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life. It

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was a hot summer afternoon in

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2015, and five-year-old

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Riley Knane-Peterson was open

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for business. Lemonade!

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Jewelry! Lemonade! Jewelry!

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Jewelry! Now, this

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was Atlanta, Georgia, so

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a hot summer day was the perfect

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time for a cup of cold lemonade.

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But the people who started pulling up

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to Riley's roadside stand weren't

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just there to cool off. They

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were drawn in by the homemade necklaces

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and colorful charms that Riley had laid

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out for sale. She'd

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made them herself. Well,

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with a little help from her dad, John. Okay

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Riley, so we're going to tie the string around

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your finger, pull the rope through for a

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perfect knot. Nice

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job! You got it! Riley

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was so excited to see what

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people thought of her handmade creations.

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Lots of kids had lemonade stands, but

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her business was different. Some

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curious customers stepped up and took in

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the table of treasures. Lemonade

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and jewelry? As they

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oohed and awed. at Riley's design.

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She and her dad had to win. Could

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this be the beginning of something big? I'm

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Emma Love, and this is

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Good Night's Story for Rebel Girls,

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a fairy tale podcast about the

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real-life rebel women who inspire us.

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On this episode, Riley Canane

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Peterson and her dad, John

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Peterson. Hey, that's us. We're a

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daughter and dad duo. And

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we're making bold fun and preparing

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accessories for all. John

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Peterson and his partner, William Canane,

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were very excited to adopt their

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daughter Riley in 2009. Both

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of them had always dreamed of being

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dads and having a child. From

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a very young age, Riley

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showed her creative spirit. She

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loved to play dress-ups, decorate

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her room, make meringues, and

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visit the Atlanta Zoo and Aquarium. Riley's

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dad, John, who had studied art

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at Wesleyan University in Nebraska, wanted

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to show Riley that it was easy

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to create beautiful things. He

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started collecting antique jewelry and

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assembling them into unique pieces

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for Riley, as well as

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other friends and family. At

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night, Riley loved watching her

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dad, John, make jewelry at their

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kitchen table. It was

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intricate work. There

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was a lot of detailed

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measuring, setting stones, cutting chains,

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and attaching beads and other

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brooches with pliers. John

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searched thrift stores and asked friends

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and family for old castaway jewelry.

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Soon, they had a trove of

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beads. bobbles, trinkets, and gems

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to play with. Riley

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was amazed at

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the way her dad put his jewelry together. What

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if we take these vintage pearls and we connect

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them to these gold chains? She

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watched as he combined different shapes and

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colors to make a unique piece,

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and soon had lots of ideas

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of her own. As

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her fingers got bigger and stronger, Riley

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started helping, adding one

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bead and then another. What

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if we put a little pom-pom on the

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end of this one? Ooh! Or maybe use

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a hot pink string to match that shiny

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button. By this point.

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John was selling some of his

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jewelry online and at local boutiques,

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and he wondered what would happen if

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he were to encourage Riley to create

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her own necklaces. Which

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leads us back to that summer

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day when Riley was five years

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old and decided to sell jewelry

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at her lemonade stand. Lemonade!

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Jewelry! Her customers

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were very impressed. And after

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John posted photos of his

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young entrepreneur on his Instagram

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account, interested buyers

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began to flood his

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bead. In

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2015, Riley and John

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made their business official and

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eventually settled on the name Gunner &

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Lux. They gave

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Riley the very important role

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of creative directors. With

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more ideas than ever, Riley

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and John made kids' jewelry using

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neon strings, wooden beads, vintage

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treasures, animal figurines,

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and more. They

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had so much fun designing and

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putting together each piece. And

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in every package, Riley and John made a special made

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sure to include a personalized

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note. Thank you for buying

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a one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry. Thank

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you for ordering an outfit necklace. Thank

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you for loving rainbows as much as I do. She

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always thanked the postal workers, too. Thank

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you for always making it easy to mail things, even

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when I need to buy more stamps. It

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was a lot of work, especially

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for someone who wasn't even six

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Riley started by selling her pieces

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online through Instagram and a blog.

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Then when a local Atlanta store was

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looking to build out their children's section,

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they asked if she'd be willing to sell

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it to them in big batches. Riley

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and John discussed and figured,

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why not? A

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year later, Riley and John

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got another exciting call, this

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time from a big department

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store called Barneys New York.

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Hello. Yes, this is he. Oh,

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wow. Really? The

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sales team at Barneys loved Riley's

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creations and wanted to start selling

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them too. Riley

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and John were thrilled.

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And overwhelmed. How

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could they possibly go from making

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small orders at their kitchen table

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to crafting hundreds of pieces daily

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for a huge department store? Well,

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for starters, they moved

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their whole jewelry making workspace to the top

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floor of their house. That

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way, they could spread out with all

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their materials and keep top of what

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was in progress. We all found a

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ping pong table up there, which was awesome

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when we needed a break. To

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support the business, John decided

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to quit his business and work.

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full-time for their company. I

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knew that the only way that Riley could still

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be a kid and have a chance to see

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where the business could go was if I was

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available to support it full-time. So

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they set up a daily schedule

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for designing and pricing their pieces,

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listing them online and checking the orders

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that came through. As

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Riley and John got busier and

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busier, they decided to send some

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of their designs to a manufacturer

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for help creating unique components.

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While the whole samples were being made in

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the factory, Riley and John

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kept looking for fun additions

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like pom-poms or sparkly games.

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Once the samples were done, Riley and

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John had to inspect and approve them.

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Then they ordered as many

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as they needed and started assembling them

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together for shipping to the retail stores

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and customers. They

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were really busy, but

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they had mandatory dance breaks.

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As with any business, there

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were occasional hiccups, disagreements, and

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Oreo cookie tastings. And

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of course, school. School,

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are you serious? Very serious.

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Riley knew that no matter how successful

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her business was becoming, she

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had to go to school and

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learn the fundamentals of reading, writing,

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math, and science. These

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skills were so important for her

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to be able to order materials,

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take inventory, and communicate with her

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customers. Not to mention,

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she had a blast showing her friends

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and teaching others how to make jewelry

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and accessories. And

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after school, she also made

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silly videos that went something

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like this. You're

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fired. But I made your favorite

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dinner. That you stay

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up late. fine your

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rehired things boss. After

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all, they both knew. This

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company would only work if they

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were in it together. To

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whoever is listening. Be. Confident.

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If you think you may not worth. It

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If it doesn't work, try again.

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So good at the end. Those

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are the wise words of

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Rivals who is now fourteen

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years old and my Billie

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loving her life as a

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creative business leader. Sir Sundays

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where I'm just not feeling

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it and that's okay. Sometimes

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it's important to just take.

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A Rest for Sir William and

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I have always told Riley better.

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First and most important job is

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to be a kid, going to

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school, learning new things, being with

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friends, and exploring all her passions.

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Those are her. Riley

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has discovered that advocating for others

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as important for her arm said

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her business is one way or.

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Another one. See ends

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on Make sure that they donate

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their faces the organizations that are

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important. For

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gender equality. Most

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authentic sort of. We've messages of

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love and acceptance into their products,

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whether it's a beaded not pleasant

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to spell the word feminist or

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has he said that really little

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Think Rebel, Gunner and Lox is

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growing sense that it's founders are

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with compassion and pizzazz and their

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miss and will always be to

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inspire and bring smiles to everyone

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they meet. As they

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say, fun of cool

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flair less think outside the

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jury box This

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podcast is a production of Rebel

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Girls. It's based on the

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book series, Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.

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This episode was narrated by me,

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Emma Love, along with

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Riley and John Knane Peterson.

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It was produced and directed by

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Haley Dapkis with sound

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design and mixing by Mumble Media.

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The story was written and edited by Abby

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Sher. Fox checking

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by Joe Radigan. Our

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executive producers were Joy Smith and

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Jess Wolf. Original

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theme music was composed and

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performed by Elektra Bajaki. A

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special thanks to the whole Rebel

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Girls team to make this podcast

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possible. Until next time, stay

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Rebel! Thanks

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