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Speaker 1: Letter is sponsored by a Journal for Jordan. Steve Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and A Journal for Jordan. Everybody is a drama director

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Speaker 1: by my dog Dezel Washington, and it's starring Michael B.

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Speaker 1: Jordan young Man. I happen to like a lot. It's

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Speaker 1: a Journal for Jordan. Is based on a true story

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Speaker 1: or First Sergeant Charles Munroe King, who's played by Michael B.

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Speaker 1: It's a soldier deployed to Iraq who begans to keep

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Speaker 1: a journal of love and advice for his infant son

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Speaker 1: now back at home. Senior New York Times editor Dana Kennedy,

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Speaker 1: I think that's the name, who's played by Seante Adams,

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Speaker 1: revisits the story of her unlikely, life altering relationship with

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Speaker 1: King and his enduring devotion to her and their child.

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Speaker 1: So sweeping account of a wance of a lifetime love,

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Speaker 1: and the film is a powerful reminder of the importance

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Speaker 1: of family. All right, that's what's having it? All right?

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Speaker 1: Thank you, Steve. A Journal for Jordan opens in theaters

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Speaker 1: on Christmas Day. All right, would you say, Steve, I

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Speaker 1: was just saying, is I need more? It's like, oh, glad,

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Speaker 1: I didn't hear that. Okay, That's why I repeat it

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Speaker 1: so you could hear subject. She means the world to me.

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Speaker 1: Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm a twenty eight year old single

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Speaker 1: man and I'm in love with the most beautiful girl

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Speaker 1: in the world. I need your advice on how to

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Speaker 1: love her properly. My father has not been active in

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Speaker 1: my life because he's incarcerated. I can't go to my

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Speaker 1: to be a man and to love a woman. I've

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Speaker 1: never seen a positive love relationship, so I don't want

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Speaker 1: to mess it up with my girl. When I visited

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Speaker 1: my dad at a young age, I knew that I

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Speaker 1: would never end up in his situation, so I was

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Speaker 1: teased a lot for not running with the boys in

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Speaker 1: my school. Instead, I joined the debate club and the

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Speaker 1: tennis team. Those were two of the most uncool activities

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Speaker 1: at the school, but it was great for me because

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Speaker 1: that's how I met this girl. She still has her

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Speaker 1: parents together in the home and her grandmother lives with them.

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Speaker 1: It feels good to visit her home and have dinner

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Speaker 1: as a family with them. Her father pulled me aside

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Speaker 1: one day and offered to get me a sportscoat to

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Speaker 1: but grateful that he never mentioned it to his daughter.

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Speaker 1: I feel he trusts me with her life, so I

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Speaker 1: don't want to mess this up. I look to you

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Speaker 1: how to keep my cool. I have a great job

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Speaker 1: and my own home that she's helping me decorate. I'm

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Speaker 1: appreciative of any advice you and Miss Shirley can offer me. Well.

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Speaker 1: I mean, first off, I right here, pay close attention, boy, Yes,

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Speaker 1: that's right. First of all, I have to say, this

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Speaker 1: is a beautiful, beautiful letter. I love this letter. It

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Speaker 1: makes me proud. It feels me with hope because I

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Speaker 1: know that there's still a lot of great guys out there,

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Speaker 1: and you sound like one of them. We've never had

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Speaker 1: a letter like this, so I just appreciate you wanting

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Speaker 1: to do the right thing by your girl. And you

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Speaker 1: ask how do you love her properly? Well, it sounds

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Speaker 1: want to do this, this is something you want to do.

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Speaker 1: How do you love a woman properly? You protect her,

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Speaker 1: You make her feel safe, You make her feel secure,

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Speaker 1: You treat her well, You take care of her. You

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Speaker 1: and he seems to want you to win. That's important.

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Speaker 1: you're motivated, highly motivated young man. I say, stay motivated,

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Speaker 1: I mean, these are just some of the things that

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Speaker 1: You're in love with the most beautiful girl in the world,

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Speaker 1: and to love her properly, it's very simple. The key

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Speaker 1: word to loving somebody properly is respect, young man. It

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Speaker 1: all starts with respect. One of the best pieces of

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Speaker 1: you would have them do unto you. That's so important.

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Speaker 1: that's going to cover a lot of ground. You know,

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Speaker 1: would you want her to be loyal to you, then

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Speaker 1: you in turn, have to be loyal to her, and

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Speaker 1: we can't continue to use excuse. Well, I'm a man,

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Speaker 1: you know, I trip every nine and in, but I

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Speaker 1: still love my girl. I got all that. But you're

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Speaker 1: gonna lose a dog if you do that. So when

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Speaker 1: depth with it to help you out. All right, Steve,

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Speaker 1: hang on, we'll have part two of your response coming

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Speaker 1: up at twenty three minutes after the hour. Today's Strawberry

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Speaker 1: letter subject she means the world to me. We'll get

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Speaker 1: Come on, Steve, let's recap today's Strawberry letter. The subject

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Speaker 1: has been incarcerated, not active in his life. He can't

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Speaker 1: a woman. He's never seen a positive relationship and he

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Speaker 1: will debating skills. And but it was great for you

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Speaker 1: Now here's the upside to this, because we were talking

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Speaker 1: respect her thoughts, you respect her feelings, you respect everything

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Speaker 1: about her. That's how you keep a woman. We weren't

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Speaker 1: Now the fact that you in love with this girl

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Speaker 1: is added because now you have feelings for her, and

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Speaker 1: in love. So here's an upside to this. After respect,

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Speaker 1: when you go by a house you kind of like that.

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Speaker 1: You know they have a family and you all had dinner.

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Speaker 1: You love that her father pulled you aside one day

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Speaker 1: grateful that he never mentioned it to his daughter. I

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Speaker 1: you're going too far. Now, he don't trust you with

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Speaker 1: that means that stee and in you. So he then

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Speaker 1: So he liked you. He thinks that's put potential in it,

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Speaker 1: don't want to mess this up. So you look to

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Speaker 1: you have to remember that this is his daughter. I've

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Speaker 1: understand that part of it. Man, He's going to help you,

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Speaker 1: I'm apprecier of any advice that you and Miss Sherley

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Speaker 1: that's my daily prayer. I just try, I try. Don't

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Speaker 1: get right all the time, and neither will you. And

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Speaker 1: you're gonna make some mistakes and she's gonna get mad

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Speaker 1: at you. I thank you on track. You're gonna be fine.

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Speaker 1: Just remember respect. Thank you very much, all right, Steve.

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