You know, I'm the ex- the, the vice president of referral relations, and you know, I mean, I-

I-... you know, I was in executive level working there, but also still working with clients, and Pablo, love Pablo, head of HR comes in, and he says, "Oh, you got a letter." And I said, "Oh, wow, it's probably fan mail," 'cause you know, we get fan mail there.

And, um, I won't go into too much detail, um, but it was from s- p- t- t- one of the most credible sources you could ever know of, of a family friend saying that they obser- their husband observed something horrific when I was nine.

And, um, you know, and I said, "Jeffrey," my brother, I, you know, "I wanna tell you." And he said, "I don't wanna know.

Nobody wants to know.

Nobody wants to know," you know? So I'm on my own.

Again, on my own, right? You, you know what that's like.

Mm

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, but then, but then, Val, you know, uh, it took me a long time to get well, right? And I remember, I've talked about this in another interview before, and I remember driving over Coldwater, driving past where you and Ed lived, and I would call, and I, I said, "Val, you don't have to call me back.

I just want you to know I have six months today."

Blue and white.

Well, I remember, I loved Norman.

I trusted Norman.

Um, and I remember years, years later, uh, uh, not many years later, but I wanted us to split the cost of doing a full page Happy Birthday, Norman, or Congratulations, Norman, and I wanted to say, Dear Uncle Norman, and you didn't wanna do it.

So you, um, you're a big fan of America, I hear.

I am.

I'm a big fan.

I, I've always loved, I've always loved the, the US.

I've always loved learning about history and heritage and legacy, and I think it's such a privilege for me to be a part of this country and a part of this story that I feel like God is writing, this special story.

I was thinking yesterday about history, about great empires, and how great empires have come and great empires have gone, and, um, just the impact that they have made on the world and on history.

And no-- Of, of all the great empires, no nation has had the same amount of opportunity as this nation-

Well, the government didn't give us rights, so they can't take away our rights.