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<v Speaker 1>Hi, everybody. Hello, it's just me. We didn't even have

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<v Speaker 1>an intro. Okay, Valin didn't even give me an intro.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's the thing. I'm going to do the best

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<v Speaker 1>that I can today. This is not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a regular show today. It's going to be short and sweet.

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<v Speaker 1>We were doing pre show this morning and Miriam got

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<v Speaker 1>a call that her son, Thomas passed away this morning.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you've been here a hot minute, you know

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about Thomas. I'm going to get through this.

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<v Speaker 1>He was twenty eight years old. He had severe cerebral palsy.

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<v Speaker 1>This was a kid who was not supposed to live

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<v Speaker 1>past the age of sex, y'all, but he defied all

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<v Speaker 1>the odds all the time. He was a freaking superhero.

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<v Speaker 1>This kid, just like his mama. He had a just

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<v Speaker 1>a wonderful disposition, smile everything. So Ever since i've known Miriam,

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<v Speaker 1>which is the better part of twenty years, I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>this kid go through hell and back time and time again,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was always the happiest, sweetest warrior, totally his

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<v Speaker 1>mama's son. He was the luckiest boy to have the

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<v Speaker 1>family that he had, Just an incredible family. You guys,

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<v Speaker 1>if you know this family. I mean, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>be adopted by his family. He had a great mom,

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful dad, great grandparents, great auntie. They just all loved

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<v Speaker 1>him so very much. And he taught people like me

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<v Speaker 1>about resilience and love and what's truly important in life.

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<v Speaker 1>So a couple things. Couple things. One is, hug your

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<v Speaker 1>loved ones today and tell them what they mean to you. Two,

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<v Speaker 1>please pray for Mock and her family. She needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be lifted up in prayer. And she knew this day

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<v Speaker 1>was coming and we've talked about it a lot, and

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<v Speaker 1>she wanted me to do this because she is the

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<v Speaker 1>quintessential positive person and she likes to grieve and do

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<v Speaker 1>these things privately. And I asked her, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, hey, listen, do you want like a couple

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<v Speaker 1>days off from work or you know, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>want to do? And she's been going through this the

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<v Speaker 1>past couple of weeks. And you know how she is,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys. She comes on the screen and she's happy,

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<v Speaker 1>and she does her job and she's professional and she

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<v Speaker 1>sees work as an escape from grief. And so just

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<v Speaker 1>know that and give her grace when you see her

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<v Speaker 1>next week. Please give her grace or you have to

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<v Speaker 1>deal with me, okay, and pray for her, because you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't always know what's happening behind closed doors, and

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<v Speaker 1>in our case, you don't know what's happening behind the camera,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. So I just wanted to hop on and

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<v Speaker 1>tell you guys what going on, because we love you guys,

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<v Speaker 1>and our community has just always been there for us,

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<v Speaker 1>like in some of the darkest, darkest times. So just

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<v Speaker 1>to know that she appreciates you, guys, and I appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>you guys so much for being there for her and

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<v Speaker 1>praying for her, and thank you for all of it,

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<v Speaker 1>and just continue to do that. And we love you

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<v Speaker 1>so much and we will see you next week, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you,