00:00There you go. Oh, look at all the thumbs up. Look how cute that is. Sorry, this is a little
00:05bit more informal than probably Charlie would be reacting. How sweet. I didn't know they could do that. I hate
00:11Zoom. Sorry, you guys. I just wanted to say first and foremost, my heart obviously is broken for you guys
00:20as much as it is for our family.
00:21You guys lost not only a boss, but someone that you looked up to, someone that you believed in his
00:30mission that you also, that you loved. You loved listening to his show. You loved hearing his wisdom on things.
00:41I'm sure some of you have also had very personal moments of where you sat down and had private conversations
00:49with him.
00:50I want you all to hold on to those. And I want you all to remember those so deeply. I
00:56want you to journal about them. I want you to be able to tell your kids about them. I want
01:01you to put those in your heart as why you're, why you're still here with, with the turning point USAVM,
01:07right? Because that's what we want.
01:09And like I said to our smell grew after whatever day that was, and I did the thing on TV.
01:16My days are so good on Friday. I told the team, I said, turning point USA will continue. Like my
01:25husband always wanted, and it would be bigger than ever. And we're going to honor him by doing that. We're
01:30going to stay humble.
01:32We're going to work hard because that's what he would want. And we're going to just make it grow. And
01:39we're going to keep our eyes fixed on heaven.
01:43And, you know, like even Stacy said, he's going to, he's going to find ways to speak to us. And
01:50he's going to speak to you in different ways. Every person is going to be different, but you'll get little
01:54moments where you're like, okay, Charlie, I see you.
01:56It might be here on campus. It might be in quiet moments of the night, but he's here and he's
02:03more alive than ever. And he is, he's going to guide us.
02:09And we just have to remain humble. But again, what I told the team was,
02:16I will fight like hell to make sure that all of you have a job here. I don't want anyone
02:22to think the job's in jeopardy.
02:26Because your family, if you want to, if you choose to leave, that's different. I never will. And I promise
02:33you,
02:34I will make sure that I never allow a point to where you have to leave because we cannot financially
02:39afford you.
02:42And that is, that is a promise. I want our family to stay together the best of care. Obviously circumstances,
02:51you know,
02:51things can be, there's unperceived things that might pop up here and there that we can't
02:56foresee in the future. But for right now, the way things are, I would like to remain,
02:59they are status quo. And I think that's the best thing to do. And everything else we can worry about
03:04later. But I just want to let you know that you guys are all very loved. I'm very proud of
03:08you.
03:08And Charlie would be, I mean, I think Charlie's just,
03:16I'm trying not to say that he would be, he's obviously celebrating in heaven amongst so many
03:23things, but he's so proud of all of you. And he's so proud of all of you for keeping this
03:28mission alive.
03:28And he knows that you can do it. That's why you're hired. He knows that you will be able to
03:36carry the
03:37torch and he knows that you're going to do a great job and you're going to be able to, even
03:42though
03:43things are going to be tough, honestly, the nights are the hardest. Mornings are pretty raw too.
03:48But once you're just, what I've noticed these past several days is if I didn't have the family,
03:55the Turning Point USA family with me, all those people, I would be a disaster. I mean, I would be
04:00in fetal position 24-7. But the fact that we have a continued mission to look forward to, and we
04:06have
04:06our family, it's everything. And some of you, this is your chosen family. And just rely and lean on each
04:15other. That's huge. Leaning on each other is huge because all of you were together prior to this, and
04:22we'll be together after this. And it's, and we, everything, and I told Justin, it's going to be
04:27something where everything before September 10th, any email you were working on, any project you were
04:32working on, it's not that it's irrelevant now. It's just things have changed, obviously. And the
04:39mission has gotten deeper and the mission will grow deeper. But like, I just want all of you to know,
04:44look, we will be wise stewards. We will be vigilant. We will be humble. And I just want you to
04:54know that,
04:55again, I'm with you. I'm here. I'm not going anywhere. And we're going to make sure that
05:02we honor my husband so well, that this whole world knows what his, his vision was and will be. And
05:14it's just, I feel so blessed and honored.
05:21And we will do our best to continue to make Turning Point USA the behemoth that he wanted it to
05:28be this
05:28massive thing. And it is, it is. And that's why we have to stay humble. But, you know, I just
05:34want
05:34you guys to stay in prayer. And if, if you guys do need anything, please reach out to whoever you
05:38know
05:38to reach out to and pray with one another, be there with one another, be soft with them. I'm one
05:44another. Everyone greets differently. So if someone's acting weird, don't read into that.
05:50Weddings and fuels bring out the weirdest side of people. Anyone who's been married knows that.
05:56So don't read into that. Just love on each other. And if there's anything or anyone
06:02who tries to divide your team or you, or that's just the enemy and just rebuke it and know that
06:09that was a bigger mission at hand. And again, you guys are all very loved. And I
06:14feel very honored and grateful for all of you. So I just wanted to take some time to hop on
06:20and
06:20share with you my condolences. I wish I could help all of you. But again, the fact that there's
06:27a lot of them in the office today. The fact that a lot of you guys are here in office,
06:32that's what
06:32he would do. It's a mission. He doesn't want you to just be seen on the couch alone in your
06:36room. He
06:37wants you to, obviously, I mean, we will all mourn, but he would want you to build. And so that's
06:43what
06:43we'll do. We'll have the sword in one hand. We'll have the healing in one hand. Okay. I love you
06:48all.
06:52Deep breaths. Usha, I just wanted to share this with you all. I asked her when we were on the
06:58tarmac. I said, I don't know how to get through this. And she said, you know, when you're on an
07:10airplane, and some of you have kids who will really relate to this. Others that don't, you've
07:14been on a plane with kids. So you can also relate to this. But she said, when you're on an
07:19airplane
07:20and you're 15 minutes before landing and the kids are going crazy and you have 15 minutes left on the
07:28plane and they're throwing their toys and they're screaming and you're thinking to yourself, am I
07:32going to make it through these next 15 minutes? And then the plane lands. And Usha said, you're going to
07:38make it through those next 15 minutes. And then that was 15 months. And so I just want to share
07:45that with you because it was a very private moment. But it gave me, it gave me some peace to
07:53know that
07:53we can just do this for 10 minutes at a time. So if that means at work, when you're feeling
07:57a little
07:57bit, stop, take those 15 minutes, and you'll be okay. We're all going to be okay.
08:03Wow. I love you guys. Have a great meeting. Is there anything else?
08:10So thank you. So sweet. God bless you all.
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