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Well , first and foremost , I'd like to 

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thank everybody for coming out . It's 

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really a great showing appreciation for 

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the kids , 

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getting 

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just a taste of being recalled and then 

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being , you know , walking the 

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deployment line and and seeing what a 

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military member goes through . I maybe 

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it could help them cope . I hope that 

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it helps them kind of understand what a 

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parent goes through because it's 

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stressful for a parent that's deploying 

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to . It's been a long time since 

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shepherd had done an event like this so 

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far . It's all been positive . This is 

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something that I hope that we keep 

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doing every year for the Children . 

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Yeah , 

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it just makes me happy . I love seeing 

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the smiles on the kids faces , running 

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around playing with different stuff , 

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but it is just 

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awesome .