it was neat. and i was so excited that i reached out to kim. i mean we all have kind of been little starved for that kind of connection over the last couple of years, kim, what was going on for you at the time, and what was your reaction to seeing the lights? well, for me, i think like a lot of people, the pandemic, the isolation, trying to get kids, two teenagers, matt and i both have teenaged kid, trying to get them engaged in school, a senior in high school, going through the celebration, the college search, job stress, worrying about financial uncertainty, and on top of that, just the biochemistry and a genetic predisposition to anxiety and depression had me curled up in the basement and watching movie with my daughter as much as possible and when i got his text, we came upstairs and it literally made me look up out of the darkness, it was a touching
the critical 2022 midterm election. monica alba, nbc news, the white house. all right, now, for a story that will give you all the feels and get you in the holiday spirit, if you need some help getting there, it started with just one strand of christmas lights, that inspired an entire movement in a baltimore county neighborhood, kim hortons what home when she got a text from her neighbor matt rigs who told her to peek outside, rigs had strung from christmas lights from his home to hers, because she needed some cheering up, in the days after, it evolved into something much bigger. we re happy to have matt rigs and neighbor kim mort within us right now. good morning. thanks for joining us so bright and early. matt, we ll start you with. what a cool idea. what inspired this gesture. hi, good morning. merry christmas. what inspired the gesture, it has been such a difficult time