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Happy New Year 2022 from Paula Deen - Paula is reflecting on 2021 and sharing her hopes for 2022.
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- So Theresa and I,
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she's asked me if I would sit down
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and chat with her
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looking back on 2021,
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right Theresa?
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- [Theresa] This is our new year.
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So this is kind of like our.
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- Starting fresh.
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- [Theresa] Say goodbye to 2021,
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go into 2022
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and tell everyone sort of what,
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you know, your favorite thing.
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Let's start with 2021.
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What are some,
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what would you think,
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what would you consider to be some of the highs.
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- The high was moving back into our forever home.
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That was the greatest feeling,
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to know that I was back
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where Michael and I should have been all along.
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Even when we built that big house.
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I mean, we were no spring chicken.
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You know, I was like 64,
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which I didn't need all the headaches
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that came with that larger property.
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But you know what?
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We had some good years there.
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Some got some good memories,
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but this is so much more manageable.
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- [Theresa] Well another cool thing,
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kind of a,
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a good effect that came out of it
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was you got to spend a lot of time
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with three grand babies.
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- Yes! I got,
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I, Michael and I actually spent nine months
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in Bobby's guest house,
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and I said,
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"Son I so appreciate you letting us stay
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in your guest house."
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I said, "It's only going to be
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for like a few weeks."
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- [Theresa] I think you told them two months.
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- Yeah.
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- [Theresa] And then it turned out to be a year.
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- I said, eight, eight weeks,
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you know, it won't be long.
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(woman laughing)
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- [Theresa] He was a very gracious,
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he and Claudia were very gracious hosts.
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- Oh yes.
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No, they said, "Mama,
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no,
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you don't worry about it.
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You're fine."
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- [Theresa] Well you, so you,
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you won an award this year.
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- I did.
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I did,
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as,
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I don't know the exact title.
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- [Theresa] It's a Patriot award.
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- Yes, it's a Patriot award
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and it is given to people
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for their patriotism.
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So, I mean,
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that was very,
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it made me very, very proud
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because I do try to support our military folks,
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the best that I can do now.
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Um,
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- [Theresa] Which that kind of
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has led to a lot of time
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with Lee Greenwood,
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and Helping a Hero.
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- Yes, yes, yes, I love Lee Greenwood.
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He is so passionate about
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helping a hero
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and
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he instruments
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homes being built
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for some of the heroes
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that are so disabled
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that they can't move into just a regular house.
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So,
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I have a furniture,
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furniture line with,
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- [Theresa] Craftmasters.
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- Yeah, with Craftmasters.
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And so all of my furniture now is just soft.
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I don't have any wooden furniture now,
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but...
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- [Theresa] Soft means upholstered.
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- Yeah. Soft means upholstery.
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Yes.
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(woman laughing)
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Soft wood you can just put your hand through it,
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No.
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Soft furniture is just upholstery
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and which is,
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you know what we put in this house
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because we sold
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Riverbend furnished.
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So we had to kind of start over,
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you know,
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when we moved in here,
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- [Theresa] Well we lost Jamie Deen for a while too,
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but he's back.
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- Yes. Yes.
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- [Theresa] So that was another good,
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great thing.
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- Yes. Yes.
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Jamie,
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Jamie and his family moved to Athens
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and they stayed a year
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and thank goodness they came back.
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And how long have they been back now, Theresa?
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- [Theresa] Has it been almost a year?
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- [Male] Yeah, it was a year back in August.
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- Yeah, I, I thought that it'd only been a year.
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- [Theresa] Oh okay,
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so it's been longer than I was thinking.
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- Yeah, yeah, it was actually in 2020.
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Yes. So all of our chicks
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are back in Savannah,
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but I did lose one this year,
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lost my little Cari.
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Janice, she and Brian
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moved to Birmingham, Alabama
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and she is loving it.
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Sullivan is an only child.
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They only have the one son.
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And so being an only child,
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you know, they,
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they want somebody to play with them.
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And so Cari has always had to go outside the home
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to find playmates for Sullivan,
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but he is so well adjusted
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and he makes friends so quickly,
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and so easily,
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he is having a ball.
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- [Theresa] That's great.
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- He is having a ball.
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Yes. And the school system there is wonderful.
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So,
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I'm very happy for them.
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- [Theresa] So what about your,
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I know you love talking about this
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cause we talk about it every year.
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What about your resolutions for next year?
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- (woman laughing)
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- [Theresa] So what's the same?
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- Let me see what my resolution.
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(woman laughing)
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Oh yes. I remember,
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to not make a resolution.
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You know,
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because I feel like I'm setting myself up for failure,
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you know,
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if I can't make them happen,
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but I do like to start off the new year saying,
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I'm going to try to do better about this,
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whatever this is,
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whatever I've got on my mind.
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And,
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but you know,
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everybody would say I'm quitting smoking.
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And when I knew I wasn't going to be able to do it.
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So why I just looked like a big fat failure.
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So,
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you know,
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one day I just said, this is it.
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This is it.
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It's over, I'm quitting.
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And you know, once you get to that stage,
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you don't need January the first
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to motivate you,
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there.
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So,
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or I'm going to quit drinking
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or I'm going on a diet.
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First time you eat a potato,
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you think,
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well, I'm a failure.
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(woman laughing)
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And I just don't want to do that to myself.
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And I don't want anybody
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that I care about
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to do that to themselves. You know?
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- [Theresa] So what are you looking forward to
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in the new year?
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What do you want to wish everybody
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for their 2022?
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- Oh my gosh.
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I hope and pray that 2022 will be a better year
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than 2020 and 2021.
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A lot of things happened
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in 2021,
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a lot of changes.
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And I have learned one thing over the years.
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People don't like change.
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The normal,
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The average person does not like change.
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You know,
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we like for things to kind of remain the same
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Of course,
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there is some folks out there
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that thrive on change,
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but that I think the average person doesn't like change
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and we've had so many changes.
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In fact,
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having these children trying to learn virtually,
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I think that would be just a huge
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zero.
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You know,
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there's too many things that can distract them,
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to me.
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- [Theresa] Yeah.
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- So I,
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I'm concerned about
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where this year without schooling is going to show up
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in what period of their life
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is this going to show up?
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Because it will show up.
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It will show up.
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So,
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hopefully, you know,
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the kids will be back in school and learning
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and
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getting their mojo back.
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- [Theresa] So what do you want to tell everybody?
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- I want to tell everybody
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that
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I hope you have a Happy New Year.
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I hope that
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if you
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foresee a hard year
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because of health wise
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or,
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divorce
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troubling in the families,
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I hope that God will grant y'all the grace
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and the strength
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to
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hold up
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under the pressure.
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And
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I really know what I'm talking about there
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because I'm still mourning my little brother,
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Bubba.
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And,
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in 2022,
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he will have been gone from me three years.
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It's hard to believe in August,
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it will be three years.
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And,
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I keep waiting for him to walk through the door.
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I sat down a couple of days ago
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and read all the condolence cards that we got
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when Bubba passed away
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and all the wonderful things that people had
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to say about him.
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So,
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anyway,
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whatever comes your way,
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I pray that God will be right there in your pocket,
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helping you through it.
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So let's talk about something happy.
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Alright, let's see.
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You know what I wish for people?
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I wish contentment.
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I think contentment is
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so important
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to lead a good, healthy life.
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You know, being,
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being content with where you are in life,
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that can drag you down,
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you know, accepting,
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accepting things the way they are.
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- [Theresa] I think that's how you,
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the older you get,
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the more you understand that it's more important
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for you to appreciate yourself.
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- Yes.
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- [Theresa] Whatever that is,
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versus worrying about what everybody else
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has to say.
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- Yes.
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And,
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you know,
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who has this and whom has that,
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you know,
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it's just material things.
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- [Theresa] Can't take it with you when you go.
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- You can't take it with you.
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And,
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none of those things
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are going to make you as happy
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or as satisfying
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as a great relationship with your family.
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You know, that trumps all.
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- [Theresa] So 2022 is, to you and your family.
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- Love,
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peace,
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contentment,
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joy,
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happiness,
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and a lot of good cooking.
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We want to do a lot of good cooking in 2022
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because I ain't making no resolutions
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about going on a diet.
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I'll just tell you that right now.
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So I do hope y'all all have a Happy New Year
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and I send out much love
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and many wishes for best dishes.
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