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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hemmelman, Brenda via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 18, 2025 8:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jennifer Lena MLC <jlena@mlc.lib.ms.us>; lstac@omls.oregon.gov<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [lstac] Dennis' response<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s so wonderful! Thank you for sharing. <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brenda<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Thanks for the reminder to share – Madison also responded to the card –
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oh my gosh, Sarah! This is so lovely. Thank you for sharing it with me. I got super emotional just skimming through it. We're so lucky to work with all of you and I cherish this support.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Will definitely be keeping this to look at, probably every day, but on the especially tough days.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> lstac <<a href="mailto:lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov">lstac-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Lena MLC via lstac<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 18, 2025 4:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lstac@omls.oregon.gov">lstac@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] [lstac] Dennis' response<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On a brighter note, here was Dennis’ response to the card that was sent:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I think this brightened my year, not just my day! It’s been such a surreal couple of weeks, and I know I’m far from fully processing everything, but this is such a special gesture and I’m so grateful to have
this to look back on and treasure. I miss everyone so much already </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">❤</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">️</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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