And I'm and Welcome to Food for Thought Podcast, The Place to Explore,

The Place to Explore, Celebrate, and Manifest,

a life motivated and defined by unconditional compassion

and optimal wellness. Today's episode is the gift of appreciation.

Before we begin, my name is Colleen Patrick Gudreau.

You can find me at Joyful Vegan and on social media.

You can find my books wherever books are sold and you can join me in my online cooking classes.

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You know what I'm going to say because of the

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Thank you so much in advance for supporting this podcast and for subscribing and listening.

For those of you who listen to my podcast on ex-vegan celebrities.

I shared my personal story about how I wrote to Lee Majors, the 6 million dollar man, and Bill Bixby, the Incredible Hulk, for many years when I was young.

I didn't say in that episode that I also wrote to Henry Thomas, the little boy who played

Elliot in the movie E.T.

And if you'd like to know the rest of this story,

just go check out that podcast episode here at Food for Thought.

But the reason I bring that up in this episode is because from a young age I've always been inclined to reach out to people I admire, to tell them that I appreciate them and that they've touched my life.

When I grew up, when I got older, I was clearly not disillusioned by how my childhood fan letter

writing turned out.

Again, listen to the ex-Vekins episode to know what I'm talking about,

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