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- Several years ago when I was a young E5

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I went through a pretty
rough patch in my life.

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The business that I grew
up working in collapsed,

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basically lost everything and thought

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that there was no hope.

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I felt hopeless, I felt alone

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and I had a young family too.

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I had a wife, I think
two kids at the time.

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Thankfully I had some friends

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who I was close enough to

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that I could reach out to in that moment.

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And they came over to my house.

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We sat down and we talked.

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And because of their listening ear

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and their desire to walk
with me through the pain,

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I'm still here today.

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And I can still experience

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all the wonderful milestones of life.

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My daughter's sweet sixteen, anniversaries

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I've been able to have
with my wife since then

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and all the other milestones
in my family's life

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and in my own life.

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So I just really thankful for those

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who were there for me.

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(upbeat guitar music)