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I've had some boo -boo to Tell Me What Happened,

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the podcast that features folks from all walks

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of life telling us one formative story from their

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childhood and how that story has impacted who

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they are today. I'm your host, Jay Rehack, and

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like you, I've had my share of childhood experiences,

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some of them great, some of them kind of painful.

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.com. All right. Today I have as my guest, Bree

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Lynn. Bree is an actor and writer from Seguin,

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Texas. You can catch her in Jordan Peele's Candyman,

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Showtime's Work in Progress, or Improvising Around

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Chicago and the Rest of the World. Welcome, Bree.

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Hi. Thanks so much for having me. Great to have

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you on the show. Listen Bri, are you ready to

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tell your story? I think so. Yes Well, I'm very

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much looking forward to it. What I'm gonna do

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is I'm gonna get out of the way I'm gonna mute

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myself. Let you tell your story and at the end

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I'm gonna ask you exactly one question. How is

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that childhood experience? Impacted who you are

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today. Take it away, Bri Awesome. Okay, I would

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like to start my story kind of a little bit before

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me, but I will start with my parents. And my

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dad is a farm boy, as he would call himself,

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from Iowa. and he moved to Seguin, Texas when

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he was about 30. And during that time, as soon

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as he moved, he met my grandpa who then introduced

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him to my mom and my brother. So my mom likes

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to say that my brother was before my dad, he

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was all dirt bikes and skateboards. And then

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my dad came along and it became horses and raising

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lambs and being on the ranch and cows. So fast

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forward a few years, I come into the world and

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my family has definitely, they are in this lifestyle

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of my brother is kind of the star rodeo person.

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And he would later grow up to be a cowboy as

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the, the textbook definition of a cowboy. And

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my dad is like right there alongside him and

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coaching him every step of the way. And every

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weekend it's a, we're going to a rodeo. even

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as I was an infant, it was my mom taking me and

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I would sit there in the little carrier. But

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as I got older, I'd be playing in the dirt and

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being in like kind of being in the thick of it

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with everyone else. Well, I guess I'm about five

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or six at this time. And I decide I or it's come

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it becomes the time of my family where it's like,

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okay, now it's Bree's turn to get into rodeo.

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So my dad was so gung -ho about this, getting

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his little girl into the same arena with him

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and on the horses. And of course my mom in the

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opposite spectrum was like so nervous because

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she was like, I don't want her to get hurt. And

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it's just kind of, you know, a small girl on

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a big horse. And we didn't have a lot of money

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growing up. It was very much, I think, I think

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they would be comfortable with me saying it was

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like a paycheck to paycheck house. So everything

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was kind of. It was very, everything was very

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thoughtful that we did when it came in terms

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of activities and what was going on in the house

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and extracurriculars. And so my dad, we saved

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up some money and we went on eBay. I think eBay

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was just coming onto the scene and my mom has

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this, she had eBay so she could buy scrapbooking

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stickers. So her name on eBay was Buy Now Scrapbook.

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I remember. And she would just get all these

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scrapbooking stickers so she could scrapbook

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for me and my brother. So we are on this Buy

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Now Scrapbooking account and we have been bidding

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on this saddle for me. I mean, it was like weeks.

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They put it on and you're like every day checking.

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You're like, who's the highest bid? Who's the

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highest bid? So weeks later, we check it and

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we won. We won the saddle. And my dad was so

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excited and I was so excited. We grew up, my

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house was a, it was a very small house and we

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grew up on about an acre of land, which isn't

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really big enough for a horse. So we would keep

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my brother's horses and our animals down the

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road at our neighbor's house. And so, and he

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lived in, his name is Steve Kaler and Steve Kaler

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lived on this huge sprawling Texas ranch. Like

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exactly what you picture in books and like in

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Lonesome Dove, you're like reading it. You're

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like, oh, that's the ranch I picture. And so

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we would go there and we drive down the road

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and, and my dad's like hilarious. which I don't,

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it's like a golf cart, basically. I don't know

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if that's like a Texas thing where everyone has

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a Polaris. So we would drive down the street

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in the Polaris and we're there with the saddle

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in the backseat. And we get there and it's like

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an August, Texas day. It's so hot. And my dad...

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and me, we put my new saddle on the horse and

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the horse, we had two horses. One was named Doocy

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and the other one was named Spanky. I don't know

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who came up with the names. I'm obviously my

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brother. I didn't have anything to do with it.

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So we put the saddle on the horse and we are

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going around the little arena that our neighbor

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has set up for me. It's a very small circular

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arena and we're going around and we're going

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around. And my dad likes to say that I kept saying,

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okay, daddy, like wait a minute. going to go

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fast? When are we going to go fast daddy?" And

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he was like, no, no, we're staying in the arena

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and then we're going to go for like a trail ride.

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And we go, so we're, we're going like super slow

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and I guess I'm, I'm really bored, I assume.

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And I'm hot. And I'm like, well, I'm hot. And

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now I'm, and we're not going fast enough. And

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I'm just like complaining the whole time. And

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then we finally get out and we go on the trail

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and it's the same thing. I'm like, when are we

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going to go fast daddy? When are we going to

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go fast daddy? And so we begin going fast. or

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not fast, but faster, right? I was like, okay,

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you can put a little speed up. So there's like

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a, are going fast and there's a, uh, desperate

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six or seven year old. There is a, like a big,

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thick rope with this big chain clasp at the end

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that they would use to like tie up the horses.

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So it's a big sturdy thing and neither of us

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saw it, I guess. So I was like going fast down

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this trail in the woods and it went and it hit

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me right in the middle of the head. And so we

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went home and my mom, of course, was like, Oh,

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this is my worst nightmare. And my dad was like,

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this is my worst nightmare. And I was okay. I

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just had a very big knot, but it would be the

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like, predecessor to like, my mom would always

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say every time I went somewhere with my dad,

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I would come back injured. Like it was like always

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something that happened where I would have some

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sort of battle scar, if you will. But all to

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say so that was our day out with our first horse

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and we you know after that I needed some time

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away of course as one would from and my dad was

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like free you know we have the saddle we've only

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used it once do you want to maybe go back out

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on the horse again and I was like I think it

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was too hot out there for me He was like, what

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do you mean? I was like, yeah, I think maybe

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riding horses is too hot for me. I don't think

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I really want to do it. And my dad goes, okay.

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And we never did it again. That was it. And we

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sold the saddle and it was, that was that. But

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I always just, I always think about that because

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it's such, it's a real jumping off point for

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the rest of my life, I think. So that's my story.

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Oh, that poor little girl getting whacked in

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the head. It hurts me to think about it. But

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oh, man. Yeah. I think we've all we've all taken

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our shots to the head every once in a while.

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But yes. And I think the idea of it being too

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hot afterwards is probably well said on your

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part. Yeah. So this the saddles use once now.

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Fast forward. Yes. How do you think that that

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particular moment impacted your life? Yeah. You

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know, I think that with I was thinking a lot

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today about what story I was going to tell, and

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I felt like I have so many little stories from

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childhood. But I picked this one because it felt

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like a very good representation of the support

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system I had throughout my childhood and always

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gave me a launch. My dad specifically, he is

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so fearless and he was always... In his eyes,

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I don't think there was anything I could never

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do. And having that and then growing up and being

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like, I'm actually interested in something completely

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different than the world that you are all in.

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And I'm going to pursue that. And they never

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batted an eye. And they were only there to help

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uplift. And so that's when I was thinking about

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what to tell, I was like, oh, I have to tell

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that. Because that is such a like, my dad was

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like, you don't want to do that? OK, what do

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we want to do? And that was kind of what we always

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did growing up. I got great respect for the man

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because the family's bidding on this saddle thinking

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you know it's like this big moment and it was

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a big moment that you wanted but I mean you know

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you're trying to and then for you to just go

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all right that's it and I I don't know your father

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but I got a feeling that he in his mind he blames

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himself for that event he probably thinks but

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for that my daughter might be in the rodeo or

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something I don't know Right. Right. I know I

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like it's so funny because I ended up going on

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and doing like FFA and 4 -H which yes and I would

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do like I raised lambs because in my head I was

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like okay I didn't do rodeo do do rodeo like

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to this is something my dad enjoys I'll do that

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and then in turn my dad was like building the

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sets for the play yeah he would like come and

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he would build all the sets for all my plays

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from when I was like in second grade until I

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graduated. I just like, I can't imagine how like,

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yeah, he his whole life thinking his daughter

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would be doing this. And then I was like, I'm

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actually going to do something so different.

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And he never once batted a knife. Like, okay,

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that's at work. This is, you know, a lot of people

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don't have that luxury. It's like they go into

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the family business, they go into something.

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And so I just felt very lucky in that regard.

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Yeah, amen to that. I think that, again, I don't

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know your family, your parents, but I have great

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respect for that. The ability to just pivot or

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whatever is to say, look, you know, she tried

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it, she's done with it, you moved on to something

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else, didn't bat an eye and started working on

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your sets, as you said, or just adjusted to your

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interests. And that's really a gift. You're right.

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I think you do have a gift. You know, you were

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given a gift for that, I should say. And it's

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probably made you a stronger person, don't you

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think? You can tell your family anything that,

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you know, you're going to do this now or you

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feel like you have you have you shifted jobs

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and careers and as time has gone on with with

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the ease or is there a sense that do you feel

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you feel like somehow that that support has really

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helped you? Yeah, as an adult. I'm sure you do.

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Yeah, I really do. I feel very like, especially

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with jobs and I think going into being an actor,

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which knowing that like maybe your day job is

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as steady as what some would hope for. But my

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parents have always been such cheerleaders of,

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oh, if that didn't work out, well, let's go to

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the thing that does work out. Like, you know,

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let's try the next thing until we find something

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that works out. And I think with me too, I always

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feel so empowered because of that to be a bit

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more critical thinker in the work that I do.

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of what is fulfilling me and sustaining me in

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that moment if that makes sense yeah yeah yeah

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well i like i don't know them but i like them

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that's all i could tell you yes they're great

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they're so great especially i mean they're from

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the small texas town and like you know they come

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to Chicago and see me do improv. And I'm like,

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you probably don't know what that they had no

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idea what that was before I started doing it

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two years or five years ago now. But it's so

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funny to come and watch the Herald and my mom

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would be like, Well, I loved when you talked

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and I was like, Well, thank you, Bri. I appreciate

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you being on the show. And I'm sort of inspired

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by your story in the sense that I've already

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raised my children, but I'd like to, I hope that

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they felt as supported as you seem to have been,

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which is fantastic. And I think everybody should

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hopefully feel what you felt in your life. But

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thank you for being on the show. Oh my gosh.

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Yes. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you.

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I really, it was so lovely. I was so looking

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forward to this all day. So thank you. All right.

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Well, that's our show. I'd like to thank our

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guest. Brie Lind, I'd also like to thank our

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sponsors, Sidelining Publishing, publishers of

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quality books, and laughsaver .com. Visit laughsaver

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.com and record your laughter. We'll keep it

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for you now and forever. I'm going to sign off

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a little differently today. In honor of Brie

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Lind, I'm going to end with Susan Salador's classic,

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The Boo Boo Blues. Until next time, this is Jay

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Reac, asking you all to stay safe out there and

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try not to hurt anybody. Let mama fix it for

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you