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A Katie Thurston Update · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
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  Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: Hey guys, welcome to the Almost Smous podcast. Today we
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  Speaker 2: wanted to talk about Katie Thurston's wedding over the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: We're so happy for her and Jeff. This was quite
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  Speaker 2: a surprise, but we do want to acknowledge before we
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  Speaker 2: go into the wedding details that Katie did post something
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  Speaker 2: the yesterday that is disappointing news for sure. She says
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  Speaker 2: that she has that her cancer may have progressed from
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  Speaker 2: stage three to stage four because there are some spots
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  Speaker 2: on her liver. She had them biop seed yesterday Tuesday,
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  Speaker 2: and she found them on the scan last week. This
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  Speaker 2: all happened in the midst of them doing a last
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  Speaker 2: minute wedding.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, we just had an interview with Katie last week.
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  Speaker 3: I would recommend you go back and listen to that.
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  Speaker 3: Katie shares a lot of wisdom and insight and thoughts
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  Speaker 3: about this whole process so far, and also really celebrates
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  Speaker 3: her fiance now husband that we're going to talk about
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  Speaker 3: in just second, Jeff. When it comes to Katie's current situation,
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  Speaker 3: though the results are not in yet, In fact, there
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  Speaker 3: is a message that Katie put out there that e
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  Speaker 3: or that People Magazine shared about. And it's a text
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  Speaker 3: message that Katie has or a direct message. It's on
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  Speaker 3: the Booby Broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: See the Booby Broadcast. I follow it. It's on Instagram.
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  Speaker 2: You can if you go to her what profile, you'll
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  Speaker 2: be able to figure out how to subscribe to it.
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  Speaker 2: It's got fifty five thousand members and basically she texts
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  Speaker 2: you every day about how she's feeling or any tests
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  Speaker 2: or procedures that she's had done.
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  Speaker 3: The message isn't isn't long, so I'm just going to
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  Speaker 3: read through it. It says my biopsy is scheduled Friday, which
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  Speaker 3: would have been my treatment day. We now wait. She
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  Speaker 3: and I think Katie's prior referring to her doctor, she
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  Speaker 3: seemed to be leaning more on the cancer and the
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  Speaker 3: liver verse optimistic. It was nothing this would put me
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  Speaker 3: at stage four. Katie says, I'd love to hear from
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  Speaker 3: my sisters who are in stage four in terms of
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  Speaker 3: quality of life, motherhood, etc. This is the message that
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  Speaker 3: Katie shared. The results are not back yet, so we
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  Speaker 3: are waiting with Katie and this this did change her
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  Speaker 3: treatment plan that Katie went into with us last week
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  Speaker 3: and kind of what her ideal treatment plan was going
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  Speaker 3: to look like. Obviously this is now changed. This is
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  Speaker 3: just news that isn't just heavy. It's life stopping for Katie,
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  Speaker 3: but also for us who are following along in this
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  Speaker 3: journey with her, who are familiar with this journey. It's
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  Speaker 3: life stopping and it makes everybody take a step back.
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  Speaker 3: And we're taking a step back to be in support
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  Speaker 3: of Katie as she waits for the results. And I
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  Speaker 3: also just want to share a quick message and say
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  Speaker 3: it's very and Katie talked about this as well, but
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  Speaker 3: it is very kind of Katie to be so vulnerable
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  Speaker 3: and open with all of us during this experience. She
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  Speaker 3: could this is one of those we say often, you know, hey,
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  Speaker 3: you went on a Raley television show. You should be
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  Speaker 3: talking about your relationships and breakups and all that. This
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  Speaker 3: is a moment where she could easily stay quiet, but
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  Speaker 3: instead she's building a community of others who are going
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  Speaker 3: through this and herself and support. And I just want
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  Speaker 3: to say thank you to Katie for allowing us in
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  Speaker 3: and now we wait with Katie for the results.
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  Speaker 2: This is what Katie said last week about her people,
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  Speaker 2: saying that she's brave.
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  Speaker 4: But a lot of people say, like, you're so brave
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  Speaker 4: for sharing your story, and I do appreciate that gesture,
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  Speaker 4: but for me, it's also it's been it's been such
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  Speaker 4: a help for me to share my story and to
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  Speaker 4: have people who've been shared theirs. And so there's a
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  Speaker 4: lot of people who, for their own personal reasons, choose
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  Speaker 4: to battle in silence and in private, and you know
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  Speaker 4: that's their own choice. But I do find something so
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  Speaker 4: supportive of being part of a group, being part of
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  Speaker 4: a chat, anything you can find to talk to other survivors.
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  Speaker 4: It's probably been like the biggest medicine for me since
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  Speaker 4: officially coming out with the public and sharing my story.
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  Speaker 2: Actually, that People article is a little bit outdated because
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  Speaker 2: yesterday Katie was able to go get her port placement
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  Speaker 2: in and they were able to do the liver biobously
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  Speaker 2: at the same time, since the radiologist could get a
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  Speaker 2: good read, she said, with an ultrasound instead of a
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  Speaker 2: seat skin. She said, she's tired, she's nasea, she's in pain,
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  Speaker 2: she's home in resting. She's anticipating the results next week,
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  Speaker 2: but she's feeling optimistic.
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  Speaker 3: She said, we'll take a left turn here to talk
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  Speaker 3: about what happened before all this, which is this weekend
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  Speaker 3: Katie got married. We want to celebrate that here. This
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  Speaker 3: is a big deal, a very exciting time. She looked
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  Speaker 3: absolutely gorgeous. It's their pictures. If you go back through
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  Speaker 3: and look at her social media, they will make you
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  Speaker 3: smile because of the joy that is expressed on both
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  Speaker 3: of their faces. This was not talked about during our
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  Speaker 3: interview with Katie. She kept it a secret to everybody,
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  Speaker 3: which is fine, but I'm a little sad that she
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  Speaker 3: didn't talk about it here.
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  Speaker 2: I like to pretend that she actually just did it
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  Speaker 2: so spurred the moment that she planned it after our
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  Speaker 2: last Wednesday in her with her. It's been one week
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  Speaker 2: today since she talked to us, and she did an
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  Speaker 2: interview with Katie with Sarah Herron of US Weekly. Not
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  Speaker 2: our Sarah Harrin, but Sarah Harron, the reporter from US Weekly.
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  Speaker 2: She sat down with her just around the same time
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  Speaker 2: that we talked to her, and she told her that
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  Speaker 2: they had just last minute said hey, parents, come fly in.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to do a little backyard ceremony.
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  Speaker 3: Jeff and Katie. Obviously we're talked about a lot during
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  Speaker 3: our time with her, and what I picked up from
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  Speaker 3: that interview with her Ashley, is that Jeff has been
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  Speaker 3: not only an incredible support system, he did stop his
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  Speaker 3: tour that was a global tour to be with her
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  Speaker 3: during this time. As she after she first heard of
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  Speaker 3: her diagnosis and found out about her diagnosis. He is,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I'm sure plans are up in the air
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  Speaker 3: at this point. He was planning on going back on
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  Speaker 3: tour starting I think it was next week here within
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  Speaker 3: the States, and she was very supportive of that and
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  Speaker 3: excited about that. But this huge announcement that the two
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  Speaker 3: of them got married in this ceremony is just a
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  Speaker 3: beautiful moment to celebrate the two of them. As I
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  Speaker 3: said earlier, this recent news from Katie makes us all
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  Speaker 3: kind of have this life stopping moment where we take
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  Speaker 3: a step back. This is also a life stopping moment
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  Speaker 3: and one to celebrate. Because Katie Thurston is married. That
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  Speaker 3: is awesome.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we're so happy for her in this part of
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  Speaker 2: her life. She said that they are still going to
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  Speaker 2: have the big wedding that they have been imagining over
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  Speaker 2: the past few months. You and I talked to her
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  Speaker 2: about her wedding plans, and this is what she said
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  Speaker 2: last Wednesday.
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  Speaker 4: Funny enough, I was dragging my feet on wedding planning,
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  Speaker 4: you know. I was more wanting to elobe. And now
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  Speaker 4: given the diagnosis, it feels like there's something really special
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  Speaker 4: about being able to celebrate the love that Jeff and
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  Speaker 4: I have and then to be celebrating that with friends
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  Speaker 4: and family on a big, grand scale. And so my
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  Speaker 4: outlook on just even like wedding planning has shifted because
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  Speaker 4: life is so precious and you just never know what
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  Speaker 4: kind of surprises are going to come your way.
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  Speaker 2: So, like I said, she's still planning on having that
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  Speaker 2: big party blowout later this year.
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  Speaker 3: So here's where we stand now. We're waiting for the
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  Speaker 3: biops results to come back. We are in support here
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  Speaker 3: at the Almost Famous Podcast to continue to share the
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  Speaker 3: news of Katie's journey's journey with all of you because
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  Speaker 3: she has also been so open and vulnerable during her experience,
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  Speaker 3: and we will relay the messaging without any assumptions and
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  Speaker 3: guesses and wild ideas and thoughts. We will just relay
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  Speaker 3: the messages and the information that she shares with us
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  Speaker 3: publicly on social media with you. The listener here at
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  Speaker 3: the Almost Famous podcast and we will wait for that
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  Speaker 3: as kind of the Week continues. But we're also sharing
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  Speaker 3: this podcast because our original intention and still our intention,
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  Speaker 3: is to say congratulations to Jeff and Katie on a
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  Speaker 3: beautiful wedding, a beautiful relationship, a relationship that is built
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  Speaker 3: in a firm on a firm foundation, and we wish
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  Speaker 3: you many, many, many many years of love and laughter
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  Speaker 3: and life and experiences because the two of you bring
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  Speaker 3: all those things to so many.
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  Speaker 2: That was so perfectly said Ben, Katie. We're thinking about
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  Speaker 2: you and praying for you always. You got this, sending you.
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  Speaker 3: All our love till next time.
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