WEBVTT - The Playbook: I'll Be Missing You

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<v Speaker 1>This is the most dramatic podcast ever and iHeartRadio podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Harrison and Lauren Zema coming to you and today

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<v Speaker 1>is a very interesting topic.

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<v Speaker 2>We've been debating what to call this episode Laughing through

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<v Speaker 2>a Funeral, the Silver Linings of Death, Joy in the Darkness?

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<v Speaker 2>How do you appropriately title it? Basically, what's happened? Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>is and we've been a little quiet on social media

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<v Speaker 2>for the past week or so. We've been dealing with

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<v Speaker 2>some family stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Harrison's uncle, Yeah, Uncle Ken, My uncle Ken passed

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<v Speaker 1>away and he had been sick for quite some time,

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<v Speaker 1>and so we knew the end was drawing near, and

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<v Speaker 1>it has and so we lost our uncle and Ken.

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, before we jump into kind of what

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to talk about today, I'd love to give

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<v Speaker 1>him a shout out, just because he meant so much

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<v Speaker 1>to all of us, not only as a family, but

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<v Speaker 1>to the community of Dallas Fort Worth. He owned this

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite word habitat sariye Kin's man Shop in Dallas, Texas.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been around for decades and decades.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're in Dallas, the shop is there, run by

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<v Speaker 2>his son Corey, now alive and thriving, it is where

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<v Speaker 2>Chris Harrison got his suit and all of his groomsmen

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<v Speaker 2>suits for our weddings.

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<v Speaker 1>And over the years, coolest store throughout the years on

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<v Speaker 1>The Bachelor of Bacheorette, you saw a lot of Kin's

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<v Speaker 1>Man Shop clothes on the show, only the good ones.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was a place that meant a lot to

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<v Speaker 1>us and a man that meant a lot to us

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<v Speaker 1>because of spending so much time there. Again, my dad

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<v Speaker 1>worked there, my uncle worked there other than my uncle Ken,

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<v Speaker 1>So it was a big family thing. And now I'm

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<v Speaker 1>really excited my cousin Corey has taken over and the

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<v Speaker 1>legacy will continue. And they are alive and well they're

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<v Speaker 1>at Preston Royal in Dallas. So if you're ever in Dallas,

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<v Speaker 1>swing by Kins. But Ken passed away. And this is

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<v Speaker 1>the Jewish side of my family. And it is a

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<v Speaker 1>very very interesting too. We could break this down into

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things. When there is a death in

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<v Speaker 1>the Jewish family, there is a and this happens in

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<v Speaker 1>other religions as well, but definitely a big rallying around,

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<v Speaker 1>families come together. It's what we do, very tribal, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's what we did. And the interesting thing that you

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<v Speaker 1>and I were talking about, is is it okay to

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<v Speaker 1>almost enjoy some of this stuff?

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<v Speaker 2>That was what I think we kept struggling with. Now

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<v Speaker 2>I will say, of course, the loss of Ken is

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<v Speaker 2>so sad and sad for his kids is wonderful kids,

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<v Speaker 2>Corey and Theresa and Daniel. And one beautiful thing about

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<v Speaker 2>it was they had some time he had been ill,

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<v Speaker 2>and they also had some time in hospice to make

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<v Speaker 2>some beautiful memories with him. And I think anytime there's

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<v Speaker 2>like this is an extra layer, because the first layer

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<v Speaker 2>is anytime there's loss, I'm a big believer, like you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be able to laugh at the tough moments,

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<v Speaker 2>and you should because when someone's passing, you also wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to try to celebrate their life. And they shared these

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<v Speaker 2>great stories of like customers from the store who came

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<v Speaker 2>to visit Ken and wore the clothes they bought at

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<v Speaker 2>the store. Is like just like he was like a

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<v Speaker 2>designer and laughed and had great times, like their HVAT

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<v Speaker 2>guy came and visited him because he was so close

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<v Speaker 2>with everyone he worked with in the community. But the

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<v Speaker 2>second layer is, can you like find some additional joy

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<v Speaker 2>in just being around your family.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I mean, I'm the youngest of seven grandchildren, so

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<v Speaker 1>I have six cousins and we all drop everything to

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<v Speaker 1>be there, and I haven't seen some of them in years.

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<v Speaker 1>We talk or you know, we find you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>check in on each other. But the fact that we

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<v Speaker 1>all came together and I saw my cousins and aunts

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<v Speaker 1>and my other aunts and uncles, that part, honestly, was lovely.

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<v Speaker 1>It reminded me of Passover in many ways, of all

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<v Speaker 1>coming together, which we do, you know, every year for Passover.

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<v Speaker 2>And but you know what, but not necessarily if you're

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<v Speaker 2>being honest, Yeah, we haven't lately here, No, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>the pandemic effect of that. And since you and I

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<v Speaker 2>have been together, which is six years now, I've been

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<v Speaker 2>to one Passover. But the I think what you put

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<v Speaker 2>in perspective for me, and I've been thinking about this

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<v Speaker 2>with my own family too. The older everybody gets, the

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<v Speaker 2>harder it is to get everybody together. When kids are little, right,

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<v Speaker 2>they are all on school vacation and they don't have

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<v Speaker 2>jobs in college and all their own crap going on,

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<v Speaker 2>so you can kind of gather everybody and that's a

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful time and a big extended family for kids to

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<v Speaker 2>play together, and it's easy. But everybody gets older and

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<v Speaker 2>it gets harder.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, you start adding generations, don't you. You have your say,

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<v Speaker 1>your grandmother, and then she has kids, and so you

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<v Speaker 1>have two generations. No big deal, right, Mom's telling the

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<v Speaker 1>kids what to do. Well, then those kids have kids, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So now we have three generations. Those kids grow up,

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<v Speaker 1>they have lives. You have three pretty complicated generations. Well

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<v Speaker 1>they have kids now the great grandchildren, So now you

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<v Speaker 1>have four generations, which we did in this family. That's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of moving parts and it's a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 1>so it is hard to kind of wrangle everybody is.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone's going in different directions, and jobs get important at

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<v Speaker 1>certain times, and we all just have things going on

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<v Speaker 1>and alive. So there are as you said, there is

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<v Speaker 1>a silver lining too, when something is so definite, so

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<v Speaker 1>important that we all just drop everything because it just

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<v Speaker 1>has to be. There are no excuses, You just drop

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<v Speaker 1>it and you all show up. That's what death is.

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<v Speaker 1>Sadly and happily.

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<v Speaker 2>After this couple of days together as a family, I

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<v Speaker 2>am now on group texts with your cousins that I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't on before. You know, well, there's also an element

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<v Speaker 2>of like I think, when you know, probably when you

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<v Speaker 2>first got married, everybody's younger and you're kind of integrating

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<v Speaker 2>into families more so. I didn't. I hadn't even met

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<v Speaker 2>some of these people. So we're on group text now,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Different when we were dating, right, you came dating or engaged.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we're married.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that's true too. Your family, Oh my gosh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess now i'm your wife. But I think we

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<v Speaker 2>were literally all trying to craft the right text after

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<v Speaker 2>these couple of days were over. Like I found myself

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<v Speaker 2>doing that, saying like I didn't want to say, I

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<v Speaker 2>had such a great time with you. It's horrible the

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<v Speaker 2>loss of a wonderful father and husband, but there is

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<v Speaker 2>a beauty. And I think we were all just finally like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>let's just acknowledge we've had a good time together and

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<v Speaker 2>it's been really good to connect, to reconnect, to learn

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<v Speaker 2>more about each other, to remember, yeah, share share stories,

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<v Speaker 2>the beauty of morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there was crying and there was laughter. It was

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<v Speaker 1>let you get everything. And I think I guess my

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<v Speaker 1>takeaway too, is is always you know, as I've gotten older,

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen plenty of death and people have passed away

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<v Speaker 1>in our lives. Is that it's whatever you're doing, whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you're feeling, it's okay. And I'm sure you talk about

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<v Speaker 1>this at experience camps and you could probably articulate it better.

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<v Speaker 1>But and I always love your your river metaphor.

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<v Speaker 2>Grief is a river. It's always there, always moving, always changing.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And so sometimes it is laughter and it's still

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<v Speaker 1>It's not like Ken wasn't still front of mind for

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<v Speaker 1>all of us, but there was so much love in

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<v Speaker 1>the room and so much joy. And don't feel guilty

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<v Speaker 1>that you are feeling so much joy for enjoying the living.

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<v Speaker 1>It's you know, I still say, Uncle Ken, you brought

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<v Speaker 1>us all together. I was grateful. You know, I'm sad

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<v Speaker 1>you're not here, but Uncle Ken brought us all together.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that was kind of his maybe his last

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<v Speaker 1>purpose or his last gift to all of us, was

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<v Speaker 1>this gathering that we all had. And so I allowed

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<v Speaker 1>myself to enjoy being with those people I love as

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<v Speaker 1>well as think about and more. And it made me

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<v Speaker 1>think about you know, you more and your dad, and

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<v Speaker 1>I know you got to talk about your dad more.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was an interesting thing that you get to

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<v Speaker 1>share more about your own grief and things that people

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<v Speaker 1>you've lost through this.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean a big thing I say about grief

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<v Speaker 2>is like, keep talking about the person, and if you

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<v Speaker 2>know someone who's lost, somebody ask about that person they've lost. Like,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to still share stories about my dad, but

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<v Speaker 2>because he's dead, nobody asks about him. Nobody's like, how's

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<v Speaker 2>your dad? He's dead, So you have to keep those

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<v Speaker 2>stories alive for yourself to honor the memory of the person.

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<v Speaker 2>And yeah, like I found myself getting emotional at different

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<v Speaker 2>points because it certainly brings stuff up. I mean, it's

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<v Speaker 2>it's hard to not think of your own grief when

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<v Speaker 2>you're at the funeral for somebody's dad. And part of

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<v Speaker 2>that is a great thing where like I want to

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<v Speaker 2>kind of share my experience and hopefully help someone in

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<v Speaker 2>that way. But then I also don't want to make

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<v Speaker 2>it about me. And you're like walking that line a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I have a question for you. Yeah, so someone who's

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunately experienced this, obviously, there is the onslaught of love

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<v Speaker 1>right as someone passes away, Right, there's that first week,

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<v Speaker 1>lots of food, lots of casse roles, lots of visits.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, we're all sitting shiver, we're all together, but

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<v Speaker 1>then there's the we all go back to our lives.

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<v Speaker 1>So what I'm asking you is, what is the proper

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<v Speaker 1>check in you know, times, how often? What should we.

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<v Speaker 2>Be difficult answer about this is forever, right, but ever,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, But but let me give you some tools.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm saying like it's a difficult question to answer

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<v Speaker 2>because the answer is forever. Yeah, my dad had lost

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<v Speaker 2>his own dad. My dad was twenty eight when his

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<v Speaker 2>own dad passed. I never met my grandfather. I knew

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<v Speaker 2>my dad in his forties. He still wanted he was

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<v Speaker 2>still sad about his dad. You still want to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about his dad. And that's you know, more than twenty

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<v Speaker 2>years later, that your family, your loved ones, are with

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<v Speaker 2>you forever. So but in terms of actual practical things

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<v Speaker 2>you can do to support somebody. The second I know

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<v Speaker 2>someone who's lost somebody, I open my calendar on my

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<v Speaker 2>phone and I get the information from the obituary. I

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<v Speaker 2>put in that person's birthday, and I put in also

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<v Speaker 2>the day that person passed, so that like I can

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<v Speaker 2>text them on like, hey, note, I know it's your

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<v Speaker 2>dad's birthday today. Like I'm thinking of you. I know

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<v Speaker 2>he's watching over you, like just a nice note of support.

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<v Speaker 2>If it's Father's Day, I'm going to text the people

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<v Speaker 2>I know who have lost the dads in their lives

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<v Speaker 2>because that that's a tough day. Yeah, and that kind

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<v Speaker 2>of thing. And I think like if the person crosses

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<v Speaker 2>your mind, reach for your phone and send them a text,

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<v Speaker 2>because the little text can really uplift somebody. There's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of things about our phones that are rough, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think one good thing is the ability to show

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<v Speaker 2>love in an instant.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I mean when I say there was you know

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<v Speaker 1>joy Like, we've lost both our grandparents. Grandmother and grandfather

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<v Speaker 1>have passed away, my my aunt on that side, my

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<v Speaker 1>mom's sister has passed away. And what's lovely even in

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when we're there morning, Ken, we were talking

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<v Speaker 1>about my grandmother and grandfather. We you know, we were

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<v Speaker 1>all telling stories about them. You still keep them alive

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<v Speaker 1>in that way. My aunt Joyce, you know, we continue

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<v Speaker 1>to tell stories about her and that will now Ken

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<v Speaker 1>will be added to that story telling as we get go.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, there's now you know they have passed

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<v Speaker 1>long enough that you have you've gotten over the grief

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<v Speaker 1>of it all. Not that you're not sad they're gone,

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<v Speaker 1>but now it's just remembering these great stories about them

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<v Speaker 1>and how they still to this day even though they're gone,

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<v Speaker 1>teach us.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, I think my big takeaway from this

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<v Speaker 2>experience is just that, like, it's so k to find

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<v Speaker 2>light in the darkest of times. And I think I

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of quoted Albus Dumbledore for Mary Potter on that.

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<v Speaker 2>As I think about it, I believe the quote from

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<v Speaker 2>him is in the darkest of like one only needs

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<v Speaker 2>to look for the light. But like but like you

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<v Speaker 2>like feel okay about that that you have the green

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<v Speaker 2>light to do that that because the truth is, this

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<v Speaker 2>is not a fixable problem. And I said that to

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<v Speaker 2>one of your cousins this week. You cannot fix this,

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<v Speaker 2>You cannot solve this, you can't reason it away, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't work hard at it to make it better. This

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<v Speaker 2>person is gone, Yeah, and the pain is there. So

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<v Speaker 2>give yourself the okay to find a little joy, to

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<v Speaker 2>find a little laughter, like because you have to, or

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<v Speaker 2>you're just sitting in that grief, you know. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a believer that sometimes these big moments, I mean, you

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<v Speaker 2>got all your crazy family together. This is where you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to find some of the funniest trap you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone always does something it's just funny, you know, because

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<v Speaker 1>death brings out the most awkward in many of us. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you're not sure. What's like, what do I

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<v Speaker 1>do with my hands? It's like what do I say?

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, I guess I'll just bring the weirdest fruit

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<v Speaker 1>casse role over. You know, you don't know what to

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<v Speaker 1>take you.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the discussions this week was the urn like

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<v Speaker 2>your mom bless her was like, it is so crazy

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<v Speaker 2>with their their charging for these urns, and God blessed

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<v Speaker 2>Mary Beeth Harrison. She had it to my favorite place

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<v Speaker 2>in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Home Goods. She went to a home goods that's her

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<v Speaker 1>uncle Ken.

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<v Speaker 2>She was going to find and earn at the home goods.

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<v Speaker 2>Now she was trying to look for the correct type

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<v Speaker 2>of urn. She knew she needs something that appropriately like

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<v Speaker 2>suctioned clothes and maybe had some kind of a like

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<v Speaker 2>a plastic lining around the top, so you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>lick when you're storing food and it needs to be

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<v Speaker 2>kept fresh. If we're just really digging into.

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<v Speaker 1>It as it may have brought up kind of an

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<v Speaker 1>inappropriate joke and the thought in my head because Home

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<v Speaker 1>Goods is famous for, you know, they label everything. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's like your toothbrush thing says toothbrush.

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<v Speaker 2>No, honey, that's not oh honey, that's not Home Goods.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right done, that's a line that's at Home Goods.

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<v Speaker 2>But yes, you're right, it's there things calling okay, go.

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<v Speaker 1>On, yeah, stuff that says stuff, yes, yeah, the bane

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<v Speaker 1>of my exit, yeah exactly. It's you're thinking, Yeah, there's

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<v Speaker 1>just an earner of oz that says uncle.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, so we didn't tell you that I'm like

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<v Speaker 2>Home good Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>They always have stuff that says stuff on it, jewelry,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, laundry.

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<v Speaker 2>It's your like jar for coffee that says coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>Why don't I bet those need to exist. If they don't,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to start a new product line that's so

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<v Speaker 2>darkly funny. That says uncle, Oh, dad, dad, yes, mom, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's so find find the light of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even in the dark. But it was just something that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, our family's been going through this week, and

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<v Speaker 1>if you are going through something similar, God bless you, Laura,

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<v Speaker 1>and I are thinking about you. Just know that you're

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<v Speaker 1>not alone in that and allow yourself to feel what

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<v Speaker 1>it is you are feeling, because we all go through

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<v Speaker 1>something different and we all look he meant something different

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<v Speaker 1>to everybody, and you know, some people are closer than others.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's okay too, because sometimes I feel you feel

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<v Speaker 1>weird because you're not feeling as much as the next

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<v Speaker 1>person is. You see someone crying uncontrollably and you're like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not feeling that. I feel I feel guilty.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that how you feel?

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<v Speaker 1>No, But I you know you can do that at

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<v Speaker 1>funerals when you're like, well I'm not I'm not feeling

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<v Speaker 1>this emotion that you're feeling right now, so should I be?

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I mean? Like, sometimes tears don't come

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<v Speaker 1>to my eyes the same way and time yours do.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know it's okay, is what I'm saying. You're

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<v Speaker 1>going to process it differently, And I.

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<v Speaker 2>Would argue like necessary that not everybody feels that all

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<v Speaker 2>at once. If you're finding yourself in a moment of strength,

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<v Speaker 2>that's whene's you know, it's like you're in the space

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<v Speaker 2>for somebody to lean on you or again, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>laugh at you like be funny, be stupid. I made

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<v Speaker 2>some jokes about you and I this week just to

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<v Speaker 2>try to help lighten the mood. Yes you did, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>Uh you know. Yeah, I'm married an older guy and

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<v Speaker 2>my dad's dead issues. I'm just kidding kind of, But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to try to find and earn for my

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<v Speaker 2>dad that says dad on it, because right now he's

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<v Speaker 2>in a box. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm going to get off this podcast today and

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<v Speaker 1>go text my cousins before I go. Elsie, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for your insight, because I mean one thing I do

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<v Speaker 1>always lean on you, and whether it's good or bad,

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<v Speaker 1>is you. You do have such great insight and being

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<v Speaker 1>so much death, so much death experience.

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<v Speaker 2>It's doctorate and death.

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<v Speaker 1>But I leave you with uh a shout out to

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<v Speaker 1>Uncle Ken, someone who meant a lot to me. He

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<v Speaker 1>was a great dad, good husband, a phenomenal uncle, and

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<v Speaker 1>a legend in the DFW area. For those of you

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<v Speaker 1>that stop by the store, I mean everybody who went.

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<v Speaker 1>You were Kin's best friend, and there was I always

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<v Speaker 1>admire people who make people feel like they're the only

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<v Speaker 1>ones in the world, and he had that great gift

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<v Speaker 1>to make everybody laugh and to feel loved. And uh,

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<v Speaker 1>what a great legacy leave behind. So my love to

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<v Speaker 1>Ken rest in peace, and to all of you, we

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<v Speaker 1>love you. Thanks for listening, and we'll do it again

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<v Speaker 1>next time because we have a lot more to talk about.

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