About Billy:

Billy Fray and his wife, Lorelei, and two girls, Avery (6) and Lily ( 3) are originally from Lexington, KY. They lived in London England from 2011-2016 where Billy was re-branding a coffeehouse and creative space called Husk Coffee. During that time he was constantly interacting with creatives of all types–and it sparked the desire to tell a story through the medium of film. Billy is the writer, producer and director of the short film, “Bluebells.”

Where to Find Billy:

Billy’s Instagram

Bluebells Film

Bluebells Film Go Fund Me Page

Links We Talked About:

Book:

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Mags (find at a local store):

Motorcycle Weekly

Gearheads

Podcasts:

My Favorite Murder

Other Links:

Finally learn to knit – Knitting Class

Fun Quotes from Podcast:

Transcript of Podcast:

Sandi: Well hey everybody this is Sandi Savage. Welcome to the podcast. With me today, I’m super excited, I have got a great friend of mine, Billy Fray. I’m going to ask him a few questions and talk about what he’s doing in his life right now. I’m going to jump right in. Billy, hey, how are you doing?

Billy: Good. Espresso has got me on my toes.

Sandi: Got you on your toes, good to go. I was doing some math, Billy, and I don’t know if you realize it. We have known each other 17 years.

Billy: That’s a long time.

Sandi: Seventeen years. Can you believe that?

Billy: No. I think I have one pair of socks that’s about the same age. That’s pretty amazing.

Sandi: Seventeen years. I was really excited to get you on here and talk about a little bit about what you’ve been doing lately. But first, tell us about yourself. Tell me about what you’re doing, what you’re in the middle of right now, who you are.

Billy: Okay, I’ll try to keep it short and to the point. One of my favorite words these days is “transition” because it’s kind of gray and you don’t have to nail anything particularly down. It’s been a transitional couple of years. The short version is living overseas and then coming back to Lexington which is where my wife Lorelei and I are from and we’ve got two small kids, age six and almost three. She’ll turn three next week, but she claims it now. The transition of my wife works full-time as a nurse at Central Baptist Hospital and I’ve been full-on daddy daycare. I’m learning what that actually means and spending time with them but also trying to pursue things- not saying I’m not passionate about being a dad because I am- but trying to follow things that I’m passionate about like film and writing. Transitioning into that and trying to do things well. That’s been a stretch.

Sandi: You were overseas for a bit. Where were you?

Billy: For about five years we were living in London, England. Just sort of moved from rebranding a coffeehouse to working with London City Mission and trying to marry those two things together like faith and business and relationships. Navigating what it’s like to live in a different culture but also live out the life that you feel like you’re making a difference. Also feeling like you’re not making a difference all at the same time of taking risks or taking the right risks. Everything that’s on the other side of that, the things that your fears keep you from doing but then on the other side of them, when you plow through those fears or go around them, you have relationships that last a lifetime. Things that you look back on and go, “Oh, it was absolutely worth it.” It’s not all a bowl of cherries, but we loved living there. We moved back here for a season. We don’t know how long. We want to be fully present however long we are back in the