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So this is not like a, a product of, "Oh, like, state associations just aren't predictable." I mean, it is, but, like, this is a uniquely, like, holy cow, like, what is going on season, which is super cool.

In that, like, holy cow, what the frick is happening season, who are some of the surprising teams that have stood out for you? I know obviously Wayland is in there.

They started with that huge one over at Natick and like, l- l- looks like they've not looked back so far this year.

Newton South obviously has a player we're gonna talk about at some point.

But yeah, who are some of the, the teams that have kind of emerged through the, the chaos, if you will, and surprised you so far this year?

Yeah, I think Wayland's the biggest one.

In the power rankings on Tuesday, Wayland had the highest opponent rat- uh, the highest overall rating in the entire state.

So according to the MIA, like, they are deemed the best team in Massachusetts right now.

So, um, other than that, we've been up to some fun things, I think, in our lives, 'cause I know all of you and what you've been doing.

There have been travels, there have been experiences, there's been Wayland festivals.

I guess, Steven, you had the biggest journey of all of us when you went to Washington, D.C. a couple weeks ago, and something happened which I don't think I've heard about yet, and I think you've been saving it for the podcast.

Yes.

No, the story was that we were s- all supposed to go to Ed Sheeran, which obviously got canceled, which was all for the best probably.

And last, you know, in the last minute, a friend of mine was like, we were supposed to go with them, and they wanted to do an activity.

And I was like, "Let's just go out to dinner." And anyways, the activity ended up being a curling lesson with a bunch of other Wayland parents and families, um, at just adults only at Broomstones- Any Jews? ...

which is in Wayland.

And before we go, a happy birthday to legendary Yeti Alan Rosenfeld, a five-year Yeti having a 74th birthday down in Charleston, South Carolina.

Happy birthday to Xavier Asmussen, making tackles for the Warriors, celebrating his birthday in Wayland, Mass.

And Kevin Dwyer at Columbia Business School is one of the elephants at Cluster E, and according to the latest case study, has the best birthday yet.

And happy birthday to Carrie Thomas, living it up downtown in NYC.

Living her best life.

I'm telling you, this was something that the Lord had spoken to me many, many years ago when I was 17 years old at a church in Wayland, Massachusetts.

And this lady called me out and she said, there's many Marthas, but you are a Mary.

And all of a sudden I'm sitting here after 20 years of ministry and I'm thinking to myself, I have become a Martha and I don't like that.

Samarans is a Boston-based nonprofit devoted to providing services to prevent suicide and offers support to those affected.

And the Parmenter Foundation, located in Wayland, providing guidance and bereavement support and funding community-based programs like the Samarans.

Joined now in Studio 3 by Angela Crocker, Executive Director of the Parmenter Foundation.

Angela, it's good to meet you.

We'll do the websites again right now.

Yeah, thank you very, very much for coming in.

We've been speaking with Angela Crocker, Executive Director of the Parmenter Foundation, a Wayland nonprofit that offers end-of-life care, hospice, and children's bereavement services.

ParmenterFoundation.org.

And I was like, where? And she's like, well, it's this church that they're having.

It's an Assembly of God church in Wayland, Massachusetts.

And I said, you son of a.

So I'm like cussing and cursing in the back of the seat.