Honoring All Moms!

Good morning, Cadre crew. Very young age, never give up. If you start something, you finish it, you know, all those things. And, you know, I think I am where I am today because of my mom, because of my mom really guiding me and, you know, giving me direction to figure it out, to find a way to do what you need to do, you know, born and raised on a farm, you know, with second generation descendants from Germany, to see where she is and where they come, it's been outstanding. And then as far as m my wife, on Mother's Day, you talk about the rock of the family, what she does in leading our family with the grace and dignity and love that she has.

But she is a strong woman. Oh, boy. I mean, she is strong and disciplined, and, you know, our kids do not mess around with mom. There's no joke there. What she says goes. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. I'm not saying she's a running a business at home, but it is yes, mom, yes, mom, no, mom. Teaching our kids the manners that they need. You know? You know, when you talk about pushing your chips all the way in, I've pushed my chips all the way in with em to be the leader of our house and making sure that I just support in any way, shape, or form to be able to do that.

And, you know, when I miss as a father, she always picks me up as a mother, and I'm very fortunate, blessed and lucky. M has also doubled down personally on giving me the ability to dream and reach my goals, and I'm trying to give her the opportunity to do what she does best, and she, in turn, has kind of given me that same opportunity, and that same opportunity is reaching my goals and dreams to truly make the world a better place. That's why I do what I do. I really do want to. I know there's better days than some and most in most cases, but taking what my mom says and looking at the big picture, looking at the really, really big picture, am I progressing today?

Am I taking a step back? Out of the thousand things, are most of them good? Are most of them good? And where you did miss, did you make amends or do what you need to do with it? And again, I credit em and my mom for being the mothers that they are, leading their respective families. Emma's just so world class. She's in a different stratosphere. I always say I wish I was half as good as she was at my job, as she is as a teacher and an educator. And I wish I was one 10th as good as she is when it comes to our family again, just leading with such dignity, grace and love.

And I am very blessed. I'm very fortunate. I am very lucky. So, to all the mothers out there that are going to be celebrating, we wish you the best, and you've definitely earned this day, because doing what you do is hard. It is so, so, so hard. I see it every day, and my wife does it in spades. And I'm sure those respective individuals on team Cadre, or around the world, for that matter, do, do the same. So, with nothing but love, have a great day. Hope you all do. I appreciate you. Bye.