It's that time.

lock and load.

The Michael Vary Show is on the air. Oh, Oh, Oh, So, So, I want to give you an opportunity to tell who you're voting for and why. Be concise and to the point. I think it's helpful because we end up in our own little world and we forget that there

are other people out there living a very different life.

I got an email from a fellow yesterday, his nephew had committed suicide a few hours before and he was the one that had to go out and go through his nephew's truck where all his stuff was.

And truck where all his stuff was. And he was pretty graphic about what he saw,

and he wanted to share it.

I think he just wanted to unload and I thought wow I came home tired this guy came home

from an experience, he will remember this day for the rest of his life.

And there are not a lot of days we say that about, to kind of run together.

There are certain things you never forget. And then I read emails from people. I'm just

amazed. How difficult some people have it.

How many people are carrying within their own home

for a loved one with a severe disability.

How many families have a child that has, we used to use the word retarded. My aunt

Gail when I was young was retarded. That was the word. And somehow,

some way that term became a very bad term. It's a naughty term. I don't know why.

Well, an Allen Parkway at Sheppard, up until recently there was a center there had a big endowment that's one of

they were on such valuable property.

It was called the Home for the Mentally Retarded.

I don't think their family members intended to insult them, but whatever you want to call it, developmental disabilities or down syndrome.

There's a lot of things that qualify, but how many people take care of, and will until the day they die a child or sibling who's in that situation

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