Speaker 1: Welcome to Checking In with Michelle Williams, a production of
Speaker 1: iHeartRadio and The Black Effect. Hey, Hey, Hey, what's up
Speaker 1: to my Checking in family? How y'all doing? Y'all doing
Speaker 1: all right this holiday season? I hope you're doing well.
Speaker 1: If not, let me know if there's anything I can do.
Speaker 1: I can share a positive word with you. Don't be
Speaker 1: hesitant to reach out to me in my DMS. Okay,
Speaker 1: or just shoot me a comment in my comment section
Speaker 1: and let me know how you're doing this holiday season.
Speaker 1: Lots of people you know to me, I noticed, I
Speaker 1: feel like it's real quiet this holiday season. I expected
Speaker 1: to see more or holiday decor I know I don't
Speaker 1: have any decorations. I'll be in Dallas at Gateway Church.
Speaker 1: I'm doing all six of their holiday services. So there
Speaker 1: are three services on the twenty third, three services on
Speaker 1: the twenty fourth, So if you are in the Dallas area,
Speaker 1: I would love to see you. And then Christmas Day,
Speaker 1: I believe I will be home in Illinois with my
Speaker 1: family or I might have to run it back to Atlanta,
Speaker 1: depending on this weather. For New Year's I'm excited I
Speaker 1: will be opening up the Rolls Bowl Parade. I'm so
Speaker 1: excited about that. I want to get y'all all the
Speaker 1: information for that. I got approached about doing the Rose
Speaker 1: Bowl Parade from a longtime friend of mine in choreographer.
Speaker 1: His name is Kevin Wilson. Kevin Wilson has danced for Brittneys,
Speaker 1: Christina Aguilera, him and his brother Kevin and Marcel Wilson.
Speaker 1: Janet Jackson share for some of everybody, and we were
Speaker 1: childhood friends and they were in the arts for a
Speaker 1: long time. And I'll never forget when I joined Destiny's
Speaker 1: Child and we did some shows with Christina Aguilera. It
Speaker 1: was so amazing to see my friends that I grew
Speaker 1: up in church with friends that I grew up in
Speaker 1: school with. We were on the road together and so
Speaker 1: Kevin Wilson reached out to me about this Rose Bowl performance.
Speaker 1: So we were kicking off the one hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: fifth Rose Parade. I will be with David Archiletta, Cassidy Pope,
Speaker 1: and Rush Davis. So I'm excited. They're revamping the Rose
Speaker 1: Bowl Parade. So I'm excited to be a part of history.
Speaker 1: I'm excited. I'm excited. I'm not excited about the call time,
Speaker 1: but it's going to be amazing again. That's the Rose
Speaker 1: Bowl Parade on January first. But let me run it
Speaker 1: back to Christmas services in the Dallas area. If you
Speaker 1: are down, I want to see you at one of
Speaker 1: six services, or if you want to be with me
Speaker 1: for all six services, you are welcome in Dallas. Show
Speaker 1: up for your girl at Gateway Church. I'm doing two
Speaker 1: songs and I'm very excited about the song selections. So
Speaker 1: just come and hang out with your girl again. I
Speaker 1: will be at Gateway Church in Dallas, Texas. So if
Speaker 1: you in Dallas and you love me, you don't have
Speaker 1: no excuse to not show up. All right, Okay, great?
Speaker 1: So have y' all been shopping? I haven't bought a ting.
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna do gift cards. I'm going to do
Speaker 1: gift cards. There are a couple friends that I'm going
Speaker 1: to send some items to. Other than that, the rest
Speaker 1: of folks is getting gift cards or you're getting a hook.
Speaker 1: That's all I got, you know. I feel like saying
Speaker 1: a year round, I'm tapped out. I'm tapped out. It's
Speaker 1: like what y'all get in me? All right? I want
Speaker 1: to hear somebody say tee what you want for Christmas.
Speaker 1: I'm waiting, I'm waiting. I'm waiting. But it's a blessing.
Speaker 1: It's a blessing. It's a blessing. This is going to
Speaker 1: be a great holiday season. I had to run something
Speaker 1: back that I posted on the ground, and that is
Speaker 1: checking in this holiday season. You know, we talk about
Speaker 1: setting emotional and financial boundaries. If you ain't got it,
Speaker 1: you ain't got it. That's emotionally and financial. Listen, if
Speaker 1: you don't have the emotional capacity or bandwidth to be
Speaker 1: around people, if you're tired, you do know you can
Speaker 1: take this time to rest. You know that, right, and
Speaker 1: it's your business. As our good sister Tabitha Brown says, Now,
Speaker 1: unless you have children, resting during the holiday season could
Speaker 1: be close to impossible. You know, you got the kids.
Speaker 1: You know they're wondering what they're getting for Christmas. They
Speaker 1: won't sanna that, this, that, or But for that parent,
Speaker 1: you might be stressed because maybe right now, maybe it's
Speaker 1: tough for you financially. Maybe you're like, I want to
Speaker 1: get my children's stuff for Christmas, I just don't have
Speaker 1: the financial means. So how are you going to show
Speaker 1: up for your family? This holiday season when you're stressed
Speaker 1: out about what you're going to be able to get.
Speaker 1: So the real meaning behind the holiday season, whatever that
Speaker 1: means for you, You know, the holiday season has to
Speaker 1: be about family and connection, Okay, And I feel like
Speaker 1: some of these kids won't. No child, if you go
Speaker 1: to Family, Dollar, Dollar, General, Dollar Tree and Honey, spend
Speaker 1: five dollars and get them five toys, they won't even know.
Speaker 1: They just these kids just want something to unwrap, y'all.
Speaker 1: I didn't care. I don't think I cared where my
Speaker 1: gifts came from. Now, when I got to a certain age,
Speaker 1: I kind of knew if something was cheap or not.
Speaker 1: But for the most part, I didn't know where these
Speaker 1: gifts came from. I just wanted something to open. So
Speaker 1: parents are stressing out about gifts for their children. Y'all
Speaker 1: know how we are now As I was a child too.
Speaker 1: You play with that toy that you wanted all year,
Speaker 1: you finally get it for Christmas, you unwrap it, you
Speaker 1: play with it for one day, maybe two days. Then
Speaker 1: you're all playing with some old mangy toy that you
Speaker 1: didn't have the past seven eight years. You don't even
Speaker 1: So we all out here spending money for these children
Speaker 1: and they don't even Don't stress yourself out, mother, don't
Speaker 1: stress yourself out. Don't you do it. But at the
Speaker 1: same time, I'm not a parent, but I'm putting myself
Speaker 1: in your shoes. If you are in the place where
Speaker 1: you do want your children to have presents under the trees,
Speaker 1: but you feel like you just can't do it, and
Speaker 1: so I understand, I totally understand. But you still have
Speaker 1: to set emotional and financial boundaries. Do not go bankrupt
Speaker 1: because of one day out of a year. Two Be
Speaker 1: around emotionally safe people. Shall you know the folks that
Speaker 1: wear you out, the folks that all always got something
Speaker 1: to say about how you dress or how you cooked
Speaker 1: the greens? Why the chicken ain't crispy enough? Who told
Speaker 1: you to make dark chocolate brownies? I won't regular milk chocolate.
Speaker 1: I don't like dark child like if somebody always got
Speaker 1: something to say, why you ain't married yet, or why
Speaker 1: you and your husband didn't work it out. Why did
Speaker 1: you cheat on your girlfriend? Why you got fold baby daddies?
Speaker 1: Why be around emotionally safe people. Being around emotionally safe people,
Speaker 1: or when you walk in the house, it's love ain't
Speaker 1: nobody finna bring up no drama, Like, don't use the
Speaker 1: holidays to bring up drama. There are three hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty four other days out of the year, But when
Speaker 1: Christmas or the Thanksgivings or the New Year's come for
Speaker 1: some reason, that's the day people like to use to
Speaker 1: be foolish. No, be around emotionally safe people. Be around
Speaker 1: emotionally safe people. Where if you say, I just I'm
Speaker 1: just I'm just tapped out this year, who still welcome
Speaker 1: you with open arms? Who say, sis, bro, I don't
Speaker 1: want anything from you. You're still welcome over here. Just
Speaker 1: come and put your feet up. Let's let's watch the game,
Speaker 1: let's watch something new on TV. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So being around emotionally safe people, give yourself grace. So
Speaker 1: when I said set emotional and financial financial boundaries and
Speaker 1: be around emotionally safe people, you give yourself grace. If
Speaker 1: you feel like you're not meeting people's expectations, give your
Speaker 1: self grace. If you feel like you didn't meet your
Speaker 1: own expectations, it's okay. Give yourself grace. If you snapped
Speaker 1: on somebody, give yourself grace. Just know, don't do it again.
Speaker 1: But do give yourself grace. Okay. Number four, be honest
Speaker 1: about where you are. Be honest about where you are.
Speaker 1: I'm not feeling well this holiday season, and so I
Speaker 1: don't want to be around a lot of people. And
Speaker 1: that's it. You don't have to do no longer drawn
Speaker 1: out explanations. I'm reading something right now that says, keep
Speaker 1: it short and sweet. Be clear, okay, if you know, hey,
Speaker 1: be just be honest about where you are. Just be honest. Hey,
Speaker 1: I don't have the money this year. Some folks say, hey,
Speaker 1: we'll have Christmas when I get my tax return. We
Speaker 1: ain't got it. Right now, Be clear about where you are,
Speaker 1: or say, hey, we're going to go volunteer at a
Speaker 1: homeless shelter this year. We're gonna give. I don't want
Speaker 1: to make it all about finances and what we don't have.
Speaker 1: Let's give. Let let's give up our time. Okay, go
Speaker 1: to a soup kitchen, go volunteer. Be honest about where
Speaker 1: you are. It's okay to not have it. It's okay
Speaker 1: to not go. That's number five. It's okay to not
Speaker 1: have it, and it's okay to not go, but you
Speaker 1: have to be clear. I'm reading an article that was
Speaker 1: published in twenty twenty two about giving expert advice for
Speaker 1: navigating conversations with family. According to Metro dot co dot uk,
Speaker 1: Aiden Milan writes this article and they she says, be clear.
Speaker 1: It's important to be clear about what you want with
Speaker 1: minimal delay. Don't beat around the bush, says no. Lack
Speaker 1: of clarity and communication is what often causes friction. So
Speaker 1: don't wait till Christmas Day maybe, or do you just
Speaker 1: just starting out start the conversation out just hey, it's
Speaker 1: a possibility. I'm not gonna make it. Be clear, Be
Speaker 1: clear with friends and family. Don't make it personal, Okay,
Speaker 1: says If you're skipping the family christ this year because
Speaker 1: of someone in particular, it's probably best to leave that
Speaker 1: part out, like, don't personalize the reasons. Don't say, hey,
Speaker 1: I ain't going to Granmmy's house because ain't he Brenda
Speaker 1: be musty, I ain't going to Grandma's house because I
Speaker 1: don't like her new husband. Don't don't don't make it personal,
Speaker 1: make the reasons for your non attendance about your own
Speaker 1: wishes and wants. You can just say, hey, I just
Speaker 1: want to rest, you know, Brace for compromise, try to
Speaker 1: be flexible. Flexible when it comes to making get up
Speaker 1: to your family. Be prepared to negotiate on alternatives, such
Speaker 1: as other dates to visit, even offer the FaceTime do
Speaker 1: a video call. That would be a considerate compromise. According
Speaker 1: to this article, don't apologize. There's obviously no need to
Speaker 1: be crue, but stand by your choice when you chat
Speaker 1: about it, Noel says, don't apologize for your decision, but
Speaker 1: do infat thighs with the other people's feelings of dissatisfaction
Speaker 1: or disappointment. Don't take responsibility for how they are going
Speaker 1: to react. Don't take responsibility for their feelings. If you
Speaker 1: really say, hey, mommy doesn't have the money right now,
Speaker 1: but we will, we will, we will do something soon, Okay,
Speaker 1: I know it hurts you know. Or prop a script.
Speaker 1: Start the chat with the clear idea of what you
Speaker 1: want to say and how you want to say it.
Speaker 1: Prepare yourself with the script of what you want to say,
Speaker 1: keep it neutral, and practice it. When you have the
Speaker 1: conversation with your family, think about the setting and time.
Speaker 1: Try to ensure people have eaten and are not too tired,
Speaker 1: as negative reactions can come from being angry or being tired. Also,
Speaker 1: make sure the setting is not overstimulating. Keep it short
Speaker 1: and sweet. Noel says that keeping the conversation brief can
Speaker 1: help keep things from escalating. Try to manage the conversation
Speaker 1: so it does not go on too long. Keep it
Speaker 1: business like so it doesn't descend into drama. Organize it
Speaker 1: like a work meeting with time and place, boundaries and
Speaker 1: an agenda. Allow folks to have their say, taking turns.
Speaker 1: But it's not about decision making. That's already done. Meaning
Speaker 1: I said what I said. I said, I'm not coming,
Speaker 1: but I do want you to have your set. It's
Speaker 1: not gonna change you'll feel, but I do want you
Speaker 1: to have yourself. So that's how we are checking in
Speaker 1: this holiday season. I am excited to know your thoughts. Now,
Speaker 1: there are gonna be some people that gonna be like Michelle,
Speaker 1: I can't relate. I love my family. I start Christmas
Speaker 1: shopping in July so it ensures that everybody I love
Speaker 1: has gifts. Or if you don't celebrate the holiday season.
Speaker 1: This is in respect to people who do not celebrate
Speaker 1: the holidays at all. But you still love fellowship. Maybe
Speaker 1: you just kind of, you know, love seeing everybody else excited.
Speaker 1: Respect to the listeners as well, who are like, maybe
Speaker 1: I can't relate because I don't sell to break Christmas anywhere.
Speaker 1: I hear you as well, so you probably just sitting
Speaker 1: back with your popcorn, like seeing all these people get
Speaker 1: stressed out. Like for me, I hate the hustle and
Speaker 1: bustle of Christmas shopping. I hate what it does to people.
Speaker 1: It makes people anxious. It makes people upset because they're
Speaker 1: trying to find this gift for a loved one. You
Speaker 1: know it's Christmas Day, but you wait till Christmas Eve.
Speaker 1: Oh it breaks my heart. It breaks my heart. So
Speaker 1: I want to go back to those you know who
Speaker 1: just absolutely adore the holiday season. Like my mother, Honey,
Speaker 1: she would just start crying when she would wrap Christmas gifts.
Speaker 1: I don't know if she was crying because she spent
Speaker 1: too much money, but I felt like she just loved
Speaker 1: the Christmas season so much. She only wants snow when
Speaker 1: it's Oh, if it's not snowing, it ain't Christmas. Like
Speaker 1: there are some people who just just they just I
Speaker 1: feel like Kelly Kelly loves Christmas. I'm not saying I
Speaker 1: beat on love Chris, but Kelly the tree had been
Speaker 1: up probably since August child I don't know, but she
Speaker 1: just loves it, loves it, loves it, loves it, loves it. Me,
Speaker 1: on the other hand, I don't have a Christmas tree up. Again,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna be home anyway, but it's me and
Speaker 1: I feel like things will change. I don't have children.
Speaker 1: I have a dog, but I don't know. No one's
Speaker 1: coming over here excited for Christmas. Okay, so I'm not
Speaker 1: doing I don't have any decorations. Someone gave me a cute,
Speaker 1: little like lantern thing. I don't know whatever. So but again,
Speaker 1: I do love when people are excited. A friend of
Speaker 1: mine was facetiming me yesterday and their mother has the
Speaker 1: house decked out, multiple trees everywhere, there's a light for everything.
Speaker 1: I mean, it looks like the Christmas department at Target
Speaker 1: or something. I mean, it's it's it's it's lights everywhere.
Speaker 1: So that did actually make me excited because I know
Speaker 1: that I know that their mom is excited, you know.
Speaker 1: So I do get excited when I see other people excited.
Speaker 1: I'm not that much of a Grench, do I do
Speaker 1: get excited, you know. So I just wanted to just
Speaker 1: share and send some love to see what everybody is
Speaker 1: up to and how everybody has been feeling. I do no.
Speaker 1: Seasonal depression, you know, is a real, real, real thing,
Speaker 1: especially during the holidays. This this weather doesn't know what
Speaker 1: it wants to do, and so I definitely want to
Speaker 1: acknowledge those who might just be feeling the blues, you know,
Speaker 1: for this holiday season. So I encourage you to get
Speaker 1: out from fresh air does wonders. And I know you're like,
Speaker 1: you got to get up first to get outside. I'm
Speaker 1: telling you, fresh air does wonders. I'm excited for my baby,
Speaker 1: my dog. I love taking him out for walks. He
Speaker 1: gets so excited. I just put the leash in my
Speaker 1: hand and he just gets all excited because he knows
Speaker 1: we're about to go on that walk, you know. And
Speaker 1: so just go out, get some fresh air, have a
Speaker 1: conversation with someone you haven't had in a while. Go
Speaker 1: grab that cup of coffee, you know, Go grab a
Speaker 1: nice warm croissante, or y'all make you some toast in
Speaker 1: the oven, honey, that mean the best toast, that broiler
Speaker 1: oven toast you want to talk about, babbe, ain't no
Speaker 1: depression around here. If I got a broiler, put that butter.
Speaker 1: Put some pieces of butter on that bread stick it
Speaker 1: un ooh, and seasonal depression, where it's time to get
Speaker 1: that broiler going, get that toask on. Some people like
Speaker 1: to put a little sugar on it, you know, I
Speaker 1: just like a little apple jelly. Yes, there is a
Speaker 1: such thing as apple jelly, not apple butter, which is good,
Speaker 1: but I love apple jelly. I just want to just
Speaker 1: send love to those who might maybe you're just feeling
Speaker 1: the seasonal blues. And we talked about that a few
Speaker 1: episodes back, about seasonal depression and how that thing is real,
Speaker 1: you know, from the fall till about March, until that
Speaker 1: weather starts turning because there's less sunshine right now. So
Speaker 1: that really, really really has been affecting, affecting people. So
Speaker 1: just want you to know that you are loved. Someone
Speaker 1: just said that, hey, they've been struggling a bit and
Speaker 1: that they're glad that they are not alone. Never alone,
Speaker 1: never alone. There's always gonna be someone who can relate
Speaker 1: to what you're going through. And don't let those lies
Speaker 1: and those emotions tell you opposite. You are not alone. Okay,
Speaker 1: So yes, honey, it's been some good stuff going on.
Speaker 1: Thank y'all for the love the past few weeks. Honey,
Speaker 1: about some fashion choices, chill. Jason Bollen is my friend.
Speaker 1: I went to a wedding in Dallas and so that's
Speaker 1: what those last pictures were from. So that was fun.
Speaker 1: That was fun. I know. I said, I won't gonna
Speaker 1: show no more leg I'm not doing briefs again. I
Speaker 1: might do a little high slit and address or something,
Speaker 1: but yeah, I'm not. We're not gonna do that. We're
Speaker 1: not gonna do that. So that's what we're not going
Speaker 1: to do. Did I tell y'all? So I think since
Speaker 1: I've talked to you, did we talk about Thanksgiving? And
Speaker 1: I told you? Did I tell you? Did we let
Speaker 1: me see? Because that was okay? I think we talked
Speaker 1: about a little bit, y'all. My turkey was a tinch salty.
Speaker 1: Ch'all tried dispatchcock it and we I brined it and
Speaker 1: then injected it with some casun seasons and it got
Speaker 1: a little salty. I might try to do something else,
Speaker 1: maybe for New Year's or Christmas. I feel like I
Speaker 1: need I need another chance to get it right. Y'all
Speaker 1: ever feel that way, you need a chance to get
Speaker 1: it right. We'll see. It depends on if I go
Speaker 1: home for Christmas to Illinois or stay here in the
Speaker 1: Atlanta area. We shall see, we shall see again. I
Speaker 1: want to see your faces. If you're in Dallas, I
Speaker 1: want to see you at Gateway Church, all right. It's
Speaker 1: it's in south Lake, seven hundred Blessed Way, south Lake, Texas.
Speaker 1: All right, So come on on, don't wait. The music
Speaker 1: is going to be great. It's beautiful. I already got
Speaker 1: a sketch of one of the songs that I'm singing.
Speaker 1: It has two words, so I'm gonna give you it's
Speaker 1: a nice song. It's song you've heard before, so I'm excited.
Speaker 1: I just got the sketch yesterday to make sure that
Speaker 1: the key is comfortable and all that good. So I
Speaker 1: love working with music departments. There are passionate professional babebe
Speaker 1: m mmmmm, folks is calling themselves professionals, and they ain't.
Speaker 1: I love getting my music in time. I get to
Speaker 1: study it, I get to rehearse it, so I'm really,
Speaker 1: really really excited about it. So again, I want to
Speaker 1: see you there, all right. And then those of you
Speaker 1: who are not able to go to the Rose Bowl parade.
Speaker 1: Make sure you tune in to it. It's gonna be exciting.
Speaker 1: It's going to be exciting. Again. I'm not excited about
Speaker 1: that four thirty am call time, but we gotta do
Speaker 1: what we gotta do. So that's what's been going on.
Speaker 1: I'm excited about this year is it's been a blessed year.
Speaker 1: It has really been a blessed year. There's some things
Speaker 1: coming up in twenty twenty four. One project I was very,
Speaker 1: very excited about it has been pushed back. Negotiations are
Speaker 1: still going on. Oh gosh, I did something so fun.
Speaker 1: It's gonna air January third on Fox. Okay, that's all
Speaker 1: I can say about it. Oh, I'm excited about it now.
Speaker 1: This is not what I did in Ireland. Okay, in
Speaker 1: Ireland I did. Okay, I filmed a show in Ireland.
Speaker 1: But it's gonna film. It's gonna air here in the States.
Speaker 1: But keep your eyes tuned January third. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: something so oh my gosh, so fun, just so endearing.
Speaker 1: I'll leave it at that. It's been some cool, fun opportunities.
Speaker 1: I don't mind hard work. You gotta you know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying. But some of the majority of the hard work.
Speaker 1: It's got to be fun. If I can't make it fun,
Speaker 1: I don't want to do it. I don't want I
Speaker 1: don't want to do it. And I hope that you
Speaker 1: guys that are listening you can get to a place
Speaker 1: in your lives and your careers actually don't wait. Everybody's
Speaker 1: working hard, everybody's making sure, honey, the bills are paid.
Speaker 1: But if you can find something with what you do
Speaker 1: to make some part of it fun. I know some
Speaker 1: people might be like Michelle. I work in the emmergengency room.
Speaker 1: There's nothing fun about seeing blood and guts. There's nothing
Speaker 1: fun about seeing babies cry and you're trying to figure
Speaker 1: out why they're in so much pain. There's nothing fun
Speaker 1: about it. I get that part of the job. It's
Speaker 1: not fun. But there's got to be something fun in
Speaker 1: the break room when you're actually able to take a break,
Speaker 1: you know, or just I get it. Folks are working,
Speaker 1: Folks are doing, like, oh my gosh, so many stressful,
Speaker 1: stressful jobs. And I want you to know I see you,
Speaker 1: and I hear you, but you deserve to have some fun, somehow,
Speaker 1: have fun as long as it does not compromise the
Speaker 1: integrity of the work that you gotta do. All right,
Speaker 1: if I'm in the emergency room, I don't think I
Speaker 1: want to hear jokes. Let's get to the problem first
Speaker 1: and then we can laugh later. I totally, I totally
Speaker 1: get it, and some I just want you all to know.
Speaker 1: You know, I've been having some fun with what I do.
Speaker 1: I think in twenty twenty four, just more impact, making
Speaker 1: more impact positively in the lives of as many people
Speaker 1: that I possibly can. Will you join me in that,
Speaker 1: making impact positively in the lives of as many people
Speaker 1: as you can? What do you say to that? Will
Speaker 1: you join me? If you don't mind, tell me how
Speaker 1: are you going to do that? I think I want
Speaker 1: to volunteer a lot more. I want to volunteer more.
Speaker 1: There's some things that I want to do, and I
Speaker 1: think I want to volunteer a lot more. I had
Speaker 1: the chance to volunteer last week in Tampa. There's an
Speaker 1: organization called Feeding Tampa, and what struck me was that
Speaker 1: there are people that work every day. They're working Monday
Speaker 1: through Friday, nine to five, and some are still struggling
Speaker 1: to make ends. Meeting, so we distributed food. It was
Speaker 1: a mobile pantry where they stay in the car and
Speaker 1: we just put the food in the back of their
Speaker 1: and their trunks or in the back seat of their car,
Speaker 1: or wherever they want their food. And one woman she
Speaker 1: recognized who I was, and she just began to weep,
Speaker 1: and she was just telling me how you know she
Speaker 1: works for. If I set the name of the company,
Speaker 1: you would know it. And but just how tough it's been.
Speaker 1: So I just want to tell anybody who's listening to me,
Speaker 1: who's feeling like it's been tough. Like I said, you've
Speaker 1: been wanting to provide something amazing for the holiday season,
Speaker 1: but you'd rather say, Hey, as long as we got
Speaker 1: food on the table, you know that that's the best
Speaker 1: you can do. And I want you to know that
Speaker 1: that is all right, that's the best you can do.
Speaker 1: This is a safe zone over here. Ain't no judgment
Speaker 1: over here, y'all. I'd rather have good food than gifts anyway.
Speaker 1: So don't feel bad again. Do not feel bad, But
Speaker 1: my heart is with you. I'm praying for better times
Speaker 1: for you, and I'm praying that y'all get some unexpected
Speaker 1: coins that you were not expecting in twenty I pray
Speaker 1: that you get it now, and I pray and I'm
Speaker 1: gonna save something for the twenty twenty four episode. But
Speaker 1: just that that at this time, that that you know
Speaker 1: that your prayers are heard, that your worries and concern
Speaker 1: are being seen, right, Okay, So just know that I
Speaker 1: love y'all so so, so so much, and this time
Speaker 1: next week we'll be in touch. Okay, this time next week,
Speaker 1: Christmas would have passed. So I just want to encourage
Speaker 1: you up until now, up until the holiday season. Just
Speaker 1: let you know that I love you and thank you
Speaker 1: all for being the best gift that I can have,
Speaker 1: especially those that continue to listen to the podcast week
Speaker 1: after week after week after week. I love you, and
Speaker 1: I sure thank you those who just passed my episodes
Speaker 1: on to people that say, hey, I think you should
Speaker 1: listen to this episode. That makes me smile. That makes
Speaker 1: me smile, and the messages that I've gotten from people
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