Jared Allen

You know, Christ calls us to be a light to the world, not to hide in the darkness and not to judge others, you know?

So...

I just tried to I just tried to do I just tried to live it out authentically and be who I was.

And because again, like I said, it's too hard to try to be multiple people.

You know what?

I think it's my kids right now, honestly.

And I know that's kind of generic and cheesy because we're still doing stuff with the foundation.

I got a great team that handles most of that.

um but you know right now like my kids sports my kids are in volleyball and you know they're at that pivotal point in life they're teenagers i have one teenager and one you know pre-teen right and so they're at that pivotal point in life where where decisions matter and i'm not talking about football decisions like life decisions right so you know and they're deep into sports and and i think mom and dad being present

You know, my kids are in two different clubs, so we're constantly here like we're Alabama one week in Atlanta.

We're all over the place.

Right.

But it's it's it's that being present, you know, and I think if you look and if you go really deep into it, you look at society today, there's I think a lot of the issues we have in society today because there's a gap in parents being present.

You know, and I'm not just talking about, you know, people from, you know, poor communities and that.

I mean, you look at a lot of the affluent.

I mean, my kids go to affluent school and there's a lot of unpresent parents, you know, there's a lot of, you know, and no, no disrespect to people that are, that have nannies and that are working and their career.

And I fully understand that.

But for me, and we've been blessed, you know, my wife and I decided when, you know, when we decided to have children that we were going to be ever present in our kids' lives.

Right.

And I think that's one of the greatest gifts you can give your kids.