Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Hello, it's just me. We didn't even have
Speaker 1: an intro. Okay, Valin didn't even give me an intro.
Speaker 1: So here's the thing. I'm going to do the best
Speaker 1: that I can today. This is not going to be
Speaker 1: a regular show today. It's going to be short and sweet.
Speaker 1: We were doing pre show this morning and Miriam got
Speaker 1: a call that her son, Thomas passed away this morning.
Speaker 1: And if you've been here a hot minute, you know
Speaker 1: a little bit about Thomas. I'm going to get through this.
Speaker 1: He was twenty eight years old. He had severe cerebral palsy.
Speaker 1: This was a kid who was not supposed to live
Speaker 1: past the age of sex, y'all, but he defied all
Speaker 1: the odds all the time. He was a freaking superhero.
Speaker 1: This kid, just like his mama. He had a just
Speaker 1: a wonderful disposition, smile everything. So Ever since i've known Miriam,
Speaker 1: which is the better part of twenty years, I've seen
Speaker 1: this kid go through hell and back time and time again,
Speaker 1: and he was always the happiest, sweetest warrior, totally his
Speaker 1: mama's son. He was the luckiest boy to have the
Speaker 1: family that he had, Just an incredible family. You guys,
Speaker 1: if you know this family. I mean, I want to
Speaker 1: be adopted by his family. He had a great mom,
Speaker 1: wonderful dad, great grandparents, great auntie. They just all loved
Speaker 1: him so very much. And he taught people like me
Speaker 1: about resilience and love and what's truly important in life.
Speaker 1: So a couple things. Couple things. One is, hug your
Speaker 1: loved ones today and tell them what they mean to you. Two,
Speaker 1: please pray for Mock and her family. She needs to
Speaker 1: be lifted up in prayer. And she knew this day
Speaker 1: was coming and we've talked about it a lot, and
Speaker 1: she wanted me to do this because she is the
Speaker 1: quintessential positive person and she likes to grieve and do
Speaker 1: these things privately. And I asked her, you know, I
Speaker 1: was like, hey, listen, do you want like a couple
Speaker 1: days off from work or you know, what do you
Speaker 1: want to do? And she's been going through this the
Speaker 1: past couple of weeks. And you know how she is,
Speaker 1: you guys. She comes on the screen and she's happy,
Speaker 1: and she does her job and she's professional and she
Speaker 1: sees work as an escape from grief. And so just
Speaker 1: know that and give her grace when you see her
Speaker 1: next week. Please give her grace or you have to
Speaker 1: deal with me, okay, and pray for her, because you know,
Speaker 1: you don't always know what's happening behind closed doors, and
Speaker 1: in our case, you don't know what's happening behind the camera,
Speaker 1: you know. So I just wanted to hop on and
Speaker 1: tell you guys what going on, because we love you guys,
Speaker 1: and our community has just always been there for us,
Speaker 1: like in some of the darkest, darkest times. So just
Speaker 1: to know that she appreciates you, guys, and I appreciate
Speaker 1: you guys so much for being there for her and
Speaker 1: praying for her, and thank you for all of it,
Speaker 1: and just continue to do that. And we love you
Speaker 1: so much and we will see you next week, okay.
Speaker 1: Thank you,