I'm Tina broman from Palmer
Massachusetts and my husband is the
biggest Rachael Ray fan we're military
family my husband's a combat veteran who
served with the Marine Corps and I
served with the United States Air Force
we met in the military back in the 90s
and we've been together ever since
26 years later two beautiful kids and
we're still in love after Rick retired
from the military he became a
firefighter for the city of Springfield
after 17 years my husband retired from
the fire department not willingly
automatically he's been diagnosed with
PTSD and a traumatic brain injury from
his time in combat he wasn't diagnosed
until later my son bought his own home
and my daughters serving overseas in the
Air Force so the house was very quiet
when I retired when I was home by myself
it felt a little strange I used to work
day and night and I didn't know what to
do which reason let's go that's where
the Rachael Ray Show came in and it gave
them part of a routine I get up i watch
the news and then I watch Rachael Ray
and then I go to the store and buy the
ingredients cook her meal when people
find out that I'm a big Rachael Ray fan
it's sort of kind of giving me the hairy
eyeball being a big guy and being a
Marine and a rough tough firefighter I
wrote to the show not expecting anything
and then the unthinkable happened
Rachael called Rick hey is this Rick
yeah hang on a second let me turn off
the freaking phone
everybody else let's to say hi - this is
Rachel rate for sure you come here and
hang out with us at our show would you
like to come yeah I can't leave I'm
really hearing your voice Creek was so
excited after Rachel called him that he
couldn't even barely sleep I was in
total shock I'm so happy to be able to
thank Rachel in person because of all
the things and the joy that she's
brought into his life
I'm Rachel Ray's biggest number-one fan
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is this everything are you having so
much fun so much fun everybody's been
amazing you know I'm going to make like
a carbonara frittata but I thought it
might be nice since she one of our lucky
13 to give you something a little more
exciting since you already cook every
day I think we came up with a pretty
good one send in the gift
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so Haley it's been almost a year since
you've been home yeah yeah March she's
been away a year and that's why it took
so long to figure out how to get you
guys here so welcome home are you
surprised I am so surprised I'm so
surprised I'm shaken was it terrible to
keep the secret yes but it was easy
because I knew it would be worth it
so worth it we zeroed in is that you
were hoping to come to the show for your
anniversary right right 26 years in
December 26 years but that's not a big
enough gift for all those years so we
thought you'd like to go on to maybe go
someplace else
don't joke you might want to eat this
after I tell you what I'm gonna tell you
okay caravan tours is setting you Rick
Tina and Kaiser sorry sweetheart we have
to send you back to work and the doggy
two on a nine-day trip to California
they are getting a tour of California's
coast with stops in San Francisco wine
country Yosemite National Park and Los
Angeles thank you and it includes all of
your activities all of your
transportation and your round-trip
airfare
I mean drop the mic
it's pretty amazing thank you very much
it's way more like sitting here was ah
amazing and everything with Haley and
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