1 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. It's the show that she 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: has the secrets of success experience firsthand by marketing and 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Brandon expert Rashan McDonald. I will know he's giving me 4 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,640 Speaker 1: advice to many occasions. Indication didn't notice I'm not broke. 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: You know. He'll be interviewing celebrity CEOs, entrepreneurs and industry 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 1: decision makers. It's what he likes to do. It's what 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: he likes to share. Now it's time to hear from 8 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: my man, Rashan McDonald. Money Making Conversations Here we come. 9 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Money Making Conversations. I am your host with 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:37,160 Speaker 1: Sean McDonald. I recognized that we all have different definitions 11 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,800 Speaker 1: of success because it's a sizeable paycheck. Mine is helping 12 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: people wake up and inspired him to accomplish their goals 13 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: and live their very best life. These are my passions. 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 1: That's what I'm gonna do for you. That's why I 15 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: created Money Making Conversations. I want you to stop tripping 16 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: over small challenges and prepare to rise above the bigger 17 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: obstacles in life. Will present to you these two guests 18 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: I bring on my show. Their inspiration over their motivate 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: you know, they tell their story. My next kiss is 20 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 1: one I've writed on the show because she supported me. 21 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: She's leaved in my brand, and when you start a 22 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 1: new brand, you need relationships, and she's always been one 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 1: that has shown a strong light in the direction of 24 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: support of what I'm trying to do with money making conversation. 25 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: Her name is Sheila Bell. Sheila Bell. The Bell has 26 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: worked in the field of broadcast news journalism and with 27 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: the press for over thirty years. She's the editor in 28 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: chief and publisher of The Bill Report, now entering his 29 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: fifteen year publishing, has become one of the top music 30 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: industry go to platforms for gospel and inspirational news. The 31 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: Bill has interviewed and met some of the most influential 32 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: people in the world, including Nelson Mandela, President Bill Clinton, 33 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:47,279 Speaker 1: President Jimmy Carter, President Barack Obama, Oprah went For Dick Gregor, Gretta, 34 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: Scott King, Jesse Jackson, and many more. In addition to 35 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,680 Speaker 1: producing The Bill Report that is published Monday through Friday, 36 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 1: The Bell Collor currently produces and anchors the syndicated radio 37 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: news show The Bill Report Entertainment News Update, now airing 38 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: and fifty seven markets across this country. Please welcome to 39 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: money making conversations. She said, she got her game on 40 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: for me today, the media journalist, producer, and inspirational speaker 41 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 1: see love Bill, Thank you so much. I'm so excited 42 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: to be here, so excited to be with you, and 43 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: thank you so much for that great introduction. I felt 44 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: I felt special where you are, you know, because you 45 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: know the thing about it when people come on my 46 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: show many years of Steve, Steve Harvey UH used to 47 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: always when I stopped doing stand up comedy, Steve said, man, 48 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: can you introduce me? Can you just come into my 49 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,519 Speaker 1: show to just introduce me? And because he just knew that, 50 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: I knew you always gotta set the stage and everybody 51 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: has value. And sometimes it's not enough for me to 52 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 1: say you were just the you know, the founder of 53 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,239 Speaker 1: the creative the Bill Report. Let's talk a little history. 54 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 1: Let's talk a little because when people hit these intros, 55 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 1: you you guys, you are a legacy maker. You know, 56 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,359 Speaker 1: you are a groundbreaker, you are a visionary. And that's 57 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: why I have to put it out like that. I 58 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: can't just say you know your name and just say, well, 59 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: here's the question that you sent over me to ask 60 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: I do additional research, and so the Bill Report is 61 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: something that's important to my brand. And that's why I 62 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: had to invite you on my show, I say, I said, 63 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: because somebody gets sheel on my show, because somebody get 64 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,239 Speaker 1: on my show. Well, Rich, we we're reaching out. What 65 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: please get on my show? And because you support my brand? 66 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: And so why do you feel it's important to support 67 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: my brand of money making conversations? Well, I'm thinking about 68 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: all the different people that you're talking to, the different 69 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: lives that are out there, and it's so much that's 70 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 1: going on right now. No one lives the same life. 71 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: No one thinks the same way. No one processes information 72 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: the same way. So when you're reaching out to different 73 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: people on different platforms and different arenas, in different cities 74 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: and different states, looking at politics and people, and even 75 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: when you ask them what is your understanding and belief 76 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: of God, everyone has a different story to tell. Everyone's 77 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 1: gonna view something differently. No one processes information the same way. Know, 78 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: when you're talking to me or Jesse Jackson, or Michael 79 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: Eric Dyson or Oprah Winfrey, no one's gonna be looking 80 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: at life the same way because no one has gone 81 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: through life. The same. Everyone has had different experiences up down, good, bad. 82 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: Some people have money, some people don't. Some people are 83 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: challenge some people are not. And then sometimes when you 84 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: look at you are approached with the door, and then 85 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: the door closes in your face. What do you do? 86 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: Do you sit back and do you complain? Or do 87 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: you realize that God allowed that door to close? Knowing 88 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: that you are the fighter, and the fighter that's within 89 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: you needs to come out of you. And when it 90 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: comes out of you, you're gonna push harder. And then 91 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: you're gonna realize some things that you didn't realize before. 92 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,559 Speaker 1: You're gonna learn some things about yourself that you didn't 93 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: know before, and you're gonna see that you were stronger 94 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 1: than you actually thought that you were. So when I 95 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: look at all the different people that you have interviewed, 96 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: when I think about all the time so that I've 97 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: seen you and the different people that you have decided 98 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: to interview, when it comes across my desk, and as 99 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 1: an to put into the Bell Report, I put it 100 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: in the Bell Report with pride because I know that 101 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: you are not about buffoodery, You're not about foolishness, but 102 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: you want to make sure that not only the people 103 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 1: that you're interviewing that you give them an opportunity, but 104 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: you're also educating people who are listening to other people 105 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 1: when they are listening to you, and when they're listening 106 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: to your guests, and when your guests have something to 107 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: say that's worth listening to, it says a lot about you. 108 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 1: It's kind of like the people who you're interviewing, we 109 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: become an extension of you. So you're gonna make sure 110 00:05:30,839 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: whoever you interview has some sense about them to take 111 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: up this time space. Absolutely, because you're so articulate. Let's 112 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: go back with one of the courses I want to 113 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: talk about doing researching a starter, you know, a person 114 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: who started as a young person, which lead to you, 115 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: I'm sure, ridicule jokes, and sometimes that leads to bullying. 116 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of people think the word 117 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,920 Speaker 1: bully is as a modern term. I can know that 118 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 1: in my middle school I was bullied, bullied in my 119 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: high school, use I was bullied, just didn't understand and 120 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: and I just know that I just said, they picked 121 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: on me, mom, they're picking on me at school. That's 122 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: the term I used instead of the word bullying. These 123 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: kids picking on me. So, as a young stutterer, how 124 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: did you deal with that and how did you overcome 125 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: it to be so articulate and so mindful and so 126 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: motivational Today, if you're talking to the the young millennials 127 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 1: and the GENETU, you would say it's a God thing. 128 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: But if you want to be real about it, God 129 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: healed me from what I was going through. I was 130 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: in the first, second and third grade, and the stuttering 131 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: was so bad it would take me a good two 132 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: or three minutes to articulate three or four or five 133 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: words just to say. Back in the day when we 134 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: were in school, sometimes the teacher would say, hey, Sheil, 135 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,040 Speaker 1: would you go to miss harris room and give her 136 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 1: this message? The message maybe tell miss Harris that we're 137 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: going to be going outside to play on the playground 138 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: at twelve o'clock. So, because they knew I stuttered, and 139 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: because my mom also taught in the same school that 140 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: we were in, they were trying to help me to 141 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:05,679 Speaker 1: get out of it, to get out of that zone 142 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 1: of not feeling comfortable around people. Because even then, while 143 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: it was stuttering, I was also extremely shy. So by 144 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: the time I left the first grade and went up 145 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 1: to the second floor and I would tell Mrs Harris 146 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: the message. The message sort of went like this, ms 147 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: ms mss ms mss mss mss mss Harris, Miss, miss miss, 148 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: and it went on like that. So you're trying to 149 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 1: deliver this message, you got other kids looking at you 150 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: like what is the problem. And this went on, and 151 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: my mom tried to work with me. We would read 152 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: books on the front porch. She would try to get 153 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: me to calm down. But after the first, second and 154 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: third grade, third grade, I was told that I was 155 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: going to be going to a middle school for the 156 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: fourth grade. So the day that we were waiting for 157 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: the yellow cheese bus to come down the street to 158 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: pick us up to get on this bus to go 159 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: to Robert E. Lee Middle School, I heard this voice. 160 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: On going into the fourth grade, I heard this voice 161 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: that said, slow down. They will hear you. Slow down. 162 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: And I remember just thinking I'm hearing a voice. I 163 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: don't know where this voice is coming from, but it's 164 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,559 Speaker 1: telling me to slow down. And something within me, maybe 165 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: down in my shanana, that told me to slow it down. 166 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: And once I got that in my spirit and understood 167 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: when I walked on that yellow bus. I no longer studied. 168 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: It was just like that. It was just like that. 169 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 1: A blessing, It was just like that. And and now 170 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 1: when you look at your life now, you're in the 171 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: creative side, journalistic side, media side, because that that that 172 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: ability to translate information is what your gift is. Promote 173 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: information what your gift is. Now, let's let's set that 174 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: in the world. We have a president who came into 175 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: office in and established a term called faith news, and 176 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: as he exits, that's all he's about, is creating fake news. 177 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 1: When you review information like that, how has it impacted 178 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,719 Speaker 1: how you report things, how you deliver information to our community. 179 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: What has helped me over the years to even have 180 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: the brand that I have today and to report the 181 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: news that I have today is integrity. And for years, 182 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 1: every time when I would write a story, I had 183 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: to learn really early that there are two sides to 184 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: the story. You can always write the story the way 185 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: that you want to write the story to favor the 186 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: person who you like, but you have to remember that 187 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: there are two sides to the story. So in being fair, 188 00:09:38,160 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 1: I've always been fair to everyone who I deal with. Integrity, 189 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: your name goes a long way. So even when I'm 190 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: on the air now, I praise one or four point seven, 191 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 1: when I'm writing stories up on the Bell Report, when 192 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: I'm pushing stuff out on the Bell Report, Entertainment News Update, 193 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: when I'm having a conversation, if I'm in the pulpit, 194 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: if I'm ministering, if I'm talking, if someone just a 195 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: proaches me, It's about being true to who you are 196 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: so you can be true to other people. Sometimes it's 197 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: even about being transparent so people can know that you're 198 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: not trying to hide anything. So when the facts do 199 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: come out and when you see what is going on 200 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: for what it is, you just tell the truth. And 201 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: I'll never forget the day when Michael Jackson died. I 202 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 1: had people calling me and it shocked me. They said, Belle, 203 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: we're calling you because we know if you say that 204 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: he died, then we know that he died. Because we're 205 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: just not trusting the other media. We just can't we 206 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:36,199 Speaker 1: just can't believe it. And I'm thinking to myself, I'm 207 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: watching CNN and ms NBC and and be just like 208 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: everyone else trying to figure out what's going on. But 209 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 1: they were trusting me with that, But it spoke volume 210 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,959 Speaker 1: to me realizing that people are trusting me with information, 211 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: and when people trust you to tell the truth, and 212 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: when you think about the world that we're living and 213 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: now people want to have a relationship with people who 214 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: can tell the truth because often people will twist it. 215 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 1: Look social media, I'm looking at how social media has 216 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 1: played mind games with people as people have gotten so 217 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: caught up trying to be something that they're not trying 218 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: to please people for a like or coming just so 219 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: they can do whatever it is that they're trying to do. 220 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: And I'm like, be real to yourself. There's too many 221 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: games out here mentally, emotionally, spiritually. When do you find 222 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: the time to back up to find out who you 223 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: are and being true to yourself. If you can't be 224 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: true to yourself, you can't be true to other people. 225 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 1: And I really pride myself on doing the best that 226 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: I can to be honest and being truthful. Well, the 227 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: thing I love about your whole A presentation is that 228 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:42,320 Speaker 1: it's about branding. It's about marketing and UH and brand association. 229 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: I remember when Steve when I first started. I first 230 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: I met Steven eighties six, when I was a stand 231 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: up comment I was headlining. He was my opening that 232 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: and didn't they need to you know, Deaf Comedy Jam 233 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 1: came through town and he was headlining the show. That 234 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: asked me to come down and do a set. And 235 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: he would always see his name on stage, Steve Harvest. 236 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: It is was Steve Harvey, Steve Harvey, Steve. He was 237 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: constantly branding himself and name recognition. If you didn't know 238 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: what's performing, he's gonna tell you. So the be All Report, 239 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,719 Speaker 1: when I see the Bell Report that every time is 240 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 1: your last name? Is part of the Brandy process. Tell 241 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: us how that came about, the whole magazine and also 242 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: the Bill Report name the All Report. It's such a 243 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: gift from God and how it came into fruition. It's 244 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: it's pretty uh. Years ago, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen years ago now, 245 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: my cousin Kevin was riding his motorcycle out in Charlottesville. 246 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 1: He had a motorcycle accident. His mom called and she said, Sheila, 247 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 1: let the family know what's going on with Kevin, because 248 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: what happened with him the motorcycle accident. He slid a 249 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: tree branch limb went through his eye. His son was 250 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: behind him following him, and his son got involved in 251 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 1: the same accident, but his son was not to really hurt. 252 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,600 Speaker 1: They met like him to the University of Virginia hospital. 253 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,319 Speaker 1: And while all this is going on, I'm now keeping 254 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: the family, the Bell family of where of what's going on. 255 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: So what I had to figure out. That's when the 256 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: Internet was still pretty new, and I had to figure out, okay, 257 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: just put something on it. So I said, hey, hey, 258 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: this is the Bell Report for the family. So I 259 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,719 Speaker 1: kept updating people what was going on, because I was 260 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: still doing news at that time of another radio station 261 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: at another TV station. I was updating people what was 262 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: going on. And as he got better, I remember that 263 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: was an event that was going on in the city 264 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,959 Speaker 1: and I said, hey, by the way, Kevin, if you're 265 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: feeling a little bit better, there's an event that we 266 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: can go to. And he said, hey, that's pretty cool. 267 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,719 Speaker 1: He got better, and then a couple of days later 268 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: I said, I found out there were two more things 269 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 1: that's going on. So this went off all about a 270 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 1: good week and a half and somebody in the family 271 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: sent that Bell Report to somebody else and it started 272 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 1: to float in a About two or three weeks later, 273 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: I got an email from a friend of mine in 274 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 1: the industry who said, Hey, I understand that you're sending 275 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 1: out a newsletter or something. Can you send out this 276 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:13,840 Speaker 1: event as well? And here are five hundred additional emails 277 00:14:14,120 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: that you can also have and distribute this to as well. 278 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: So a lilife bub went off that made me think, alrighty, 279 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: I don't think they want to hear about my cousin. 280 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: Let me split these and keep the Bell Report for 281 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,360 Speaker 1: the Bell Report for the family, and make the other 282 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: one the Bell Report for everyone else. And initially started 283 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: with the split with the Bell Report, that stayed the 284 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: way that that was. But when it came for the 285 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 1: Bell Report for the industry, I started to try to 286 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: find information about what was going on and what was interesting. 287 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: We didn't have the type of websites with all the 288 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: information that we have now. So I would drive from Richmond, 289 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: Virginia to Washington, d c. And pick up all the 290 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:56,600 Speaker 1: ethnic newspapers at Howard University to find out all the 291 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: different events that were going on. And I have to 292 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: call these people to find out And then it became 293 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: like a community calendar of all these different events that 294 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: what's going on and them having reporting skills. Then you 295 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: start to go to the different events and you start 296 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: interviewing people, and you start taking pictures, and before you 297 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: know at the Bell Report became two separate entities. And 298 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: then I had family members who said, take me off 299 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: the other Bell Report, just keep me on the other 300 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: family Bell Report. And it just started to grow from 301 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: there and it has been growing ever since. And I 302 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: think that we do well because we try to make 303 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: sure that we're not sending out emails all day long. 304 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: We do have the website, but people want that email 305 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: directly to their email front door, so we send it 306 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: out late at night. We send it out in the 307 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: noon day around twelve noon, just twice a day. But 308 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: if you were to print it out, it's maybe anywhere 309 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: from eighteen to twenty two pages of information that's going 310 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: on to the gospel community, from what's happening with the 311 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: record labels, the gospel artists, the conventions, whatever is going on. 312 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: People call me, send me stuff to publicists, and what 313 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: the beauty is about the Bell Report? Which is why 314 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: no God gave this coming. You have all this information 315 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:09,040 Speaker 1: out there, people have websites, people are over the place, 316 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: but how do people know how to get to your website. 317 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: How do they know that if you if you're trying 318 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: to publish it. So I'm like, hey, the Bell Report 319 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: goes to everybody, and people have gotten so mentally lazy. 320 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: If you will give me what I can get and 321 00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: just send it to my email. So by sending it 322 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: to the email, it's right there, everything that you need, 323 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: everything that you want. And we also put links and 324 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: other things and the reports if people want to go there. 325 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: But the Bell Report has done really well. It's a 326 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: blessing from God. Even told me how to make a 327 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: couple of coins from it. And when I'm pushing it 328 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: out and it helps pay my bills, and I thank 329 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 1: God for you know, God gives you all the things 330 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: that you need, It gives you the talents that you need, 331 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 1: but He's trusting you with what he has giving you 332 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: as well. 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That's O T T E R dot ai. 372 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: You know this is a great story, um, and you 373 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: do speak of God and He prepares you. All Right, 374 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna share stories. It's going to be relatable to you. 375 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: In I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and and it 376 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: really was a game changing for me mentally because I 377 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: wouldn't expecting that if the fact that I've done my 378 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: annual exam in December and with the dentists and my 379 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: doctor and everything was good, and it was I walked 380 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: into the bloodwork and the doctor who was doing the 381 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 1: bloodwork said, can I just to touch your throat, touch 382 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: your neck, you know, just something that wasn't normal. And 383 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:49,479 Speaker 1: then she said, can I do a bopsy on this 384 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: little this little lump right here? And she did the 385 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: bobos to turn out to be cancerous. And I always 386 00:19:56,520 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: tell people when somebody tells you the worry cancer, I 387 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: don't care where you're in life. It shut you down mentally. 388 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: I mean death immasiately takes upon your spirit. Uh, it's 389 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: a sense of a sense of you know, they I 390 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: don't tell how many times they can tell you where 391 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 1: you know the survival rates good, It doesn't. It doesn't 392 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 1: click with you at all. But when I didn't tell 393 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,200 Speaker 1: my family right away because I wanted to take all 394 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: this in and it was it was really when I 395 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: realized that, you know, faith prepares you for an opportunity 396 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: to ascend that or perspective of your life. And I 397 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: would tell you this mill I walked away with that situation. 398 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,880 Speaker 1: When I finally to my family, because I was very 399 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: comfortable where my life was at at that point, and 400 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: I'm still comfortable to day that. You know, you know, 401 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: you look at your life, whatever you accomplished, you're a 402 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: good person. Have you done things unselfishly in life? Have 403 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: you enabled other people to achieve? Have you reached your 404 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: goals or you're achieving your goals? Are you living the 405 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: life that you want to live? And I was just 406 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: checking off all these boxes and I was, you know, 407 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: I wasn't ready to check out, but if I was 408 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: going to check out, I was comfortable with the process. 409 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 1: And that's where I met with my life. And I 410 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: try to tell everybody you know, don't hold off any 411 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,160 Speaker 1: opportunity or a dream possibility. And so when I read 412 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 1: about you being diagnosed in twenty sixteen, I want you 413 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: to share your experience on my show because I try 414 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 1: to be very honest with you. This is my experience, 415 00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 1: but everybody has a different experience because it's so impactful. 416 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: I lost my sister to breast cancer, so I know 417 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: what it can do to you, and I can devastate 418 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: a family and take away somebody you love the most. 419 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: But it happened to me and I was able to 420 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: deal with it. Professionally because that's what it was. It 421 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,119 Speaker 1: was a professional moment for me to be able to 422 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: deal with it because I put my life in perspective 423 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: and I've never ever gotten up saying what I could 424 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 1: not do. I just tried to do it, and I 425 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: tried to do it at And that's my story and 426 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: that's my life, and that's why I live it every day, 427 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,800 Speaker 1: and that's why I created this money making conversation platform 428 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: so I and talk to amazing people like you because 429 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: your story is inspirational. Were important that you get to 430 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: share it on the platform that thousands of people can hear. 431 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,880 Speaker 1: It's well, like you said, it's amazing when you get 432 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,120 Speaker 1: diagnosed or something like that, you are never prepared for it. 433 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 1: And when I initially got that test and they let 434 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,960 Speaker 1: me even back up, when I was at the radio station, 435 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,720 Speaker 1: they were talking about having healthfare and somebody said, you know, 436 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,439 Speaker 1: they're gonna be doing mammograms there and I had not 437 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: had one, had not, But when I was invited to go, 438 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:36,280 Speaker 1: I knew when I went, my life was gonna change. 439 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: I just I just knew it. And I went that Saturday. 440 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: I walked up those three steps. There was a young 441 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: lady sitting in that little lab area of a I 442 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: call it the Mamma Grandma Bill because it was a 443 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: mobile that was there. There was a young lady sitting 444 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: there and when I walked and I looked at her, 445 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 1: I said, my life will never be the same, and 446 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: she just looked at me and tilted her head. They 447 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: called me back. They did three or four images. They said, well, 448 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: call you, there's something wrong. Wednesday they called. They said, 449 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 1: we found some crystallization and I had to go to 450 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: the hospital to further that. I went to the University 451 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 1: of Virginia, which is where I got everything originally done 452 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: because I didn't want to really deal with it here 453 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: where I am Richmond. When I got there and they 454 00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: started taking images, I think by the time they were 455 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: on image number twelve or thirteen and started to get real, 456 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 1: I said, okay, and I started to get some emotions there. 457 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,440 Speaker 1: Then they wanted to take a biopsy. And when they 458 00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:31,720 Speaker 1: took the biopsy and the doctor looked at some things 459 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: and I said, do we have a problem. He says, 460 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: we have a problem. So we gat through that. And 461 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: when I got through that and I went outside, that 462 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 1: was that one moment when I had to sit down 463 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,520 Speaker 1: and get myself together. I had to process it and 464 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: to mentally figure out what I'm gonna do and mentally 465 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 1: make some decisions. How are you gonna handle this? Are 466 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,240 Speaker 1: you can fall apart? Are you gonna be strong? It's 467 00:23:54,240 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: not about why. Is that God's trusting you with this assignment. 468 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: So let's handle this. Your mother passed away from bone cancer, 469 00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: handle it. You are here. And after I got through that, 470 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 1: it was started like it was sort of like saying, 471 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: game on, let's do this. And that's the mindset that 472 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:16,359 Speaker 1: I took. And I was supposed to have six chemotherapy treatments. 473 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: I was supposed to um through the whole nine. But well, 474 00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: so interesting when you are in a position like that, 475 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: the first thing you start figuring out is Okay, I 476 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: gotta figure out how to handle this. But then when 477 00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: you meet, when you meet with the doctor, you really 478 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: don't know what to ask, You don't know what to do, 479 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 1: you don't know how to feel, you don't know what 480 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: direction to going because you've never been in this uncharted 481 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 1: territory before. You're now dependent on this doctor to give 482 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:50,160 Speaker 1: you the best advice possible what you should do, how 483 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: you should handle it. What treatment you should take. So 484 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,240 Speaker 1: what they were telling me after I started digging because 485 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: I don't mind digging and getting research. But but this 486 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 1: doctor told me um I didn't agree with. And they 487 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: were telling me that I needed to have surgery first 488 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,880 Speaker 1: and I needed to do this and that and and 489 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,719 Speaker 1: and I'm I'm like, boy, I'm like, but if if 490 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: you have surgery first, and you you do have a 491 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: large I had an eight uh an eight centimeter tumor. 492 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: I said, why don't we do the chemo first to 493 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 1: shrink it and then do the surgery to remove it. 494 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 1: But then they didn't give me all the options. They 495 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: were telling me that I could have both of my 496 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: breasts removed, and it was really a mess. So after 497 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,920 Speaker 1: I initially got a port in and then I had 498 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,680 Speaker 1: my first chemo therapy treatment. Uh that went pretty well. 499 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: Two weeks into the first chemo treatment and I was 500 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: finding out some tightness in my chest and then the 501 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,760 Speaker 1: port got infected. And after the port got infected and 502 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: I was calling the hospital and u v A and 503 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: I'm in Richmond. They were saying, when you need to 504 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: get to the emergency room. And then when I got 505 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: to the emergency room, then we found out that the 506 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 1: port was infected. I had a wounded infection out of 507 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: blood infection and they had to take the port out. 508 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 1: Then I wasn't admitted to the hospital. Then I had mercer. 509 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,400 Speaker 1: Then I got out of the hospital about a week 510 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: and a half later. That I was on thinking Vica, 511 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: Marris Bank, God, whatever that drug is, for about twenty 512 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: one days. Then after that got cleared up, I went 513 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 1: back to treatment for my chemo, which was treatment number two. Okay, 514 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 1: Treatment number three was a little rough because by this 515 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: time I was going through losing weight. I was down 516 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: eighty five pounds, the hair was gone. I was also 517 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: in the middle of pulling together an event at my 518 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: church called the Gift, and that Gift helped me to 519 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,919 Speaker 1: propel and push through what I was going through. The 520 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,960 Speaker 1: Gift was a program that I put together that was 521 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 1: gonna be helping out people who were caregivers of people 522 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: who were also dealing with cancer. But that gave me 523 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,719 Speaker 1: that fight, and that gave me something the focus on. 524 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: After that third treatment, though, it was just rough, but 525 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: I made it through and then we went to the 526 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: fourth treatment. At the fourth treatment, I asked them the doctor, 527 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 1: I said, do you think you that we might be 528 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: able to wrap this up at treatment number five. She said, well, 529 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: let's see at this time, remember they took the poor out. 530 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,919 Speaker 1: So when I left the hospital this time, and now 531 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 1: I had a pick in my arm. So the pictures 532 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 1: was getting the chemotherapy treatment for the second treatment, the 533 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: third treatment, and the fourth treatment. So I'm thinking on 534 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: the fifth treatment, hey, hey, hey, we're done. We're gonna 535 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: wrap this up. When I get there for the fifth treatment, 536 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,160 Speaker 1: they can't get a return on the blood. They're trying 537 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: to get a return on the blood, and then they said, 538 00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna have to take the pick out. When this happens, 539 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 1: this is when you have to go back and and 540 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: have a little talk with Jesus and praying that he 541 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: would make everything all right. And I had to trust 542 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: my faith to get me through this moment because at 543 00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: this moment they called my doctor's back downstairs. And as 544 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: much of a fighter as I am, and the doctors realized, 545 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 1: I was trying to hold them to this pickline because 546 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: they already took the port out. So if you took 547 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 1: the port out, and I'm thinking, if you take the 548 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: pick out, what are we gonna do next? Because we 549 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: have either one or two more treatments left. So they're 550 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: looking at me. I'm looking at them, and it was 551 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: this moment of silence because I had to get it 552 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 1: in my head and I said, go ahead and take 553 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:32,600 Speaker 1: the pick out, take the pick out. But it's on 554 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: the third time that I meant it and I trusted 555 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 1: God and I said take the pick out. And they 556 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: took the pick out. They sent me to the emergency room. 557 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 1: They wrapped my arm up. I went home. I got 558 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: dressed from my event, the gift at my church with 559 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: seats over three thousand people. I got there that evening. 560 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: I could barely walk. I have a black shawl wrapped 561 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 1: around my arm. The stuff in my arm is gradually 562 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:06,240 Speaker 1: oozing out and crystallizing. I've got two cousins looking after 563 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: me when I walk on the pulpit that evening that 564 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: I'm so called co hosting, barely can walk. A good 565 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: chunk of my church was there who did not know 566 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: that I was going through all of this. They have 567 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: seen me MC many of concerts, host radio, TV, the 568 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: whole nine. But when I walked on that platform, there 569 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: was silence. There was you could hear people gasping, You 570 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: could hear people in shock, and I saw people cry, 571 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: and I think because I had not had a chance 572 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: to be in church about two or three months, I 573 00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: was emotional. But we got through it. That was that Saturday. 574 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,160 Speaker 1: It was a great program to Caitlin Carver was my 575 00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 1: special guest. She came up with her dad and it 576 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: was just a beautiful thing. People and then ars ago, 577 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:04,479 Speaker 1: it's crazy and she's dating a football player. Now it's crazy, 578 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 1: that's her personal business. Sorry, but right, so she's there. 579 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,560 Speaker 1: It's just an amazing moment. We finished with the program. 580 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: Sunday comes, Monday comes. I'm going back to get this 581 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 1: pickline in and we realized that, okay, this is gonna happen. 582 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,560 Speaker 1: Let's wait and see what the m r I does. 583 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: So we finally get clearance in the m r I. 584 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 1: We walked down to to the office and it was 585 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: a fireplace there. I said, I'm gonna take this picture 586 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: believing God's gonna heal me. So we walked through. We 587 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: go to the back. I'm about to get this m 588 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:40,120 Speaker 1: r I done. The nurse she comes over to me. 589 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,880 Speaker 1: She says, would you mind if I pray for you? 590 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: I said, come on, somebody. She prays for me. I 591 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 1: walked back. I'm laying down on this table. This is 592 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: on Monday or Tuesday. We're waiting for the phone call 593 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 1: to come back. The lady founding calls. Carol calls me 594 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 1: on Wednesday morning. I missed the call. I have to 595 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: call him back, I said, Carol. She said, Sheila, we 596 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: got the results, and her voice dropped. I'm still trusting God, 597 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: and she says, he, I want you to know that 598 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: we didn't find any cancer. All the cancer is gone. 599 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: So you have a great Christmas and you enjoy yourself. 600 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: So that what I thought right there, because I remember 601 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: when the doctor told me. The doctor told me said, 602 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: you know, because we always have the theory coming back. 603 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 1: But the doctor came in my room, he went, you 604 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: are you cancer free? Then he just walked out. I went, 605 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: what did he just said? Did he say he just 606 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: walked out? You know, he just said you can go 607 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: you cancer We just walked out. I went, did he 608 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 1: just say cancer free? Did he say a cool and clear? 609 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: I just went, I gotta confirm this again. I ran 610 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: up and down. He's all that and I just saw 611 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: I went, what did you just say? Okay? Because you 612 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: just casually said that I was cancer free. Yeah, you're 613 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,320 Speaker 1: you're good. You're good, You're good. I went, thank you. 614 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 1: But I'm just let you know that you can't say 615 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 1: something like that casually. Yeah, so you know what I'm saying. So, 616 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: but people don't value They just give you information and 617 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: think is trivial, but they don't know the emotional journey 618 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,200 Speaker 1: that you're on because this is life and death information 619 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: that is being given to you. So I know when 620 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:31,479 Speaker 1: you was giving that information, it's like, oh my god, 621 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 1: it's just it's just real. It's your true, you said. 622 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: You start doubting yourself, you start contradicting information, and then 623 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: you have the process that is being real. So it 624 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:44,000 Speaker 1: was a moment when they said waiting to exhale, You 625 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: finally to exhale at that moment, and I did, and 626 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: it's just amazing how you feel after that and you 627 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 1: have time to heal. And even I had to have radiation, 628 00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,160 Speaker 1: and you know, people have really bad side effects radiation. 629 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: I found a friend who knew somebody who knew somebody 630 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: who knew somebody who was making this cream up in Washington, 631 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: d C. And I said, hey, I'll take two jars. 632 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,959 Speaker 1: Ever they said, put it on there before the treatment starts, 633 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: and I did that. I got less in a sun 634 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: less than a sunburn of a burnt on me from 635 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: thirty three rounds of radiation. Less. That was it. I 636 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 1: think God for it. God was with me through this 637 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: whole situation. And it's amazing when you were talking about 638 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,719 Speaker 1: when you had to tell your family members. I remember 639 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: I told my niece and my nephew, and I thought 640 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,800 Speaker 1: that I was gonna fix it up. I said, hey, 641 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 1: I got a little something that's going on. But the 642 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: doctor said, I'm gonna be okay. I'm thinking I'm doing 643 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 1: a good good job because I'm telling them the good thing. 644 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: And I tried to backtrack, and before I knew I 645 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 1: could hear tears so and then I heard the breakdown. 646 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 1: So after the niece and the nephew and the brother 647 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,040 Speaker 1: and the sister, I didn't tell anybody else because it 648 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: was too much. And when family members are hearing, they're like, 649 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: not you not you see the bell Not No, It's 650 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,880 Speaker 1: like people just couldn't comprehend or would not accepted. And 651 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: my sister she wouldn't accept it. She just she just 652 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 1: wouldn't accept it. And I think we were thinking about 653 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,400 Speaker 1: my Mom, But I just think about what you were 654 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,880 Speaker 1: talking about. Sometimes when you go through something, you become 655 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: more concerned about the family members than taking care of yourself. 656 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,400 Speaker 1: And you have to take care of yourself. So to 657 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:23,399 Speaker 1: go through that, the surgery and the radiation and all 658 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 1: that I went through, I just thank God that I'm 659 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: I'm okay. It's it's just amazing to be here more, 660 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,879 Speaker 1: to have a testimony to share and give God all 661 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: the glory for it. You're more than okay, Sheila. I 662 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 1: want to thank you for coming on my show. Can 663 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,200 Speaker 1: we do this once? Can we have a can we 664 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:42,280 Speaker 1: love to? I love your energy, I love your smile, 665 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,319 Speaker 1: I love your personality. I love how you just make 666 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: this such a comfortable atmosphere just to share and to 667 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: be transparent and to also prayerfully helping other people who 668 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: may be going through some of the similar things that 669 00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,480 Speaker 1: we have gone through. I'll tell you you're I'm a 670 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,399 Speaker 1: fan of yours. I wanted to get your the show 671 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:00,879 Speaker 1: once a call. 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