In this episode of The NonProfit Nook, host Wendy Kidd interviews Anh Nguyen, the Director of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of Missing Pieces Support Group. Anh discusses the organization's mission to support women and families experiencing pregnancy loss through curated care packages and support groups. The conversation highlights the importance of acknowledging pregnancy loss as a significant grief event and offering appropriate resources. Anh shares inspirational stories, volunteer needs, and upcoming initiatives, including meditation groups and fundraising events. Listeners are encouraged to support Missing Pieces and connect with Anh for more information.

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https://missingpiecessupportgroup.org

https://missingpiecessupportgroup.org/resources/dfw-missingpieces/

https://missingpiecessupportgroup.org/loss-support/

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00:00 Introduction and Personal Experiences with Pregnancy Loss

00:35 Welcome to The NonProfit Nook

01:22 Introducing Anh Nguyen and Missing Pieces Support Group

03:37 Support Services and Care Packages

07:42 The Importance of Awareness and Breaking the Silence

11:26 Success Stories and Personal Reflections

19:44 Challenges in Nonprofit Work

22:38 How to Get Involved with Missing Pieces

26:56 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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same time, I think also, um, on the

flip side, I've spoken to women,

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uh, who have experienced it and

it seems like their loved ones or

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their friends have have expressed,

oh, it's something you'll get over.

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It wasn't like.

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You had the baby.

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It, it's, and, and really

try to diminish that loss.

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But I think they're, they feel like

they're helping, but it's really making

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it seem like it's a diminished loss.

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And so it affects, um, you know, the

person going through it even more.

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Welcome back everybody

to The NonProfit Nook.

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Today I have with me Anh Nguyen.

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Anh is the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter

Director for Missing Pieces support

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group, where she leads outreach awareness

and community building to support

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women and families navigating the often

overlooked journey of pregnancy loss.

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Inspired by the experiences of close

friends and family, she's passionate

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about breaking the silence and

helping people feel less alone.

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Anh has over 15 years of experience as

a marketing strategist and nonprofit

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volunteer leader, and she's the

founder of Amplified Marketing, helping

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purpose-driven organizations grow through

authentic people-centered marketing.

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Welcome, Anh.

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Anh Nguyen: Thank you.

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Thank you, Wendy.

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That was a fin.

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so honored to be here

and I love the intro.

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Thank you.

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Wendy Kidd: Oh, of course.

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I, I love writing these little intros.

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It's so fun.

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Anh Nguyen: Well, you

hit the nail in the head.

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Wendy Kidd: I, I try, I try.

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And I was so excited to learn

more about Missing Pieces.

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So why don't you tell us,

like, tell us what about the

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organization, how it got started.

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Anh Nguyen: Absolutely.

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So the organization is a

little over six years old.

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It was originally founded in Houston,

so it's headquartered in the Houston

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area and founded by, uh, Jamila

Robinson, who is a dear friend of mine

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and who is also a marketing colleague.

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Um, through her own experiences of

having had miscarriages between her

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first and second child, she realized

that there were no resources for

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women who had experiences or very

little, uh, was also said about it.

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Her own doctors didn't know where to, uh,

direct her to find resources or support.

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And so with that in hand, she and a few

other women who had also experienced

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the same journeys, co-founded,

uh, Missing Pieces support group.

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She's originally a Dallas

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girl so she grew

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up in the Oak Cliff area.

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She always had a vision to expand into

the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and because

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she knew I was here, uh, living now

and, and doing my own, uh, connecting

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and networking for my own business,

she asked if I could help with outreach

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as well, and that was a an easy yes

to say, uh, to my dear friend, and

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that's how missing pieces came about.

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We support the women and families

mostly through, um, support groups.

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We have both in-person and virtual

support groups, and then through a care

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package that's been cur carefully curated

by Jamila and the co-founders, that

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includes a fantastic book that's called,

um, it's Okay That You're Not Okay.

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And it really is a great book for those

who have gone through any kind of grief

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journey, any kind of loss, not only women

who have had miscarriages or lost a child.

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I read it, started reading it

myself because of, of, uh, loss

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losses that I've had in my life.

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And I had to put it down

because it was just so emotional

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and I was like, oh my God, I

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Oh my God.

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I did feel like that.

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did feel like that.

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It's a really great book, and I really

highly recommend anyone to pick it

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up, um, who has had any type of, of

loss in their life of a loved one.

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Um, other items that are in the

the care package include a journal,

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um, a self-care like pillow.

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You, you know, you can hang on to pillows.

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And then other self-care items like sh

shower, steamers, I can't even talk.

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Calming teas and of course,

a gourmet piece of chocolate.

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Who is this

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Wendy Kidd: I mean, that

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Anh Nguyen: of chocolate for

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Wendy Kidd: all sounds amazing.

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Yeah.

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Like I take, I would take that care

kit just any day of the week, but,

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and I love the title of that book.

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That book just sounds so right on point.

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Um,

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Anh Nguyen: Yeah, it, it

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Wendy Kidd: 'cause.

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Anh Nguyen: is.

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And you're able to find

it on Amazon easily.

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and so these care packages are distributed

at the time of need through our partners,

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uh, such as OBGYN offices, women's

health centers, churches who will be

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seeing these patients, these women who

have just had undergone this experience.

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And, um, that's the bulk

of how we support women in.

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And families.

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And of course we also share a

lot of resources from other, uh,

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partner organizations, uh, or other

healthcare providers who are working

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to support the same type of community.

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So you'll find those resources

on the website as well.

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missingpiecessupportgroup.org.

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Wendy Kidd: Awesome.

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Awesome.

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So do you guys provide online

support groups or is it all

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based on where you're located at?

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Anh Nguyen: We do have online support

groups, and one of the things that we

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are improving and working on improving

this year is, um, an intake process, if

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Wendy Kidd: Mm-hmm.

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Anh Nguyen: that will really take

into consideration what is going

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on with the woman and her family.

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And um, then that way

we can help guide them.

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And we've got a fantastic intake

coordinator who is a volunteer who's

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taken on this task of making sure that

the forms all ask the right questions and

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that people feel like they are supported.

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Then a conversation is actually had via

phone or zoom some type of meeting so

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that, again, the, our constituent, the

woman that we're supporting feels like

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she is being supported and, and is guided

through what resources are available.

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Wendy Kidd: That's amazing.

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And, and how do women, I, you know,

this care package, I just love this.

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How do women sign up for that?

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Is it, are they nominated by the

healthcare professionals that are

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around them, or is this something they

can go to the website and sign up for?

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Anh Nguyen: Yeah, so both.

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So if you are a friend or family

member of someone who's, um, had a

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loss or if you've had a loss yourself,

yes, you can absolutely request a

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care package through the website.

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Uh, they're only mailed out once a

month though, I will say, you know,

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kind of share that information.

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Um, and there's no nomination process.

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It's just.

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doctor knows that they have a patient

who's undergone a miscarriage.

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They're welcome

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Welcome to share the

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with, with her, uh, at any

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Um, as I mentioned, it's, it's

really a tangible way to show that

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somebody cares at the time of need.

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And so there's no difficult, you

know, process to go through to get it.

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It's just, it's there at the offices.

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And so that's up.

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A huge piece of what I'm doing as

far as outreach is finding these

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partners, uh, who can have the care

packages at the ready at their offices.

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Wendy Kidd: Sure, sure.

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You know, I, I, this is gonna sound so

strange, but I just keep flashing back

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to, um, I don't know if you're are, but

I totally just watch TikTok for fun.

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Anh Nguyen: but I am definitely,

I go down that rabbit hole, right?

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Wendy Kidd: Absolutely.

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Have you seen the videos by Shawna

The Mom who is doing this whole skit

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with family, like she's portraying an

entire family and she's the one person,

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one actress, doing all the characters,

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Anh Nguyen: Mm-hmm.

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Wendy Kidd: and she just did

a story on pregnancy loss.

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It was just so heartbreaking to watch

that, but it was also so great to see

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somebody doing that in front of people

and saying, this is what happens.

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Anh Nguyen: Exactly.

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And and, and you know, one in

four women suffer a miscarriage.

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That's a very common

or high number, right?

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So

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah.

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Anh Nguyen: more commonly than

we think, than we perceive.

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and so I'm glad that there

are tiktoks and other people.

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And I've even seen there's a, a comedian,

an Asian comedian named JeAnhie.

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Well, her profile's called JeAnhie Weenie

on the, on TikTok and on Instagram.

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And she herself had experienced

miscarriages and she's done a

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few skits talking about it too.

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And I thought, yes, this is absolutely

what we need because it's still very

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much a taboo subject for some reason.

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Um, it, it's, know people are.

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Funny, I guess when it comes to grief and

loss and, and may not know how to help the

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person who's experienced it go through it.

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And so that may be one reason.

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Right.

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It's very, it may be an uncomfortable

situation, but at the same time, I think

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also, um, on the flip side, I've spoken

to women, uh, who have experienced

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it and it seems like their loved ones

or their friends have have expressed,

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oh, it's something you'll get over.

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It wasn't like.

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You had the baby.

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It, it's, and, and really

try to diminish that loss.

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But I think they're, they feel like

they're helping, but it's really making

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it seem like it's a diminished loss.

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And so it affects, um, you know, the

person going through it even more.

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And so there's, there's

both sides of that.

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And we're hoping to, you know, combat

that and, and make it not happen

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in the future or make it a, um.

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A much more easy

conversation, or at least a

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah.

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Anh Nguyen: can be had so

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Wendy Kidd: Mm-hmm.

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Anh Nguyen: again, women and

families feel like they're not alone.

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah.

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No, and I love that you're helping

the families too, because I think

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that's probably where we have to

start is we have to be able to talk

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to it, talk to our families about it,

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Anh Nguyen: Absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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And one of the things I'm super

proud of is that, um, last year,

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we launched a support group for the

men, for the dads and the partners.

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Wendy Kidd: Oh wow.

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Anh Nguyen: Any previously, and we

know that they're suffering too.

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Um, but, um, so that was launched.

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And so again, kind of the

same path as the women.

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There's intake and we'll figure out

what's the best path to help guide,

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um, the men and the partners through.

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And then there's some fantastic books

that we've come across as resources

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for the kids, for the siblings, if

that's something that the parents

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want to have the conversation

with the, with the kids about.

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Wendy Kidd: That's, oh, that's amazing.

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It sounds like you guys really

are approaching this from a whole

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perspective, not just very singular.

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So you, you've done a great job

of staying in touch with what

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your, I guess, clientele needs.

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Right?

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Anh Nguyen: it, right?

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It's, it's Jamila and her team,

and so I'm just along for the ride

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Wendy Kidd: I love that.

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Well, I, so I.

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Anh Nguyen: what's going on.

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Wendy Kidd: I know you're the

marketing girl, so I know you know,

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a success story or two to share,

so come on, give us a good one.

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Yeah,

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Anh Nguyen: Oh yeah.

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Um, one personally that I've had.

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Um, I participated in a nonprofit

expo, I think sometime the, the summer

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last year and, you know, had the care

packages there on the table to show.

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Um, so next time I see you, I'm

gonna bring a care package so

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you can see what it looks like.

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Wendy Kidd: love that.

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Anh Nguyen: and then you can

help us talk about it as well.

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Wendy Kidd: Yes.

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Anh Nguyen: the, the expo was held

at, um, on a university campus and

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these Two students, young women,

probably 19, 20 years old, came up to

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the table to to talk and one of them

said, I've just had a miscarriage.

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I've just experienced this.

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And I was like.

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Oh my gosh.

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You know, and just

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah.

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Anh Nguyen: to see her, to, to put,

you know, a human face to something

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that was a lived experience.

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And, uh, she goes, yeah, my, you

know, nobody takes it seriously.

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They're like, oh, you're so

young and you'll get over it.

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And I just, I said,

honey, and here you go.

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I handed her one of the care packages.

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I said, there's a book in here

I'd like you to read you, you

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know, go check out our website.

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Here's my phone number.

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Contact me if you need to.

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And to me, just seeing that one person at

this job fair, or excuse me, expo, uh, for

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nonprofits, I, I used to be in a different

world, so I keep thinking job fair.

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Um, uh.

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Was it, right?

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The whole entire morning was worth

it just to have helped one young

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woman who felt like she was alone.

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And this was exactly why

missing pieces is here.

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Um, but as I'm doing outreach and,

um, networking for missing pieces,

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it's unbelievable to me the number,

even though I know the statistic.

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Right of one in four women.

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It's still amazing to me that I have

women come up to me at these events

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saying, went through this very thing.

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And, um, to me those are not individual

success stories, but I think as a

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whole, I feel like it is a success that

we are getting out there and making

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sure that people know that they're

not alone, that there are resources.

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and so those are a couple of

things that I wanted to share.

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah, no, I, I, of

course think back to a friend of

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mine that had a miscarriage and

it was, it was a tough situation.

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Um, she worked for me at the time and

I didn't know, I personally didn't

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know how to approach it with her.

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'cause of course she

had kept me in the loop.

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And then when she told me about it, I

didn't know how she wanted to address it.

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And I, I asked her, you know, do

you consider this a miscarriage,

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you know, under this situation?

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Like, how can I help you?

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And, you know, she was so

brave face, oh, I'm fine.

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We are fine.

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Um, but you know, I, again, I

go back to the title of that

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book, it's okay to not be okay.

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Right.

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And it's okay to say that.

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And I,

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Anh Nguyen: absolutely okay to say that

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Wendy Kidd: yeah.

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Anh Nguyen: okay.

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Um, and I think that's the, what, what

you were saying is it's such, it may

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be part of how society has ingrained

it in women and us that hey, if.

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Your pregnancy didn't go full term, then

it's not really a loss or, or you know,

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that it gets diminished or you should tell

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah.

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Anh Nguyen: you're okay, but

it, it is a loss because.

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Parents are happy or excited, looking

forward to finding out the gender, looking

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forward to all the things that come with

a pregnancy and then having their child.

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And so it's loss of hopes and dreams and

it, it is absolutely a loss that should

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be honored, that should be recognized.

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And I, I love the fact that you asked

your friend, like, how can I support you?

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Right?

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How I can, how can I be here for you?

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah, I, I still feel a

little guilt that I didn't do more.

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Um, but you know, we

learn and we do better.

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Right?

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And that's just all I can do is moving

forward, do more, you know, next time

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I, I, I know Missing Pieces Support

Group and I can share that with them.

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So,

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Anh Nguyen: exist and you know,

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Wendy Kidd: yeah,

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Anh Nguyen: uh, send people.

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Wendy Kidd: absolutely.

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Anh Nguyen: I, you know, ages

ago when I was probably in my, I.

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Yeah, early thirties.

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Um, I had a friend, a good friend that

I met through, um, school and, and she

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had several miscarriages and had had

a healthy first child, and I thought.

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How is this possible?

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She had this healthy first baby and now

she's going through this and you know,

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again, like, I felt like you, I didn't

know how to support her, but I was there.

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I was like, whatever you need.

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And, and thankfully, you know, she

and her husband, she had a really

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good support system and got through it

and, you know, she tried to, to, you

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know, appropriately where there were,

you know, funny moments where she'd

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kind of bring the humor out of it.

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I was like, okay, this was back when.

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And, and you can delete this

later if you need to, but I

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will, I'll share it with you.

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I think you'll, it was back

when OJ was, was on trial and

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doing all the things right.

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This is how

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Wendy Kidd: Oh, yes, yes.

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Anh Nguyen: so she's, she tells me, and

again, I think it was her way of just

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coping with it and dealing with it too.

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She goes, oh my gosh, there was

just so much blood everywhere.

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And I was like, how the heck

did OJ get away with this?

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Wendy Kidd: Oh my.

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Anh Nguyen: I went,

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Wendy Kidd: Oh, Uhhuh.

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Anh Nguyen: you go.

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Wendy Kidd: Yep,

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Anh Nguyen: way of her dealing with it.

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Wendy Kidd: yep, yep.

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I mean, we do weird shit when

we're dealing with crap, like,

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Anh Nguyen: yeah, but that

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Wendy Kidd: yeah.

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Anh Nguyen: you know, I mean

when, when people are grieving a

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loss, we do, we do weird shit and

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah.

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Anh Nguyen: whatever weird things.

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And so, um, I think that's a huge piece

of what missing pieces is trying to help.

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Society understand as a

whole that this is a loss,

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah.

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Anh Nguyen: is something that people

grieve, like any other loss of a

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loved one, um, or a family member.

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And so I just had to share that.

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Like I said, you can edit it out, but

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Wendy Kidd: I'm keeping it.

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I think it's great.

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I think it's great.

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I, I mean, it's a perfect example, right?

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Um, and I, I love that you've put

a name to it of diminished loss.

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Like, once you say that, it makes you go,

well, of course there's no such thing as

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diminished loss, like it's still a loss.

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So I, I love that.

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I love that.

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So what, what do you wish

people understood more about

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the people you're serving?

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The families, the, the, the

women or, you know, even just

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the organization in general.

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Anh Nguyen: Yeah, well, just

understanding that we're here and,

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um, understanding that it's okay

for you not to know how to help your

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friend or your loved one as well.

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Um, just like with any other loss, uh,

when there's a death in the family or

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death of a love, when you do kind of

feel helpless, like, how do I help my

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friend or my loved one through this?

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And so it, it's, it's okay to

not know what to do, but um, just

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to know that there are resources

that you can help direct them to.

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Um, or just let them

know that you're there.

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You don't even have to say anything.

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Just know that you are silently there to,

to support with whatever um, she needs.

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And that is the big thing

for us right now is.

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Awareness that we're, we are here

and, um, we have the available

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resources for anyone who needs it.

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Wendy Kidd: Sure, sure.

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And I think that something to

underline for everyone is that

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statistic of one in four women.

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So please share this resource to anyone

and everyone because more than likely,

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you know, someone who has either had

it happen or might go through this.

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So absolutely.

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Anh Nguyen: And even if, if.

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You know, they had experienced

this years ago and are still

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trying to come to terms with it.

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The care package is absolutely, um,

relevant to them at this time too.

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So feel free to hop on our website

and, and request, um, a care package.

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Like I said, especially that book,

I just, I feel like it's such an

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important piece of the care package.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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There is.

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I, I don't think there is time limit.

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So, anyway, go

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Wendy Kidd: you've, you've done

nonprofit work for so long, I have

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to ask this of everybody who's

been involved in nonprofit work.

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So what do you wish people understood

about nonprofits in general?

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Anh Nguyen: Well,

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Wendy Kidd: it's a big question.

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Anh Nguyen: we, how much

time do we have left, Wendy?

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Um,

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Wendy Kidd: I.

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Anh Nguyen: the donor side?

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Is that what you were, were asking or from

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Wendy Kidd: Any perspective you

want to take it from any perspective

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that that just something that

you just want to tell people?

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I wAnha give you a platform.

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Say it.

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Anh Nguyen: Yeah,

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Wendy Kidd: Say the real thing.

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Anh Nguyen: okay, I'll be real here.

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So for

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I.

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I wish that, um.

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More nonprofit leaders would

consider themselves or look

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at themselves as a business.

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They, they have to run

like they are a business.

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There have to be SOPs.

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There have to be, I know I'm

speaking your language, Wendy.

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Wendy Kidd: Yes you are.

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Anh Nguyen: so you've, you've,

there have to be goals.

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There have to be.

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has to be a business plan, right?

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Just because you have that nonprofit

designation does not mean that

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you do not run like a business.

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How can you be successful if

you do not do these things?

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So that's the one, the standpoint.

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And then from the other point, um, one

of the biggest challenges, hurdles.

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One of my biggest pet peeves, I guess,

are board members who don't do anything.

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Board members who sit on the

board, not serve on the board.

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Right.

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Um,

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Wendy Kidd: That's a

good way of putting it.

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I'm totally stealing that.

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If you're sitting on the board

instead of serving on the board.

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Yes.

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Anh Nguyen: So, you know, they're

there and, and, and again, just from

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my own experience, because I've served

on boards, I've been a board leader.

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We have given, and I know that

many organizations are like this,

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they give their board members every

single thing they need to help

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with outreach, with being a great

ambassador, you know, helping to

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really represent the organization.

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And its crickets.

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Wendy Kidd: Yes.

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Anh Nguyen: And so

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Wendy Kidd: I think that's a number

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Anh Nguyen: yeah.

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Wendy Kidd: complaint across the board.

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No pun intended, but there you go.

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Anh Nguyen: Exactly.

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And I think that's a huge, um, just

such a, it, it, it's such a disservice

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to the nonprofit organizations

because they're so excited to have

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these board members, um, on board.

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Again, no pun intended.

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But then nothing happens.

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Nothing.

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They're not helping to

move the mission forward.

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They're not helping to move the

organization forward, and so there

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is a fine distinction between those

who want to just sit on a board and

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those who actually want to serve.

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Wendy Kidd: Absolutely.

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Oh, love that point.

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Thank you for bringing

that to the platform.

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Anh, I appreciate you.

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I am totally gonna repeat

that so many times.

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Anh Nguyen: I knew that we were

kindred spirits when we met, so.

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Wendy Kidd: I, same.

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Same.

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Um, okay, so going back to Missing

Pieces, how can others get involved?

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Give me donation requests.

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Give me volunteer opportunities.

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What, what can you give me?

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Anh Nguyen: Well here in the Dallas-Fort

Worth area, um, I would, yes, I am in

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need of, of a, an administrative, uh,

volunteer at the moment, kind of just

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to help me keep all the things in, in,

um, together all the things in place,

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Wendy Kidd: Mm-hmm.

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Anh Nguyen: because currently I am.

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You know, doing outreach and

really reaching out to partners.

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I've got things lined up for collection,

um, collection points for all the

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items that are in the care package.

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And so I need a, I need someone

to help keep all that straight.

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So if there's someone who's great

at all the administrative stuff and

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keeping, you know, task in order,

I'm in need of that volunteer.

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Uh, definitely follow us on social media.

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We are on Facebook, on LinkedIn,

on Instagram, you'll find us easily

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Missing Pieces Support Group, um,

because we'll be using that platform

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to share more information about

what's going on in Dallas Fort Worth.

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year one of my goals is to have a

fundraiser and then not a gala or anything

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foo like that, but something more fun.

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I want to put

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Wendy Kidd: a little more

practical, easier, funner.

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Yeah.

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All the things.

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Anh Nguyen: All the things.

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I want to put fun back in the

fundraising and not, uh, not have

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to, you know, be stressed about

galas and, and all those things.

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You and I have, have done all of that and

we know what a challenge those can be.

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And then definitely we are

looking to begin the in-person

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support groups later on this year.

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Um, and one of the other.

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One of our other partners, Texas

Acupuncture Institute, is going to be

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starting a meditation group as well.

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Um, next month, um, again, pay

attention to our social media.

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More of that will be out or, or sign up

to be on the email list via the website.

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More information to,

to come regarding that.

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And so it'll be a monthly meditation

for those who have experienced loss

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or their family members or loved ones.

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Um, and Victor Manuel, who is the, uh,

owner of Texas Acupuncture Institute,

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is just a fantastic person and one

of the most Zen people I've ever met.

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So I'm greatly looking forward

to this, um, support method.

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Wendy Kidd: That's fantastic.

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Okay, so how, going back to the one

you first said was the volunteer

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that you needed for the admin,

how should they reach out if

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they want to volunteer for that?

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Anh Nguyen: Oh, um, yeah,

great, great question.

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Um, they're gonna have to fill out a

volunteer form and all the things, so

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probably the first place would be to

reach out to me and then I'll direct

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them to where they, they need to go.

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Um, and so they're welcome to email

me, you, if you want to share my

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email, you know, in the notes.

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Um, or they can reach out

to me on LinkedIn as well.

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Um, and we'll go from there.

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Wendy Kidd: Okay.

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We will, we'll put your LinkedIn

profile so that if I put your email,

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you don't get spam by bots, so

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Anh Nguyen: True.

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Thank

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Wendy Kidd: do that.

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Yeah, sure.

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Anh Nguyen: Yeah.

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Wendy Kidd: Well, and you, and people

can find you in our Facebook group

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too, in our community group, so they

can also reach out to you that way.

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Yeah.

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Um, okay.

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Where should people follow

you on all the things?

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Where can they find out

more about the organization?

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So, you gave us the website address,

but go ahead and say it again.

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Anh Nguyen: missingpiecessupportgroup.org.

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Um, and then on Instagram,

on LinkedIn, on Facebook, on

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YouTube, we are missing pieces.

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Support, if I am not

mistaken on the handle.

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But if you just search for missing

pieces, support group, you'll find us.

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Wendy Kidd: Perfect.

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Perfect.

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And where do we find you

for Amplified Marketing?

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If we need help with our

organization's marketing.

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Anh Nguyen: LinkedIn.

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Um, LinkedIn is where I'm

most active for business.

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And then I do have, um, Instagram

and a LinkedIn page for my Amplified

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Marketing, um, business as well.

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So, but reach out to me personally on

LinkedIn and um, you know, happy to.

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Wendy Kidd: Awesome.

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Awesome.

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Well, great.

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Well, I'm so glad you

came and chatted today.

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Thank you for joining me.

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Anh Nguyen: Yeah, I'm, you know, it only

took a little bit of rescheduling, but

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Wendy Kidd: Yeah, we made it happen.

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We made it happen.

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Well,

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Anh Nguyen: We made it

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Wendy Kidd: awesome.

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Thanks everybody for

listening to today's episode.

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I hope you enjoyed it as much as we

did, and we will see you in the Facebook

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community group or in our next episode.

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Have a great day everybody.

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Anh Nguyen: Thanks everyone.

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Thanks, Wendy.

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