Listen honey, listen honey, listen honey.

Listen honey, listen honey.

Listen honey,

everybody.

I'm so, so excited to connect with everybody.

As you guys know, I started this podcast

as a way to not only connect with my fans

on a deeper level, much more than comments on Instagram

and seeing me on a TV screen,

but also just to share with you guys the thoughts that go through my mind and the things that I pour into and think about.

And one thing that I've been mulling over a lot lately, especially these days, is how special and dynamic those teachers are for us out there, not only during the pandemic, and while everybody's having to virtually learn, but also teachers that are being forced to go back to school and teachers that have

made an impression on me in such a way that have made me today thankful for them in ways that

I cannot I can't put into words.

I mean, like, how often is it you guys when you think about it,

when you have a teacher that's memorable to you?

How often can you actually go back and connect with that teacher?

How, where do you even know where to begin when it comes to finding that teacher

to let them know, hey, that moment meant a lot to me and thank you.

So I was actually having this conversation with my brother, Dennis, and together we shared memories about very fond memories about our fifth grade teacher, Mr Hunter.

So as I started sharing with Mr Hunter and at the time Jay, my fiance, you guys know Jay, and my dad was there,

my dad started quipping in with memories of Mr Hunter as well.

Dennis started sharing his memories because he had Mr Hunter after me and my fiance was like are you serious this is a fifth grade teacher like he was making you guys march he had the Olympics at your school, like what are you talking about?

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