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Dr. Laura, how are you today? Today? Let me see. Pretty good. Thank you for asking. What can I do for you?

You won't probably remember me, but I was a caller in 2017. Turned out, I was called of the day.

I called you about my 17-year-old son who had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities.

We were trying to figure out what would be the appropriate next steps to take since he was trying

to decide on college military or the gift that he had been given, which was to be a musician.

I wanted to thank you and to tell you how well he has done.

My son graduated from high school in 2017, and he made the decision to become a professional musician.

With God's help, I was able to send him to Berkeley College of Music in Boston, one of the finest

contemporary conservatories in the world. He graduated in four years, finished, and he went on to

move to LA where he has not only toured with two different groups, but he has done demos.

He texts me today to tell me that he is, I won't say the show, but he's sitting in Universal Studios

trying to prepare for a show that he is actually going to be on as a musician.

And performing at, I mean, this was so far out. He is now, he did Lola Paloza this year,

in Chicago, and he's being booked in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia next year.

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