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Now, I mentioned that the at the beginning of

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the program that uh, it's normally

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at at Christmas time that I got

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all sentimental and

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thankful about the

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wonderful things that have happened

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to me, um

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because of you, and that have accrued

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to me and my family because of

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you. And

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I don't know why Christmas

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time as opposed to Thanksgiving,

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but I thought I would switch it up this

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year and reiterate

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these things that that I

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try to share with you each and

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every year at Christmas time or during

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this holiday type season, and

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this year especially has been um

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incredible. Uh.

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There were days I didn't think I would be here on

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this date. Um.

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There were days that I thought if I was here, I

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wouldn't be doing this. But

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I'm alive and kicking and

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thriving. And

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I think a lot of it

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is I've got the

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greatest support system at home that you could

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possibly imagine,

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UM, unconditional

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support. And

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this is very hard, this circumstance. I'm in stage

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four lung cancer. This is a very

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very difficult thing for members

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of the family. It's scary. It's

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scary for all kinds of reasons, the unknown,

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it's just it's just and

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It's day to day scary,

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and yet I am

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greeted each day with the best

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efforts that everybody

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in my life is making to be happy

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and normal, and while

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acknowledging the reality, not dwelling

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on it, focusing on the

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goodness that exists

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each day. And there

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is goodness in everything that

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happens. It may not be immediately

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apparent, but it's there and

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it will eventually reveal itself. It always

2:30

does, and such

2:32

has been the case with me during this circumstance.

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You um

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play a role as well. You

2:41

are here in record numbers, folks,

2:43

you are listening to this program into record

2:45

numbers. It's a big deal. It's

2:47

how success is measured in

2:50

this business. It's one

2:52

of two or three ways. And you

2:54

you are, you're setting records. You're setting

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records in two ways.

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The numbers of people, numbers

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of you are listening, and what is called

3:04

time spent listening, how long

3:07

you're listening. It's incredible. And

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so I owe so many people so

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much. I I'm never going to

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be able to adequately thank

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the people who are um

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responsible for one

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of the greatest lives

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anybody could have had have

3:30

has. I am

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doing what I was born to do. It

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was what I wanted to do since I was eight

3:38

years old. I

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have met the goals

3:42

I set for myself, I've

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maintained them,

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and I have been able to do

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it all for the most part on my terms.

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I've just cannot get any better.

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I have been um

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so thankful for the for the blessings

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that I have, and to be able

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to share all of this with

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you and tell you how grateful

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I am, how gratified

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I am that you have

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made this possible in my family

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first and foremost. I can't. I can't. Those

4:20

of you who have been through this you know what I'm talking about. But

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it is just um

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incredible the contributions that they

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make to enable me

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to continue to do this and to do that

4:35

which makes me happy,

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which is about as much as anybody

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could ask for. So thank you all

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very much. Well, we'll be back on Monday

4:46

after a little extended Thanksgiving break. I hope

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you have a great rest of the week and Thanksgiving

4:50

whatever you got planned to hope it's the best ever.

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And thank you once again for everything

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that you have meant to me and my family. Thank

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you again, folks, bottom of my heart,

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bottom of our hearts here at the e I

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B network.