down.

Krissy: Episode over.

Kaitlin Becker: So that's, bye everyone.

Krissy: Thanks for joining us.

Kaitlin Becker: wow. Again,

Krissy: Right.

Kaitlin Becker: seeing moms.

Krissy: Right, and the layers of it, like several moms coming in,

Kaitlin Becker: Yes. That's

Krissy: it's not just the free coffee, it's the wine unwinding. It's like, it's kind of like how I picture Beyonce at a salon.

Kaitlin Becker: Mm-hmm.

Krissy: Like everybody's working on her at the same time and it's efficient.

Kaitlin Becker: I love that. Any

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: of connection,

Krissy: Mm-hmm.

Kaitlin Becker: I feel like you can breathe easier when another mom is like, Hey,

Krissy: [00:12:00] Mm-hmm.

Kaitlin Becker: I'm going, my kid just graduated. And it is just like, we're all, I get it.

Krissy: Yep, I get it. And there's a piece of this too that is interesting. The woman who offered to buy the coffee and she's like, no, no, no, I'm fine. How many times do we say that

Kaitlin Becker: yes.

Krissy: and we're not fine. I want that free coffee. I want that extra coffee. I came here for that. Yes. Just say thank you.

Kaitlin Becker: I was at my son's, uh, soccer game a while ago, and there it was around Halloween, and I was talking to a mom who was like, oh my God. Like I, we've been so busy today. I haven't eaten anything. Like, I feel crazy. I'm like patting my pockets, you know, like, do I have some random granola bar or something on me? And one of the other moms who didn't even hear that mom say, I haven't eaten today, had a bunch of Halloween candy and was like, anyone want any candy? And, [00:13:00] and uh, the mom who was like, I haven't eaten today, she's like, actually, I will, I will take something. And then she was like, Ugh, I hate being that person.

I'm sorry. Like, I hate, I'm like. She offered and you literally just said you're starving. But it, I took note because I'm like, why do we do that? Of just like, sorry to be that woman. What woman? offered you a piece of candy

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: be like, oh, thank you. But said it was like, ha, I'm like, but you're not fine.

And are you gonna pass out, eat the candy and,

Krissy: Right, right. It's almost like giving people the gift of helping.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah,

Krissy: If you say no, they're no longer the star of your story, and they wanna be the star, they wanna do that, they wanna help,

Kaitlin Becker: yeah,

Krissy: pay it forward. I was at the grocery store not that long ago with my 2-year-old, and it was one of those trips where I went in to just get one thing and I ended up with like, you know, the arms full.

Like he had things in his hand and I, it was everything. [00:14:00] And we get in line and the woman in front of me was like, you go ahead. And I was like, no, it's fine. He's good. We can wait. Like I have the, I have the perfect 2-year-old that can just hang out and wait for you to get, and then she like stood there and then she was like, go,

Kaitlin Becker: go. Yeah.

Krissy: yeah.

I was like, yes, yes. Thank you.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah. We

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: to be better about accepting help and

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: saying thank you.

Krissy: I think it's even awareness, just being in aware of when you say no, so you can reflect on it later and be like, 'cause I don't even think we recognize it.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah.

Krissy: We don't even know that we're turning down easy bids for help that people want to do.

Kaitlin Becker: habit

Krissy: Mm-hmm.

Kaitlin Becker: good, I'm good. And it's like clearly you're not,

Krissy: Yes, yes.

Kaitlin Becker: your drink or whatever. Yeah.

Krissy: Yep. This next story is a little funnier.

Kaitlin Becker: Okay.

Dry, dry, lemme just dry myself. Continue.

Krissy: Yes, yes. Let's pat you down. Get your towel. It's a little funnier and it's much more obvious that she needs help. I.

Kaitlin Becker: Okay,[00:15:00]

Krissy: I was sleep deprived and in the midst of raging postpartum depression, sitting at the playground with my 22 month old and my newborn and a carrier, just absolutely overwhelmed.

Suddenly I felt the most painful thing ever in my back and started screaming. Another mom ran over, helped me take the baby off of me, lifted my shirt up over my head in the middle of the park and grabbed a wasp that was attacking me. It. I sobbed and sobbed. Okay, so maybe this isn't funny. Maybe it's just the visual.

Kaitlin Becker: You laughing.

Krissy: This is hilarious. I sobbed and sobbed. I think it's just the visual. I sobbed and sobbed at the, just at the mess of it all with my shirt pulled up off my back and my ratty old bra on display and this amazing mom just comforted me and my kids till I could gather myself. I don't even think I properly thanked her as I hustled out of the park and back to my car.

I looked back and she was just back to pushing her kid on the swing as if she didn't just stop me from having a complete nervous [00:16:00] breakdown. Moments earlier,

Kaitlin Becker: She saved the day.

Krissy: saved the day

Kaitlin Becker: And she's just like, all right, carry on

Krissy: I.

Kaitlin Becker: back to your playground. This,

Krissy: Yep. And that's the beauty of it. We don't have to say like, of course if you can say thank you, but like I get like that mom needs to go back to our car immediately.

There is no

Kaitlin Becker: playground.

Krissy: Yes. Yeah. Like we're not gonna sit around and say, oh my gosh, thank you so much. And have this like gush session, like just move on.

Kaitlin Becker: I would, now I'm. Playground mindset, don't you love? I mean, I don't love when a kid can't find their parent, but that moment where every parent, if there's a kid just looking like this, they're like, are you okay? Do you know what your grownup is?

Krissy: Mm-hmm.

Kaitlin Becker: everyone collectively is like, where is this kid's mother or father, a grownup?

And I'm like, look at us. Look at us.

Krissy: Look at us now.

Kaitlin Becker: it's just like you instantly become a team and you're like, we got, we're on it.

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: And I love that. Yeah.

Krissy: [00:17:00] I've had both experiences. So my older one is a runner, like basically Forrest Gump. He's four now, but, and he's getting less, but like at two and three and even like somewhat of one, like gone instantly. And I've had the experiences where he's been around the corner down the road and nobody stopped him and they were just kinda like pointed the way.

They see a frantic mom like, oh, he is that way. He's that way. Like, okay, thanks. You mean down by the river? Great. Right. But then I've also had experiences where he's just like a little bit in front of me and people are like, doing the look like, where are you? Where's that person? And, but it makes me now say, thank you.

Not everyone does that.

Kaitlin Becker: Mm-hmm.

Krissy: And I think that's powerful for people to hear. Like you are special. For actually looking out for my kids, so thank you. I think it's like validating because in these days I kind of get it, like if you see a three-year-old running and you grab [00:18:00] them, somebody might get mad at you, and I would rather somebody get mad at me than a kid get hit by a car or something, but.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah. No, that's a good point. Not everyone will do that. And there are. You know, grownups, adults, fellow adults, I'm a grownup who are just like, I'm just worried about myself, my

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: and maybe also just exhausted and doesn't even have the bandwidth to look at anyone other than their own kid.

So, like, I get it, but it is,

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: amazing. When that does happen, you're like, thank you.

Krissy: Right.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah.

Krissy: Thank you. So good. Okay. This is like a weird, like coincidence story. A little sad, but it like comes back.

Kaitlin Becker: Mm-hmm.

Krissy: back. I was pregnant three years ago with my first baby and joined the bumper discord from Reddit. So those are like the due date groups where everybody's in, like my baby's due in November 20 [00:19:00] 25, like, and everybody goes in.

Kaitlin Becker: has the same due date,

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: Okay.

Krissy: sim, you know, same month due date. Yep. So that way you can like, kind of go with each other and be like, is anyone else having this happen? And that kind of stuff. Yeah. It's really cute. I, I was in with both my kids. I recommend it to everybody.

Kaitlin Becker: Cool.

Krissy: It was an amazingly supportive community. Unfortunately, when I was seven months pregnant, my daughter died.

I stayed in the Discord though, even though I couldn't participate or read about others' experiences without distress. Others in the community sent me DoorDash gift cards, and tremendous support. Then a few months later, I became pregnant with my second daughter. The community continued to wrap around me with support when my daughter was born.

I asked the community for recommendations on baby carriers. One of the women recommended this specific carrier and said she actually had one that she'd like to send me, and this is an expensive carrier. She sold it to me very cheap and promptly shipped it. About six months later, I flew from the west coast to the east coast to visit my family.

On [00:20:00] the return flight, I was standing in the aisle bouncing my crying baby in the carrier, sweating and struggling. A woman in the row behind me tapped me on their arm and told me I was doing a great job. When the plane landed, she pulled me aside and asked if I was from the 2022 bumper group. She was the woman who had sent me the carrier.

She recognized me from pictures I had posted as well, the carrier and, and as well as the carrier having distinctive accessories that she had included. It was completely unbelievable that she would not only be on the flight, but sit right behind me and I'd be wearing the carrier at the same moment.

Kaitlin Becker: Wow, wild. I think the universe plopped them on that same plane.

Krissy: Yes. Like guardian, angel, truly like,

Kaitlin Becker: That's incredible.

Krissy: yep.

Kaitlin Becker: That

Krissy: have them come together.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah. That's amazing. And that's an internet win too.

Krissy: [00:21:00] Yes.

Kaitlin Becker: Like we are so lucky to live in this modern time where you can find community through social media or Reddit or whatever,

Krissy: Yep.

Kaitlin Becker: yeah. Yeah. That's all internet win. Thank you. Internet.

Krissy: Inter. Thank you. Internet. Okay, we'll do one last story. I was at my friend's son's first birthday party. My son was 18 months. At the time I was alone and I didn't know anyone else at the party, which is the worst feeling to begin with.

Kaitlin Becker: Hate it.

Krissy: Ugh.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah.

Krissy: at the table with a mom who had a son a little older than mine, and we chatted a little throughout the party.

When it was time to leave, my son was throwing an absolute fit and refusing to put his shoes on. Like I was actually really genuinely struggling with him and feeling overwhelmed. He had also thrown up on the bouncy house right before that, and there was a lot going on, and that mom just came over to me and said, pick him up.

I'll get his shoes on. I tried to refuse the help as we are programmed by society to feel [00:22:00] shame getting help or inconveniencing anyone else in the slightest. And she insisted, no, I am going to help you. I get it. And so I just let her help me and we got the task done in two seconds together and I still think about it all the time.

Kaitlin Becker: Good for that Mom being like, no,

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: I'm helping you.

Krissy: Yes, that same.

Kaitlin Becker: you

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: about it. I'm gonna help you

Krissy: Yep. A similar thing happened to me at a park one time. My little theme, my little one was running away,

Kaitlin Becker: Uhhuh.

Krissy: and I had my, they were both little at the time. I think he was like two, and my other one was like six months. So I was like holding

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah.

Krissy: the things and he was running away and she was like, do you need something?

And she goes, no, you need help. I'm helping. Like, and the way she said it was very much like, if. Any other circumstance you might internalize it being like, I need, like no, that's not nice. Like I, it's not good that I need help, but No, I, she like, could rec, like, no, you [00:23:00] actually need help right now.

Kaitlin Becker: say,

Krissy: Mm-hmm.

Kaitlin Becker: not.

Krissy: Exactly. And it was just like, that's a gift. Just do it. Just help.

Kaitlin Becker: I love, I live in New York and love the, the subway bus moments where there's always someone lifting a stroll. I mean, it's, I took my son all over the city in a stroller and it's, amazing like how many New Yorkers stopped to be like, oh, I'll help you lift this up the stairs.

Like, you know, we do crazy things here. And it happened every single time. It's just like an unspoken rule. If you see, uh, someone with a stroller, you help them get it up and down the stairs to get it on the subway, you know, it's amazing.

Krissy: So good.

Kaitlin Becker: everyone.

Krissy: Now we can Reddit sh like I'm telling you, they showed up. The storytelling was incredible.

Kaitlin Becker: That's

Krissy: People.

Kaitlin Becker: I'll have to go on there.[00:24:00]

Krissy: Yeah. These aren't just like little blips of, somebody help me with this. These are like full vignettes. Incredible.

Kaitlin Becker: it really is. It makes me feel better about humans, you know,

Krissy: Yes. I think it's a,

Kaitlin Becker: many

Krissy: yeah,

Kaitlin Becker: out there.

Krissy: truly they really are. And you never know when you're going to find somebody that is just like in disguise there to help you. It's a beautiful thing to go into Thanksgiving week, feeling grateful and sharing that. So thank you so much for being here. I know you have some amazing ways to share the love with the kids and with the people and the world.

So tell us about your cameos. First of all, you put out a really amazing Instagram video today that I loved about how special that's been.

Kaitlin Becker: Well, it's. Like, like I said in the vid, I really thought it would just be like, uh, this is weird. Uh, you know, I'm just gonna be like, Hey, happy birthday, [00:25:00] bye. But it's so much more than that and I've really enjoyed it and just feeling really connected to families and it's been really beautiful and amazing and I. I was just surprised with how, how it was gonna go, how I was going to feel. And it's an honor that I, feel like I'm part of something. I'm part of, uh, a moment, you know, within a family or a couple, and I'm like, why you, y'all want me to do this for you? Like, okay, wow, thank you. Like, some of, of the messages that people write or specific things they want me to say.

I'm like, it's emotional.

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: emotional, so. I don't know. It's been really lovely and I'm, it's, an honor to be part of these special moments in family's lives. So I'm just really thankful. Speaking of Thanksgiving and it's been awesome. It's been so amazing. And now people will [00:26:00] send like, reaction videos to me and I'm literally, last night I was weeping. At 11:00 PM on my couch, I was like watching, you know, a show winding Down and I was like, oh, a reaction video. And literally like, so yeah, it's fun just having a blast. But, but I feel the love and kindness like I'm feeling, you know, it's,

Krissy: Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: it's, a two way thing. So it's been

Krissy: Yeah, it's contagious, that's for sure. And you're part of so many incredible things. You're part of a Grammy nominated album.

Kaitlin Becker: I'm

Krissy: Congratulations.

Kaitlin Becker: That's my friends Fyutch & Aura V, daddy daughter, duo. They're unbelievable. Highly recommend. It's a family album. It's, so good.

Krissy: I'll have to link it in the show notes. Yeah. Yeah.

Kaitlin Becker: amazing. So another feeling of like, wow, I'm just like so honored to be a part of that album. I, uh. Co-wrote a song with Fyutch and [00:27:00] it's called Weekend With My Bestie, and we had so much fun making it and recording it.

And so yeah, it's an exciting time.

Krissy: So good. And you have two other projects that you're coming out with right now that people might wanna know about because of holiday shopping.

Kaitlin Becker: Holiday shopping. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Holiday shopping. We gotta get on that, I guess. So what most people don't know is I do a lot of voiceover. And I do a lot of voiceover for Tonies and for Yoto. And Yoto is putting out a show that I'm on called

morris and the Magic Bell, it's on Yoto, and it's like an advent calendar for your ears. So it starts on December 1st and every day there's a new part of the story. Yeah,

Krissy: That's amazing.

Kaitlin Becker: there's it's an original story. It's Morris and Whitney. I play Whitney, who's a bunny. Morris is a bear, and it's their journey to the North Pole. It's moving. Like it's surprisingly, we, like, we go to [00:28:00] some places, we're working through some things, but it's also really funny and the music is really good, original music. And so it's a funny, like, feel good Christmas story for your ears. An audio advent calendar, if you will.

So yeah, so I think that is just a really cool idea that you, you can't even listen to the next episode until like it's the right day. So every

Krissy: Awesome.

Kaitlin Becker: like 10 minute episode.

Krissy: That's so cool.

Kaitlin Becker: and then, uh, for Tonies, they just released the show's called Everybody's Talking and it's like, Talk like late show talk, show vibe, but it's all about the human body. So for example, I play cardiac B

Krissy: Stop.

Kaitlin Becker: I will teach you all about the heart. I sing a song called Hustle That Muscle, and I also play a lymph node and an eyeball. It's very, very like silly. Laugh out [00:29:00] loud. Funny show, but really educational. Like you'll learn all about the human body through these funny characters being interviewed like on a talk show. So that

Krissy: is so

Kaitlin Becker: out.

Krissy: cool.

Kaitlin Becker: Yeah, it's really, it's such a good idea and it's really, really good writing.

I loved recording for that show. So you can check that out too. But yeah, there'll be some other voiceover things that. I can't talk about right now, but we'll be out after the holidays. That is exciting and fun and yeah.

Krissy: Awesome. Well, I am. I love everything that you do, so I'm excited to, to hear these projects and to see what comes in the future. Thank you for your time and being with us today.

Kaitlin Becker: Thanks

Krissy: grateful for you.

Kaitlin Becker: you. I'm grateful for you. Thanks for letting me just talk your face off more than once.

Krissy: It's my favorite. I'll do it any day.

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