WEBVTT - LAUREN DAIGLE: "Hold On To Me"

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, my friend, Welcome back to love someone with Delilah.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever heard the term the dog days of summer?

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<v Speaker 1>I always thought it referred to the lazy late summer

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<v Speaker 1>months when things have become so hot, so sticky, so dry,

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<v Speaker 1>that all the pups in the world were united in

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<v Speaker 1>their mission to just lay down, to take it easy,

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<v Speaker 1>and to pant their way, if you will, through the heat,

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<v Speaker 1>along with their human companions like me. Well guess what

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<v Speaker 1>that has nothing to do with this saying the Dog

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<v Speaker 1>days of summer. The Google Dictionary tells me. It's actually

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<v Speaker 1>a very specific period of time when the sun occupies

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<v Speaker 1>the same region of the sky as Serious, the brightest

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<v Speaker 1>star of visible from any part of Earth, and part

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<v Speaker 1>of the constellation Canus major, the great Dog. Ancient astronomers

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<v Speaker 1>referred to this time as dias canacularies or dog days.

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<v Speaker 1>This year twenty twenty one, the Dog Days of Summer

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<v Speaker 1>started Saturday, July third and run through Wednesday, August eleventh.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, read about now, what a perfect time

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<v Speaker 1>to be talking about And two one of the brightest stars,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the brightest lights that light up the sky

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<v Speaker 1>and light up the radio. One just happened to have

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<v Speaker 1>descended from the heavens for a quick chat with us today.

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<v Speaker 1>Her star began to rise in twenty fifteen with her

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<v Speaker 1>debut album How Can It Be. It reached number one

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<v Speaker 1>on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart. Her third studio album,

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<v Speaker 1>look Up Child Ugh, Such a Great Song, Such a

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<v Speaker 1>Great Album, was released three years later and contained the

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<v Speaker 1>huge pop crossover hit you Say That became the highest

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<v Speaker 1>charting Christian album by a woman since Amy Grant's success

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years earlier. The album and the single earned her

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<v Speaker 1>two Grammy Awards and millions of adoring fans all over

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<v Speaker 1>the world, including me and my daughter Briar. My daughter Briar,

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<v Speaker 1>who is the latest member to join our family. We

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<v Speaker 1>adopted Brier more than two years ago. She has been

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<v Speaker 1>a fan of this lady since the day I met her.

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<v Speaker 1>When I met her and she realized that I had

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<v Speaker 1>this little radio show, all she wanted to know was

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<v Speaker 1>did I know today's artist? She said, Mom, do you

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<v Speaker 1>know Lauren Dagel? Well, today you get to know Lauren Daegel,

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<v Speaker 1>and so does Brier. By the way, Lauren Diagil is

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<v Speaker 1>here and love someone to shine a little light into

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<v Speaker 1>our world. I'm thrilled to be able to chat with

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<v Speaker 1>her to find out what she's been up to. Right

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<v Speaker 1>had quite an amazing laster for years and like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>a moment ago, I discovered you before we started playing

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<v Speaker 1>you on my radio show because of my daughter Brier,

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<v Speaker 1>when I adopted b I think you had had discovered

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<v Speaker 1>her even before we adopt. Yeah, before I we our

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<v Speaker 1>family was blessed to adopt her. She was in foster

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<v Speaker 1>care for a few years and went through some stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>some stuff that I would not have been able to survive.

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<v Speaker 1>She not only survived, she went through it with grace.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think, honestly, I think your music was a

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<v Speaker 1>big part of that. Lauren, Wow, well that is beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know that part. That's amazing. I tell you,

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<v Speaker 1>I have so much care and concern for people in

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<v Speaker 1>the foster care system. And I was just with a

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<v Speaker 1>friend the other day who had what a gift adoption is.

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<v Speaker 1>She was able to adopt this child and her the

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<v Speaker 1>child's parents came to the United States and were here

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<v Speaker 1>like on a trip. They weren't even a resident of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States, citizens of the United States, and she

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<v Speaker 1>had her baby while she was here, And it just

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<v Speaker 1>so happened that because my friend was registered in the US,

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<v Speaker 1>she was able to adopt this child and it changed

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<v Speaker 1>her life. Both of their lives, and I love stories

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<v Speaker 1>of redemption like this. I love people coming out of painful,

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<v Speaker 1>broken situations and there's someone else to greet them on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side of that. It's really beautiful. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>to do this someday. You are a part of the story.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I'm trying to tell you. You You are a

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<v Speaker 1>part of that story. But if you want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about building a family through adoption more and I can

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<v Speaker 1>hook you up. Okay, I really want you. People are

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<v Speaker 1>always like, what are you going to have babies? I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>if I have children, great, If I don't, great. I

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<v Speaker 1>just really I'll tell you this is kind of a secret.

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<v Speaker 1>But I remember I was sixteen years old and I

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<v Speaker 1>was sick at the time, and I'd walk around in

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<v Speaker 1>the backyard of our home and I was just dreaming.

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<v Speaker 1>I was always dreaming because I was placed on homebound

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<v Speaker 1>for like two years, and that was kind of the

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<v Speaker 1>only place I had to exist, right outside of the

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<v Speaker 1>walls of our home. And so I used my imagination

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. And I saw this picture of this little

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<v Speaker 1>tiny cottage, and behind this cottage was a mansion and

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<v Speaker 1>it was a huge home. And I walked into the

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<v Speaker 1>mansion and it was two long hallways and multiple doors

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<v Speaker 1>on the hallways, and kids were running all over the

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<v Speaker 1>place like laughing and super joyful. And I still remember

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<v Speaker 1>seeing their faces and seeing exactly what this looked like.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was half of my life ago. And I

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<v Speaker 1>remember God saying, you think that music is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be the mansion, but actually music is going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the cottage to support what is going to be built

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<v Speaker 1>inside of the mansion. It was all of these children

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<v Speaker 1>that were in foster care and orphans in different countries,

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<v Speaker 1>and I saw all of these spaces, and so I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like there's so much in me that wants to

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<v Speaker 1>get my hands into that world. So I fully accept

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<v Speaker 1>your offer of getting me connected, but also just I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like those are the kind of moments that I

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<v Speaker 1>live for. Those are the moments that when I think

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<v Speaker 1>about music, I feel like that is the sole purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>I think back to that mansion often, like I will

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<v Speaker 1>live in a cottage for the rest of my life.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably I'm kind of a cottage person. I love little cottages, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and I feel like the space in which music dwells

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<v Speaker 1>can be this much. But the passion to see life

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<v Speaker 1>change come to people is like a mansion inside of me.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. So I love this story. This is personal,

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<v Speaker 1>this is awesome. You just described my life. Only it's radio,

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<v Speaker 1>not music that built the mansion. Only the mansion isn't

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<v Speaker 1>a mansion. It's a farmhouse. And Brier is the twelfth

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<v Speaker 1>child that God has brought to me through adoption. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>And so what you just described that kids of all

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<v Speaker 1>nations running in and out of the rooms. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>that happy and cheery as your vision was. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of screaming mom, Mom, tell on, tell baby Paul

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<v Speaker 1>to knock it up. You know, there's let's get real.

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<v Speaker 1>Life isn't cheery and happy all the time I was

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<v Speaker 1>at this concert, it's like a worship night a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of nights ago, and this lady shared her adoption story

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<v Speaker 1>and I uncontrollably wept. I wept for a long time.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like the woman in the room that everybody

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<v Speaker 1>was like, okay, seriously, like that happened twenty minutes ago.

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<v Speaker 1>She's still crying like I was that person. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's because there's something so deep in there

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<v Speaker 1>that I don't even have the awareness of quite yet.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's just honest. Like there's something in there that

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even quite know. But the way that I

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<v Speaker 1>feel about my nieces and nephews, it's made me scared

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<v Speaker 1>to become a parent because I'm like, man, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if I could love kids greater than my nieces

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<v Speaker 1>and nephews, Like, I don't know if that's possible because

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<v Speaker 1>of my love for them. And everybody tells me, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>just wait, just wait till it's your own. You're you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have all the love that you could possibly imagine

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<v Speaker 1>in store for them. And so to see that you've

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<v Speaker 1>been able to carry that love out for so many people,

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<v Speaker 1>for so many children, is really encouraging to me. Well, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not easy, and it will break you into a

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<v Speaker 1>bazillion pieces because when whether you adopt or give birth

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<v Speaker 1>or foster, your heart is walking around outside your body

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<v Speaker 1>for the rest of your life and you can't protect it.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, who, I love this. I'm willing to wait.

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<v Speaker 1>It's worth the way Lauren Dagia. Let me tell you

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<v Speaker 1>it is worth the way it is worth the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you raised in a house with faith? I was,

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<v Speaker 1>and I grew up in a household that was honest,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think there's something about that where we could

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'll never forget being around like drugs for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time or something and going home and telling

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<v Speaker 1>my dad and there wasn't this like scolding. There was

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<v Speaker 1>like a hey, if you ever get nervous in those situations,

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<v Speaker 1>just call me. I'll come get you. And it was

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<v Speaker 1>like what you know? And I feel like because we

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<v Speaker 1>had this household of people who got they just got it.

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<v Speaker 1>They got what the world was like, they got what

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<v Speaker 1>faith looks like in the middle of the world. And

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like it gave us a pretty holistic view

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<v Speaker 1>of how faith can interact in a world that's so different.

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<v Speaker 1>And for me, that's what that's what faith looks like. Lauren,

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<v Speaker 1>your music is heard by millions. Every time I play

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<v Speaker 1>one of your songs on my radio show, you got

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<v Speaker 1>ten million people listening to it. And that's just me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not Christian radio, that's not the international market, that's

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<v Speaker 1>not your videos, that's not your YouTube, that's not you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about how many millions of lives have been impacted

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<v Speaker 1>by the lyrics. And it's not just the lyrics. The

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<v Speaker 1>lyrics are pretty impactful. If someone were to just go

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<v Speaker 1>through your song list. You go through your CD and

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<v Speaker 1>read the lyrics to each song. Song. The lyrics are

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<v Speaker 1>a sermon, you know, a message, but it's the way

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<v Speaker 1>you deliver them and your voice and your love that

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<v Speaker 1>comes through loud and clear. And I think for God

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<v Speaker 1>to grow that child of your music and to grow

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<v Speaker 1>you to the point that you wouldn't be destroyed by

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<v Speaker 1>the success you're experiencing. Wow, Oh my gosh, that is

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<v Speaker 1>a revelation right there. I feel like I sit in

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<v Speaker 1>that for a long time. I have interviewed so many

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<v Speaker 1>and got to spend time with so many amazingly talented

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<v Speaker 1>young people, so many really talented young people when they're

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<v Speaker 1>in their teens or twenties, and by the time they're

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<v Speaker 1>in their thirties or late twenties. Oftentimes my heart is

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<v Speaker 1>grieved when I see how the worldliness and the machine

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<v Speaker 1>has taken over. The machine, the industry has taken over,

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<v Speaker 1>and that innocence and that joy that I noticed when

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<v Speaker 1>I met them is completely gone, and it's just the

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<v Speaker 1>machine cranking out. You know, you got to keep feeding

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<v Speaker 1>the machine. And when I look at you, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>see any of that. Oh wow, I see just raw

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<v Speaker 1>natural beauty does that make sense, Oh one. I used

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<v Speaker 1>to tell people it was a hard season. That became

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite season. I would tuck away, I'd walk up

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<v Speaker 1>the stairs and I would sit in this closet like

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<v Speaker 1>I had the whole house to myself. I was alone.

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<v Speaker 1>But I just remember reading this devotional that was so simple.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like two pages of this much, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a short little paragraph. It was just enough that was

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<v Speaker 1>digestible for me in that season, and I was given

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<v Speaker 1>a lifetime of something to hold on to. And I'll

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<v Speaker 1>never forget going into the studio and writing you say

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<v Speaker 1>and you talk about the machine. And I just finished

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<v Speaker 1>my first double Awards and I grew up in Louisiana.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like a Southern girl through and through, and I

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<v Speaker 1>remember feeling so out of place and I was on

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<v Speaker 1>a red carpet and people cared about what I had

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<v Speaker 1>to say and there were lights in my face. And

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<v Speaker 1>I won all these awards and I left the awards

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<v Speaker 1>show and the next day just hit rock bottom, just

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<v Speaker 1>like it was like such an extreme high, and I

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<v Speaker 1>crashed and I was so lonely the next day because

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<v Speaker 1>I realized, this will take me away from who I am,

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<v Speaker 1>This will take me away from the things I love

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<v Speaker 1>about myself. This will take me away from that Louisiana

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<v Speaker 1>girl that is totally down to just jump in a

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<v Speaker 1>kayaking go looking at some alligators, or go to my

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<v Speaker 1>friend's house and have some moores around the fire, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've felt so lonely, like this is something that

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<v Speaker 1>no one else in my circle is experiencing. And this

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<v Speaker 1>platform and having people care what you have to say

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<v Speaker 1>becomes so you place yourself in an area of vulnerability

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<v Speaker 1>that not many people have to walk through. And so

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<v Speaker 1>there's some defense mechanisms that naturally get built up. And

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<v Speaker 1>how do I stay shielded but to a healthy amount

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<v Speaker 1>where I'm not just crippling who I actually am in

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<v Speaker 1>the process, where I'm not fearing myself underneath boulders, but

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<v Speaker 1>that I actually stay pure to who I am. And

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<v Speaker 1>I walked into to the studio the next day and

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<v Speaker 1>I sat there and talked with my producers, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, this is too much for me to handle.

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<v Speaker 1>And I remember there being a crossroads where it was

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<v Speaker 1>like you can jump ship and no one will really

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<v Speaker 1>ever notice, Like you just finished your first award show,

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<v Speaker 1>like it's not going to be a big deal. Or

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<v Speaker 1>you can just stick this out. But right now you

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<v Speaker 1>have a choice to make that you will fight to

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<v Speaker 1>keep your core intact. And I haven't done it perfectly.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not even going to say that. But from that interaction,

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<v Speaker 1>we took all the lies that I was believing about

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<v Speaker 1>what this industry will do to me and replace them

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<v Speaker 1>with the truth of what God can do through me

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<v Speaker 1>and how how I can if I keep the core

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<v Speaker 1>of who He's made me in those two years in

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<v Speaker 1>that season of isolation, if I keep that core fed

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<v Speaker 1>and nourished, I can do this. And I will one

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<v Speaker 1>say that there were you you had mentioned like three

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<v Speaker 1>or four years of things turning a page. I will

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<v Speaker 1>say two of those years I handled it very poor,

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<v Speaker 1>Like just internally. There there were so many things that

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<v Speaker 1>I had to learn at such a fast pace, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've made decisions that I would totally change and if

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<v Speaker 1>I could go back and change them, you know. But

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like two nights ago I had a conversation

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<v Speaker 1>with my manager about this very thing, and I told her, Lee,

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<v Speaker 1>regardless of what comes for any of the music I

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<v Speaker 1>put out from this point forward, if I if you

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<v Speaker 1>see my feet wandering, ever, stop me in my tracks.

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<v Speaker 1>I I want to make sure that at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of this road, I care about people more than the

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<v Speaker 1>way I cared about than when I started. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to get to the end of this and know that

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<v Speaker 1>when people came to my shows in the beginning of

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<v Speaker 1>my career, they experienced they experienced something pure, and when

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<v Speaker 1>I am on my deathbed the last show that they

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<v Speaker 1>came to, they still felt the same presence, in the

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<v Speaker 1>same comfort. I don't want to forsake that space for

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<v Speaker 1>the things of the world. And though it is tempting,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, my gosh, the hustle and the amount of

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<v Speaker 1>opportunities and the imminent pressure to keep success beyond anything

0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:44.280
<v Speaker 1>you've ever produced before, like stay successful, and then some

0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:50.000
<v Speaker 1>that is like vulturistic. Don't ever listen to any of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Just shut your ears to it. Yeah, that's what we

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<v Speaker 1>say internally all the time. Like just from that conversation

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<v Speaker 1>the other day, we were like, we're not going too

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<v Speaker 1>working hardest, beautiful thing. It is a strong work ethic.

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<v Speaker 1>I love I love it. But striving for things that

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<v Speaker 1>the world puts in front versus resting in what God

0:20:14.720 --> 0:20:21.320
<v Speaker 1>will provide, those are two very different places. Resting comes

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<v Speaker 1>with sustainability. It allows you longevity. Striving creates burnout, it

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<v Speaker 1>creates disdain and jadedness. There's a difference between working from

0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:40.800
<v Speaker 1>a place of rest versus working to beat the next

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<v Speaker 1>door down. And I have seen miracle after miracle of

0:20:46.760 --> 0:20:50.640
<v Speaker 1>that very thing where we'll be like, Okay, we don't

0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:53.560
<v Speaker 1>know how, wonder how it's going to turn out, scratch

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<v Speaker 1>it our head, wonder how it's going to happen. And

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<v Speaker 1>God's like, oh, yeah, here's where I'm going to drop

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<v Speaker 1>it in. Here's where I'm going to dropping in. And

0:21:00.640 --> 0:21:02.960
<v Speaker 1>here's an open door. I hope you enjoy walking through it.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's like so exhilarating because you know you're you're

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<v Speaker 1>walking hand in hand with what you said earlier with me,

0:21:10.680 --> 0:21:14.640
<v Speaker 1>Almighty us talking today is one of those situations. I

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<v Speaker 1>listened to your show when I when I was a teenager.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like a friend and a comfort. I would

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<v Speaker 1>listen to your voice and it would be at the

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<v Speaker 1>midnight hour and I would just I don't know, I

0:21:32.640 --> 0:21:35.280
<v Speaker 1>remember it playing at midnight and just thinking I have

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<v Speaker 1>someone who is peaceful. I felt peace listening. It didn't

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<v Speaker 1>matter what story it was. I felt comfort just in

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<v Speaker 1>the way that you spoke in the tone of your voice.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I know what was behind the voice, but I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like it's a full circle moment for me as well,

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<v Speaker 1>because there were there were so many times where You're

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<v Speaker 1>show held my hand when I would just drive around

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<v Speaker 1>the car at midnight because I didn't know what else

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<v Speaker 1>to do, you know, And so then to see that

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<v Speaker 1>God would use Briar, that he used your story to

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<v Speaker 1>sit here and make something beautiful happen, I mean years later,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't even singing at the time, Like years later,

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<v Speaker 1>these words penetrated your Heartbriar and became a place for

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<v Speaker 1>a full circle moment to happen. It's pretty amazing. It's awesome. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so grateful to be a part of this. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean so grateful to see that words and that just

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<v Speaker 1>even a voice can mean so much. Your mom's voice

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<v Speaker 1>meant something to me, and now my voice has meant

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<v Speaker 1>something to you, and therefore it meant something back to

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<v Speaker 1>your mom from you. That's wild. And here's the thing

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<v Speaker 1>I know, because of who Briar is, when she finds

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<v Speaker 1>her voice, when that relationship develops between her and God,

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<v Speaker 1>she is going to be able to inspire so many

0:23:09.600 --> 0:23:13.399
<v Speaker 1>young people. We got four hundred and eighty seven thousand

0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:17.000
<v Speaker 1>kids in foster care right now. Wow, and less than

0:23:17.000 --> 0:23:21.280
<v Speaker 1>five percent will ever have forever families. So she will

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<v Speaker 1>be god willing the voice to encourage them. Wow. I

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<v Speaker 1>look forward to seeing that need to. I'll be standing

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<v Speaker 1>next to you, girl, Give me a call. What an

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<v Speaker 1>absolute pleasure it was to have Lauren with us today.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to thank her and my podcast sponsors that

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<v Speaker 1>We've been talking with Lauren Dagel and if you are

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<v Speaker 1>not familiar with her music, trust me you should be

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<v Speaker 1>and if you are now you know why she is

0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:43.879
<v Speaker 1>so beloved around the world and where can people find you?

0:24:43.960 --> 0:24:48.720
<v Speaker 1>Where can people see you? Like, give me the well,

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<v Speaker 1>we are going on tour in September. We've finally gone out,

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<v Speaker 1>so you can go to Laurendagel dot com for all

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<v Speaker 1>the tour dates, and my instagram is at Lauren underscore

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<v Speaker 1>Dage for the fun extra behind the same things. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Lauren underscored Dagel Instagram and Laurendiggel dot com for tour dates,

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<v Speaker 1>and we we meaning Brier and Mom and Toe will

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<v Speaker 1>see you in September. Yes, okay, good y'all come backstage

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<v Speaker 1>and give me hugs. Lauren gifted us with a beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>powerful new single this February called hold on to Me

0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:32.159
<v Speaker 1>that we've been listening to a lot here at my house.

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<v Speaker 1>Social media exploded after she performed it on the Voice,

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<v Speaker 1>so we already know it's going to be a huge

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<v Speaker 1>crossover success. You can listen to hold on to Me

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<v Speaker 1>and download it from her website Laurendagel dot com. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you're lucky enough to score tickets to a performance

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<v Speaker 1>while she's on tour this fall, you're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>in for a treat. I cannot wait for more new

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<v Speaker 1>music from her and to watch and applaud how her charity,

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<v Speaker 1>The Price Fund, continues to help build strong kids and

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<v Speaker 1>strong communities where every member from every generation is supported

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<v Speaker 1>and reminded of their importance. Lauren credits her grandfather with

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<v Speaker 1>instilling the idea within her that loving the world happens

0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:29.440
<v Speaker 1>one relationship at a time. I couldn't agree more. That

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<v Speaker 1>is why I call this podcast Love Someone, and why

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<v Speaker 1>I implore you all to do just that. Get to

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<v Speaker 1>know the hearts of your family, your friends, your neighbors,

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<v Speaker 1>your community. Reach out in love, and you will change

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<v Speaker 1>the world one heart at a time, just like Lauren is.

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<v Speaker 1>I do hope you're enjoying these long, lovely summer days

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<v Speaker 1>and taking the time to do a little stargazing at night.

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<v Speaker 1>Please join me next time on Love Someone for Another

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<v Speaker 1>in Inspiring Conversation. New episodes drop the second and fourth

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday of the month. You can subscribe on any of

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<v Speaker 1>for listening.