Who Carries Your Dream When You Hit The Road

Two truths can coexist: headlines can drown out the soul of sport, and honest stories can still cut through the noise. We open with a candid look at how the Olympics should feel—earned pride, shared sacrifice, and a country pulling together—then spotlight the moments that actually delivered. Alysa Liu’s gold, shaped by a father who fled repression for freedom. Team USA hockey honoring the Gaudreau brothers and lifting a grieving family onto the medal stage on the Miracle on Ice anniversary. The women’s team claiming gold too. That’s unity you can feel without a single talking point.

From there we zoom into the trenches where most of us live: a small business sprint to Daytona Bike Week through a full-on blizzard. The bus won’t roll, so a friend drops a near-new trailer and another brings a new truck for a predawn hookup. Customers snap up a new America 250 design—Stars, Stripes, and Straight Pipes—while a local sponsor covers fuel and partners fund the haul south. Meanwhile, checklists stack up: tires swapped, inventory pressed, flyers designed, codes set. Then the clock turns ruthless. A critical shipment slips from two-day air to five, the bank closes for weather, and the driveway must stay clear for a maybe-delivery. This is what resilience looks like off-camera.

We connect the dots: greatness is never free. Athletes and entrepreneurs draw from the same well—discipline, community, and the choice to grow through hard things. Family bears the real cost: a wife juggling work, baby, and farm; a mother flexing her schedule; friends burning vacation days to chase a dream that isn’t technically theirs and somehow absolutely is. That’s what patriotism looks like when it’s not a slogan—people making, carrying, and caring here at home. Ride with us for the goosebumps, the grit, and the reminder that pride means showing up when it’s hardest. If this story hits you, follow, share with a friend who needs the push, and leave a review so more people find the tribe.

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Pride, Propaganda, And The Olympics

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Despite the left wing propaganda train rolling on, the American spirit and loud proud American pride lives on at the US Olympic Games. And we face a deadline time crunch of our own as Loud Proud American attempts to roll on down to Florida for Daytoner Bike Week. Let me tell you something. Everybody's struggled. The difference is some people choose to go through it and some choose to grow through it. The choice is completely yours. Which one you choose will have a very profound effect on the way you live your life. What it do, what it do, what it did it do. Good loud almighty. Am I so excited to be back with you? Oh, it's true. It is damn true. Why? Because I love you. Welcome to this here podcast, sponsored by, brought to you by the fine folks at Loud Proud American, providing you that wearable American spirit on products that are exclusively made here in the US of A. Find all those products at www.loudproudamerican.shop. Welcome to this podcast that is beautifully, precisely, perfectly named ShareThe Struggle because everybody struggles. But the truth is, boys and girls, chipmunks and squirrels, when you have the courage to speak your truth to share your story, then there is strength from said story. Find all things podcast related at www.share the struggle podcast.com. Also available on all major platforms. This is episode 294. I hope y'all are looking for more. I thank you for coming back for more. I know how many of you have been tuning in week after week after week for 294 episodes. If you're one of the day ones, get your ones up. I acknowledge you. I love you and I appreciate you. If this is day one for you, then I welcome you to this podcast that is assembling a real positive tribe out spreading a real positive vibe. And speaking of spreading a positive vibe, I think I need to swoop in and share a little Olympic update. A couple weeks ago, episode 292, we highlighted the woke games, and that has continued. That streak certainly has continued, and my decision to no longer partake, participate uh in any of the Olympic stuff has um continued on. That dream for me, that you know, that rotation every two years of tuning into the Olympics and being inspired by the athletes and the stories was taken by all the nonsense freaking left-wing propaganda driving media that continues to put these athletes in positions where they have to be politicians, where they want to take the platform of the Olympics and turn it into the platform of defunding ICE and police and crapping all over our president and saying how people don't want to represent America and all this nonsense that's just robbing Americans of the opportunity to feel united, to be connected, to celebrate being American, to uh really get out and encourage each other like we used to when kids everywhere were going to the stores to get their boxes of Wheaties with where the covers were taken up by the Magnificent Seven or Michael Johnson and Michael Phelps and all these true American patriots and heroes, that unifying time and opportunity in this country has been turned into a platform of hate. And it's unfortunate to say, but I've had to look the other way. I'm not here to repeat the episode from two weeks ago. I'm just trying to set the scene so I can explain the story to let everybody know with caution, I did not watch the Olympics, I did not partake in the coverage of the Olympics, but I did see a couple of news nuggets along the way that I felt to be just a tad bit curious. For example, how about the two American athletes that were born American that decided to compete for Team China? Uh, one of them was a freestyle skier, born in San Francisco, decided to um leave and leave America and compete for Team China, representing her mother's uh heritage where her mother was raised. And also there was another born American born and raised in California that was a figure skater that surrendered her U.S. citizenship to go compete for communist China. Two Americans leaving America, choosing to represent China, being glorified in news and media for doing so, for leaving America, for giving up on their heritage, their history, their upbringing, their American roots, taking advantage of growing up American, and then choosing to represent China. You did not grow up in communist China. You had all the privileges, benefits, training, education, and freedom of growing up American, and now you're representing China. Other than just trying to get medals out of this situation, uh I don't know the benefit for China because I'm pretty sure the people of China wouldn't really be all that welcoming to this scenario. So you have that situation that's being dramatized and publicized, but what isn't really being talked about is the American born raised figure skater who decided to do what all Americans should do, represent America in the Olympics, and she goes out, young Alyssa Liu goes out to represent America, and her father who fled communist China as a young man. Think about the difference here. We have US athletes born and raised into freedom and leaving, deciding to represent communist China, that being publicized, dramatized, and put everywhere. And then you have Alyssa Liu, who her father himself left Communist China to give his daughter, potential family and children a better upbringing, to live the life of freedom, coming to America. Alyssa decides to do what all Americans wish they could do represent America in the Olympics, going on to win gold for Team USA in figure skating. I did not watch any of this. I haven't really seen any of the build-up, but I did see this on Fox News, and I did see how little is being said about her father leaving Communist China and then her having the life that so many of us take for granted, living in America. And I just think it's funny to see these girls that left America getting all the attention. Kind of kind of crazy to me. But the biggest heartfelt story of the day is one that I saw on the news today recapping the men's hockey gold medal match, which, full disclaimer, I'm not a hockey fan. I did bring my wife to one hockey game for Christmas. Uh, we went to the Bruins and then we came home and bought an English bulldog. So um I won't go to hockey games anymore. That's pretty much how that works. Well, this story about the men's US Olympic team is such a heartwarming, incredible, heart-wrenching story. You see, I don't know if anybody listening is too familiar with with hockey. I'm not a big hockey fan, but I do know the story back in 2024, I believe it was August in uh New Jersey, and uh the Goudreaux brothers, Johnny and Maddie, Johnny known to hockey fans as Johnny Hockey, they were out on a bike ride one day before being groomsman and their sister's wedding, and they were tragically killed by a drunk driver. Both brothers, Johnny 31, Maddie 29, lost their life. Both hockey stars at this time in the NHL. Also, come to find out, I believe it was Johnny, his wife was pregnant. Can you imagine? Can you imagine for a minute this horror? You're getting ready to welcome a child to the world, you're getting ready to be groomsman and your sister's wedding, and this happens. You're living and fulfilling your dream and your purpose, playing in the uh NHL. I've heard some stories that Johnny would absolutely be on the US men's hockey team, and in honor of this, the US men's hockey team has dedicated their Olympic run to the Goodrell brothers. And they commonly bring Johnny's jersey out on the ice. So you fast forward to Sunday, US vs Canada, gold medal round. The United States has not won a gold medal in hockey since 1980. The miracle on ice. Sunday just happens to be the forty-sixth year anniversary to the date, to the day, I should say, of the miracle on ice. It also happens to be the second birthday of Johnny's child. The Goodread family in attendance at the game. The US hockey team shocks Canada in overtime to win Olympic gold. The first thing they do is grab Johnny Hockey's jersey and skate around the ice with everybody losing their mind, and then they grab the Goodread children and bring them onto the medal stage to receive the medals. The gold freaking medals. I'm getting teared up right now just reading the highlights and some of the tidbits from this. If I was a hockey fan, if I lived this ride, I would be probably bawling like a little schoolgirl right now. But I'm not, but I'm still moved emotionally. I still have goosebumps, I still have tears welling up in my eyes thinking about this family, thinking about the struggle, thinking about this country, thinking about this US Olympic team defying the odds. USA has won gold in hockey three times. I believe it was 1960, 1980, and this year. So it's been seriously a long drought in between. Not only did the men's U.S. hockey team win gold, so did the women's U.S. hockey team. I don't know how often that's actually done. After the men's hockey team wins the gold, President Trump calls in to congratulate the team, to invite the team to the State of the Union address, and saying that the men's and women's hockey teams both need to come to the White House at the same time to hear one of the leaders of the hockey team accepting his medal and giving his speech and saying how proud he is to be American, how proud they are to represent this great country. That story. Those feelings, that unity, that is what you're supposed to get out of the Olympics. That is what you're supposed to get in your country for unity. There's not people on a social media timeline downplaying this event. There's not people on a social media timeline going back and forth about politics when it comes to the men's team winning a gold medal. You're not seeing screw America, they cheated. You're not seeing get those kids off the ice. You're not seeing any of this nonsense. You're seeing a unified, celebrated American victory that is heartwarming for all Americans. That is what the Olympics is all about. To hear the stories of a man who fled communist China, that did things the right way, that raised his little girl here in America, winning the gold medal in figure skating, those stories, those are the opportunities that the Olympics should provide to create a unified America, to build that loud, proud American spirit. Those opportunities exist every time the Olympics rolls around, every two years and every four years, right? You're rotating sports every four, you're getting the Olympics every two. It was always an opportunity to showcase the American spirit. It was always the opportunity to show children and adults and everyone what true discipline and dedication and determination can get you in this life when you set goals, hopes, dreams, and aspirations for yourself and you work for them. It's an inspiring time. As a child, it was great for me. It showed me you can have a dream, and it showed me if you work your ass hard enough, you can achieve that dream. I think children have been raised for years. Dream big, you can have whatever you want. They never get the disclaimer. Dream big, and you can earn whatever you want if you bust your ass to get there. Nothing worth celebrating comes without great effort, without great sacrifice. The Olympics was always an opportunity to showcase that. To highlight the American spirit and the heart and the will to compete for your dreams. And those rare stories and moments of two brothers losing their lives, and how a group of men carried their legacy all the way to the Olympics, bringing their family with them and winning them the gold. Truly amazing. We should have just spent the past few weeks celebrating these stories and these legacies day after day, but we didn't. Because we couldn't. Because the mainstream media and this left-wing propaganda bullshit took that opportunity from us. Shame on them. And unfortunately for them, and thankfully for us, we get to wake up and hear some of these amazing golden nuggets of American patriotism, hard work, and determination. Congrats and thank you to all the loyal Loud Proud Americans out there that chose to fight their ass off to represent the Red White. Gotcha. Loud Proud American is a lifestyle brand dedicated and determined to represent the American spirit with an unrelenting commitment to provide made in the USA products. If you would like to join the 2% of Americans that buy American and support American, head on over to www.looproudamerican.shop. Together, we can bring back American manufacturing. Welcome back. We're coming to you live from a Snow Globe studio where Armageddon, Blizzard Apocalypse, White Death from Above seems to be happening all around us. Outside, I don't know if wherever you're listening from, if you just survive Snow Mageddon 2026. But that's what we're up against right now. Currently, it is a white out scenario. I heard on the news today all the things it takes to have um classifications of a blizzard. So you need snow, you need 35 mile an hour of greater winds, and then you need like a lack of visibility. I think it's like a, I don't know, quarter mile for two or three hours consistently. All those ingredients come together, and then that it becomes a blizzard. We're living in a blizzard currently, and um, I don't know what it is. This morning I was watching news with the wife local news looking at what's going on here storm-wise, because we're preparing to head south to Florida, so I'm trying to see you know what we're up against. And the local news just kept saying wallop. And I said, Man, I don't know the last time I heard the word wallop. Why are they why are they hung up on saying wallop? We're really getting walloped with snow right now. Hey Tom, did you see that we're getting walloped with snow in Connecticut? Wow, New York really got walloped with snow. And then if you're talking about Maine, it's like, look at it, dear. Maine got wicked walloped all the way up here with snow. Is this where Daisy Sour Cream got dollop? Do do a dollop of Daisy. I come from a household that makes a lot of ranch dip. I apologize. Um yeah, I was like, man, this is kind of I don't know why I keep hearing the word wallop. And then I switch over to main uh mainstream national media, Fox News, and on the bottom ticker, it shows all the states that are getting walloped with snow. I couldn't believe it. Is that like a meteorologist technical term that I've been missing out on? Good old wallop. Well, whatever it means, we're getting walloped with snow deal. Man. Doesn't help, doesn't make you feel good. And um the reasons why is it appears that we're gonna be heading out into the great wide, white, unknown omageddon of uh Route 95 heading south in uh less than 24 hours from now. So that's fun. That's fun. I'm starting with this because it's the obvious, but I want to spell out what it's been like as we're preparing for Loud Proud American to hit the road, and I want to start by saying there's an adage or a saying that goes around that says to raise a child, it takes a village. I will also say to run a small business, to build a brand, it too takes a village. A very loyal, dedicated tribe, and that's what I've been seeing to get Laudrod American to Daytona Bike Week, to get Laudrod American to the cabbage patch, to extend this great brand all across this great land. It has certainly taken a very loyal tribe. Many of you listening today are a part of that great tribe. I could go on for countless boring audio details of all the people that have helped along the way. But if you're listening, you know you're part of the solution. You know you're part of the plan, you know you're part of the process that's helped us continue to live this dream. I will say this by outlining and hovering over a few things. My bus, not ready to roll, not ready to make it down south. My great friend Chris and Noah, they work on the bus. Chris said, I can get you there. Let me drop a trailer off for you. When I go to get a haircut, I come back and there's a basically brand new trailer sitting in my driveway, ready to go down south. Unbelievable. No questions asked. No um, you know, no cost, no care, no nothing. You just get there. My other great friend and brother Brian and his boy Zach, they took the southern trip with me last year. They lived through the 27 hours one way in a school bus, through the chaos, through not making nearly what we hoped for, what we dreamed for, what we shot for. They dealt with the disappointments, the ups and downs. But they did it all with a smile and had the best of times, and we made memories. And they're saddling up to do it all over again. And Brian said, I know the bus isn't rolling, but I got a brand new pickup truck just waiting for some sun. Brian's gonna be here tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. and we're gonna hook Chris's trailer up and we're gonna head south. Brian, Zach, and me back at it yet again. Getting to this point, we've released a new product. I've done pre-sales on product, I've done live sales on product, I've done email blasts on product, and y'all have listened and returned the favor by buying product to help fund the trip. The Tracy family buying product, the Day family buying product, the Balansky's buying product, the Barnes buying gift cards. So many people contributing. Toby Reynolds TLR property services is going to sponsor us a gift card, gas card to help get us south. Kyle and Julia from Underdog Metal, they have another event coming up in Florida. They need some inventory brought down south. I'm gonna take it and they're gonna pay us to take it to help fund our gas to get it there. All these things, it's all part of being creative and finding ways and solutions. Doug Stimson coming over last night buying more product, leaving a tip to help fill the gas tank. Y'all, I can't thank you enough. Each and every one of you play a major impact in us getting to where we need to get. I thank you. I thank you tremendously for all that you've done for us. And the list goes on and on. And some of the greatest impact is felt at home. Because when I leave, I'm leaving my family behind. I'm leaving my beautiful wife and my amazing beautiful daughter. I gotta say, I never thought it would be so difficult to leave home. If I stop and think about it, I get emotional and start to tear up, so I just try to dismiss it. This morning, waking up next to my wife, my baby sleeping in the crib, I turn on the news, watching the weather, and soaking up whatever last few minutes I have to relax in bed with my family. When little Paisley gets up and I'm giving her a bottle and we're watching TV together and I'm holding her and she's snuggling me, and I'm thinking, it's the last time I'm gonna get to do this for a couple of weeks. It's not easy. I never imagined before c becoming a dad that I would love it so much. I never imagined before becoming a dad that I would want to be home so much. If you know me, if you've listened to me, if you've been around me, you know the wild side that lives within me, that always wants to go, go, go, go, that always wants to see more, do more, be a part of more. I've never been so happy doing less and just being with my family. This isn't easy, but just like the stories of Olympians chasing their dreams, dreams don't come easy, they come with sacrifice. So that's what we're gonna do. And as I sacrifice time from home, my family sacrifices by picking up the weight and the load of what it is that I do from day to day. Allie's now gonna be working from home full time and taking care of the baby at the same time without the assistance from me. My mother will be here a few days of the week, so that'll help. Even my mom's schedule changes. I'm the one that brings her to work at five in the morning. Now she has to figure that out. Maybe Allie might even be getting up, waking Paisley up, getting my mom rolling and bringing her to work and coming back, and trying to put the baby back to bed, to do the farm chores, to feed the horse and the pig and the dogs, and then a clock back into work and to do all those things and to haul the hay and to plow the driveway and to load the buckets and do all the things that have to happen to feed the family, to make the meals, to drive to the appointments, to do all of those things. It's not easy. That weight gets carried by all that are around you. When you bet on yourself and you chase these dreams, that weight gets placed on everyone. My mom's workload having to take care of the baby will have to go up because I'm not around. She'll have to assist in helping helping Allie even more. All these little things, man, you think about the trickle-down effect that it plays on your family. So when you go out, when you leave the house, when you chase the dream, when you hit the road, you must really have to place an emphasis on the success that needs to happen. I think about Zach and Brian putting their lives on hold, taking time off from their, you know, consistently paying jobs, to being away from their family, to sacrificing to go out to help me chase a dream. You don't get this far in life without family like this, and this is family to me. Everybody I mentioned is family. They're not friends. They passed the friend stages a heck of a long time ago. The truth is, a lot of blood family would never be this loyal. Each and every one of you listening know that to be true about your circles and your friends and your family. You know the difference, you feel the difference, you understand what it is I'm talking about. You too have a support team around you, pulling you, pushing you, motivating you, praying and hoping and guiding you. Today's episode needs to be about all of us realizing what's around each and every one of us. And helping us to understand the obligation that it is that we carry each and every day to do the best you can possibly do for all of those around you that love and hope and dream and support you. You make up with the obligation to be the best version of you because there are people depending on you, there are people looking up to you, there are people praying for you. When I get ready for an event like this, there's this moment of clarity where I feel incredibly blessed by what's happening all around me. And in the mix of this crazy ass snow globe I'm in today, that's how I'm feeling with those things going on and that ultimate positivity building up inside of me. I think it's time to acknowledge some of the obstacles around me. So as we prepare to leave, getting ready to hit the road, going through some safety checks. I wanted to make sure that we had new tires on the trailer. Chris bought a new wheel and tire. I went out and bought a new wheel and tire, putting new tires on, getting those things done, uh, taking the other tires, having those for spares. He was trying to cross things off the list. You're you're trying to prepare for things. And I'm just saying these little tiny things as we go so you understand some of what's going on in my brain. I am stocking, restocking, re, you know, pressing and reloading inventory, changing numbers, writing tags, working on marketing plans, designing marketing flyers to use when we get there, thinking about different codes and discounts to try to drive people back to our business, back to our brand even after the event is over. All while trying to keep an eye out for new events that I'm applying for, more details to come out about another new event that we will be attending in March. All these things are happening while doing your daily things, while being part of doing the family stuff, knowing that I'm getting ready to leave. It's time to put a whole new round bale out into the field for the boy, get it out there before the snow. It's time to update all the security cameras, climb the ladder, put new batteries in the cameras, make sure the family feels safe. It's doing those little things. It's taking the advantage of a of a of a snowstorm on a Saturday to saddle up next to your wife and show her how you plow the driveway, and to sit in the passenger seat with pride as she bangs out the driveway, plows it all out, and puts one more farm feather in her cap. Not only is she a badass hauling trailers and campers and riding horses, she's now plowing driveways. You go through all those things. Then comes Sunday where we need to load the trailer. My mom takes the baby, and me and Allie go ham on loading that trailer. She's way more organized than I am. We got the master list, she's organizing, she's prioritizing, I'm loading, we're taking things out of the bus, we're putting it in the trailer, we're going back and forth, we spend all day trying to get that loaded up. We're doing laundry, you're packing clothes, you're doing all these things. I also mentioned I did a pre-sale and I launched a new design, and that seemed to go pretty well. And when I launched that design, I paid for two-day air shipping to get that design to my doorstep on Friday. So on Friday, I could get those designs, and between Friday and Saturday, I could get all those things pressed up, and then Sunday I can get the vehicle loaded up, the trailer loaded up, and then on Monday, I could do the simple stuff: print some flyers, record a couple podcasts, get things ready, and then enjoy the night with my family. So on Tuesday morning, I drop my mom off to work and I come back to the house and I meet Brian and Zach and we hit the road and we drive straight through. Because here's the other disclaimer: our original plan was to leave on Wednesday, to get to the event on Thursday, or leave on you know Tuesday night, maybe stop somewhere, sleep, take our time getting in there, set up a little bit on Thursday, finish our setup on Friday. After talking to the venue, they say that's not an option. Friday, there is no setup, your doors are open. On Thursday, you should be primarily set up, and people will start purchasing from you on Thursday. If you're building structures and hauling in trailers, you need to be here by Wednesday the latest. So that means we're leaving Tuesday and we're driving straight through the night. Go back to my shipping scenario. I order my transfers, I order my designs, they ship on time, everything's looking great. Friday afternoon, I'm looking at my watch saying, Where's my stuff? I decided to track it, and FedEx decided instead of taking that airplane to Portland, Maine, and unloading my cargo the way they always do, because I order from this company every freaking month, multiple times a month, that load got sent to New Jersey. And by doing so, that meant my package wasn't going to be here till Monday. That's great. That's great. I reached out to FedEx. Can we do anything about this? No, we can't do anything about this. I wait in a chat for a half an hour for Ivan to show up and disconnect me, for me to wait another half hour for Eric to show up and tell me, hmm, can't do nothing. Bro, I paid for two-day airshipping. You're gonna give me five days to get something here? This is ridiculous. Won't do anything for me. What about Saturday delivery? Nope, not gonna happen. What about guaranteed Monday delivery? Nope, not gonna happen. Okay, thanks. I'll go F myself. Lovely. My package arrived in Portland, Maine on Wednesday Saturday, sorry, at 423 in the morning. There's no reason that package shouldn't have come to me in the afternoon on Saturday. There's no reason why I couldn't have the opportunity to go pick the damn thing up myself. But instead, it's scheduled for Monday. And then with a great white frickin' unknown outside, the zombie winter apocalypse that's taking place. Will they deliver today? Well, Cinderella, I've been up since frickin' six refreshing my frickin' timeline to see if my package is shipped, and I was informed that it's on Brian's truck, and I should have it somewhere between 12 and 2. Right in the middle of the storm. So much for getting it by 9, and I'll be grateful to get it between 12 and 2 because I'm receiving emails, text messages, all forms of alert, okay? And one of them says by eight o'clock at night. Here's the thing, Cinderella. I got a hundred t-shirts to make. Those designs are on that truck. I gotta print front, back, and sleeve. You understand me? I got a lot to do. That's a lot of work. Getting that all done, not the easiest thing. Okay, old son? The longer you take, the longer I wait, the more difficult this shit begins to be. My wife says I create a lot of this on my own by just running with chaos and being disorganized. But I followed all correct channels to get this here in time with a slight buffer. We're now using up all of my buffer. Okay. I'm also gonna have to go out there and uh keep the driveway cleared because FedEx will drive down the road, look at it, and go, eh, not turning in there. Didn't clean it. I'll come back tomorrow. And if that's the case, I, boys and girls, am exclued. I need this design. I think it's pivotal to our mission. It's an America 250 design. Stars, stripes, and straight pipes. It is the combination of America 250 and a bike rally meshed and molded together perfectly. Two wheels, one nation. These babies are gonna sell, sell, sell. They just better get here, get here, get here before your old boy over here loses his mind out here, here, here. Wow. That's just part of what's going through me noggin, okay? Um, random things like, hey, yeah, I gotta go to the bank today and get petty cash. No, wait, you can't. You know why? We closed the bank, sent the notification on Sunday that the bank's closed because of the snowstorm. Some of you might say, You knew the snow was coming, why don't you go on Saturday? Well, how about the fact my bank doesn't even open on Saturday? Okay? No Saturday, no Sunday, now closed on Monday. You'd be gone on Tuesday long before the bank opens. Fun, fun, fun. Have a small business, they say. It'll be great, they say. Yeah. Incredible. But I think we've said it already today. Anything worth really having, appreciating, enjoying the best things in life, they don't come for nothing. They come with a lot of heart, work, sacrifice, determination, and dedication. And this week is just another shining example of that loud, proud American spirit, that surefire dedication, the unlimited determination, and the support from each and every one of you. Because of you and everybody around, because of my family, because of this positive tribe that we have, we will succeed. And I am oh so tremendously confident that this year will be so much better than last. I'm excited, I'm encouraged, I'm nervous. I'm shitting bricks. Sorry. Rocks. I'm shitting rocks. But it's all part of the process, it's all part of God's plan. With that said, I better let you go and get back to the task at hand. Thank you for supporting my American dream. And I'm gonna watch your freaking hands of the Lavage. That's it, and that's all, Biggie Smalls. If you're a Loud Proud American and you find yourself just talking more, find me on YouTube and Facebook at Loud Proud American Facebook. If you're a fan of the Grand Cracking, you want to find me on Instagram for all the kids on Tickety Talking on the Tickety Talk, you can find me on both of those at loud underscore cloud underscore America. You are enjoying what you're hearing. Background dust truckers face I truly thank you for supporting my American dream. Now go wash your fucking hands, you filthy savage.