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Can you please call me that at home, Eric?

Call me that at home, okay?

Pastor Candace, you can come to dinner now.

Only here.

Well, I am the older one in our home.

So, you know, an elder, pastor, whatever.

I can teach you the ways of a month and a half older than you.

This has been a birthday week for me, speaking of age.

It's a big pivotal birthday.

I didn't think this year would be so significant, but as I talk to people I can tell that when you turn this age,

like it's really big to everybody around me.

And after a while they're like, how do you feel?

I'm like, well, very different from the yesterday, for sure.

Like when my daughter turned five, you know, that was so big and they were expecting to,

she was expecting to have to have new clothes.

I won't fit in my clothes.

Whoa, I'm still the same.

You know, you're going to change so much when you turn this age, even though you're only one day later.

And the year, you know, you're thinking, what are the big years that people like when you're 16,

that's pretty pivotal when you're 18, maybe 21, sometimes 30, but definitely when you hit 40,

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