When I was nine years old, my father decided to make a major change in his career.

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Like take when I was nine years old, when I had it first.

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Aside from having my tonsils removed when I was nine years old, I had successfully managed to avoid any invasive procedures. 2012 was a great year for me during which, among other accomplishments, I got to watch my daughter transform from an infant to a toddler.

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And I remember -- I think I was about nine or 10 years old -- in my village there came an American missionary lady with boxes and containers full of used clothes that she would come to my village and hand out.

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And can I just say there's one song on this album that brings tears to my eyes almost and it's called--a song called "Trees, " because my dad used to--I'm now--I'm what--nine, 10, 11, 12 years old, and he was a singer.

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"I felt like Rocky was about to get in nine rounds with the Russian, " said Aaron Decker, 20 years old, a marketing major at the University of West Georgia.

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