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We have to start just saying that our hearts are

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heavy this morning thinking about my home state of Texas.

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Obviously, there were devastating flooding and 81 people have lost

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their lives.

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Some are still missing.

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There is a a camp that my mom actually was

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a counselor at called Camp Mystic, which many of my

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friends went to.

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It sort of was a is a place that raised

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so many girls to become women.

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And it was almost like a spiritual beautiful place.

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And we know that that camp flooded.

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And I think, you know, as parents, we think about

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the horror of sending our kids to a place that

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that is supposed to be and is, you know, healing

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and fun and joyful and all the things that kids

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deserve to have and then something like this to happen.

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Yeah, I mean, as a parent, I'm sure all of

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our hearts are, are heavy and all our thoughts and

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our prayers, our wishes, you know, our fingers are crossed

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for the families, you know, that this community as well,

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you know, can overcome this together.

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This is going to be obviously it's going to be

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tough.

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But like we talked about upstairs, just as parents, a

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certain places that we send our kids and we feel

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those are the places of safety for them and the

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school and the camps because we know the growth and

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evolution that happens at these these places.

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But tragedy also occurs, and this is so unfortunate.

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My, my kids actually, I, I got dropped off at

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camp yesterday at another camp in Texas and, you know,

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putting them on the bus, saying goodbye to them.

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And I know so many parents whose kids are at

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camp or going to camp feel that way.

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Like, you know, we, we send our kids into the

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world with the faith that they can can have happy

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lives, joyful lives.

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And as adults, we know pain.

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We hope that our kids never face.

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It.

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Never face it, but you know, Texas is a resilient,

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incredible state.

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Y'all know, I'm a homesick Texan living in New York

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and it always is in my heart.

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And we know that so many of you want to

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help, are helping.

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And For more information on how you can help Texas,

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go to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief at redcross.org.

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But there's tons of people helping and and we are

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thinking of you down there and love you so much.