WEBVTT - Willow’s Mother’s Day Surprise 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:02.720 Hey, fam I'm Jada Pinkett Smith and this is the 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:06.600 Red Tabletop podcast, all your favorite episodes from the Facebook 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:10.399 watch show in audio produced by Westbrook Audio and I 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:13.760 Heart Radio. Please don't forget to rate and review on 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:17.360 Apple Podcast. So today is Mother's Day and I'm in 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:21.040 the control room and command center of Red Table Talk, 0:00:21.360 --> 0:00:24.160 which is also our garage, and I'm gonna fill you 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:27.600 in on a little secret. For the last three months, 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:30.680 I've been planning a huge surprise for my mom. She 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:36.720 has no idea that I've been orchestrating this reunion. There's 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.560 a crew that's gonna set up the gift right here. 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.839 This is all happening like forty ft away from the 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:44.559 Red Table. If my mom gets up to go to 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:49.120 the bathroom or anything, we are all sunk. We are 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:52.880 honoring a bunch of amazing moms, So you know there's 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:57.320 about to be surprised. After surprised, there's people hiding all 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.800 over the house. I gotta make my way to the 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:09.880 play so she doesn't get suspicious. Wish me luck happy. Yes, 0:01:11.959 --> 0:01:16.279 this is our TTS special holiday. It was the first 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:20.039 time that we actually aired Red Table Talk. So this 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:23.760 is the anniversary. I love that. Gam What has being 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:30.440 a mother meant to you? There's so many levels to mothering. Yeah, 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:34.279 and I think that at seventeen, I had no clue 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:36.679 what I was doing. And then you know, it's no 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:41.200 secret how difficult it's been for us. But the best 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:45.320 mothering years for me have been once I came into recovery. 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.880 And I think it started when I made the clear 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:55.360 and immediate decision to travel with you to Australia. Yeah, Willow, 0:01:56.120 --> 0:02:00.440 this is a question, wait were you shooting Matrix? She 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.600 came with me to Australia to help take care of 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:06.280 you and Jaden. I knew in my gut that this 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:10.160 was like a redemptive moment for me, like she needed 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:14.040 me and I was gonna be there, period, and it 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:18.080 was so healing for us. It was My life was 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:22.440 never the same after that. Yeah, that was awesome. It's 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.880 just beautiful to see how your relationship has grown even 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:29.639 through all of the challenges that you've had. I was 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:34.960 giving a perfect mother for the journey that I had. Yeah, So, 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:44.440 good job, Adrian. So we've got some special moms joining 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.840 the table today. First up, mother of five, Pam willis Hi. 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:59.280 I welcome to the table. Welcome, Welcome. Yes. Like millions 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:02.840 of others, AM started her day by scrolling through Facebook, 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.000 and one day she saw this post that changed her life. 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.720 A family of nine was driving from California to Texas, 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.760 ready for new life, when the suv carrying them and 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:19.120 all of their belongings crashed into a median. The seven 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.880 young children were thrown from the car and suffered major injuries. 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:29.880 Both parents were killed on impact. What seven siblings, ages 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.960 one through twelve, were now in foster care and in 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:40.000 need of a permanent home. Oh my god, WHOA. When 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:42.680 I saw the Facebook post, I just brought tears to 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.360 my eyes. My husband and I had been trying to 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:47.440 decide what we were going to do next with our 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.720 lives because our youngest of our five children was graduating 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:53.080 from high school, and so we had this house that 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:56.800 was becoming emptier and emptier as time went by, and 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.680 I thought we could take them. I have I have realm, 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.760 you know, and I can do this. And so I thought, Okay, 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:06.600 my husband's gonna tell me I'm crazy, So I'm just 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.640 gonna tag him in the post and let him read it. 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.640 Went to him that night and I said, hey, babe, 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.560 did you see that post and I'm like, Okay, here 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.159 it comes. He's gonna I'm gonna have to sort of, 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.039 you know, sell it to him, and he said yeah, 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:21.680 and then he just looked at me and said we 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:25.240 should adopt them. Oh wow, I knew. It was one 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.920 of those moments in life where you just you knew 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:37.799 you married the right. You call them your second chance seven. Yes, 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:42.080 that is my name that I came up with for 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:46.080 my husband and I having a second chance at parenting. Yeah, 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.600 and for them having a second chance at life. You know, 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:54.960 they lost their parents and that's honestly such a huge commitment. 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.159 And for all of those children to be able to 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.440 stay together, right, and that's the big thing. They probably 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.320 could have easily separated them out and I'll find a 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:06.240 home for these two and home for those two, but 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:08.720 you know right away, you can't separate them. Let me 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:13.480 divine love and work. It really is. We were ready 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.120 for anything because they've been through so much trauma, they 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.520 were scared, they had lived with domestic violence and drug 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.440 abuse and neglect. They had a lot to deal with, 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.279 and then the accident and the grief. I still learned 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:28.760 every single day, especially with the older ones and they're 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.400 processing there. Obviously were more reserved with their feelings for 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:37.920 longer because they have that emotional intelligence to withhold and 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:43.599 stay safe inside until Yeah. So you can have a 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:45.479 three year old, they're just gonna let it all out. 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.560 You know, there's gonna have temper tantrums and they don't 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:50.440 sleep and all these things. But I knew how to 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:54.680 take care of that. Now. It's learning from the older kids, 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:58.400 from scolding one of them about schoolwork like I always 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.919 would do. You know with my older kids, it's like 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.760 you hit a nerve and you're like, oh, maybe I 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.760 can't be that way with this one because it triggers something. 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:12.520 And so I'm learning just every day learning. Okay, let's 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.359 back up and you know what did that do, and 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:19.360 let's do that differently next time. Understanding who that child is, 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:24.320 what that particular child needs. But they were just so great. 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.200 We just connected with them like instantly, every single one 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:32.800 of them. That's amazing. What are the ages fifteen, thirteen, nine, eight, 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:38.800 seven and then five and four? Wow? So I have 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:44.720 two teenagers. It's fun. Yes, So we call them the 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.520 bigs and the littles. And everybody doesn't have room in 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:51.520 their heart for all those children, like, that's just not 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.720 an easy task and it never ends. My oldest is 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:58.800 almost thirty three, and I'm still worried about it. You've 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.960 got a lot of points on the scoreboard. You got 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:06.120 a lot of points. I just feel like God put 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.440 me in my husband in this place to care for 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:13.080 these children. I think that mothering for me is my purpose, 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.640 and I think it's the most beautiful superpower to have. 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:19.440 Thank you. Your kids sent you a little Mother's Day message. 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:23.920 Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I'm thankful for all the love 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:29.160 you given me. Um. I love the adoption. It made 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:35.680 me so happy to live here. I like when you 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:38.880 hug us and played with us and Allie and Mom, 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:42.480 damn me and King. One thing that I really love 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:45.480 about your ma is uh, You're just fun to talk with. 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.800 I love how you met made up so much plans 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:54.679 for us and let us go to the beach happy. 0:07:55.160 --> 0:08:08.840 I love you. That's amazing. They are. They're wonderful, they're great, 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:19.240 we're flexed. I get that have a tissue. You can 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.000 tell how love they feel. It's such a blessing to 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:26.080 know that our home provided safety and security so that 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:29.040 they could feel that. You know, it's a privilege. You 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:43.760 know what, come on out, kids, you know they're are 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:52.360 This is wonderful goodness. You see how the cameras He's like, WHOA, 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:59.600 what's going? Well? Gary? I have to tell you you 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:03.400 get made your point. How do you know how you 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.480 did it? I don't know how you did it. How 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.840 you made this a surprise for her? You know it 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:11.680 was difficult. I was wondering why he wasn't answering my 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:16.040 text about their schooling today, like he must be really overwhelmed. 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.720 I need to get home now. Which one is Ruby? 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:22.520 I am? You had something special that you wanted to say. 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:24.880 I just wanted to thank my mom for all the 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:27.200 love she's given all of us these past two years. 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.520 I love you very much. Have your mother's saying I 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:37.679 love you, love you. This is amazing. You guys are amazing, Pam. 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:42.080 You and Gary have five adult children as well, and 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:59.560 they're here too. This is great. You dear, got me good. 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:09.439 Not a peeple. That is so Alexa, you've been elected 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.760 as the spokesperson at here. What would you like to 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:17.080 say to your mom? Mom? We are just so grateful 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:20.720 for you. We're grateful that you made us your entire world. 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.800 You're gonna make me cry. You just love each and 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:27.600 every one of us so uniquely, and we're just grateful 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:29.560 for the life that you've given us. We're grateful for 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.760 the bond that we all have because of you, because 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:35.199 of the family that you've created, and we're just so 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:44.080 blessed to be loved by you. Yeah, okay, super mom power. 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:50.280 I never get all of them together. She lives in Utah, 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:54.400 she lives in Nevada. Like they get all of them 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.240 together at the same time. This is the kind of 0:10:57.400 --> 0:10:59.960 energy that we love to celebrate at the Red Tape. 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:04.240 And we've heard you've built up some credit card debt 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:08.800 after kid's weddings and getting the kids everything they need. 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:13.920 So for your big heart and your big, giant, beautiful family, 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:17.520 we are going to give you a whole lot of cash. 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:24.280 We're talking fifty little thousands. This right here is what 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:36.679 like is about on deep this pleasure Mother's Day. Thank 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:42.280 you for coming. That was amazing. What is happening to me? 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.439 That's what I need to figure out. Nothing, You're just 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:54.920 the vibes game. You're getting all soft, just feeling okay. 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:59.880 Next up, josephine Es as a single mother of three 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:04.920 who sacrificed everything for her children. When she was twenty 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.760 seven years old, Josephine made the painful and taboo decision 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:14.200 to leave her arranged marriage in Nigeria. She was pregnant, 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:18.160 already had twin toddlers, and was headed for America with 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:23.520 nothing but a single suitcase. For decades, Josephine worked tirelessly, 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:27.120 often three jobs at a time, to provide for her children, 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:32.520 who all say she's their hero. Welcome, tell us about 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:38.559 your journey. Hey, what's a difficult decision to leave my marriage, 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:45.080 which is not acceptable in my culture? Divorce? He said, no, No, 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:50.520 I don't want my kids to live in their culture 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:57.480 where women both in the back. Yeah, so it was 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:02.560 difficult to leave every and that I know, with nothing, 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:07.960 no money, living paycheck by paycheck and start blaming myself. 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:11.920 Why did I take my kids and put them in 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:16.800 a position where it's really hard? At the point I 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:20.400 was trying to give up, I said, you know, Josephine, 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.480 given up is not my option. I have to fight 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:28.439 for these kids. I have to provide for them. Sometimes 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:32.560 I will go inside the romance cry better. Have to 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.760 pick myself up. I have to be a role model 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:41.840 for my kids. I decided to start a business. I 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:48.600 was able to give them the education they needed, paid everything. 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:54.880 I have a wonderful kids. God, it's good. So your 0:13:54.960 --> 0:14:01.720 daughter Brenda, she and the Navy name h yeah, Oh 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:05.640 my goodness. Yeah, so, oh my case. They're wonderful and 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:10.360 Brenda is exceptional. Well your daughter. Um. She wanted the 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.120 world to know what an amazing woman you are, so 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:20.720 she sent us a little video for you. What him 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:24.000 have your Mother's Day. I'm sorry I can't be there 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.880 to celebrate it with you. I'm stuck out to see 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.240 you again. But I just wanted the world to know 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:32.720 what an amazing woman you are and all the sacrifices 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:36.240 you made for Brian, Shawn and I. It's been over 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.000 seven years since the last time we spent Mothers Say together, 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.240 and over a year since the last time I received 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:46.480 your hug and miss and I love you. Have your 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:51.920 Mother's Day. Oh, it's been a long time. It's been 0:14:55.240 --> 0:15:00.480 missed her. She went on deployment. It's hard. Yeah, this 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:02.800 is the red Table. So of course we pull some 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:06.520 strings with the Navy to make sure you had a 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:13.840 great Mother's Day. Come on out here, Brenda. Oh my gosh, oh, 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:26.760 oh my goodness, Oh my god, thank you, love you. 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:38.480 Oh man, what a wonderful mother. Welcome to the Yes 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:44.400 so much, thank you for everything, Thank you for your service, 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:51.720 thank you. Yes, this is you you. Oh my goodness. 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:55.040 So it's been a year since you guys have seen 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.520 each other. Yeah, we went out to see for like 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:02.240 some exercises and then COVID hit. My goodness, and it's 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.240 been seven years since you guys have been able to 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:09.640 spend Mother's Day again. We have to say to your mom, 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:12.840 you made everything seems so easy. But my mom like 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.880 never complained about anything. She was working three jobs. She 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:17.680 would come in and then she'll make our food for 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:20.600 us and provide for us if like something bad was happening, 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.240 we never knew about it. That in itself as a gift. 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:28.680 She just kept trucking, She hustled. She yeah, So she 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:32.800 gave you an amazing work ethic and on top of 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:37.880 that education with no loans or expenses to have to 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:40.760 work at. So that in itself, Mom, that's one of 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.000 the biggest things that you can do for your child. 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:52.720 She's wonderful and your your busses was telling me how 0:16:53.520 --> 0:17:06.800 super superstar. I'll kid, she said that. She said leader, 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:11.520 and I say, I'm proud of her because she knows 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:16.480 what she wants. She never deviate. It has to be 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.960 so beautiful for you as a mother, with every bit 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:24.480 of sacrifice that you have made, to see that it 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:29.840 was all worth it. Yes, that's the biggest payoff for mom. Yes, 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:34.080 your son's Brian and Sean want to wish you a 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:38.919 happy Mother's Day. Hey mom, Hey, Happy Mother's Day. You 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.639 raised three kids, and these were three kids that were like, 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.000 we're a big handful. When you put yourself aside and 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:47.800 say I'm going to do everything for my kids, you 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.480 are my shield, you are my sword, you are my protector. 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:55.160 I love you so much. Happy Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day. Mom. 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:59.320 You have demonstrated your love to us and your grandkids. 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:01.919 We love you with all our hearts. We thank you 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.439 for everything you have done, and we pray and hope 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:14.640 that you're blessed beyond measure. Wow, and the tears will 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:22.240 not stop. Oh my goodness, You're important to us, So, Josephine, 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.720 we wanted you to have a very special Mother's Day 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:29.400 present from the Red Table, and we know how important 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:33.600 creating memories is, so we're giving you a special trip 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:38.760 for two Our friends at Moon Palace. Can't Cool are 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:43.439 giving you an all inclusive stay for four nights at 0:18:43.520 --> 0:18:54.840 their four star flagship resort. Mother's Day. Yeah, Happy Mother's Day. 0:18:57.440 --> 0:19:01.080 My heart is just like swell, thank you so much 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:05.919 for coming. Wow, that is awesome. Yeah. So I have 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:09.159 to say his mom died, She says, one woman stepped 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:13.800 up and pulled her through. My name is Sada K Jackson, 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.359 and I live in Los Angeles with my husband and 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:22.199 my two beautiful boys, Kendricks is four and Creed is 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:27.439 eleven months. Pretty much all of my close family is 0:19:27.520 --> 0:19:32.760 in Kansas City. This is my favorite picture of my mom. 0:19:32.800 --> 0:19:37.400 My mom, Eilena Watson, was everything to me. She was strong, 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:43.359 very loving, very nurturing, very tough, but also honest and real. 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:45.680 I was one of those kids that call your mom 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:48.480 three times a day. Even though we were miles apart, 0:19:48.560 --> 0:19:53.879 we were always very, very close. It's very hard for 0:19:53.920 --> 0:20:00.720 me to express how I approached my journey through motherhood 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:08.000 without getting emotional because my first Mother's Day was my 0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:12.520 first Mother's Day without my mom. I lost my mom 0:20:12.600 --> 0:20:17.960 in two thousand and sixteen. She passed away when I 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:21.439 was entering my eighth month of pregnancy with my first baby. 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.919 It's very hard trying to navigate through emotions of the 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.160 saddest thing that you've ever experienced and the happiest thing 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:34.000 that you've ever experienced happening simultaneously. As I've been navigating 0:20:34.040 --> 0:20:37.399 through this grief, my aunt Gwen has been a beautiful 0:20:37.480 --> 0:20:39.920 light in my life. She stepped up in a way 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:44.560 that has given me that warm, motherly type of love 0:20:44.920 --> 0:20:50.800 that I've missed so much. There she is, she's the 0:20:50.920 --> 0:20:56.280 caretaker of the family, just a phone call away. We 0:20:56.400 --> 0:20:59.280 just have this bond that's unbreakable, and I'm thankful for 0:20:59.359 --> 0:21:01.800 it and I want to give her her roses while 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:08.160 she's here. Yeah, welcome. So tell us about the woman 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:11.680 you wanted to honor today. Well, my aunt has been 0:21:12.240 --> 0:21:14.720 a rock for me and my baby's you know, they 0:21:14.760 --> 0:21:17.080 love they call her Auntie. Kendricks has seen her a 0:21:17.080 --> 0:21:19.920 few times because he's four, but Creed only knows her 0:21:19.960 --> 0:21:22.679 through the phone. She's my mom's only living sister, and 0:21:22.760 --> 0:21:25.840 so that's a piece of my mom. It's been a 0:21:25.960 --> 0:21:30.800 year since you've seen your aunt, over a year. She's older, 0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:32.600 and just like you, don't know how much time you 0:21:32.600 --> 0:21:36.680 have with your elders, like right, So the R T 0:21:36.880 --> 0:21:41.280 T team has been working with you to surprise your aunt. 0:21:41.320 --> 0:21:45.359 When why does she think she's coming to the table today? 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:50.040 So my aunt is very inward, got it? And she 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:52.840 does not go anywhere. I don't know when's the last 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:54.879 time she's been on a plane. So for her to 0:21:55.040 --> 0:21:59.800 be here is like you got It's so out of 0:21:59.840 --> 0:22:05.400 her comfort zone. The way I pitched it was like, 0:22:05.840 --> 0:22:09.040 you know how like shows have like Mother's Day specials 0:22:09.040 --> 0:22:11.920 and it's like moms and the audience like I dominated you. 0:22:12.119 --> 0:22:14.240 I kind of just told her, you know, breathing the 0:22:14.280 --> 0:22:17.639 blessings you deserve. This. This is just my way of 0:22:17.840 --> 0:22:20.680 letting her know she's loved and appreciated and seen. Because 0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:23.720 she's so you're gonna love her? Well, is it okay? 0:22:23.720 --> 0:22:25.919 If we ask you to hide? I would love to 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:32.359 do that. Yes, okay, you say this hiding? Okay? So 0:22:32.440 --> 0:22:35.760 now we're gonna need you to go get this Gwenn? 0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:41.679 Got it? N Hey, Hey, hi, do you want to 0:22:41.720 --> 0:22:48.040 come follow me? Yes? Awesome? Hello, welcome to the table. 0:22:49.280 --> 0:22:55.080 You all look so prinny. You come right there? Okay, 0:22:55.400 --> 0:22:59.240 how was your flight coming here? All the way from Kansas. 0:23:00.000 --> 0:23:08.240 Well up on it packed, folks is like we out. Well, 0:23:08.280 --> 0:23:13.680 we're glad to have you here. Thank you. First, can 0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:16.879 you tell us about how you lost your sister. She 0:23:16.960 --> 0:23:22.560 had breast cancer and mother had breast cancers. Yeah. Yeah, 0:23:22.800 --> 0:23:26.879 she was ten years younger than me, so it's been hard. 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:31.880 When my sister was diagnosed, I stayed with her one 0:23:31.960 --> 0:23:36.920 year m hm, and she didn't want nobody else to 0:23:36.960 --> 0:23:39.359 be there. I had to see or go through so much, 0:23:39.520 --> 0:23:42.520 and I said, if anybody needs to be here, it's 0:23:42.560 --> 0:23:45.760 your daughter. And Sada got to spend that time with her. 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:50.080 Well it sounds like you have a special relationship with Sada. Yes, 0:23:50.320 --> 0:23:52.719 I do. When she was born, my sister wouldnt let 0:23:52.760 --> 0:24:00.760 nobody hold Sata about me. Well, yeah, that's your gift 0:24:00.800 --> 0:24:03.040 for you. Right now, we have someone who wants to 0:24:03.119 --> 0:24:09.160 wish you a happy Mothers Day. I'm a very special person. 0:24:10.160 --> 0:24:23.639 Who what is it? Let's see, let's see. I'm so 0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:27.800 proud of you mothers say thank you, happy about this 0:24:27.920 --> 0:24:41.280 day I got you here. Oh, it's been a long 0:24:41.280 --> 0:24:44.159 time since we've seen each other. Yea, yeah, I just 0:24:44.240 --> 0:24:47.200 love seeing the love between you two. A lot of 0:24:47.720 --> 0:24:50.040 we've been through a lot, you know, like that first 0:24:50.119 --> 0:24:52.440 year of grieving was very hard on both of us, 0:24:52.600 --> 0:24:54.320 and I just called her one Christmas crying on a 0:24:54.400 --> 0:24:57.440 voiceman said, Auntie, I need you. And she's been there 0:24:57.480 --> 0:25:02.040 ever since, you know, and her boys Kendrick. I just 0:25:02.160 --> 0:25:05.080 love it he calls me Auntie. That means the world 0:25:05.160 --> 0:25:09.359 to man. Yeah, so sayda I hear. There's a song 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:14.480 called I Remember Mama that Aunt Gwen used to ask 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:18.320 you to sing to her. There's so many memories where 0:25:18.400 --> 0:25:21.960 she would have me singing. Oh, gospel songs, Shirley Caesar 0:25:22.240 --> 0:25:26.040 and well, Gwen, one of your favorites of all time, 0:25:27.920 --> 0:25:38.879 must say hello when she is Yeah, I want to 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:45.199 say Happy Mother's Day to Auntie Gwen. You and I 0:25:45.280 --> 0:25:48.399 also want to say Happy mothers They told all of 0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:52.040 you around the table and especially to say that that 0:25:52.200 --> 0:25:55.760 God has put into the heart of her Auntie Gwen. 0:25:56.520 --> 0:25:59.280 God bless you and this is for you. Auntie Gwen. 0:26:00.600 --> 0:26:08.680 Thank you. I remember Mama move Hello that she gave. 0:26:10.760 --> 0:26:16.720 Needn't I have bedside. I can't steal her. Mama say 0:26:19.280 --> 0:26:23.560 the people are the candy on you don't get ahead 0:26:23.640 --> 0:26:34.960 of him down. I remember and I have way I 0:26:35.200 --> 0:26:40.320 remeb my mama and I had to be way. I 0:26:40.520 --> 0:26:43.639 give anything to hear my mama. Pray again. Mama is 0:26:43.760 --> 0:26:49.239 liet man in the bosom of Jesus crying, Get up 0:26:50.480 --> 0:26:56.080 some high. I know she's smiling on me right now. 0:26:58.119 --> 0:27:05.560 One day I'll she hug. How happy happy? Yea, I 0:27:05.640 --> 0:27:15.720 have never and I happy. Oh I've been father and 0:27:15.880 --> 0:27:30.240 a happy way. Thank you little legendary. Yes yes, hallueen, 0:27:31.160 --> 0:27:35.960 thank you queen mother, thank you for that. I don't 0:27:36.480 --> 0:27:41.040 think that's something very often, so that's an honor. Indeed. 0:27:41.520 --> 0:27:46.359 Oh my goodness, So Gwen, you've never met baby Creed? 0:27:46.720 --> 0:27:50.119 Am I correct? Don't you tell me he's here? Can 0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:55.920 you help us out? Likeness? Oh my goodness, you know what? 0:27:59.600 --> 0:28:11.600 Happy hard? I love that cute little before hey creat 0:28:13.680 --> 0:28:18.880 I haven't got any kindred and creat and katy an 0:28:21.240 --> 0:28:25.720 he's never let me, but just so FaceTime looking he's 0:28:25.800 --> 0:28:30.400 just your little beautiful ladies. You're doing so good well. 0:28:30.480 --> 0:28:34.919 You guys have a beautiful family. Thank you, thank you. 0:28:35.680 --> 0:28:38.640 We've been so are your family, and we're so thankful 0:28:38.680 --> 0:28:41.680 and I'm so honored to meet all of you. God well, 0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:44.200 we were honored to have you here. Thank you soking 0:28:44.280 --> 0:28:48.080 the blessing. It's so good a blessing. Thank you you 0:28:48.640 --> 0:28:54.800 bless yes, thank you. So you're welcome your water. Do 0:28:54.840 --> 0:28:58.440 you guys want any water or anything? I do? Yeah, okay, 0:28:58.480 --> 0:29:03.280 I got you. This is awesome. So I really didn't 0:29:03.280 --> 0:29:05.480 need to get water. The crew has been building for 0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:07.640 a while now, and I just wanted to come out 0:29:07.680 --> 0:29:09.640 here and see how everything is going. Because of about 0:29:09.680 --> 0:29:12.080 three minutes, I'm going to bring her out here and 0:29:12.080 --> 0:29:17.080 give her the surprise. So I'm just so excited. Okay, cool, 0:29:17.240 --> 0:29:24.840 are you ready? So Mom, there's one more Mother's Day surprise. Okay, 0:29:26.240 --> 0:29:31.000 let's uh roll the tape. Then, oh, let's roll the tape. Then, 0:29:32.520 --> 0:29:36.959 hey Ma, you might be a little suspicious recently because 0:29:37.000 --> 0:29:39.440 I've been cooking up a little something on the side 0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:42.240 for this beautiful day. And I'm not going to tell 0:29:42.240 --> 0:29:46.240 you right now, but give you some hints. So when 0:29:46.320 --> 0:29:48.920 I was I want to say, about three or four, 0:29:49.480 --> 0:29:53.719 I went on tour with my mom and her band, 0:29:53.920 --> 0:30:07.960 Wicked Wisdom. Wicked Wisdom was split. This is the music 0:30:08.040 --> 0:30:12.280 that I grew up around. My mother was superwoman. She 0:30:12.360 --> 0:30:15.120 was a rock star. She was a warrior and a nurturer. 0:30:15.400 --> 0:30:24.440 All in one so unapologetically why badass. I remember being 0:30:24.600 --> 0:30:28.600 on the tour bus with Jaden when I was six 0:30:28.680 --> 0:30:31.880 or seven and we got the opportunity to clean the bus. 0:30:33.520 --> 0:30:38.640 That was one of the most like, purely exciting experiences. 0:30:39.480 --> 0:30:43.840 I was my mom's biggest fan. Every night I wanted 0:30:43.880 --> 0:30:49.120 to ride on the security guards shoulders and watch her perform. 0:30:49.160 --> 0:30:52.560 She was a rock star and I was living for 0:30:52.720 --> 0:30:56.560 wicked wisdom. I felt like it was only right for 0:30:56.600 --> 0:30:59.560 me to pay homage to a time in her life 0:31:00.080 --> 0:31:05.040 because she showed me what woman ing up really is about. 0:31:05.600 --> 0:31:08.760 So for Mother's Day, I'm about to reunite with some 0:31:08.840 --> 0:31:12.239