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Thanks for joining. I am in the podcast studio with Mrs. Lucina Thompson.

That's so funny to be Mrs. Lucina.

You are, right? Because little kids would like to say that and call me that.

It's so great to be with you today.

I'm glad you're here.

Lucina, for those who don't know you, tell us a little bit about yourself.

Sure.

Well, this year was a really special year in the Thompson family for more than one reason.

First, Kyle and I celebrated our 40th anniversary.

40 years. 40, which is a miracle in and of itself. That's one story. But it also means I'm old.

No. Older. So for those listening, I'm not the pretty young thing sitting across from me on the other end of that spectrum.

So 40 years, we have two children, Jordan, who happens to be on staff and a film producer here, and he's 33.

And our daughter, Audrey, is married to John, just turned 32.

She's a petroleum engineer in town, and so a working mom.

And literally, the other amazing thing that just happened to our family that's rocked our world and teaching us so many things is John and Audrey adopted their third child.

And we added a third grandbaby.

So our grandchildren are Henry, who's three, Charlotte, who's one, and George, who is five weeks.

Five weeks. That's so fun.

It is fun.

You all have your hands full, I bet.

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