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Erika Kirk’s Emotional Address to the Nation After Charlie Kirk’s Assassination · America Unfiltered With James P

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  Good evening. My name is Erica Kirk.
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  Charlie Kirk is my husband. I first want to thank the local,
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  state and federal law enforcement who worked
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  tirelessly to capture my husband's assassin so that he
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  can be brought to justice. I want to thank the first
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  responders who struggled heroically.
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  Heroically. To save Charles's life and the
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  police who acted bravely to make sure that there were no other
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  victims on that terrible afternoon.
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  I want to thank the officers who have protected our Turning Point
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  USA family these past two days. And I want to thank the Turning
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  Point USA board, the COO Justin Strife, and my husband's Chief
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  of staff, the amazing Mikey McCoy for all their work in
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  these terrible days to be the stability for our family and for
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  the wider Turning Point USA family as well.
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  My heart is with every one of my husband's employees who lost a
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  friend and a mentor. I want to thank the staffers of
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  this his amazing Charlie Kirk show who helped him broadcast
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  from the studio this this chair. Every day he loved it.
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  He loved what he did. I want to thank the millions of
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  people who have shown their love for Charlie here in Phoenix,
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  across America and worldwide. I want to thank my husband's
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  dear friend, Vice President Vance, and his phenomenal wife
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  Usha for their love and support. You guys honored my husband so
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  well bringing him home. You both are.
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  Tremendous. I want to thank President Trump
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  and his incredible family for the same.
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  Mr. President, my husband loved you, and he knew that you loved
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  him too. He did.
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  Your friendship was amazing. You supported him so well, as
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  did he for you. 2 days ago my husband Charlie went to see the
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  face of his Savior and his God. Charlie always said that when he
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  was gone, he he wanted to be remembered for his courage and
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  for his faith. And one of the final
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  conversations that he had on this earth, my husband witnessed
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  for his Lord and Savior. Jesus Christ.
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  Now and for all eternity, he will stand at his Savior's side,
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  wearing the glorious crown of a martyr.
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  Charlie loved, loved. Life.
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  He loved his life, he loved America, he loved nature, which
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  helped him always bring him closer to God.
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  He loved the Chicago Cubs and my goodness did he love the Oregon
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  Ducks. Want me to say go Ducks?
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  So I have to since they play on Saturday, so go ducks.
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  But most of all, Charlie loved his children and he loved me
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  with all of his heart. And I knew that every day.
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  I knew that he made sure I knew that every day.
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  Every day he would ask me, how can I serve you better?
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  How can I be a better husband? How can I be a better father
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  every day? Every day.
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  Such a good man. He still is a good man.
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  He was the perfect father. He was the perfect husband.
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  Charlie always believed that God's design for marriage in the
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  family was absolutely amazing. And it is, it is, and it was the
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  greatest joy of his life. And over and over he would tell
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  all these young people to come in and find their future spouse,
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  become wives and husbands and parents.
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  And the reason why is because he wanted you all to experience
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  what he had and still has. He wanted everyone to bring
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  heaven into this earth through love and joy that comes from
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  raising a family. It's beautiful.
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  Charlie always said that if he ever ran for office, I know a
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  lot of you asked if he ever was going to, but privately he told
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  me if he ever did run for office that his top priority would be
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  to revive the American family. That.
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  Was his priority. One of Charlie's favorite Bible
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  verses was Ephesians 5 verse 25. Husbands, love your wives as
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  Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
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  My husband laid down his life for me, for our nation, for our
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  children. He showed the ultimate and true
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  covenantal love. I will never ever have the words
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  to describe the loss that I feel in my heart.
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  I honestly have no idea what any of this means.
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  I know that God does, but I don't.
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  But Charlie, baby, I know you do too.
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  I know you do. So does our Lord.
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  And our world is filled with evil, but our God.
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  You guys are God is so good so. Incredibly good.
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  And we know that for those who love God, all things work
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  together for good, for those who are called according to His
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  purpose. Already I have seen the
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  worldwide outpouring of love for my husband.
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  I've heard the testimonies from people my husband inspired to
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  get married, to start families, to seek out a relationship with
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  God. It's the most important, most
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  important one of all. The evil doers responsible for
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  my husband's assassination have no idea what they have done.
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  They killed Charlie because he preached a message of
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  patriotism, faith, and of God's merciful love.
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  They should all know this. If you thought that my husband's
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  mission was powerful before, you have no idea.
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  You have no idea what you just have unleashed across this
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  entire country and this world. You have no idea.
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  You have no idea the fire that you have ignited within this
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  wife. The cries of this widow will
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  echo around the world like a battle cry.
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  To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my
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  husband built will not die. It won't.
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  I refuse to let that happen. It will not die.
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  All of us will refuse to let that happen.
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  No one will ever forget my husband's name, and I will make
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  sure of it. It will become stronger, bolder,
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  louder and greater than ever. My husband's mission will not
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  end, not even for a moment. And one of Charlie's greatest
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  talents was his ability, this phenomenal ability to choose
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  great people to follow him. He could always find the ones
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  who could handle any set back. And it's almost like he knew he
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  just, he could see it in you. Even when you couldn't see it in
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  yourself, you just knew. He knew you could handle it.
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  You thought you only had 5% left and he knew you had 15.
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  He knew you were ready to go that extra mile even when you
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  didn't. He always challenged people
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  around him to work harder and to be better.
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  He never gave up. And I love knowing that one of
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  his, one of his mottos was never surrender.
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  So I want to tell you that, that we'll never surrender.
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  We never will ever, ever. Our campus tour this fall will
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  continue. There will be even more tours in
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  the years to come. America Fest here in Phoenix
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  this December will go on. It will be greater than ever.
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  The radio and podcast show that he was so proud of will go on.
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  And in a world filled with chaos, doubt and uncertainty, my
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  husband's voice will remain, and it will ring out louder and more
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  clearly than ever. And his wisdom will endure.
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  My favorite. My favorite too, but my
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  husband's favorite word in the English language was earn.
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  He would call all of you to be people of action who earn the
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  future America deserves. So to all of the young people
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  who felt inspired by my husband's faith and hard work,
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  all of you already know what Charlie would want you to do.
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  You know, you know if you're in high school or if you're in
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  college. Go find your local Turning Point
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  USA chapter. Join it.
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  Stay involved. He wants you to make a
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  difference and you can. You can.
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  The movement's not going anywhere and it will only grow
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  stronger when you join it. There isn't a chapter.
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  You can't find one, then start one.
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  There is no excuse. You can start one and as my
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  husband used to say in this room, every single day, if you
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  want to get involved, the best way you can do that is going to
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  tpusa.com. That's what he would say every
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  day from this chair, every single day.
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  I watched his show every day and he would always say, if you want
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  to get involved, go to tpusa.com.
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  If you're a pastor, join our movement at TPUSA Faith.
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  And if you're a parent, I highly recommend that you come to
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  America Fest in December. Sign up right now for that
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  because we would love to see you.
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  I would love to see you, Charlie would He'll be there.
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  He'll be there in spirit. Bring your kids, bring your
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  family. But most important of all, if
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  you aren't a member of a church, I beg you to join 1A Bible
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  believing church. Our battle is not simply a
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  political one. Above all, it is spiritual.
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  It is. Spiritual.
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  The spiritual warfare is palpable.
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  Charlie loved his Savior with all of his heart and he wanted
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  everyone of you to know him too. He wanted everyone to know that
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  if they confess, if they confess the Lord Jesus Christ who rose
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  from the dead, then they will be saved.
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  Hear me when I say this. Nobody is ever too young to know
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  the Gospel. Nobody.
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  Nobody is ever too young to get involved with saving this
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  beautiful country, this country my husband loved and still
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  loves. And nobody is ever too old
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  either. There's no age limit.
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  I know my husband is still here. He's watching over us.
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  I don't remember the last time I slept.
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  I couldn't sleep last night. And Charlie, baby, Charlie, I
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  promise I will never let your legacy die, baby.
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  I won't. I promise I'll make Turning
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  Point USA the biggest thing that this nation has ever seen.
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  I promise. Charlie, I love you.
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  I love you baby, rest in the arms of our Lord as He blankets
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  you with the words I know your heart always strives to hear.
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  Well done my good and faithful servant.
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  When I got home last night, Gigi, our daughter just ran into
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  our my arms and I talked to her and she said, Mommy, I missed
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  you. I said I miss you too baby.
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  She goes, Where's Daddy? What do you tell a three-year
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  old? She's 3.
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  I said baby daddy loves you so much.
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  Don't you worry. He's on a he's on a work trip
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  with Jesus so he can afford your blueberry budget.
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  And my goodness, am I so humbled to witness Charlie, you
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  alongside Jesus right now, doing what you always want to do,
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  baby, Making heaven crowded, right?
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  That's what it's all about, making heaven crowded.
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  I can't wait to see you again one day.
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  Thank you all again who love my husband, who supported him, who
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  wrote him an e-mail every single day during his radio show.
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  He read all of them, all of them.
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  God bless you all, and May God bless America.