Speaker 1: Welcome to Checking In with Michelle Williams, a production of
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Speaker 1: Every episode is amazing because as long as we are
Speaker 1: living and breathing, we have every faculty as far as
Speaker 1: our senses our concerned. I'm going to say it's another
Speaker 1: amazing episode because without certain things, I would not be
Speaker 1: able to do what I do. I wouldn't be able
Speaker 1: to be here, especially because y'all keep subscribing and downloading
Speaker 1: the episode. So I'm thankful to my Black Effect family.
Speaker 1: iHeart I am thankful for every listener. I hope y'all
Speaker 1: have been having a great summer so far. We are
Speaker 1: going into what this is pretty much the last full
Speaker 1: week of July. We are really flying into this year
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty three. I was about to say we
Speaker 1: are flying into the new year, this new year, but
Speaker 1: it ain't so new. We are seven months, almost eight
Speaker 1: months in to this year. I hope you've gotten a
Speaker 1: few things accomplished, a few goals reached, and if you haven't,
Speaker 1: it's okay. Maybe let's get some help in finding out,
Speaker 1: you know, what's been keeping you from reaching those goals.
Speaker 1: But don't feel any pressure. Remember your race is your race.
Speaker 1: Run it at your pace. But if you can be
Speaker 1: built in condition to run that race, to pick up
Speaker 1: the pace as I should say, I would say, go
Speaker 1: for it, go for it. But it is your own race.
Speaker 1: You run it how you run it. But again, if
Speaker 1: I'm the coach and if I can see that you
Speaker 1: can be conditioned to run your race at a faster pace,
Speaker 1: then that's going to be me. I'm going to be
Speaker 1: on the sidelines rooting for you. I'm going to be
Speaker 1: on the sidelines, helping, helping you get stronger, Like, no,
Speaker 1: you got this, uh uh, I know you tired, keep going,
Speaker 1: you got this all right. So again, don't feel pressure
Speaker 1: if you haven't gotten a lot done this year, but
Speaker 1: kind of figure out why, and it's okay. If you
Speaker 1: feel like, man, you've gotten lazier. Maybe you've procrastinated a
Speaker 1: little bit, or maybe there have been certain things, certain circumstances.
Speaker 1: Maybe you're going through something personal with family, a loved one,
Speaker 1: your boo thing is getting on your nerves and so
Speaker 1: that's been a distraction and you haven't been able to
Speaker 1: really complete certain tasks. But remember, I feel like distractions
Speaker 1: sometimes are distractions are sent to get you off course.
Speaker 1: Distractions are sent to get you off course. And once
Speaker 1: you can identify, wait a minute, this is a distraction
Speaker 1: that's trying to hander me from reaching this goal, you can, like,
Speaker 1: you can identify it, get rid of that distraction, at
Speaker 1: least address it. I think it's acknowledging that it's there
Speaker 1: and adjusting. Right. So I just want to encourage y'all there,
Speaker 1: you know, maybe try to figure out what's been going
Speaker 1: on that's been keeping you from reaching your goals this year,
Speaker 1: especially if it's a goal you set in twenty twenty
Speaker 1: two that you said you was going to do from
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one and you and twenty twenty two came
Speaker 1: and you didn't do it, and then you was like, well,
Speaker 1: all right, I messed up in twenty twenty two, or
Speaker 1: I didn't have the coins that I thought I was
Speaker 1: gonna have in twenty twenty two to do this. Now
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three is here and you still haven't done it,
Speaker 1: all right, So get out of your own way, all right, mother, ain'tie?
Speaker 1: So this girlfriend has spoken, all right? All right? Well,
Speaker 1: I want to just give you a play by play
Speaker 1: of my last few weeks. My birthday was Sunday, July
Speaker 1: twenty third, and I just want to thank everybody for
Speaker 1: the love, the IG stories, the tweets, the threads, the
Speaker 1: Facebook messages, the IG messages. You get so overwhelmed. I know,
Speaker 1: I get so overwhelmed because I want to repost everything,
Speaker 1: but sometimes I just get so overwhelmed, like, but at
Speaker 1: the time, I still want people to know that I
Speaker 1: saw the love that they've given me. And so yeah,
Speaker 1: that's been kind of difficult to manage, but it's all
Speaker 1: been a blessing and I saw as many messages as possible.
Speaker 1: I think my birthday is one of my favorite days
Speaker 1: because that's when you just get an influx of love
Speaker 1: and you just live and sit in all the love
Speaker 1: and it just pumps me up to keep going for
Speaker 1: the rest of the year. So I really appreciate the
Speaker 1: birthday love. All Right, So Nashville. I went to Nashville.
Speaker 1: I actually, okay, I love road trips, so I drove, Well,
Speaker 1: Nashville is about four hours for more, I live in
Speaker 1: the Georgia area, and I drove to Nashville to see
Speaker 1: Beyonce in concert. All Right, y'all. I got a new
Speaker 1: car and I wanted to put it on the road
Speaker 1: and open it up a little bit and see how
Speaker 1: fast that baby go. And she goes okay, But everybody
Speaker 1: in my life knows that I love a road trip.
Speaker 1: My sweet spot is about five hours. Now, I will
Speaker 1: drive longer, but my sweet spot is five hours again.
Speaker 1: Nashville is about four four and a half hours for me,
Speaker 1: and I got so excited. Get to Nashville and I
Speaker 1: drive my car down into the loading duck right, and
Speaker 1: everybody is loving this new car, and I think I'll
Speaker 1: show it one day, y'all. It's rare. I rarely if
Speaker 1: I show my car, you might sew the you might
Speaker 1: see the love of seats on the inside of especially
Speaker 1: if I've done an IG story or live or something.
Speaker 1: But I don't show my vehicles. I don't know why.
Speaker 1: I just know that's just me. I don't know it's
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's necessarily for safety reasons or
Speaker 1: just I don't know. That's just having been part of
Speaker 1: my brand showing what I have. But I might show
Speaker 1: this one because it's really really cool. Anyway, get to Nashville,
Speaker 1: drive down in the loading dot people are like, wait
Speaker 1: a minute, like, yes, it's me, it's me, it's big,
Speaker 1: it's me. I'm here to see the quake Bee. We're
Speaker 1: so excited. She didn't know I was coming. It was
Speaker 1: a surprise. So I got there and she's getting Uh.
Speaker 1: She's just I love, I love. I love when I
Speaker 1: get to hang with my sisters. It's just amazing. So
Speaker 1: I'm able to love on everybody. I get to love
Speaker 1: on Emily Bear, Beyonce's pianist, because she's from Rockford, Illinois,
Speaker 1: my hometown. She's got someone named Dominique that works in
Speaker 1: wigs for the dancers, and so a couple people from
Speaker 1: my hometown area. Her bass player is from the Chicago area,
Speaker 1: so I was so excited to love on some folks
Speaker 1: that are on her tour that's from my hometown area.
Speaker 1: I think that's amazing. I think that's amazing because when
Speaker 1: you think about it, Rockford is small. So I love
Speaker 1: when I see anybody from my hometown that's living their
Speaker 1: dream and doing well. Okay, y'all the show, let's get
Speaker 1: to the show. Mind blowing. I tried not to look.
Speaker 1: I even told me, I said, I don't even be
Speaker 1: trying to look at your pictures on Instagram a lot
Speaker 1: because I want to be surprised. But that is why
Speaker 1: she does all of the different outfits from day to day.
Speaker 1: You don't know what she's gonna have, so that's good.
Speaker 1: But I didn't even want to see video or pictures
Speaker 1: of the set. I just y'all. I probably said this
Speaker 1: last time I saw a show first. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I always wonder how is she gonna outdo the last one?
Speaker 1: And she always does. It was spectacular. It's spectacular, honey,
Speaker 1: it was amazing. So get to the venue and love
Speaker 1: and hug on everybody and just hang out with some
Speaker 1: friends that were also in Nashville that are there. I
Speaker 1: won't say their names because they probably don't want folks
Speaker 1: to know. I just value friendship and relationships, so it
Speaker 1: was good to see some folks that I know. I
Speaker 1: don't give too many intimate details of my time there,
Speaker 1: but y'all, y'all will know because I put it on
Speaker 1: threads that I was there and that she is absolutely unmatched.
Speaker 1: The set is amazing, her choices, the song choices, the choreography,
Speaker 1: the music, Oh and gee, it's amazing. So I think
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's called the Ace of Spades
Speaker 1: Risers with Jay and we're just and then he was like,
Speaker 1: y'all come on, So we go down to the lower
Speaker 1: area and have a closer coulduring near touch the stage,
Speaker 1: but it was the Bee High. That's it for me.
Speaker 1: We danced together, honey, we got our evert lasting lives, okay.
Speaker 1: And I was just sitting there and I was like,
Speaker 1: I want to dance. I want to dance, and so
Speaker 1: of course I got pumped up and somebody was like,
Speaker 1: go dance with them, and I hopped God help, and
Speaker 1: somebody walked me over around the gate because I was
Speaker 1: gonna hop over the gate. There's like, no, Michelle, we're
Speaker 1: not gonna hop over the gates. You're just gonna walk
Speaker 1: a few extra feet and you know, well, I'll help
Speaker 1: you get in the crowd. And so that was lovely
Speaker 1: from someone from the Parkwood staff. That made sure I
Speaker 1: was able to get my life because everybody was so free.
Speaker 1: And sometimes if you're ever in my position, you want
Speaker 1: to get free, but cameras are out and then the
Speaker 1: next thing you know, it's gonna be on somebody's page.
Speaker 1: But you just want to be free. So at that
Speaker 1: point I didn't even care about. I don't even know
Speaker 1: if somebody got footage of us dancing together and having
Speaker 1: a good time. But I also thankful that they let
Speaker 1: me come and dance with them because I was like,
Speaker 1: y'all are y'all are having way too much fun? And
Speaker 1: then I walked right on back to the area that
Speaker 1: I was at and watched the remainder of the show,
Speaker 1: which is which is just again. I don't know how
Speaker 1: she continues to outdo herself, but she does everything the
Speaker 1: lighting y'all, I'm sorry, but every element. Pay attention to everything.
Speaker 1: If you can, if you go, and if you've gone
Speaker 1: to the show, let me know your thoughts and all
Speaker 1: that good stuff. All right. Then I was able to
Speaker 1: head to Chicago, Illinois, where I was tapped to be
Speaker 1: a special guest for Beyonce's organization called Be Good Black
Speaker 1: Parade Route the Small Business Impact Luncheon. It's an invitation
Speaker 1: only event for local small business owners, so seeing that
Speaker 1: I'm from outside of Chicago, it was only right for
Speaker 1: me to go and represent and just literally love on
Speaker 1: and encourage small business owners. I was able to talk
Speaker 1: to them about success that I've had in the past,
Speaker 1: my bedding line was a seven figure betting line, the
Speaker 1: Candle Line, which is coming back. I am excited to
Speaker 1: share more about that, and just to you know, if
Speaker 1: I'm honest, you know, entertainers are pretty much self employed,
Speaker 1: you know, and so it was good to share and
Speaker 1: at the considered a small business owner, so it was
Speaker 1: good to encourage people. So I did that. That was
Speaker 1: so I got I got to Chicago Friday morning because
Speaker 1: my flight was canceled the night before. So whenever I
Speaker 1: have something in the morning or like noon ish, I
Speaker 1: like to fly in the night before because y'all, I
Speaker 1: don't like getting up early in the morning to catch
Speaker 1: a flight and then go right to work. I can't
Speaker 1: do that. Why I can do it because I did
Speaker 1: it Friday. So I was supposed to fly to Chicago
Speaker 1: Thursday night, which was the twentieth, but my flight was handled,
Speaker 1: so I had to fly in the morning of the twenty.
Speaker 1: First I had to get hair and makeup done and
Speaker 1: then go right downstairs for the luncheon, right go to
Speaker 1: the luncheon that's at twelve. Then I had a flight
Speaker 1: at like three forty five to Omaha, Nebraska. Yes, I
Speaker 1: had a speaking engagement, so I had two speaking engagements
Speaker 1: in two different cities and states. So at noon I
Speaker 1: was in Chicago and then by seven o'clock at night,
Speaker 1: I'm speaking in Omaha, Nebraska. Make it make sense. Why
Speaker 1: did I torture myself? Well, because I love what I
Speaker 1: do and I knew because it was a Since it
Speaker 1: was a speaking engagement and it wasn't performance, I was like,
Speaker 1: I can do this. It won't be too taxing on
Speaker 1: my body. I can do this. I love talking about
Speaker 1: mental health. It was an easy trip for me to do.
Speaker 1: Then I tried to get a flight back, whether it's
Speaker 1: commercial or private. I tried to get a flight back
Speaker 1: to Chicago that Friday night, because again I didn't have
Speaker 1: to want to wake up early in the morning. Well,
Speaker 1: couldn't get anything, So I had to take a six
Speaker 1: am flight back from Omaha, Nebraska to Chicago to make
Speaker 1: it in time for Beyonce's first show in Chicago. Why
Speaker 1: did I do all that? Well, my nieces and nephew
Speaker 1: and my older brother went to the show. But it
Speaker 1: was the reactions of my nieces and nephew that I
Speaker 1: wanted to see the most. Honey, they had all access,
Speaker 1: they got a list treatment. Honey, they got to park
Speaker 1: their car in the loading area, honey, where everybody else
Speaker 1: got a park in the parking garage. Okay, they were
Speaker 1: able to park where Beyonce and folks they got to park.
Speaker 1: They were parked like. So I was like, they got
Speaker 1: a little flex here, they got they got star treatment, right.
Speaker 1: It's good to have Michelle as your auntie. And they're
Speaker 1: good kids. All of them are high school graduates. One
Speaker 1: is going to be a senior in college, one is
Speaker 1: going to be a sophomore, and then one is a
Speaker 1: freshman in college. So they're doing very good. So they
Speaker 1: deserve this treatment, right. And of course my brother, my
Speaker 1: only brother, Aaron Williams, producer of a song called Love
Speaker 1: on the Destiny's Child album Destiny Fulfilled, and he has
Speaker 1: also produced for me and some of my solo work.
Speaker 1: Overall phenomenal musician. So I was excited for my brother
Speaker 1: to be there because we were both amazed at a
Speaker 1: lot of the musical choices, the sound, everything was cranking
Speaker 1: in Chicago, so I wanted to see their reactions. That's
Speaker 1: why I flew back and went to the Chicago show,
Speaker 1: and just to see my family's reactions was amazing because
Speaker 1: I wanted because they were they were so little, they
Speaker 1: were tiny. You know, they were young the last time,
Speaker 1: you know, they got to see Beyonce in person. So
Speaker 1: now that they're grown, they had their own time and
Speaker 1: just had a good time. So let me let me
Speaker 1: get to My niece sent me the most amazing message,
Speaker 1: she said. One of them said they had the had
Speaker 1: absolute blast. More than an amazing time. It was a
Speaker 1: night I'll never forget. She said. My love for music
Speaker 1: was started by watching you Be and Kelly perform. So
Speaker 1: having the opportunity to watch my aunties, she said, yes,
Speaker 1: I call all y'all my auntie. She said, having the
Speaker 1: opportunity to watch my aunties do what they love is
Speaker 1: aspirational and makes me work hard for my goals and dreams.
Speaker 1: All right, so let me get to this. Exposure is everything.
Speaker 1: What do we want to expose our children to? What
Speaker 1: do you want to expose your nieces and nephews too.
Speaker 1: I wanted them to also have that a list all
Speaker 1: access treatment, so that they could know, Okay, maybe they
Speaker 1: don't want to be an artist, but to know when
Speaker 1: you work hard, this is what it looks like. They
Speaker 1: might not want. Fifty thousand people screaming their name. But
Speaker 1: this is what working hard for twenty plus years, this
Speaker 1: is what it looks like. I wanted them to see
Speaker 1: the consistency Beyonce's persistence, her resilience. You know, they see
Speaker 1: things of me personally and professionally, but I wanted them
Speaker 1: to see other people in my life get access to
Speaker 1: what they're doing. My best friend, Amira is a dentist.
Speaker 1: I can't wait for them to be exposed to things
Speaker 1: that she does. I have, We have family members that
Speaker 1: are physic physicians, doctors. So my thing is, what are
Speaker 1: we exposing them to. I wanted to expose them to
Speaker 1: that side of the game versus let it okay, exposing
Speaker 1: them to what it all is. You know. So they
Speaker 1: got a good a good, a good seat. They lost
Speaker 1: their minds when they saw Jay, and I was like, ah, y'all,
Speaker 1: y'all not gonna make me look like y'all ain't never
Speaker 1: been nowhere. So he was very gracious and all that's
Speaker 1: because again they were young the last time they've been around,
Speaker 1: and so I got a big family, and so it's
Speaker 1: so I tried not to I guess what I say,
Speaker 1: I try not to have all one thousand of my
Speaker 1: family members you know, around. But it was so good
Speaker 1: to have my immediate family there and they had a blast,
Speaker 1: and so that was that, all right. So that was Saturday,
Speaker 1: July twenty second. Yes, I got an early birthday present
Speaker 1: from a good sister, and I'm not going to tell
Speaker 1: y'all what it is. I'll wear it in a picture
Speaker 1: and then y'all can see y'all point it out and see.
Speaker 1: So I'll at least say that it's something that I
Speaker 1: can wear. Y'all will just have to point it out
Speaker 1: because I know the folks listening the fact that I'm
Speaker 1: talking about this tour, I already know about eighty clips
Speaker 1: of this they're going to make the internet. Oh, I
Speaker 1: didn't talk about the speaking engagement in all my Oh,
Speaker 1: it was a mental health summit with my boy j Barnett.
Speaker 1: It was a mental health summit, and it was about
Speaker 1: eight or nine other panelists that were talking about mental
Speaker 1: health from the seat that they sit in. There was
Speaker 1: young man that was talking about mental health and what
Speaker 1: his mental health was like when he was incarcerated. Then
Speaker 1: you had a young woman from the LGBTQ I A
Speaker 1: plus community. You had someone talk about mental health from
Speaker 1: their standpoint as a therapist, and then just who they
Speaker 1: are with their mental health, like taking that title of
Speaker 1: therapist off. You had someone who was on the panelist
Speaker 1: as just someone from the faith based I think it
Speaker 1: was a pastor or a minister. And there was also
Speaker 1: someone on the panel that was talking about mental health
Speaker 1: from a space of grief and loss. She's lost her husband,
Speaker 1: her sister, and her mother all within a span of
Speaker 1: like two years. So that was I loved that panel.
Speaker 1: I don't think I'd ever sat on a panel with
Speaker 1: that diverse of a panel. I thought it was amazing.
Speaker 1: And that's when I flew back to Chicago that Saturday
Speaker 1: morning to take my nieces and nephews to the show.
Speaker 1: All right. Then Sunday morning, I wake up to fly
Speaker 1: to NAPA for the speaking engagement that I had with
Speaker 1: MMA Global. It was a summit for CEOs and cmos,
Speaker 1: so it was people from Kellogg's, at and T, Disney, Ge, Verizon,
Speaker 1: so many companies. Every company that you probably utilized somehow
Speaker 1: in your house in your household was represented there. So
Speaker 1: I got to speak on my birthday. And why did
Speaker 1: I choose to work on my birthday? Well, because the
Speaker 1: type of event that it was and the topic that
Speaker 1: they want me to talk about was mental health. And
Speaker 1: the fact that it was in beautiful NAPA, I couldn't
Speaker 1: say no, but I felt like that room would have
Speaker 1: needed something that I had to say because so many
Speaker 1: people have titles. You're the CEO, you're a Cfoh, you're
Speaker 1: the COO, the Chief Operating officer and you're the chief
Speaker 1: marketing officer, or you're this, or you're that. But that
Speaker 1: title don't take away the pain that you could possibly
Speaker 1: be in. The title doesn't take away the frustration you
Speaker 1: could possibly have with your work, business, and your personal life.
Speaker 1: That title don't help nothing. The only thing that title
Speaker 1: can do is by the time you become CEO, CMOCFO COO,
Speaker 1: your income is good. You're probably in the six digits
Speaker 1: or seven digits. So that does help you help you
Speaker 1: to afford the care that you need, the therapy, the resources.
Speaker 1: You're able to maybe get medication, You're able to get
Speaker 1: massages or just take a wellness trip. That's what those
Speaker 1: titles afford you. But that title didn't take away the pain,
Speaker 1: right and so when I got through with my speech,
Speaker 1: I mean the hugs that I received, personal stories that
Speaker 1: people shared with me. I said, that's why I came
Speaker 1: here today, this is why I am here, and I
Speaker 1: would do it all over again. So yeah, I flew
Speaker 1: to Napa and I stayed a few extra days to
Speaker 1: go to some of the vineyards and to explore. I know,
Speaker 1: we went last year for Kelly's birthday and got to
Speaker 1: visit some cool places, and so I added on for
Speaker 1: this trip, I can't wait to go a again. Harvest
Speaker 1: season is a good time to be in Napa. This,
Speaker 1: I mean this time of year. I learned so much
Speaker 1: too about the grapes when it's Someone said that when
Speaker 1: grapes are stressed on the vine they mature faster. All right,
Speaker 1: But yeah, so to be in Napa when I said,
Speaker 1: I said, hey, I get to speak life today on
Speaker 1: my birthday because five years ago, last week, you would
Speaker 1: have been seen in memory posts of me, you know,
Speaker 1: because five years ago that's how hopeless I was. And
Speaker 1: I felt like I lived my life. I felt like
Speaker 1: I've done good things. There was nothing more for me
Speaker 1: to do, but I thank God for life. When that
Speaker 1: birthday came came out, I cried, but I didn't cry
Speaker 1: too much because I wasn't sure if my makeup was waterproof,
Speaker 1: so I held it. I kept it cute, literally kept
Speaker 1: it cute. And I wanted to I wanted to get
Speaker 1: at the people when and I said, everyone here has
Speaker 1: a title, but that title does not matter when you
Speaker 1: get home. And I think that's what struck most with
Speaker 1: the people, because people think that your titles, or what
Speaker 1: you have, or what you do in life makes it
Speaker 1: all better. I'm guilty because I'll never forget being seventeen
Speaker 1: eighteen years old. I remember saying, I can't wait to
Speaker 1: get out this house because when I go to college,
Speaker 1: it's going to be own and popping. Yes, boo, it
Speaker 1: was on and popping, all right. But that that pain
Speaker 1: that was unhealed, that wasn't processed and talked about and
Speaker 1: talked through, it didn't go anywhere. It just it just
Speaker 1: it doesn't go anywhere, guys. So that's what I wanted
Speaker 1: to encourage them about, you know, And I think I
Speaker 1: did a pretty good job from what I've been told.
Speaker 1: Last but not least, let's talk about the shade room.
Speaker 1: So my men were lit. Was it yesterday they made
Speaker 1: the post or the day before yesterday? And let me go.
Speaker 1: Let me go, because I want to be accurate. Okay,
Speaker 1: when did they make this post of me? And I
Speaker 1: was nervous because I said, I was like, well, oh,
Speaker 1: what have I done? Now? What did the shade room
Speaker 1: or what happened now? So they posted it two days ago.
Speaker 1: So two days ago they posted regarding my birthday and
Speaker 1: saying that nobody eats a bridge up like Michelle Bridgerton Williams.
Speaker 1: So I was like, oh, okay, nothing crazy was said.
Speaker 1: And I was like, oh my gosh, now this is
Speaker 1: not towards the Shade Room, but this is towards a
Speaker 1: lot of people. I was like, I felt like I
Speaker 1: have been hazed for the past twenty years of my career,
Speaker 1: and I feel like the last three years I've been
Speaker 1: seeing these amazing, inspiring posts of people quote unquote giving
Speaker 1: me flowers or putting respect on my name, and y'all,
Speaker 1: I always made a vow, whether I have a verse,
Speaker 1: a bridge or the chorus, I'm gonna make it do
Speaker 1: what it do. So it was cool to see that,
Speaker 1: but I was nervous because like, oh Lord, when you're
Speaker 1: seeing all these all I saw was at Michel Williams,
Speaker 1: at Mischel Wims. It could be someone's comment at Michel Williams.
Speaker 1: So I'm scrolling, I'm like, what is going on? But
Speaker 1: I am like, uh, there's no time like the present
Speaker 1: for love, you know. And a part of me was like, well,
Speaker 1: why didn't people see this about me a long time ago?
Speaker 1: But someone actually made a comment and said, you know,
Speaker 1: they hated on me because that was because I was
Speaker 1: the new girl in the group. And so I've been
Speaker 1: seeing that a lot, like, Okay, maybe I was called
Speaker 1: unquote haze or bullied because I was the new person
Speaker 1: on the block, the new girl in the group. Again,
Speaker 1: I am grateful and thankful for the love I just am.
Speaker 1: You know, even there people saying that they appreciate my
Speaker 1: tone more that they didn't realize back then how great
Speaker 1: my tone is. So I said, I hereby accept the
Speaker 1: title bestowed to me Michelle Queen of Bridges Williams signed
Speaker 1: by the Bridgeston Estate Bridges because Queen of Bridges the
Speaker 1: Bridgeston Estate. So that's got seventy two thousand likes, and uh,
Speaker 1: it's it's love. It really is love, and I'm thankful.
Speaker 1: I'm really thankful that I feel like the hazing has
Speaker 1: it stopped? Am I on y'all's good side. Now. Now
Speaker 1: I've got my listeners who have been ride or died
Speaker 1: for me since the year two thousand and you know
Speaker 1: exactly you know, Eggs Eggs, egg z a t. You
Speaker 1: know exactly who you are. And I thank you, and
Speaker 1: I'm thankful for the new folks that I've come around.
Speaker 1: I'm thankful for the new love. I'm thankful for the
Speaker 1: new followers. I'm thankful for the new listeners. So if
Speaker 1: you are new to this podcast, thank you for listening.
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Speaker 1: hope y'all enjoyed listening to this solo episode of Checking In.
Speaker 1: I love getting to run my mouth about things that
Speaker 1: I'm doing personally. I give folks a sneak peek of
Speaker 1: what's going on. So I really really hope that y'all
Speaker 1: enjoyed this episode. I hope that you took something away,
Speaker 1: especially the part when I said, expose friends and family
Speaker 1: members to very viious aspects of your life that can
Speaker 1: be inspiring to them. All right, all right, I'll see
Speaker 1: y'a later, Love you much. Bye. Checking In with Michelle
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