How Do You Talk to Kids About Death?

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Today's episode is the most sacred one I've ever recorded, because I'm not doing it alone.

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I'm joined by my two children, ages 9 and 11 years old, and we're talking about something that changed all of our lives forever.

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Three years ago, their father died by suicide, and today they get to speak.

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Died by suicide and today they get to speak.

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They get to share who he was to them, what he looked like, what made him laugh and what they remember about the day they lost their father.

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This episode is for every parent who's trying to help their child through grief and every child who needs to know they're not alone.

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There's no script for this kind of healing, but sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is just talk about it Together.

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I invite you to listen with your heart open.

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Well, welcome Mateus.

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I am so excited that you are open to come on my show and share your gifts, because you have so many gifts and you are such a light, and I am so excited for you to share with the world.

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Here's my first question all right, with the world?

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Here's my first question.

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All right, what do you actually?

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first, I want you to just say who you are and how old you are.

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I am Matthias Methvin.

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I am nine years old.

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My father passed away by suicide when I was seven years old, and today we are going to talk about it.

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Yeah, that's beautiful, mateus, all from the heart.

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So here's the first question I have for you.

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Okay, what do you remember about dad that you never want to forget?

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When he would always um like carry us on our surf boogie boards on the beach in the water.

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I love that.

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That was in Maui, right yeah.

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And what about some of the memories?

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The tractor rides at home on the Kubota.

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Our dad took us on tractor rides on the Kubota going up the hill, and then we went down the hill too, yeah, so fun.

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Can you tell us more about who dad was?

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depressed, but also very kind, loving and joyful heart.

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Yeah, that's so true.

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He had a big heart, very generous right.

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What did dad love to do?

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My dad loved to watch boxing with his friend Matt boxing with his friend Matt in um and he on.

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On every Friday he would, and on that day, every Friday, he would buy the a huge box of pizza, brownies, cookies and cheese sticks.

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I love that.

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They, you, they used to love to do that, right?

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Yes, yes, yeah, they loved to watch those boxing matches, that's for sure.

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The UFC, the UFC, that's what they used to watch, I remember because Dad loved doing jiu-jitsu as well, right, what was he really good at?

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What was Dad really good at?

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He was really good at tickling, tickling, yeah, and also just being generous yeah, he had a big heart, big big heart.

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And what is one of your favorite memories?

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When it was his last day at the beach with us.

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I think he helped me build a sandcastle there.

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It was really fun.

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It was fun, yeah, and we had gone snorkeling on Lanai right, yep, yeah, what kind of fish did we see there?

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We saw a trumpet fish we saw.

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Was it the parrot fish?

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Yeah, the kind of fish did we see there?

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We saw a trumpet fish we saw.

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Was it the parrot?

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fish?

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Yeah, the parrot fish.

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Remember the beak?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, it had a beak and that was really cool.

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That was fun.

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Do you ever feel Dad's spirit around you Sometimes?

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Yeah, how does that feel?

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like it feels just I know he's around whenever, like sometimes my lights flicker and sometimes other times I just feel this big energy around me.

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Yeah, yeah.

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And he had a big energy, didn't he Right?

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Six foot four, really tall, big energy.

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I love that.

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Has he sent you any signs or moments where you just knew he was close?

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You had mentioned the flickering of the light.

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Has he done anything else that you remember?

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I know we have lots of stories, but which one stands out to you?

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Oh, my goodness, so me and so my friends.

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It was like we were, we always like see, like reflections, and it's like what is that?

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And then when we had, like I had like three friends over Brady Trace, trace, sorry Trace, and I think it was Cade or Jace Was Cade or Jace.

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And then when we were going there like looking for our dogs my dogs, because I didn't know where they went, but she was under the couch under there, and then we were looking for Rosebud too.

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So we got our Nerf guns and we went into the movie room because this is the last place that she went and we started to find stuff, and then we were looking for clues, so then the lights flickered and then we all were like ah, and went upstairs.

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Dad likes to play with electricity, doesn't he right?

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He shows off his powers, ooh and when we were about to watch a movie.

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Like it go to minions, like it switched over to hulu.

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We didn't have hulu and it go to minions.

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It did that three times and on the last one we put the remote in the drawer and nobody was near it and it still did that.

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That's right.

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I remember we were watching church on TV and then it got switched like three times, so nobody touched the remotes.

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We're like, well, what's going on here?

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And then he was playing with the TV and switching channels and everything.

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And so, you know, how does that make you feel?

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Does it make you feel comforting to know that he, even though we miss him physically, does that help you to know he's still there, right?

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When we have those things happen, it's kind of fun, right, yeah, yeah, because you know he is still there and has never left right In spirit for sure.

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So what's one thing that's really helped your heart on hard days, like, is it breath work, cold plunging, being in nature, your dog, or using the calming corner, my dog, your dog, what do you call Lego?

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What do you call it?

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A big ball of energy, a big ball of good energy, right, I love that and it's so true.

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I think, on those hard days, you love to snuggle in with Lego, right, I love that and it's so true.

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I think, on those hard days, you love to snuggle in with Lego, right, and she's able to give you all that love that you need, right and deserve.

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Yeah.

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I love that and I love that you join along with meditations with me and breath work and you join along with meditations with me and breath work and you actually we do have to share that.

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You are a prayer warrior.

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I don't want to put you on the spot, but if you feel called to share a prayer, I think the world needs to hear your prayers because you are always so fantastic in prayer should we do one?

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If you're feeling called to it and feeling comfortable about it.

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Okay, let's do it.

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Okay, let's do it.

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God, thank you for this day.

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Please help us grow closer to you, give us wisdom to spread the gospel and give us knowledge to help people who are in need.

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And thank you for my family.

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I'm very grateful for my family, my dog, my friends, and thank you that we can go to the school, this school called GCS and we are very blessed to go there.

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And thank you for making us wealthy.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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Amen, that was beautiful, thank you.

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Thank you, mateus, for sharing your prayer.

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Warriors, now, how do you?

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So?

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We talk a lot about big feelings in our home, you know recognizing those big feelings and learning the tools to navigate through them.

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What's one emotion that used to be hard to feel, and what do you do now when it comes up?

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embarrassment, embarrassment, yep, yeah, yeah, that one's a hard one yeah, but now I'm just like who cares what other people think?

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okay, that's good.

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So you've come kind of self-aware that that was bothersome, yeah, yeah.

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And how did you let that go?

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Do you just kind of let it go, take some deep breaths, like I'm just like I don't care, you don't care, so great.

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Well, I love that you can become self-aware that that used to bother you and now you're working through that and saying, taking it lightly, I like that.

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Um, now, how do you manage your grief now, like when you miss dad, what's, what do you do?

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uh's so helpful, like that's helped you Reading definitely, and playing with my dog.

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Yeah, reading and playing with your dog when you're kind of feeling the grief Now do you find yourself sometimes just being able to talk to Dad, you know, or send a prayer.

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Send a prayer, yeah, yeah, yeah, for the strength yeah yes, yeah, I like that, matthias, now, okay, this will be our last question and I want you to look just at that camera right there.

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And then I want you to visualize that six-year-old boy that's just lost his dad, okay, and you're kind of speaking to him.

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So if you could talk to another kid who just lost someone.

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They love what you want them to know about grief, healing and God.

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God will give you what you need.

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Don't worry about anything else else, just keep on praying, keep on believing in God, keep on praying, keep on believing in him and yeah.

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Yeah, and then so you never feel alone, right?

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Yeah, and I like that message, matthias, that's powerful, that's really good.

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And now one of our favorite gifts that we had been given, you know, when Dad passed from our friend, was this book, and so our friend had created a book and it has pictures of so each kid.

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So Mateus has pictures of him and his dad in here, and also our friends have written down their favorite memories of dad, so we want to read one of them here, and so one of them is okay.

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So there's a pictures of Mateus.

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He used to play basketball here in Alaska and he had quite the game face, and their dad, scott, had this picture picture on his Facebook profile for a really, really long time because he really loved it.

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So I don't know if we can show it or whatnot, but there's Mateus with his game face on and he's about to start the game of basketball here.

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And here's the story.

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So your dad had this as his profile picture for some time.

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He was so impressed by your game face.

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We often talked about your natural strength.

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You have had muscles since you were born.

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It seems like I think you get that from him, and it's so true.

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You've always been so strong and great athlete and dad was so proud.

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I mean, we really could see those muscles showing off.

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I'm pretty sure you're only like five there, so that was a great memory.

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Well, matthias, I just loved having you on here because I know you're such a light for me.

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You have been such a supporter and a light for me throughout my grief, and I just want to say that I'm grateful for you, for your love, and thank you for sharing your heart, because I know there's other kids out there that might feel alone like you guys felt alone when you lost your dad and someone out there.

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You'll be shining a light for them, a light of hope.

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All right, well, thank you, matias.

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Well, welcome sophia.

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I have my beautiful daughter over here and such an honor that you felt it was actually.

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You know, it was funny story.

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I was podcasting today and I couldn't find babysitters, so I said, well, I'm bringing kids to work.

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And then I said you know what?

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I'm going to have them on my podcast and seeing how they would feel about that, and they were both very excited because they would get to share with the world about their father and also not only that they could be of service to other children that might feel alone after they have lost a loved one.

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So, sophia, welcome on my show.

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Thank you, mom.

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So tell people your beautiful name and how old you are.

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Okay, my name is Sophia Jolie-Methven, and Jolie in French means beautiful, so it would be beautiful in English, and I am 11 years old.

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Yes, perfect.

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Well, I'm going to ask you a few questions.

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Okay, and just go with your heart on this one.

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What do you remember about Dad that you never want to forget?

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Oh, okay, okay, so we were in, I think it was.

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Yeah, we were in Maui, for it was his last day and I was with one of my best friends, malia, and we were in Maui because we were on the island Lanai and we went to the beach with them and I remember going snorkeling.

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I had this big like face mask.

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It wasn't just one of those ones that you put in your mouth and you have the goggles face mask.

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It wasn't just one of those ones that you put in your mouth and you have the goggles.

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But my dad had these big goggles that I still have and he like he didn't use one of the like so he could breathe.

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He had, he was so tall and he was like, strong and so his lungs were so big that he didn't have to wear that.

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So he was going down to the bottom and, just like he I like this and he would, um, blow bubbles and then if he went like this in the heart, the bubbles would like Follow the heart, and he did that while I was looking at him.

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It was so fun to see him Just enjoying it.

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Usually he didn't like the beach, he was so hot.

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Yeah, dad wasn't a big fan of like hot.

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Yes, he liked the cold.

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Like his room was like I would step in there and be like it's antarctica and they're like no thanks.

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But then I also would sleep with him when I, and then because it was so cold and he had this big weighted blanket that was really heavy but like it was, it worked so well yeah, and then when we were snorkeling I remember you mentioning didn't he swim all the way down to the bottom of the ocean?

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and what did he do?

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oh he had the fish like they loved him.

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Yeah, they did, and didn't he give you a big hug oh yes, but then I had to come right up because I couldn't stay under there for too long.

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Yeah, that was so sweet, but he was under there just like chilling, and then I was like like whoa he had big lungs.

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He was definitely a big swimmer and he loved it yeah, we went to Alyeska and it's like a skiing um area and where there's this big pool.

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It's so long and I remember him he'd be like, okay, watch this.

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And we tried to, we would race but I would always lose.

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It was kind of annoying but um, but he would swim all the way there without breathing and then he'd take one breath and swim all the way back.

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The pool was so long.

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I love that.

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He was a great swimmer.

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That is a beautiful memory, Still one of my favorite too, and I still love swimming too.

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Yeah, you are a little fish, you are actually a mermaid.

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You are a mermaid mermaid.

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I can't get you out of the water or the ocean, you know that's why I'm so glad we have a pool here, because in alaska we wouldn't.

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We would buy those like blow up pools and put them under the slide, because you could lift up the slide um at our tree house and we put it under and then we would have to put like um little like pillows underneath.

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Oh, I remember because, like the rocks were, so, um, like they were, they hurt when you would slide down.

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So we would invite friends over and we'd go in.

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But the thing was like grass would get in them and get in the pool and be all dirty.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Alaska is not a you know a pool place pool place.

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But hey, we may do you know with my inflatable uh pools that I would buy, yeah, or slip and slide right, oh yeah, and we had this like big hill that would go down and I remember putting that down there and it would go down to this big field and my mom and me we would do races, like I would race her around the whole thing or we would do like tractor rides, yeah, that was so much fun.

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I love those memories.

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Can you tell us more about who dad was?

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His personality?

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Okay, he was so generous Like I, you could never forget it, like you would meet him, like you would never forget it.

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We were in Maui and we were just at this hotel, we were swimming, and he meets this little like a couple and um, he didn't even know them and he was like, hey, I'll buy you some drinks, like why not?

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And um, and he would also, like he would do, like sometimes he would do free, like fillings or something.

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I thought, yeah, free dentistry yeah, a lot yeah, and he was so like you could just feel like you would go to another dentist and you would be like, hmm, and I'm kind of scared, but when you would, when you would like have, um, my dad, scott, and um you would have him as your dentist.

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You were just like you could just feel his happy energy that he just wanted to fulfill like whatever um you needed yeah, he was a really good dentist.

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Actually, people I remember because I worked there, yeah, you know patients were like I was always so afraid to go to the dentist.

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Some people would fly in to come see dad or they drive hours to come see dad because they were the only one where they could feel at peace and comfortable and because I think he was like, even though he's six foot four, really big, he's like a gentle teddy bear.

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You know it's like he looks so big and like it's so funny.

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I always imagine him like I'm like so strong and big, but then, like when you actually get to know him, he's just like tiny little teddy bear.

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Like I have, um, this teddy bear, scott Jr.

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I dress him up, I have clothes for him, I sleep with him but but tell how we have Scott Jr.

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Why do you have this teddy?

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Okay.

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So at the hospital they gave us this little teddy yeah, and it was so cute and Maui, and they gave us this little bottle with a heart bead yeah, his heart bead and heart bead and his thumbprint.

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And that's why I have Scott Jr we got to name them.

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Mateus has one too.

00:21:27.349 --> 00:21:28.672
They look different, so you can tell.

00:21:28.672 --> 00:21:31.455
And Scott Jr he has right now.

00:21:31.455 --> 00:21:41.307
I'm pretty sure he's wearing little dinosaur pajamas because, well, sometimes I don't change his clothes, so he's just like chilling in my room.

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:43.686
Yeah, you bring him everywhere, right.

00:21:43.686 --> 00:21:47.702
Oh yeah, it's like that special I thought the hospital, it was the organ donor specialist.

00:21:47.702 --> 00:22:02.592
He says, hey, we have these few things that we can do for the kids and I thought, wow, I mean it was really good and I know for you guys, having that little teddy and knowing that it was by your dad's side, and even the little heartbeat like if I don't have him.

00:22:02.612 --> 00:22:13.865
When I'm sleeping, I'm always like scared and like sometimes I'm like too scared I don't even want to move, so I'm like staying still, but like I'm like, oh no, I'm uncomfortable yeah, so when I have him.

00:22:13.865 --> 00:22:15.369
I'm just like holding him.

00:22:15.369 --> 00:22:17.402
But then I also sleep with my dog Mabel.

00:22:17.402 --> 00:22:21.233
I used to sleep with Rosebud, but Rosebud sadly passed away.

00:22:21.515 --> 00:22:26.789
Yeah, not too long like January 3rd yeah, january 3rd, a few days before your birthday.

00:22:26.829 --> 00:22:43.273
That was so sad, because I know rosebud especially dogs have been so healing for you yes, rosebud was a gift from, like, my dad, but like, um, he always said he was like, oh no, she was so expensive.

00:22:43.273 --> 00:22:46.047
Like he would always say, oh no, I he was.

00:22:46.047 --> 00:22:52.007
He was like pretending to be mad and he was like, no, no, like I'm mad and stuff like that.

00:22:52.007 --> 00:22:57.936
But then Roosevelt, and then he was the one who was so excited to get her, though, like, he was a dog lover.

00:22:58.018 --> 00:23:02.182
Yes, I mean, we had two big Newfoundlands before he was a big dog lover.

00:23:02.202 --> 00:23:12.472
I have a picture of me, my nose against the jack, and he's laying down and he's like this big, 165 pounds, yeah, and he's like so long.

00:23:12.472 --> 00:23:19.048
And then this is me, a baby, putting my nose against his, and I'm like that small and they were gentle, giants.

00:23:19.249 --> 00:23:19.930
Yes, yeah.

00:23:20.490 --> 00:23:21.051
Kira.

00:23:21.051 --> 00:23:22.961
She was the best dog I've ever had.

00:23:22.961 --> 00:23:24.045
She was.

00:23:24.045 --> 00:23:24.926
I would go in the snow.

00:23:24.926 --> 00:23:27.112
I would take one step, she would take one step.

00:23:27.112 --> 00:23:29.185
It was like she would follow me everywhere.

00:23:29.185 --> 00:23:30.169
She would make sure I'm safe.

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:35.612
Yeah, so do you think you know when you lost your dad, you know was it.

00:23:35.672 --> 00:23:38.548
Rosebud, Because Rosebud was with dad.

00:23:38.548 --> 00:23:43.207
Sometimes I would be in my room and I would sleep and then I'd be like wait, where's Rosebud?

00:23:43.207 --> 00:23:53.162
And then I'd be like wait, where's Rosebud?

00:23:53.162 --> 00:23:54.104
And then I would go into my dad's room.

00:23:54.124 --> 00:23:55.547
I would see him, rosebud, on the bed.

00:23:55.547 --> 00:23:58.594
He's sleeping right next to her and I'm like dad, you stole my dog, like come on, so probably losing Rosebud.

00:23:58.594 --> 00:24:04.266
I mean, I was genuinely shocked because it was very instant she was only four, it was everything happened so fast.

00:24:04.286 --> 00:24:05.489
And I was gone too.

00:24:06.431 --> 00:24:15.529
I was with my friend you were in Flagstaff, In Flagstaff yeah, and with some friends, and I was like how am I going to break this news?

00:24:15.529 --> 00:24:18.869
I was devastated and I truly thought this would break you.

00:24:18.869 --> 00:24:19.330
Yes.

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:31.643
But when I came home, I remember opening the door and I was like, oh no, I better open it slightly.

00:24:31.643 --> 00:24:32.184
Um, lego and rosebud.

00:24:32.184 --> 00:24:34.311
Well, I was like rosebud's gonna come and I was like, oh and lego, yeah.

00:24:34.311 --> 00:24:39.144
And then I opened the door and miss Jessica was like, she just smiled and looked at me very softly but I was like, hmm, I didn't really know what was like going on.

00:24:39.144 --> 00:24:42.730
Come in and I'm like everybody's sad and I was.

00:24:42.730 --> 00:24:53.049
I could just feel the energy had some balloons like happy 11th birthday, but it was just heartbreaking to see her go.

00:24:53.510 --> 00:25:03.362
yeah, especially that she was there for such, you know, a hard time for you when he lost dad and and I, you know it broke my heart to break that news to you.

00:25:03.362 --> 00:25:05.729
You know, and I know I know you still miss her.

00:25:05.729 --> 00:25:11.007
I do, yeah, I know you do, and you know we did get, I know, pets.

00:25:11.007 --> 00:25:14.721
You're an animal lover, oh my gosh, yes, yeah, okay.

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:20.210
so we went to this store and we were like, oh, we're just going to look, you know it's fine.

00:25:20.210 --> 00:25:26.492
And there was this amazing dog by himself in this little room.

00:25:26.492 --> 00:25:29.209
He was just looking with his big eyes, like that big.

00:25:29.209 --> 00:25:39.248
He was just like he was all by himself because his siblings were all like getting petted and like people were looking at them and he was all by himself and I was like sad.

00:25:39.248 --> 00:25:41.346
But then he looked so cute.

00:25:41.346 --> 00:25:54.144
So I asked he was all scared, his tail was like in between his legs and he was like, and then I started like petting him and holding him.

00:25:54.144 --> 00:25:54.885
He was the first dog I looked at.

00:25:54.885 --> 00:25:55.588
We didn't look at any other dogs.

00:25:55.608 --> 00:26:12.869
I was like, okay, there's two names that I want maple or waffles, and um, the lady at um, the store was called puppies in love and um, the lady there was like oh, if you do waffles, you can say like um, when people are holding your dog, let go of my eggo.

00:26:12.869 --> 00:26:17.968
And I thought that was so funny and I was like, oh, I'm gonna name him just because of that.

00:26:17.968 --> 00:26:27.852
But then, um, on the collar that I picked out, there was a um like Canadian flag and I was like that's definitely.

00:26:27.852 --> 00:26:30.000
Or like a maple leaf yes, yeah.

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.663
And I was like, okay, this is maple.

00:26:31.663 --> 00:26:37.761
Like yeah, and so we printed out his name tag and it was so cute, it was so cute.

00:26:37.842 --> 00:26:40.327
But you know, I felt so torn.

00:26:40.327 --> 00:26:42.211
I'm like oh, is it too soon to buy?

00:26:42.291 --> 00:26:45.405
it was like not letting her grief.

00:26:45.405 --> 00:26:48.692
But in the same time I changed my perspective.

00:26:48.692 --> 00:27:03.884
After that I said, no, I love that your heart was open to love again a dog, because that was so heartbreaking for you and for a lot of people they wouldn't be open to loving, to open their hearts again to another one, to another one right away.

00:27:03.884 --> 00:27:15.243
So I shifted my perspective and saying, no, you know that you weren't scared to love again and you opened up your heart to another dog, and and and.

00:27:15.243 --> 00:27:16.125
He's been so cute.

00:27:16.125 --> 00:27:20.614
I mean, he's a little cockapoo, he's like 10 pounds I know my grandma.

00:27:20.773 --> 00:27:24.567
I think she like my me, um, I think she steals.

00:27:24.567 --> 00:27:27.031
Yeah, I think she's fallen in love with him too.

00:27:27.031 --> 00:27:32.568
I know she always said she was like, oh, rosebud, noah, no, she's a dog, I don't know.

00:27:32.568 --> 00:27:40.691
But then she would be like she would be talking to her, like she would be like working, and she would be like what do you want?

00:27:40.691 --> 00:27:48.768
You little lion, because when Rosebud would walk around when Mamie was cooking, she lion because, um, when rosewood would walk around when me was cooking, she would walk around.

00:27:48.768 --> 00:27:49.712
And just look at her like what's going on?

00:27:49.732 --> 00:27:52.321
yeah, and then maybe be like what do you want, you little lion, you're so cute.

00:27:52.321 --> 00:27:53.925
Oh, do you, do you want food?

00:27:53.925 --> 00:27:54.586
What do you want?

00:27:54.586 --> 00:28:05.084
And then, but then now she does that with maple and, oh my gosh, I walked into her house like I don't know, like two weeks ago yeah, because my me is my mom and she lives with us.

00:28:05.124 --> 00:28:07.848
But it's a detached casita, so she lives.

00:28:07.848 --> 00:28:08.789
The kids are always there.

00:28:08.890 --> 00:28:18.373
She was playing um, like this, like french, like music, like oh yeah, she likes her french and so she was holding um, maple, like a baby.

00:28:18.373 --> 00:28:21.503
Maple was like looking like what the heck is she doing to me?

00:28:21.503 --> 00:28:33.226
But and she was going with maple- yes, and spinning around and just like going looking at her or him and it was so funny.

00:28:33.366 --> 00:28:39.609
I know, but she claims to not be a dog lover no but I think she's she, she doesn't like letting dogs in her bed.

00:28:39.609 --> 00:28:40.894
She's like maple.

00:28:40.894 --> 00:28:41.655
Come on, let's go.

00:28:41.655 --> 00:28:44.021
No, and maple will sit and look at her and be like.

00:28:44.021 --> 00:28:47.287
She'll be like oh okay, you can come I love that.

00:28:47.326 --> 00:28:50.090
This is so funny, but so true about my mom, yeah.

00:28:50.090 --> 00:28:52.334
So now here's another one.

00:28:52.334 --> 00:28:53.682
Okay, what did dad love?

00:28:53.682 --> 00:28:54.943
What did what was his favorite thing he?

00:28:55.003 --> 00:28:55.986
loved swimming.

00:28:55.986 --> 00:29:04.407
Um, oh, I remember when we were on the swings it was like two pushes with his big hands.

00:29:04.407 --> 00:29:22.150
He would go one, two or even just one push and you know like, when you're on the swing and like you have like it's like the little bumps because you're so high, that's what happens, yeah, and I couldn't watch because I'm like, oh my gosh, oh no like your face was always like.

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:24.164
It's like too much, too much.

00:29:24.164 --> 00:29:26.566
But yeah, his big hand, and then you guys would go flying.

00:29:26.566 --> 00:29:33.748
I love that memory, yeah, and then what was he?

00:29:33.867 --> 00:29:34.631
really good at.

00:29:34.631 --> 00:29:38.961
Oh, he was so good at golf, like I remember.

00:29:38.961 --> 00:29:43.133
It was like 100 acres and he could be like all the way in the trees.

00:29:43.133 --> 00:29:44.507
It would be like 10, 5, or like 20, 30, 40.

00:29:44.507 --> 00:29:45.594
And it would go up all the way in the trees.

00:29:45.594 --> 00:29:48.606
It would be like 10, 5, or like 20, 30, 40, and it would go up all the way to 100.

00:29:48.606 --> 00:29:52.770
And he would be like one swing and it would be like out in those trees.

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:56.403
Yeah, he told me actually he could have gotten a scholarship to play golf in college.

00:29:56.403 --> 00:29:57.989
But yeah, but he didn't take it.

00:29:57.989 --> 00:29:58.851
No, no.

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:10.344
Well, he ended up going to a dental school.

00:30:10.344 --> 00:30:11.105
So, yeah, school.

00:30:11.105 --> 00:30:12.167
So yeah, that's what he did.

00:30:12.167 --> 00:30:14.732
Oh, so now, do you, do you ever feel dad's spirit around you?

00:30:14.732 --> 00:30:17.258
I do, yes, I remember the day or the night that he passed, or or I remember.

00:30:17.258 --> 00:30:21.545
Well, I don't really I don't remember it, my mom does, but because she remember.

00:30:21.545 --> 00:30:21.865
Okay.

00:30:21.865 --> 00:30:33.290
So we were in my nanny and papa's little condo and I was like, oh my gosh, and there was a painting right by.

00:30:33.290 --> 00:30:34.484
We were all three in a bed.

00:30:34.484 --> 00:30:40.851
It was like a little uncomfortable, but we were like so shocked that we all wanted to stay together.

00:30:40.851 --> 00:30:45.431
So I look on my side, because I sleep on my side.

00:30:45.431 --> 00:30:49.320
So I was on the side and I was like what, what?

00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:50.903
The painting's falling.

00:30:50.903 --> 00:30:53.188
So I got up to go fix it.

00:30:53.188 --> 00:31:00.553
But and then I don't remember anything else than saying the painting's falling and then, um, what happened?

00:31:00.773 --> 00:31:02.660
well, yeah, you know, you were sleeping.

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:05.086
You were dead asleep, and so was Mateus.

00:31:05.086 --> 00:31:05.769
I was still.

00:31:05.769 --> 00:31:06.480
I couldn't sleep.

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:13.682
So I have both of you guys under my arms and I see you literally being lifted yeah, I was you didn't stand up.

00:31:13.682 --> 00:31:14.845
You, you, literally.

00:31:14.845 --> 00:31:20.542
There was a force that brought you up and you went like this, like you were hugging dad.

00:31:20.563 --> 00:31:30.550
I went like this and okay, so I always said I tried to like put my finger, so I would always go like this and try to touch, but you don't even remember.

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:34.089
I remember asking you the next morning and you were like I'm like, do you remember that?

00:31:34.089 --> 00:31:41.444
And you're like no, and so yeah, you were, and then you laid back down and that was it, but I and then I snapped out of it.

00:31:41.444 --> 00:31:50.023
But I remember being like looking at the painting like that was weird.

00:31:50.023 --> 00:31:52.050
Yeah, yeah, is there another story?

00:31:52.050 --> 00:31:53.173
That sometimes you know that dad's there.

00:31:53.173 --> 00:31:57.806
Well, the tv story, tv story, yeah, the tv story that we share with my oh, my um vanity.

00:31:58.227 --> 00:31:59.108
I love my vanity.

00:31:59.108 --> 00:32:01.820
It's awesome because the the little light on it.

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:08.521
I can use it when I'm doing like my makeup, or like I'm taking off um my makeup or just washing my face or something like that.

00:32:08.521 --> 00:32:26.044
Um, when I like, um, when I was like sleeping, um, I turned it off and it starts and I was with my grandma me and we were because my grandma lays down with me and the light starts flickering, going on and off, on and off.

00:32:26.044 --> 00:32:31.929
And so I get up and I'm like turning it off and it will not stop.

00:32:31.929 --> 00:32:36.471
So I like, and then I unplug it and it stops.

00:32:36.471 --> 00:32:42.096
And every time I'm like maybe I'll work this time, so I plug it back in, it still flickers.

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.884
Like it's still, it's like broken.

00:32:45.884 --> 00:32:50.967
So those little signs that we have, that is that comforting for you, like just knowing that he's still there.

00:32:50.987 --> 00:32:54.082
It is comforting, but sometimes it's a little scary.

00:32:54.082 --> 00:32:56.467
It's like whoa, what the heck?

00:32:56.467 --> 00:32:59.593
Like, yeah, uh, but then it then also.

00:32:59.593 --> 00:33:06.512
I'm like okay, well, like it's dad, like yeah, becoming more normalized now.

00:33:06.553 --> 00:33:19.442
In the beginning it was a little yeah in the beginning it was like, oh my gosh, like, um, I'm going up to mom's room, I'm too scared, um, or I was at like my um, oh, at the cabin.

00:33:19.442 --> 00:33:53.814
Um, I think it was that night that rosebud passed, because I came back on like the 4th and on the 3rd we were doing this big game night, but we watched Wicked and um, and there was this big heavy, like they still had their Christmas stuff up and so the Christmas tree had this big little like snowflake hanged on it and it like literally flew off, like it was like all the way across the room or something like that.

00:33:53.814 --> 00:33:57.770
It flew off, yeah, and it was so crazy.

00:33:57.770 --> 00:33:59.534
That is crazy, right, yeah.

00:33:59.826 --> 00:34:03.067
We'll probably keep seeing things like that and more and more.

00:34:03.067 --> 00:34:05.816
Then we'll be like, okay, you're just making yourself known.

00:34:05.836 --> 00:34:07.300
Okay, dad, we understand.

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:25.246
Yeah, well, that's why I always try and teach you guys like dad is not here physically and we miss that, but you can always, he's there he can hear, you can ask him questions like give, ask him to give you little signs, or you know he's always there to give you that love, you know and okay.

00:34:25.246 --> 00:34:29.458
So I think we kind of covered this a little bit.

00:34:29.458 --> 00:34:33.193
But what was one thing that really helped your heart on hard days?

00:34:33.454 --> 00:34:34.436
Definitely my dog.

00:34:34.456 --> 00:34:34.878
Your dog.

00:34:34.878 --> 00:34:36.833
What would be the second runner-up?

00:34:39.045 --> 00:34:41.954
Cold plunging was always my favorite because I loved the water.

00:34:41.954 --> 00:34:52.856
My dad did too, so I would go in the water and I remember we were going to the princess and that's where we went the first time when we moved here.

00:34:52.856 --> 00:34:54.750
Wonderful place.

00:34:54.750 --> 00:35:10.498
We went there for Christmas and I remember after Rosebud passed we went there um, just me and my mom and um, when we went there, like it was so magical too.

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:14.264
It was amazing yeah, it is so magical.

00:35:14.264 --> 00:35:27.668
I remember the first year removed here, first Christmas, and I was okay, it's just the well, my mom had been here and just the four of us and I knew the first of everything like first Thanksgiving, first Christmas.

00:35:27.668 --> 00:35:37.818
Everything at first was so hard and I just wanted to just kind of not be so much in a busyness like fill up our house with so many people to avoid the feel.

00:35:37.818 --> 00:35:40.704
So I actually didn't plan a lot of things for Christmas.

00:35:40.704 --> 00:35:49.820
I just knew to just be with us to just move through all the emotions we were gonna feel and then, but I would, I do remember planning going one day.

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:57.585
Somebody had told me about the princess, the Christmas princess, and it's exactly what we all needed because it was so beautiful the light.

00:35:57.905 --> 00:36:00.512
It's so magical and I think we all needed that.

00:36:00.934 --> 00:36:01.815
Yeah, the ice rink.

00:36:01.815 --> 00:36:26.949
I remember my favorite like, if, like, there was not like an ice rink I, it was just that feeling of alaska, yeah, like, oh, my friend grayson, in alaska, they, she was so nice um her, um Her grandma, or her aunt, her aunt, yeah, she bought her house, yes, and she still lets me go in the house whenever I'm there.

00:36:26.949 --> 00:36:29.036
She's like, oh, come and see the house.

00:36:29.036 --> 00:36:30.179
She's still okay.

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:32.530
So this is so nice that she did this.

00:36:32.530 --> 00:36:34.112
What's her name?

00:36:34.132 --> 00:36:35.896
Oh, that bought our house.

00:36:35.896 --> 00:36:36.478
I forget.

00:36:37.744 --> 00:37:10.342
Laura is a gracious mom, but I forget, I forget, I forget, but that's okay it is very nice that they allow you and then when I heard that you went back to her home because I haven't been back, I was like wow, how that must have felt like to walk through her home it's so cool because I can see they still have my room is still there because they have two boys and they took Mateus's room and so, um, I went and I saw my room and I still have my little like book nook.

00:37:10.342 --> 00:37:15.907
I only had that for a little bit because my mom was too scared to put like the ladder because she didn't want me to fall off.

00:37:15.927 --> 00:37:22.048
Well, you guys were really little yeah, yeah, and that was really high, yeah, it was so high, it was like up, like way up there.

00:37:22.429 --> 00:37:38.438
So my dad, I would ask him I would bring a little bell and he would lift me up there and I would push myself up there and when I wanted to get down because I couldn't by myself, I would ring the little bell and he would come and be like, yes, my dear, come down.

00:37:38.438 --> 00:37:42.086
And he would bring me down and I felt like a little princess that's so sweet.

00:37:42.186 --> 00:37:51.333
I think isn't that important that you can go back to our home, and I think I love being able to go back to the dental office and seeing how it hasn't changed.

00:37:51.373 --> 00:37:58.266
We still see all the staff they're like family up there and then like it's so fun because like I still get to go behind the desk.

00:38:00.090 --> 00:38:04.711
I know that was one thing you asked oh my gosh, now that we sold there, we're still allowed to go behind the desk, and why?

00:38:04.711 --> 00:38:07.188
I know it's like if we're not allowed to go, I don't know.

00:38:07.188 --> 00:38:09.416
But yeah, I love that.

00:38:09.416 --> 00:38:26.246
Those things we can still go back and those memories that brought us so much, memories that we can still go back when we're reading the question one more time, yeah yeah, well, I think you you answered it, but I'll ask um what?

00:38:26.306 --> 00:38:26.807
okay, we talk.

00:38:26.807 --> 00:38:29.958
A lot of you had talked about cold plunging, how that's really healing that you do love water, I mean you can cold plunge.

00:38:29.958 --> 00:38:30.780
So well, we go to reconnect my body.

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:33.371
I was like now I have to remember the story again, okay.

00:38:33.371 --> 00:38:46.494
Um, so we were going there and the pool is like freezing cold and I'm like going in there with my bathing suit and I think I stayed in there for like Mateus was like watching me.

00:38:46.494 --> 00:39:00.885
Well, he came out for a little bit and he set the timer for like 30 minutes or 25 minutes and I stayed in there for like at least 25 minutes and my grandma was always like, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, you might get like frostbite or something.

00:39:00.885 --> 00:39:04.110
But I was like no, it's not that cold.

00:39:04.110 --> 00:39:13.414
And so I was swimming around and and I was just playing, but every time I swam, like I moved, it was like getting colder and colder.

00:39:13.554 --> 00:39:28.188
But, um, so I would go in there and I was in there for like 30 minutes and we come out and by the time it was like 7, 30 or 8 and we were going to the princess that night, so I would have to stay awake, but it was like 7, 30 or 8 or something.

00:39:28.188 --> 00:39:29.610
I was tapped out.

00:39:29.610 --> 00:39:30.914
I was so tired.

00:39:31.295 --> 00:39:42.367
Yes, but I feel like when you've got lots of emotions, like being in the water, the water can give you it like, takes those like emotions and like brings back like yeah, you can kind of release something to the water, that's.

00:39:42.367 --> 00:39:47.728
You know, you've been holding on and I feel like water is very therapeutic for you, absolutely.

00:39:47.728 --> 00:40:02.802
Now, how do you manage your grief now, like when you have these thoughts of dad that are kind of heavy and sad, like, or rosebud, rosebud and dad, what, what, how, what do you do now?

00:40:03.021 --> 00:40:05.226
I, the water, still water, still.

00:40:05.226 --> 00:40:06.329
It's always the water.

00:40:06.329 --> 00:40:10.327
I haven't been in the water in a little bit because we were just in the ocean.

00:40:10.347 --> 00:40:13.414
Well, yes, I love the ocean, the ocean is my favorite.

00:40:13.454 --> 00:40:15.806
When I was little, used to talk to the ocean.

00:40:16.927 --> 00:40:20.996
I used to be like, actually the days after we had lost out because we were in Maui.

00:40:20.996 --> 00:40:24.449
I remember you walking the beaches at nighttime.

00:40:24.449 --> 00:40:29.018
We'd walk and walk the beach and you would sing to the ocean.

00:40:29.646 --> 00:40:44.090
You'd sing, and I always see that right now you sing, and I think singing is also a great outlet for you, great for me, because it's like my grandma has a little microphone and it's just like this.

00:40:44.090 --> 00:40:54.293
It's like I go in there and I play songs on the TV so I can read the lyrics, but it doesn't have like somebody singing in it and I just sing.

00:40:54.293 --> 00:40:59.376
And then Maplewood comes to me and is like what are you doing?

00:40:59.376 --> 00:41:02.132
But then I would sing.

00:41:03.144 --> 00:41:07.115
You know what I love too that we keep celebrating dad.

00:41:07.115 --> 00:41:16.114
Right, we celebrate his birthday, we celebrate, we even, you know, honor him the day he passed every year and then at Christmas we just put a little setting for him.

00:41:16.114 --> 00:41:19.668
You know, definitely still have pictures of him Keeping him alive.

00:41:19.728 --> 00:41:36.635
I think is is important for you guys to normalize being able to talk about him right and I think you are very good at telling other people about him and sharing stories, and I think that's important right every person I know it's like first time, like first time we see them.

00:41:36.675 --> 00:41:42.708
It's always like, oh yeah, and my dad like blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, yeah, like it's good that you feel comfortable about it.

00:41:42.768 --> 00:41:46.257
Yeah, like art and art like art is always like.

00:41:46.257 --> 00:41:53.027
It's just that free space that we get, it's like recess, but like we get to talk to each other, that's good.

00:41:53.027 --> 00:41:59.396
And you got you get to talk to people that you like don't like usually talk to like.

00:41:59.396 --> 00:42:20.702
It's always like two boys and two girls are like the opposite or something like that, and it's always you get to like talk to somebody that you don't know that well, that's good and then it's like you know things about other people and you laugh and, yeah, it's hard to be able to talk so you are very good at communicating.

00:42:20.722 --> 00:42:24.371
I think it's important to be able to talk to others about your dad.

00:42:24.371 --> 00:42:25.675
I think that's very healing.

00:42:25.675 --> 00:42:34.867
So now I want you to look at this camera and I want you to pretend you're talking to, uh, an eight-year-old girl that has just lost her dad.

00:42:34.867 --> 00:42:43.331
Okay, and I want you to tell to her and they just lost someone they love what would you want them to know about?

00:42:43.331 --> 00:42:50.155
Grief, healing, god, or just a message that you would tell her?

00:42:51.085 --> 00:43:09.880
Well, just to know that you're not alone, because there's many other people that I don't even know and you don't want to push yourself under the rock or that feeling where you're just like no, I have to like be so busy that, like you're just like you can't focus on it.

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:11.610
You need to like with me.

00:43:11.610 --> 00:43:12.815
I want to be busy.

00:43:12.815 --> 00:43:26.833
I don't want to pay attention to everything, but now, like that's the thing, but now, like that's the thing, I always listen to like music that's more like where I can just like it's more like pumped up music and stuff like that.

00:43:27.333 --> 00:43:34.798
But when I listen to that music that's more calming, all my thoughts rush through my head.

00:43:34.798 --> 00:43:40.043
Then I can like close my eyes and like think that I'm not alone.

00:43:40.043 --> 00:43:46.208
And I know that there's many people out there that like feel alone.

00:43:46.208 --> 00:44:04.786
But just to know that like there's other kids there is so like nice, because then if I meet one of them, it's like you know the same feeling as me, so like we can talk to each other and we feel like the pain that we had.

00:44:04.786 --> 00:44:13.137
And just to know that we always are loving and to stay kind to people.

00:44:13.137 --> 00:44:16.367
And when you're sad, don't push people away.

00:44:16.367 --> 00:44:17.648
You want to invite them in.

00:44:18.289 --> 00:44:25.641
Wow, wow see, you're such a light, both of you and I'm.

00:44:25.641 --> 00:44:26.467
I.

00:44:26.467 --> 00:44:30.617
This is why I wanted you here today, because I wanted to go with your heart and look what you say.

00:44:30.617 --> 00:44:34.637
Look at what you say and the impact that you will have.

00:44:34.637 --> 00:44:57.771
You will never know how many people you'll touch, but I know you will touch many with your message, sophia, and you are such a light and I see that in you and I want you to never forget that, to trust your intuition, those little whispers, because you have a gift, you are gifted we were at the zoo like two days ago.

00:44:57.811 --> 00:45:07.666
Yeah, a few days ago a few days ago in california I was like hmm, like what they, the carts, have like little, or like the little gondolas the gondola and there's like numbers on them and they're all mixed up.

00:45:07.726 --> 00:45:14.467
it's not like it goes one, two, three, they're all mixed up and um, I was like, so what number do you think?

00:45:14.467 --> 00:45:26.137
Um, like, I think my brother said 23, but that was the one right before and I was like the first one was 13, because 13, I love 13.

00:45:26.137 --> 00:45:28.985
Some people say it's unlucky but it for me.

00:45:29.045 --> 00:45:31.492
Hey, I was born on Friday the 13th, so yeah.

00:45:32.074 --> 00:45:40.998
It's been lucky, yeah, and it's just like I was like okay, let's do 13 and 22.

00:45:40.998 --> 00:45:44.634
Because those numbers are those are my favorite numbers.

00:45:44.634 --> 00:45:49.757
I do like seven, but 13 is my favorite.

00:45:49.757 --> 00:45:53.204
And we came around and there you go it was 13.

00:45:53.264 --> 00:45:54.391
The gondola was 13.

00:45:54.391 --> 00:46:01.402
So here's I'm trying to teach my kids to manifest and to really visualize and believe their dreams.

00:46:01.402 --> 00:46:05.552
So I've been playing around with them saying, okay, let's think what number is going to come up.

00:46:05.552 --> 00:46:09.193
And then, and then I also taught her because she, she picked 13.

00:46:09.193 --> 00:46:11.360
And then she said, well, no, maybe 22.

00:46:11.360 --> 00:46:14.608
And I said, see, sophia, always go with your first pick.

00:46:15.009 --> 00:46:31.829
That's from the heart, that's those little whispers and then she got the 13, his name, um, he's with, he gives us like, um, oh, dr larry, um, the guy that like gives us the supplements, or yeah, yeah, dr larry, yeah, yeah, he is energy.

00:46:32.150 --> 00:46:37.786
Yes, he's all about energy yes because we have been dealing with like mold and parasites.

00:46:37.786 --> 00:46:41.257
So we went to see uh, this healer, and he's so amazing.

00:46:41.945 --> 00:46:42.367
Yes, his.

00:46:42.367 --> 00:46:52.016
It's like the way that he thinks, like he takes like a pen and he like makes a little noise with it and he just thinks about it and we're all energy.

00:46:52.016 --> 00:47:01.762
Yeah, he's like if I had to pick a favorite person that wasn't my mom, like it would definitely be him yeah, I need to have him on the show.

00:47:01.762 --> 00:47:03.989
Yes, I could listen to him forever.

00:47:04.110 --> 00:47:06.034
I talk to him forever when we go for appointments.

00:47:06.054 --> 00:47:13.987
It was a little long because it's like supposed to be an hour and it was like two hours but like uh, and I was like oh wait, can I record you?

00:47:14.289 --> 00:47:16.474
because I everything you know.

00:47:16.474 --> 00:47:17.516
It's like food for me.

00:47:17.516 --> 00:47:25.371
I just love the way he explained things and, as I was trying to navigate so why do we have these parasites?

00:47:25.371 --> 00:47:27.157
Why the heavy mold, the heavy?

00:47:27.157 --> 00:47:30.791
Metals so it's been a journey for us.

00:47:30.871 --> 00:47:37.610
That'd be a whole other episode and it's like a goal, like it's like my goal, like I want to try it, like to be like him.

00:47:37.610 --> 00:47:45.592
I look up to him and I can see like, oh, wow, like he's really like intuitive and he's in like he.

00:47:45.592 --> 00:47:48.139
He doesn't like care like other people say this.

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:52.369
He just knows, yes, and he knows he's not going to second guess himself.

00:47:52.369 --> 00:47:59.173
He just he's like, okay, I know this, and like he's not like, oh wait, actually it might be this number, like he just knows.

00:47:59.173 --> 00:48:00.838
Yeah, it's just so cool.

00:48:00.838 --> 00:48:02.530
Yeah, that was powerful.

00:48:02.530 --> 00:48:12.951
First time I met him I was like first I was a little nervous, I was like and then I was also really excited because I got taken out of school like an hour early, but I was nervous.

00:48:12.951 --> 00:48:16.891
And then, once we stepped in, he was like hi, and like we started talking.

00:48:16.891 --> 00:48:21.367
I like we started talking.

00:48:21.367 --> 00:48:22.289
I like I couldn't even feel that feeling.

00:48:22.289 --> 00:48:24.878
I couldn't like dig deep and be like oh here, my feeling is here, no, like it was gone.

00:48:24.898 --> 00:48:25.862
Yeah, that's so good.

00:48:25.862 --> 00:48:26.724
Now you can do that.

00:48:26.724 --> 00:48:34.086
You see, I always think those people show up for me in my kids life as little mentors that plant little seeds.

00:48:34.166 --> 00:48:36.153
I know that day you needed.

00:48:36.253 --> 00:48:42.572
He needed to plant that seed for you, even though I tell you all the time, your intuition, all the stuff, but he really saw that in you.

00:48:42.771 --> 00:48:47.748
Really like my mom always tells me, but like she's a mom like moms, like do that.

00:48:47.748 --> 00:49:02.583
It's just like what moms do, but him like telling me that when he's so into, like intuitive yeah um, it's like so cool, yeah, and I hope that made you believe in yourself even more.

00:49:02.742 --> 00:49:06.893
Yeah, right, so well, sophia, I just loved having you on here.

00:49:06.893 --> 00:49:09.257
I have no doubt it's not gonna be the last time.00:49:09.257 --> 00:49:13.197


And let's read we have a, so we have a little books.00:49:13.197 --> 00:49:22.405


Yeah, that we were gifted with stories about their dad, and this is definitely another one of our favorite it was amy amy, andrew amy pickens.00:49:22.445 --> 00:49:26.333


Yeah, amy pickens, that's yes, okay, she said when we.00:49:26.333 --> 00:49:38.094


When I moved to alaska the first time I moved into scott's house where he um andrew were living together, I moved in along with my little dog Chloe.00:49:38.094 --> 00:49:45.481


Chloe was a little 10-pound silky terrier that wasn't well-trained.00:49:45.481 --> 00:49:48.472


Oh, that's Maple right now.00:49:48.472 --> 00:49:52.393


He like oh, tell the story.00:49:52.393 --> 00:49:56.985


When you were going to the bathroom, maple came and he just was like oh, you're going to the bathroom.00:49:57.025 --> 00:49:58.010


Oh yeah, he's been peeing.00:49:58.010 --> 00:49:59.652


He's just squirting everywhere right now.00:49:59.652 --> 00:50:01.971


This is why I was very concerned about having a male dog.00:50:02.271 --> 00:50:12.507


Yes, okay, continue this story, the story, so we can follow that story at the time she was um four years old but still peed and pooped in the house.00:50:12.507 --> 00:50:16.739


She was a loyal dog to me but not friendly with most people.00:50:16.739 --> 00:50:27.255


I was nervous about bringing her along because I didn't want Scott to have to put up with her, along with Drew's two dogs that already lived there.00:50:27.255 --> 00:50:32.530


But Scott welcomed Chloe so generously he's so generous he is once again.00:50:32.530 --> 00:50:39.375


Then, the day I moved in, Drew told me that his two dogs were expecting puppies.00:50:39.375 --> 00:50:57.472


I was told I was so surprised and honestly a little frustrated that he waited until then to tell me I had no idea how to take care of a brand new baby puppy, let alone a litter of them.00:50:58.012 --> 00:51:07.896


But Drew's dogs had puppies one other time while he was living with Scott, which meant that they knew what to expect.00:51:07.896 --> 00:51:16.920


Can you believe that your dad let his two guests set of puppies live in his house?00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:21.911


That sure was a lot to ask.00:51:21.911 --> 00:51:28.692


Well, puppies came and there was nine of them.00:51:28.692 --> 00:51:29.594


Oh my gosh that's a lot.00:51:29.634 --> 00:51:31.637


Oh my gosh, that'd be so cute.00:51:31.637 --> 00:51:41.175


I watched them bring um being born in the garage of the house in a little like like pool, like one of those like plastic kiddie pools.00:51:41.175 --> 00:51:41.757


That's right.00:51:41.757 --> 00:51:43.340


There's a picture.00:51:43.340 --> 00:51:48.331


You can see the kiddie pool I know it's so cute In the back right there.00:51:48.331 --> 00:51:57.318


That meant that altogether there was 12 dogs at my dad's house.00:51:57.318 --> 00:52:03.635


That was a lot of dogs, but your dad was so easygoinggoing he didn't complain at all.00:52:03.635 --> 00:52:06.309


I think he may have even liked it.00:52:06.309 --> 00:52:13.768


The the puppies lived in our garage inside of a little baby pool for like several weeks.00:52:13.768 --> 00:52:20.014


One was so small that it had to be hand fed with a bottle.00:52:20.014 --> 00:52:22.378


Oh so cute.00:52:23.619 --> 00:52:25.846


Meanwhile, little chloe couldn't keep it together.00:52:25.846 --> 00:52:32.317


She was in a new town, a new house and living with um, these new dogs.00:52:32.317 --> 00:52:37.471


She was a little out of sort um, to say it nicely.00:52:37.471 --> 00:52:48.072


One morning we rose to find that she had pooped right in front of my dad's door and he stepped barefooted right into it.00:52:48.072 --> 00:53:01.414


When we came out of his room that day I heard him exclaim with surprise and I winked very embarrassed oh, I waited.00:53:01.414 --> 00:53:08.242


Very embarrassed and ashamed that my dog was proving to be such a bad guest at his home.00:53:08.242 --> 00:53:15.759


Scott was very kind and he didn't make me or Chloe feel bad about it.00:53:15.759 --> 00:53:28.311


The year prior had been a small litter of six puppies that drew and scott raised before they were old enough to find them them homes.00:53:28.311 --> 00:53:33.385


One night, um, the puppies had all gotten out of the garage.00:53:33.385 --> 00:53:35.630


Oh my gosh this.00:53:35.630 --> 00:53:39.840


Even though I've read the story so many times, it's still like oh my gosh, I know.00:53:39.900 --> 00:53:41.503


And it was like middle of winter.00:53:42.085 --> 00:53:45.010


Yeah, and it's like cold outside, yeah, and it's dark too.00:53:45.010 --> 00:54:19.016


Um, it was pretty dark and well, we had 50 acres, so like it's a big property, mm-hmm, and the neighbors are like pretty far, but like like, um, pretty dark, drew and dad mobilized quickly and started on a mission to find the puppies.00:54:19.016 --> 00:54:20.356


One by one.00:54:20.356 --> 00:54:30.014


They both struggled home and tired and defeated, that only one little guy was lost somewhere in cold night all by himself.00:54:30.014 --> 00:54:33.427


That's sad, I know Well.00:54:33.427 --> 00:54:45.226


To their surprise and might I say relief, the next morning the neighbor was my eye say relief.00:54:45.226 --> 00:54:48.175


The next morning the neighbor was the neighbor was on their porch with their missing little golden retriever puppy.00:54:48.175 --> 00:54:58.012


A little guy had wandered into their house that was being built next door and had curled up asleep on their wooden floor on a chilly alaskan fall night.00:54:58.012 --> 00:55:04.661


Scott and Drew were so relieved that he had survived and been found.00:55:04.661 --> 00:55:11.699


This story is one example of how caring and generous your dad was.00:55:12.661 --> 00:55:54.206


He invited his friends and 18 other dogs to live at his house, at his nice house, make all sort of messages, and he kept his smile on his face and generously in his heart and he was a very good friend and always someone you could count on to help when you needed it, amy pickens, amy pickens, that's one of my favorite stories too, I remember, because we just had bought the house but I had gone to dental hygiene school and then so Drew's like, well, I'll move in till Melissa comes back, and then Amy moved up to Alaska too, so then they were all in the house before I was, and then that was some of the stories.00:55:54.206 --> 00:55:57.873


Well, that was so pretty well, and thank you so much, sophia.00:55:57.873 --> 00:56:10.380


Yeah, and then we'll be able to take some pictures and put them out there as well to share the beautiful book that our friends had created Tish and everybody, kaiser and Kina that we miss so much.00:56:10.380 --> 00:56:14.375


I know I'll ask your friends, but okay, until next time.00:56:14.375 --> 00:56:16.425


I know I'll have you on again, all right.