Hey everyone, I am back and before we start, I wanted to let you guys know that I've started a separate channel for my podcast

and I'll have it linked in the description. You could also find it by just searching

Hey Stranger on YouTube. That's where all the video versions of my podcast will be going forward.

So let's get started with our first episode back, which is Therai's Secret Voice Mel.

Number two, thank you guys for tuning in. Here's that episode.

Hey, you've reached Therai's Voice Mel. Don't leave your name or number. Just leave me a secret.

You'll have three minutes at the tone.

My secret and confession is that I'm a man that has reached his breaking point.

Ever since I was a little boy, I've always wondered,

what is it that I've said or what is it that I have done that meant I would not matter as much as those around me.

Why can't we all have someone? Why can't we all have a true friend?

I never was afforded the gift of having a bond with my brothers.

I had a father who chose drugs over me. I had a mother who was so consumed in her depression.

It's like every relationship I was ever and never asked it.

God, I have to set a good mind.

I'm 36 years old and I have nothing to show for my life.

My presence and absence in this world, I don't think even matters.

I'm afraid that one day I'll be alone, dried up and sick in some nursing home,

taken my last breath and it's a dark empty room.

I don't feel like there's going to be anything that's going to change my mind.

I'll just live on wondering what's next.

Hi. My biggest secret is that my dad passed away a couple of years ago.

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