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Mitch wrote letters.
Never once sent an e-mail.
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He was always there for me.
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Where are you, Mitch?
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And I loved him.
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And y'all know that.
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I loved him!
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Even though he moved to California...
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God love him,
he always came back to his roots.
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And I will miss his laugh.
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I don't have anything funny to say.
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And I don't have a funny story to tell.
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I will tell you, it wasn't easy for Mitch
to leave the military...
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and start over again in California.
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And I apologize, per se,
for my role in that deal, per se.
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And to all of you
who put this evening together...
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it has gone beautifully, and thank you.
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-Lena, it hasn't hit him yet.
-lt will. It will.
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Ladies and gentlemen...
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Hollie Baylor.
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I want you to stay awake for this,
all right?