1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the Morning show. 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 2: I've been waiting for Shawnee Dixon. Do sit in this chair? 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 3: She was gonna come on one day. There was some 4 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 3: there was a little little detour, but you're but now 5 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 3: you're here, Welcome to the show. I don't know where 6 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 3: to start right. First of all, if you go to 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 3: if you go to uh Shawne's house on Staten Island, 8 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 3: like we where we met heaving dinner, you feel like 9 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 3: you're in a friend's living room. It's comfortable, it's cool, 10 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,040 Speaker 3: it's chill. The food is just all the stuff we love. 11 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 3: How do you describe your soul food? 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 4: The bomb, the best I don't know, like the most authentic, 13 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 4: the most delicious, the most soulful. 14 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,600 Speaker 2: It's so good. It's a taste of heart in every bite. 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 2: I have a little bit of everything under my nails 16 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 2: right now. 17 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: Yes, I have corn. 18 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 3: Bread, and I've got pudding, the banana pudding. 19 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:05,479 Speaker 4: It you went French on us wearing it's so good. 20 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 3: And the fried chicken unbelievable, the oxtail incredible. 21 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 4: Yes, I had to do that for you because that 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 4: was what you had when you came to the restaurant. 23 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 1: So I was like, I can't leave it out. 24 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 4: So that was requiring my four hours of attention since 25 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:18,960 Speaker 4: one o'clock this morning. 26 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 3: The thing about oxtail is even though it's messy, you 27 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:22,639 Speaker 3: got to eat it with your fingers. 28 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: Rap, absolutely no. Fork. 29 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 3: Let's talk about Shawnay's background. I mean, uh, you started 30 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 3: bonding I think with your grandmother when it in her cooking, right, yes, 31 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 3: and she got you sucked in. 32 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, she sucked me in. Out of nineteen grandkids. It 33 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 4: was like somebody had to pick it up. Nobody else 34 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 4: really was picking it up and like getting what she 35 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 4: was trying to push on us. And so I decided, 36 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 4: you know, Grandma, I'm gonna do it. And then when 37 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 4: I told her that I was going to do it, 38 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 4: she says, shoot, don't do this, don't do it. Nobody's 39 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 4: gonna help you. Nobody's gonna do it. And she was 40 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 4: kind of like scared for me to start my catering business. First, 41 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 4: She's like, don't do it. It's it's very scared. Nobody's 42 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,200 Speaker 4: going to help you. Family's terrible. And I said I'm 43 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 4: not gonna do it anyway. She was like she right, 44 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 4: is family terrible yeah, she said some other words that 45 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 4: I already got a lesson on that I'm not allowed 46 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 4: to say on here. 47 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: So she just let me know, don't do it because 48 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: they won't help. 49 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 3: Hey, can we talk about your family history, the heritage 50 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 3: of your family on Staten Island. Yes, all the way 51 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 3: back down back to the historic Sandy Ground days. Tell 52 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,839 Speaker 3: everyone what Sandy Ground is and was, right, and how 53 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 3: you and your family were stirred into the whole whole community. 54 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 2: Right. 55 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,399 Speaker 4: So my grandmother used to whisper the things that were 56 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 4: super important that I didn't realize were important when I 57 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 4: was young. Sandy Ground was first called Harrisville, then it 58 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 4: was called Little Africa, and then it got its name 59 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 4: Sandy Ground. My ancestor, Captain John Jackson, was the first 60 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 4: free Black to purchase property on Staten Island. I am 61 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 4: an eighth generation direct descended to Captain John Jackson. He 62 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 4: landed there and we started the establishment of Sandy Ground 63 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 4: in seventeen ninety nine. They dated all the way back. 64 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,680 Speaker 4: My grandmother did a lot with our family tree. In 65 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 4: eighteen twenty eight he was able to purchase the first 66 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 4: bit of land, and then in eighteen fifty he built 67 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 4: our church so my church is still standing. The church 68 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 4: that's still standing there, the two cottages that are there, 69 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 4: the African, the burial ground that is still there, and 70 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 4: some of the homes that are there are all protected 71 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 4: by the government. They're all being preserved because it is 72 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 4: the oldest community inhabited by its original descendants in the 73 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 4: United States. So we have something that nobody else has. 74 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 4: We have that kind of culture, that kind of history 75 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 4: pretty much living on Staten Island. It was also documented 76 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 4: that it was a part of the underground railroad. My ancestor, 77 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 4: Captain John Jackson, owned his own ship. He used to 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 4: go back and forth into New Jersey and pick up 79 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 4: Harriet Tubman. Harry Tumman would come and stay chill. She 80 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 4: would get her change her clothes, take a shower, eat 81 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 4: some soul food, and make sure that you know everyone 82 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 4: all the enslaved that she was bringing up to be freed, 83 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 4: work safe. And Captain was like, nah, I got him. 84 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 4: You go ahead and go back and go get some 85 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 4: more and bring them to me and I'll come back 86 00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 4: and pick them up. 87 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 2: I love it. Wow, I've never heard anyone say that. 88 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 3: Yes, tell the story about when people came in and 89 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 3: burned the crops. 90 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 4: So yeah, so like he was an oysterman, he owned 91 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 4: his own ship. He came here with those skills, and 92 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 4: there was like a heavy oyster you know, harvesting field 93 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 4: or space all surrounding Staten Island, New Jersey, you know, 94 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:23,400 Speaker 4: New Jersey area. 95 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 1: All that area. 96 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 4: So he would harvest all these oysters and teach the 97 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 4: slaves how to do it so they could help stabilize 98 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 4: and build community in Sandy Ground. And our counterparts, unfortunately, 99 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 4: came and saw that this was a thriving elya black 100 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 4: community on Staten Island that was untapped. Nobody knew what 101 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:42,599 Speaker 4: was going on. You know, they're looking across the water 102 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 4: like what the heck is going on? But they don't 103 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 4: need us. How we get over there and figure that 104 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 4: part out. So, you know, they get on their kayaks 105 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 4: and come over there, and they decided to pollute the 106 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 4: water and kill all the oysters and say we're gonna 107 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 4: take away your business. Because at that point we had 108 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 4: already established oyster bars, nightlife restaurants, like all those things 109 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 4: were on land, transportation, all these things were already happening 110 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,279 Speaker 4: and thriving on Staten Island with the black community that 111 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 4: was there pretty much by themselves, but also cohabitating with 112 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,360 Speaker 4: reservation Indians that lived there. 113 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: I'm also Indian. 114 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 4: So they came and polluted the water and they thought 115 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 4: that they were going to destroy the community that way. 116 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 4: And we were still farming. So he was also a farmer, 117 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 4: so he was teaching him how to farm. They were 118 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 4: growing asparagus, blueberries, and strawberries over there, and then they decided, Okay, 119 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 4: you know, you guys are still doing stuff, you're still winning, 120 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 4: so we're going. 121 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: To burn the ground up. 122 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 4: So at the time it was Harrisville, they burnt all 123 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 4: of the land, all of the farm, and decided they 124 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 4: wanted to take that business away from them. And what 125 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 4: happened was the ground was so sandy that people, you know, 126 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 4: they thought nothing is going to grow here, and they 127 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 4: continue to cultivate in that sand and say, no, we're 128 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 4: going to grow things. And strawberries came growing like wildfire, 129 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 4: like the same fire you burnt. The strawberries were growing 130 00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 4: out of it. Cash patch kids like just coming all 131 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 4: over the place. So the strawberries were flourishing. And it 132 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 4: sustained our stability, our our history, our prosperity, our legacy, everything. 133 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 4: It kept us afloat because we were still able to 134 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 4: harvest a produce and. 135 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 2: They thought they were going to get them. 136 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 4: They thought they thought they was taking us out. But 137 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 4: that just you know, strawberry lemonade time. You know what 138 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 4: I'm saying something lemonade, lemons and lemonade. 139 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: That's what it was. 140 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 3: So when you go to Shaun's house and have dinner, 141 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 3: these stories are in every single bite you take. And 142 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 3: that is what a great restaurant at its foundation is 143 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 3: all about. Yeah, you know, if you went into a 144 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,560 Speaker 3: restaurant and actually got to meet the chef, find out 145 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 3: the story. But especially if it's a story as rich 146 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:49,520 Speaker 3: as this, the food tastes different, it's spiced differently. Yea 147 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 3: in your mind and in your heart, and it's that 148 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: was a great night we had with you. 149 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:53,360 Speaker 1: It's an experience. 150 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 4: I had a great night because I was told I'm 151 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,599 Speaker 4: bringing a real celebrity here, and I was like, who's 152 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 4: the real celebrity that one of your friend. I'm not 153 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 4: going to put it out there, Matt, I love you. 154 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: Real celebrity over. I was like, Okay, let's do it. 155 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:11,920 Speaker 4: And when he came in, you know, I'm going in 156 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 4: the back and look on my phone, I'm researching because 157 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 4: I'm like, else the random. 158 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: Like what is he? Like, what is he doing? Where's 159 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: he from? 160 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 4: And I'm like, when you came in, it was just 161 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 4: you actually brought in the energy that I will only embrace, 162 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 4: you know what I mean? Like I oil that door 163 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 4: every single day to make sure I treat it like 164 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 4: a sanctuary so that the people that come into that 165 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 4: space belong there is it is for the people that 166 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 4: are there for that day, they are supposed to experience that. 167 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 1: And when you came in, you. 168 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 4: Brought this really beautiful, organic, sort of Southern hospitality energy 169 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 4: in there, and you just treated everybody the same. It 170 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 4: was just being very humble and being very loving and 171 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 4: talking to everybody. Matt took her you know, I love 172 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 4: you if you're listening to me on the radio. He 173 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 4: was so excited to see you. He was like, Seanna, 174 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 4: that's Elvis. 175 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 2: Durant over there. 176 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: My god, listen to a show every morning. How the 177 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: hell is he in here right now? What did you do? 178 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: And I'm like, I just cooked. And they come. 179 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 4: And he spoke to them at the end of the 180 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 4: night and they were so sweet. Yeah, he just went 181 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 4: over to their table, and I was just like, this 182 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 4: is what Seanay's house is. 183 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: It's it's it's a home for everybody. 184 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 4: So I was so grateful to have you guys there, 185 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 4: you know, and be able to create that experience. And 186 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 4: then you created a real crazy buzz that kind of 187 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 4: like bought me upside the head that I wasn't ready for. 188 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 4: But Ryan, Ryan can not beating, came right after. He 189 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 4: is so great, and you know, like for me, I 190 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 4: don't like pay attention to people coming in or know 191 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,439 Speaker 4: anybody's status or who they are. 192 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,760 Speaker 1: So when he came in, I treated him like everybody else. 193 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: He has a camera. 194 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 4: Everbody asked me for my picture too. I'm kind of 195 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 4: like a big thing, you know. And so so then 196 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 4: he usually like asking me for my photo. And he 197 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 4: was sitting at the table and he got his camera 198 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 4: and he was he was pretty sophisticated. 199 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: His camera was sophisticated. He's sitting there is eating. 200 00:08:58,240 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 4: I'm saying, hey, do you want this? Do you need 201 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 4: that or what I And he's like yeah, and he 202 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 4: said can I take a picture with you? Can you 203 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 4: come and sit down? I'm like, shure, en up, prom 204 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 4: this guy wants my picture and I sat down, and 205 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 4: then he didn't put it out for like maybe like 206 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 4: two and a half weeks, and by that time it 207 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 4: was you that came in. 208 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: I was in the paper. 209 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: Then Alexander Small's the Opera turned first Fine Dining Soul 210 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 4: Food restaurant Tour came into the restaurant right after that. 211 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: Then I was in the paper again. 212 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 4: That was two weeks and then I went into the 213 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 4: hospital after almost dying and had a surgery, and then 214 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:32,079 Speaker 4: I begged the doctor to let me out because I said, listen, 215 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 4: my restaurant has to open tomorrow because my restaurant's popping. 216 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 4: Like I can't be inconsistent. You gotta let me out. 217 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:39,680 Speaker 4: And he was like, you have stitches at your stomach 218 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 4: and I'm like, oh no, you gotta let me out. 219 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 4: That's when I was supposed to come. 220 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 2: Who won that fight? 221 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 1: I won because I was out. I was out. They 222 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: discharged me Wednesday. 223 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 4: I opened up on Thursday and then boom, Brian put 224 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 4: on the video and now here it is, I'm viral 225 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 4: with stitches running around with lines all crazy out the door, 226 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 4: and I'm like, what do I do now? And I 227 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 4: just I told my husband, I said, babe, double up, 228 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 4: like we got to get it together. We have to 229 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,719 Speaker 4: really get this thing going, because it's this is not 230 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 4: going to stop. 231 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 2: Let's talk about this. 232 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 3: Let's talk about how propulsion lack of a better word, yeah, 233 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 3: is thrusting you into the into outer space. And I 234 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 3: had you got to stop and remind yourself you gotta 235 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 3: hold on, yeah, because it could all. 236 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: Just it could go really really crazy. Yeah. 237 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 4: Like in the shower, I'm almost like I'm gonna just 238 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 4: go and get a job. My husband's like, are you 239 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 4: kidding me right now? Like are you serious? Do you 240 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 4: see where you're going? Like I'm like, yeah, it's kind 241 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 4: of scary. I don't I don't know if we're canna 242 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 4: handle it. 243 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 2: Where do you want? Is it going where you wanted 244 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: to go? 245 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: Is absolutely going where I want to go. 246 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 4: It is absolutely going where I asked for it to go, 247 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 4: manifested for it to be like this is all happening, 248 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 4: you know, Like I am embracing being somebody, a public figure, 249 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 4: a speaker, you know, an author, a restauranteur, a multi millionaire, billionaire, 250 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 4: I'll take billionaire, you know, Like I'm putting all these 251 00:10:57,160 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 4: things in the atmosphere, and these are the things that 252 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 4: I want, But I you know, like there's a part 253 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 4: of me that just because of what my legacy is, 254 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 4: because of where my family comes from, because of what 255 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 4: Staten Island means to me, because of how my family is, 256 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 4: there's a part of me that's like, can I just 257 00:11:11,559 --> 00:11:13,959 Speaker 4: hold on to this one little piece where I stay 258 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 4: kind of like normal and like humble. And I feel 259 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 4: like you're a powerful example of that, you know, Like 260 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 4: for you to be able to come around knowing you 261 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 4: have all of these opportunities, access network and you still 262 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 4: just talk to people. That's what I want, you know 263 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,679 Speaker 4: what I mean, And that's what I ask for. But 264 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 4: I also still want to be the beep word, you 265 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 4: know what I mean? Like I want to be the 266 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 4: person that people are looking towards and for for whatever 267 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 4: that might be advice or recipes or ideas or creativity. 268 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,959 Speaker 4: I believe I want all those things, and I think 269 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 4: those things are coming. I see those things happening to 270 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 4: me because everybody wants to take a picture of me. 271 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 4: I'm one of the elves Duran show, Like, how do 272 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 4: you stop something like that? 273 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 1: And I wouldn't. I wouldn't never stop it. Are you 274 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: ever going to make it accessible. So you're in Staten Island, 275 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: I'm in Jersey City. I want to gets food all 276 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: the time. What are my chances? So your chances are 277 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 1: very I'm not gonna say they're slim. 278 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 4: They are coming because since going super viral, I have 279 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 4: been offered multiple spaces all over the world, like everywhere 280 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 4: all over the world. I've been offered Dubai, I've been 281 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 4: offered Texas, I've been offered Las Vegas, California, Hawaii, New Jersey, 282 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 4: you know, multiple spaces in Brooklyn, State and is like 283 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 4: every day every maybe start with New Jersey. They're very 284 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 4: you know, they're very supportive. New Jersey is very supportive. 285 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 4: In Shawn's house, you know, people come from all over 286 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 4: the world into my restaurant. I'm a six table, exclusive, 287 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 4: soulful boutique. And you know it's for the who's who 288 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 4: you know and everybody's who's who. As far as I'm concerned, 289 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 4: you just got to get a reservation right And I 290 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 4: had a four point nine and you know why I 291 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 4: keep you know why it goes down because they can't 292 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 4: get in. Getting in there is you gotta know me. 293 00:12:58,040 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 1: I space. 294 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 4: I need a bigger space. But I love the intimacy 295 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,840 Speaker 4: of this space, you know what I mean. I actually, yeah, 296 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 4: this is kind of like my sort of flagship, be 297 00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 4: kind of store, you know what I mean. Yeah, I 298 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:12,000 Speaker 4: want to keep that. 299 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 3: It is perfect the way it is. But I see 300 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 3: what Daniel's saying, Well, right, see, this is where as 301 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 3: an entrepreneur, as a as a business leader, you have 302 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 3: to start making these decisions like well, what I will 303 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 3: do this, but at what costs? 304 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 2: Right? Right? 305 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: And sometimes you give up stuff that makes it magic. 306 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 3: You know you got it, but only you can do it. 307 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: I know. I have to choose those kind of things. 308 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,760 Speaker 4: And like right now, like with this, what God is 309 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 4: telling me is like, take all of these opportunities, look 310 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 4: at every single one of them, and then delegate. 311 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,960 Speaker 1: You don't have to do every. 312 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 4: Single one of them, but you can delegate how all 313 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 4: of these things get done. And so I've been taking 314 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 4: the meetings. I've been you know, like sitting down with people. 315 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 4: I've been you know, taking the phone calls. I've been, 316 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 4: you know, looking at the spaces. I've been doing all 317 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 4: these things. It's just now I have to get to 318 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 4: the point where I have the team that supports that 319 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 4: where I can say, hey, you. 320 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: Go do this, you go do that, you go do this. 321 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 4: You can trust them, right And I gotta trust them, 322 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 4: you know, because I'm on my oprah and I got 323 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 4: to get out of here. I got somewhere to go, 324 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 4: you know what I mean. And I need you guys 325 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 4: to handle it. So I'm hoping that it, you know, 326 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,440 Speaker 4: goes there kind of fast, because I feel like I'm 327 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 4: kind of like moving and fast forward and it's moving 328 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 4: much faster than I thought I could control. 329 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: But I'm not going to try to control it. I'm 330 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: gonna just let it go. 331 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 3: Lots of text messages. I'm so ready to drive from Connecticut. 332 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: Come on, I've had Connecticut, I've had New Jersey. 333 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 3: She's so amazing and beautiful. Her stories are making me 334 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,320 Speaker 3: cry even the way she's described He question did her 335 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 3: grandmother get to see her success? Is her grandmother still alive? 336 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 3: So my grandmother is passed and I lost my grandma. 337 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 3: But I did have an experience prior to me opening 338 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 3: up my restaurant. I wanted to be able to share this. 339 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 4: Experience with you because people always ask me why did 340 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 4: I open up my restaurant? So I had a really 341 00:14:55,880 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 4: thriving catering business for five years and I worked with 342 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 4: everybody in the industry. Anybody that you can think of, 343 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 4: I had seen and I was the hitch of soul food. 344 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 4: You had to know me, you had to know how 345 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 4: to get my phone number. I was a secret, but 346 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 4: I was. But I would had spread like it just 347 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 4: spread ed Norton, Danny Glover, Bruce Willis. Everybody was like 348 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 4: calling Cardi b All people were like calling me, having 349 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 4: me do these things, Charlemagne, all of them, and I 350 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 4: would go and see them or I would do work on 351 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 4: their sets or their television shows, their music videos and 352 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 4: all these things. And I thought that that was going 353 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 4: to be the gist of my business because I made 354 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 4: so much money doing it. I kind of liked it 355 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 4: because I liked working with all those people all the time. 356 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 4: And my husband was really like the one that was 357 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 4: like pressing, like, Okay, maybe we should do a restaurant, 358 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 4: and I'm like, don't try to like tame me. I 359 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 4: don't want to be in a little spot and be 360 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 4: committed to one thing. And when the pandemic hit, I 361 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 4: had got a really big deal and I thought, oh, 362 00:15:53,040 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 4: this is it. 363 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: I'm going to go down south. 364 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 4: I'm gonna do this and we're gonna make so much money, 365 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 4: and now it's really going to open up and boom, 366 00:15:59,400 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 4: pandemic hit. 367 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: I don't get the job. 368 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:05,400 Speaker 4: We're sitting down, we're quiet, and we're still I had 369 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: the most supernatural outer body experience because I had had 370 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 4: a premonition many years before all of that, where on 371 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 4: September tenth, two thousand and one, I had saw what 372 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 4: happened on September eleventh, two thousand and one. I was 373 00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 4: driving in the car and I'm like seeing smoke and 374 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 4: fire and sirens, and I'm like going through the date 375 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 4: and I'm writing it over and over again, nine one one, 376 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 4: nine eleven, and I'm like, Mom, tomorrow is going to 377 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 4: be a state of emergency. 378 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: She's like, what are you talking about? And she just 379 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: ignored me. 380 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 4: Now, if I fast forward to two thousand and fifteen, 381 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 4: where my business is thriving, and I see nine eleven 382 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 4: am on there as I'm cooking for a catering job, 383 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 4: and I'm like, I heard God say, pay attention to 384 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,000 Speaker 4: that date, and I'm pay attention to the to the time, 385 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 4: and when I did without prompting, every day when I 386 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 4: pull out my phone, nine eleven would show up at 387 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 4: am or pm every single day, and I would screenshot it. 388 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 4: There's a I have one hundred and twelve thousand pictures 389 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 4: in my phone because most of them are the screenshots. 390 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 4: And so I see this nine to eleven every day, 391 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 4: and now here it is two thy and twenty. And 392 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 4: I had no idea that it was going to be 393 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 4: that day. But on nine eleven, twenty twenty, I had 394 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 4: passed away. I had the opportunity to experience transitioning and 395 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,360 Speaker 4: going in on the other side. 396 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,399 Speaker 1: And seeing my grandmother again. 397 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 4: And when I passed away, my son, who's thirteen, had 398 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 4: witnessed me, had saw me, discovered me and called my 399 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 4: husband and told my husband, you need to come home 400 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 4: because mom is unresponsive. And my husband said, you know, 401 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 4: the reason why he something clicked in his head while 402 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:46,719 Speaker 4: he was out exercising to return and come back so 403 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,160 Speaker 4: fast was because my son plays Fortnite and he's thirteen, 404 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 4: and why would he use the term unresponsive. So when 405 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,679 Speaker 4: he got there, they took me out. I actually was 406 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 4: in the bathtub and I wasn't submerged under water. I 407 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 4: was above the water where my son found me, and 408 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 4: when they pulled me out of the bathtub and laid 409 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 4: me there, you know, and ems came and everybody and 410 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:08,399 Speaker 4: they're like, you know, we don't know what's going on. 411 00:18:08,480 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 1: We don't know how to do this, We don't you know, 412 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: what are we gonna do? You know? 413 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 4: My husband is like, I need to get her to 414 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 4: the hospital. We need to figure this thing out. And 415 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 4: they scooted him over, moved him over to the side 416 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 4: as they decided to, you know, work on me when 417 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 4: they weren't sure if I was going to survive it 418 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 4: or we'd be resuscitated and come back. And I was revived, 419 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 4: and when they revived me, they put me on a 420 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 4: life support and I was in a coma during that time. 421 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 4: There's no time, there's no space, there's no anything. But 422 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 4: what I felt on the other side was just this 423 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 4: very warm and very significant, secure hug during death. That's 424 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 4: what it feels like to me. That's how I have 425 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 4: to explain it to people when I do tell them 426 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 4: what that was. And so that warm and very secure 427 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,360 Speaker 4: hug was like you are good, everything is okay. And 428 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 4: so when I got to speak to the spirit, I 429 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 4: could see over myself a flashing light that was moving 430 00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 4: sort of like an eight, and the eight was moving 431 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 4: over my body and I could hear the voice saying, 432 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 4: I'm making these doctors work with accuracy and the nurses 433 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 4: move with urgency. Are you prepared to get up? And so, 434 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:11,159 Speaker 4: being that there's no time, there's no space, there's no 435 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 4: nothing going on, it was like, okay, if I get up, 436 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:15,199 Speaker 4: I'm doing what? 437 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: Like what am I doing? 438 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:20,359 Speaker 4: Because this hug feels really really good, like don't I 439 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 4: can't feel anything else but this? And my grandmother came 440 00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 4: and she's like, shoe. And so I was raised as 441 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 4: shoe shoe. They say shoe fly, don't bother me when 442 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 4: I was a kid. But I knew that it was 443 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,640 Speaker 4: somebody that was close to me that was calling me shoe. 444 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,400 Speaker 4: And so when on the other side, you don't get 445 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,119 Speaker 4: to like see faces, but you feel the vibration of 446 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:43,959 Speaker 4: people and you can kind of almost identify who that 447 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 4: person may be on the other side, And so I 448 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,399 Speaker 4: knew it was my grandmother. And as she's coming up, 449 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 4: she's like, shoo, it's not your turn, it's not your time. 450 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 4: And now when you go back, you know you're dying. 451 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 4: You know you're you're out right now, but you're out 452 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 4: with nothing. You have no nothing. You have twenty two thousand. 453 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 4: I was in the bank. 454 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: You're going to leave that to your family to have nothing. 455 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,679 Speaker 4: Nobody remember you. You don't do anything that's powerful. You 456 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 4: got to go back, get up and go back. And 457 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,639 Speaker 4: my aunt was there with her her sister, and they're like, yeah, shoot, 458 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:14,439 Speaker 4: just go back, Just just go back. And I'm like, 459 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 4: go back where you know, like going Where am I going? 460 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 4: Where am I going back to? And so as that 461 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 4: time is passing and I go to get up. What 462 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 4: was told to my husband, who I truly love and 463 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 4: adore for being an anchor and believing that I was 464 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 4: going to get up, for my children being that same 465 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 4: anchor saying she's going to get up. Having to go 466 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 4: through those four days of not knowing if I was 467 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 4: going to get up and then believing that I was 468 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,640 Speaker 4: going to get up, is like it blows my mind 469 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 4: every single day being awake because it's like, what would 470 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,680 Speaker 4: they you have done had I not woken up? And 471 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 4: the doctor says it's looking kind of bad and we 472 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,879 Speaker 4: don't really know she's going to get up. It's kind 473 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 4: of critical. She's in a bad situation. And for me 474 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 4: to be lying there and being very smooth about it 475 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 4: and calm and cugged. It's just like do I get up? 476 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 4: And when I got up, my husband wasn't there. I 477 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 4: wake up and I look at the sign and I'm like, 478 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 4: why am I at this hospital in ICU? And I 479 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,639 Speaker 4: guess the beeping is going off, the IV's and everything 480 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 4: is going off. But the whole entire hospital runs into 481 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 4: the room and they're crying. Doctors are crying, they're out 482 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 4: of sorts. Nurses are crying. They're like what is going on? 483 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 4: This woman is talking and I'm like, yes, why am 484 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,159 Speaker 4: I here? Why what is going on? And they're like 485 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 4: you're not supposed to be talking. You're not supposed to 486 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 4: be doing anything. You're supposed to be dead. And I 487 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 4: was like what. And the doctor's like moving their hands 488 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 4: and I mean, they have totally lost bedside man, and 489 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,600 Speaker 4: they're like you had to be resuscitated. They're moving their 490 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 4: hands like they're doing the work. They're like, you were dead, 491 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 4: you're not supposed to get up. What you had was 492 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 4: incurable and untreatable and there was no way to really 493 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:55,000 Speaker 4: save you. We just let you lay there until it 494 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:58,400 Speaker 4: was time. And I was like, really like that's how 495 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 4: it goes down. They We're like, yeah, make you come 496 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 4: just so you can go. And I was like, that's unbelievable, 497 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 4: Like that's what it was. And they told me, you know, 498 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 4: like you're not going to be able to walk, You're 499 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 4: not gonna be able to get yourself dressed. And these 500 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,360 Speaker 4: were things that I was doing. In the next couple 501 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 4: of days. I was having these experiences where I'm learning 502 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 4: to walk. In three days, I'm still talking, I'm eating. 503 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 4: And then at that point it was like being able 504 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 4: to have the conversation not just with myself and the 505 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 4: people that I see, it was also about embracing the 506 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 4: gift to be able to also experience people on the 507 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:28,880 Speaker 4: other side that were there. 508 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 3: So like, look at you now and look at me now. 509 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 3: So entwer to that text, Yes she saw our grandmother, 510 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:41,879 Speaker 3: Yes she was there. So before we get out of here. Yes, 511 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:46,760 Speaker 3: that experience obviously is what has propelled you. 512 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: It pushed me, said, opened it up. 513 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 3: So how does someone listening right now want to experience 514 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,880 Speaker 3: all the great things that are waiting for them out 515 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 3: in the world that they can create without having to die? 516 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: Right? 517 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,719 Speaker 4: And so I do speak that light into every single 518 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 4: person that I meet, especially coming into the restaurant, because 519 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,120 Speaker 4: that was the purpose for the restaurant was to encounter 520 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 4: people and engage with them, to teach them how to 521 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 4: live a very full life. Live your entire life, enjoy 522 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 4: the potential or the understanding of what the potential of 523 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 4: your life is. Don't allow your fears to crack you, 524 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 4: don't don't get stuck on the dark side. 525 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: Don't let people break you. 526 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 4: Don't let anything in this world become more important than 527 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,000 Speaker 4: your purpose and your destiny. Those things are so important. 528 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:37,119 Speaker 4: You have to have so much courage to walk in 529 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,720 Speaker 4: your own authority and know that you were sent here 530 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:44,479 Speaker 4: to do something super powerful and purposeful and impactful. And 531 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 4: if you don't do that, someone is missing out on 532 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,679 Speaker 4: you and you are missing out on you. So I 533 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 4: would say, don't die doing these things. Live doing these things. 534 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,320 Speaker 4: Live to do the things that you were sent. 535 00:23:57,119 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 3: Here today, Dixon. If you do, it's for Shawnee's house 536 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 3: instead island. You'll learn so much more about her. And 537 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 3: you've learned a lot today. A wife, mother, entrepreneur, social 538 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 3: change agent, and author who makes a hell of a 539 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 3: plate of auxtail. 540 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 2: We love having you here. 541 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: I appreciate you. Thank you so much. 542 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:19,639 Speaker 2: Having you here was a gift for everyone. 543 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 3: Shawnee, everyone, Hey you come back and see you 544 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 1: So you tell me want I'm coming to hang out 545 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: and bringing chicken wings.