For some of you, you know last couple weeks what I've been going through is I lost my father and my dad,

who is an integral part of my life.

And so it's been a huge blessing and a huge light just to feel your all's presence and love.

And I appreciate that.

I think it's so important, not because of me,

I think it's so important for us to realize the impact

that we can have on other people's lives,

especially during the time like we're all going through today

and everyone has a fight, you know, everyone has different things that happen.

And I had a lot of learning lessons, a lot of reflection, obviously over the last two weeks

and some of those things I'm still going through.

But I think the most important thing is my dad would want me to do is keep pressing on, right?

And so I just, I wanted to, I think,

first and foremost, just tell everyone, thank you guys for all the love, all the encouragement,

and just, you know, sharing with me from your heart. And I will say this, the thing as well

as I got a ton of messages that meant the world to me saying,

hey, we're going to step up to a whole other level, you know, watch this, watch the smoke we create.

And the last 14 days have been incredible.

It was text like that that really encouraged me to say,

you know what, it's none of us are alone in this journey. And I think that's so important

because during this time, a lot of us can maybe feel alone. I think that, you know, it's a great

opportunity for all of us to remember that there's strength in numbers. And I would attribute who I am to my

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