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