A4C Prepper Dan： On The Road with Wild Wellness Apothecary Vlog12
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Brittany runs a little company called Wild Wellness apothecary from her home in Sussex, New Brunswick. She is a busy mom and is expecting her third child in a few months, so she needs to figure out what to do with all the extra time she has. She decided to start making her own home-based wellness products, which is why she started her business. In this episode, she talks about why it's important to use natural products and how to get them into your home.
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Hi, welcome to another edition of Prepper Dan on the road series. This time we're
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heading to Elgin, New Brunswick, where we're going to meet Brittany, our chapter leader
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from Sussex, New Brunswick. Brittany runs a little company called Wild Wellness Apothecary.
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She runs this from home. She's a busy mom expecting her third child. And Brittany is
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going to showcase some of her products. We're going to go to a cute little country store
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there where she sells some of her products. But Brittany is going to tell us a little bit
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about why it's important to use natural products that she makes herself. And there'll be links
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in the description where you can order directly from her and support her business. So let's
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head on up to Elgin, New Brunswick, where we can meet Brittany and find out all about her
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products. Thanks for joining with me today on this episode.
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Okay, so here we are for another edition of Prepper Dan. And I'm here with Brittany. Brittany
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is our chapter leader here in Sussex, New Brunswick. And Brittany's got lots of talents. So she's
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about to have a baby here in about a month. Baby number three. And Brittany also does a bit
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of a home-based business. And her business is called Wild Wellness Apothecary. So I've
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asked Brittany to share some of her products with us. And we're going to have a link in the
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description as to how you can purchase some of her products. But Brittany, what got you started
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in doing some of this business? Mostly just the fact that, you know, you come to the realization
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that most of the products that you use on a daily basis are very toxic. From your deodorant to your
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toothpaste, your hair products, they all have chemicals that are just, you know, the greatest for the body.
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A lot of carcinogenic chemicals that, you know, and just your body gets overloaded. So anyways,
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I decided to start making my own stuff for my own family. And it kind of just spiraled out into
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So tell me about foraging. I mean, there's people that are thinking, you know, you get your
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natural product, but where do you get natural products? Foraging out in the woods.
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Yes. So not only is it cheaper, but you have the stuff you're going to forage is going to be a lot
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more of high quality than what you're going to find at any store. So not only do I love being outside
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as it is, just a lot of the stuff that goes into my products, like 95% of what you see
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outside is actually healthy for you. It's edible. So I think a lot of people are kind of put off
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by the idea that, oh, well, this could be toxic or, you know, but the vast majority of stuff that's
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even growing in your backyard, like dandelions or, you know, clovers, whatever it be, they actually
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do have a lot of medicinal benefits to it and health benefits.
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I've once heard it said, there's no such thing as a weed. It's just a misplaced plant.
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Yes. Yeah. You'd be surprised. You'd be, you'd be very surprised as to how, you know, how many
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things are actually good and usable. And, you know, even if you're foraging just for food.
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Yeah. So it doesn't even just have to be medicinal, but a lot of stuff is edible as well.
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Yeah. And people live for thousands of years before shoppers drug marketing.
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Right. All right. And I'm just noticing like in this particular bottle, there's, there's
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Little rose hips. Okay. Now I collect rose hips in the fall and I dry them to make rose
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hip tea. So why don't you tell me a bit about some of the products that you have here?
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Um, so I guess we'll start with this one. This one is my sunshine serum. Um, I use this
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every for everything really. Um, it's good for your hair. It's good for your body. Um, it
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has vitamin E, jojoba oil, um, wild crafted calendula infused oil. Um, so just a lot of, especially
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when you're pregnant, it really works well for stretch marks. So, um, yeah, so this is,
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this is something that I always have on hand really. Um, just it's a very versatile product
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and it doesn't have any chemicals. It doesn't have any artificial fragrances or perfumes, which
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we know can have hundreds of different chemicals just within the bracket of fragrance or perfume.
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Um, so, so how would you use this for your hair?
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Um, I, you can use it on your scalp. You can use it at the, on the ends of your hair.
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Um, so yeah. Um, usually I do when my hair is about 60% dry and then just let it dry after
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that bone. Um, yeah, I use it on my kids. I use basically everything on my kids. That's
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why I make all this stuff because I found it really hard to find products that were safe
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for my children, even when it came to shampoo and soaps and, um, moisturizers. So that's
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kind of, that's kind of the whole part of it. Okay. Yeah. So I do stuff like diaper balms.
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Um, this one, and that's bomb B A L M not bombs, right? Cause we know what goes in diapers
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can be like bomb like. Yeah. So this is a tallow based diaper bomb. Um, all of my tallow products
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are made, um, with locally raised grass fed, uh, beef. So the process for rendering this stuff
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takes like three days just to get the tallow itself. Um, but yeah, so something like this
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where it has a zinc oxide in it. Um, it makes it really good for diaper lashes and we all
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love the pseudo cream, right? And all those nice thick creams that you get at the hospital
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or, you know, Walmart or whatever. But unfortunately those, those products are mostly petroleum based.
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Um, so that like a petroleum byproduct, which is also carcinogenic. Um, so yeah, I've decided
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to formulate one for my baby that will be here soon. Um, with stuff like local beeswax and
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then the tallow and zinc oxide. So it protects the skin. Um, and then I do tinctures. I obviously
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only have a select few here. Um, but this is my St. John's wort tincture. So this is mainly
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used for depression and anxiety. Um, it's also, um, it's also great for the kidneys and also helps
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with ADHD symptoms. So. Okay. Now would you use that straight up or do you mix that in a drink?
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I usually mix mine in a drink. I mean, you can, can take it like that, but obviously it's a little,
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um, it's a little bitter. Okay. So yeah. And so when you have bitter, um, tinctures like this,
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you can also use, I also make a lot of elixirs. So it's, it has, um, honey in it, local raw honey.
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Um, just so you get the benefits from the honey, of course, but it also goes down a little easier.
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Yeah. Spoonful honey makes the medicine go down. Yeah. And then, so this is a non-alcohol based,
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uh, tonic. So this is specifically for the respiratory system. Um, wildcrafted usnia and,
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um, and wildcrafted mullein. And so that was steeped and preserved with honey and voila. Okay. It works
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very well. Yes. Awesome. And you've got some lip balms here. Yeah. My lip balms are also made with,
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um, with local beeswax, um, and essential oils. Okay. And this one here says tangerine and, oh,
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they're both tangerine. Okay. I have a few, I guess I grabbed the wrong one. Okay. I have them in
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unscented or eucalyptus and stuff of that sort. Okay. And this is what I've been living off of.
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You've been living off of dried herbs. What do we got here? Oh, there we go. Okay. Herbal pregnancy tea.
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Yes. So nettle, raspberry, leaf, alfalfa. Yes. So first trimester, one cup per day. Second trimester,
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two cups per day. Third trimester, three cups per day. So what does this do for you now?
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So not only is it chocked full of all sorts of vitamins and minerals, um, but it also like the
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raspberry leaf, for instance, it really helps to tone the uterus. Yeah. Um, so, you know,
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just to kind of help with the ease of labor as much as you can anyways. Yeah. Um, yeah, it's,
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so it has lots of magnesium and iron, which is very important during pregnancy, um, vitamin K,
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vitamin A, B. Right. So all the vital nutrients and stuff that we need. Okay. I think we were
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finished with that. Yeah. Okay. So besides these products, do you have any of the products that
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you sell in your store? Um, yeah, you won't find them inside this store, but I have a lot,
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I have a lot of tinctures, um, during the summer and stuff. I have a lot of more dry herbs. Um,
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so you can make your own tinctures, um, teas, whatever it be. So. And you make all this stuff
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out of your home, right? I do. Yes. So do you find it difficult to do that with children around the
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head? Yeah. Very. Yeah. Very. They're, yes. They're four and almost three. So it's, um, it's a little
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chaotic. Um, but we get her done once in a while. I do what I can when I can. But at the same time,
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they're learning to do this stuff too, right? Yeah. And they, they specifically love foraging.
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So when I'm out, I always have them with me. They're always picking stuff and learning. Um,
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my four year old, he absolutely loves foraging. So he has his own little baskets and everything. So,
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yeah. So it's definitely a learning experience and then how to use the, you know, the stuff he's
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foraging and do lots of mushrooms. And yeah, yeah, it's a, it's a very good learning experience for
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the kids. Okay. So let's talk about foraging mushrooms for a second, because a lot of people
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have a fear about mushrooms and rightly so, because some, some mushrooms are, could be deadly. Uh, we have
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like two or three particular mushrooms in our yard that I know right off are, are good edibles.
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But, um, do you have a guide that you follow or what experience do you have in foraging mushroom?
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Um, I'm certainly not an expert in mushroom foraging. Um, but there are lots of good beginner
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mushrooms. So that's where I keep my scope kind of thing, especially when I'm teaching my kids.
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Um, I only want to teach them, you know, something that they could be a hundred percent sure that
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that's what they're picking. Though there is a, you know, a misconception that if you touch a
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poisonous mushroom, you're not going to die. That's obviously false. It's only if you ingest it,
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you know, you have symptoms. And there's a few really toxic ones that are quite easy to identify,
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you know, like death caps, or angel wings. So I would, if you're going to get into foraging mushrooms,
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I would highly recommend getting an actual field book. Um, so you can, specific to your area,
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of course. So when you're outside on the field, you can flip through your book and match the
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characteristics. But as I said, there's a lot of good, um, beginner mushrooms, like chanterelles and
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stuff, lobster mushrooms, which is what we usually go for. Turkey tail. Do you get turkey tail here?
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I have found some. Yeah. Um, chaga. Yeah. That's another one I have. Love chaga. I collect a lot of
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chaga. Yeah. Yeah. I have a chaga tea every day, actually. Really? I have the pot on the stove all
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the time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I've, uh, I haven't found a lot of it around here. Maybe I'm just not
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looking hard enough, but I do have, I sold out of my chaga tea. Maybe I have a couple of. Yeah.
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Yeah. Okay. And, um, so you've got a website that you've been working on. Yes. And so we're going to
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have a link to your website on the description of this video. And I know you're going to be adding
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to it, but priority right now is for you to have this baby and get that done. And, uh, you also have
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a Facebook page called wild wellness apothecary. So we'll have a link to that also in the description.
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And so you can contact Brittany at, um, probably on her website where you can order things online
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and then, uh, you can ship them to them to our customers and, uh, you'll be satisfied and be sure
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to leave a good, um, uh, a good review for Brittany. I mean, she's a young mom and she's just getting
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started with her business and we're glad to have her as part of our action for Canada team. And so I
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was glad to be able to come out today. Um, beautiful farms around this area in Elgin, New Brunswick,
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and, uh, another piece of paradise. And, uh, so pretty soon, I mean, the grass is getting green.
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So very soon here, I'm already starting to see some places where the dandelions will be up
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probably in the next, I'm going to say week or so. They'll be sprouting up. So just itching to
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grab it. I know people think dandelions are weeds, right? No, they're not. Um, there's benefits in the
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flowers and in the roots, the whole plant actually. Yeah. I'm actually going to be doing a Prepper Dan
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video on just dandelions and it'll, it'll mess your mind to think that it's that weed is beneficial
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for you. So, uh, yeah, so it's been fun to do a couple of episodes, uh, here in this area, uh, on the
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road with Prepper Dan and we're going to be doing one more in my neck of the woods in Cape Breton with,
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uh, another, uh, person that watches our channel and a local person. So Brittany, thank you so much
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for doing this and I hope you get tons of orders, but, uh, you're going to be busy having this baby.
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Yeah. So we wish you all of God's blessings with your new baby. Do you know what you're having by
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the way? Yes. A little girl, a little girl, not a big girl. No, I hope not. Yeah. All right. Well,
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uh, we pray that God will bless you and Calvin with this new addition and, uh, pray that you do very
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well on your business. Thank you very much. God bless you.