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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Jay dot Ill a production of My Heart Radio. Hi, ladies,

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<v Speaker 1>this is Nadia from New York. I just want to

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<v Speaker 1>say I can't even refer to a specific episode. I've

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<v Speaker 1>listened to them all multiple times over. I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to say, in each and every episode, you ladies, touch

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<v Speaker 1>on something that is important to me, that is laying

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<v Speaker 1>within me that I didn't even know I was laying

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<v Speaker 1>in my spirit sometimes. And I just want to thank you, Jill, Asia, Asia,

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, and thank you for being the voice that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of us didn't know that we needed. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for being the voices that educate us on our bodies,

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<v Speaker 1>our love, our beings, just everything about you. I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to thank you, ladies. I want to say that

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<v Speaker 1>you are the voice that I have been looking for.

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<v Speaker 1>You are a voice that we all need. Y'all be blessed,

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<v Speaker 1>say sweet, appreciate you, God blessed, Thank you, Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much. Welcome to j dot Ello podcast. And guess

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<v Speaker 1>what our voicemail is full? Is full? You called, you

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<v Speaker 1>left messages, you let us know how you feel about

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<v Speaker 1>what we're doing here, and I promise you would mean

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<v Speaker 1>so much to us. Um this is our first time

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<v Speaker 1>listening through to the messages, and we just want to

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<v Speaker 1>be surprised. We don't know what you're gonna say, like

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<v Speaker 1>we hate you pictures they could hit and could go

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<v Speaker 1>down like that, and I don't know. But the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that you've left such a lovely message, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you let us know that what we're doing is not

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<v Speaker 1>in vain. That feels really, really good. We're really here

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<v Speaker 1>just trying to, you know, spark that conversation. We're just

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<v Speaker 1>trying to spark that conversation so that you can get

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<v Speaker 1>through to the other side of the world. Honey, We're

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<v Speaker 1>all trying to get to the other side. Listen and

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<v Speaker 1>put our feet in the grass and smell the flowers

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<v Speaker 1>on the way. I want to acknowledge that the young

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<v Speaker 1>lady who left that message took the time to pronounce

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<v Speaker 1>my name God she let's sake, and then she charged

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<v Speaker 1>to circle back, and there was such a lesson in

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<v Speaker 1>that to make a mistake. Amen, Amen says circle back.

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<v Speaker 1>That is the one thing you back on. J d

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<v Speaker 1>il if anything was how to stay asa. How about

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<v Speaker 1>that Ada Graydon Danceler that's me, yeah, and Layahs st

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<v Speaker 1>Clair that's me. And I'm just Scott all day And

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<v Speaker 1>this is j d Ilda Podcast, and we're gonna listen

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<v Speaker 1>to these messages and see what y'all got to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Play another one. Amber, Oh my god, my name is

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<v Speaker 1>I'm calling from Atlanta and I was listening to bro

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<v Speaker 1>mix VAHU. I was driving. I'm an uber driver, and

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<v Speaker 1>I absolutely could not ride down the road to close

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<v Speaker 1>my eyes. That would have been a detriment to my

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<v Speaker 1>life and everybody else in the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>But in my heart, oh my god, you, I could

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<v Speaker 1>have cried the stars, the color of the stars, the

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<v Speaker 1>start flats, the bush people, the food, the tendency to

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<v Speaker 1>off the ground. Um, taking your son over the delta. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys being in Paris, experiencing the food, Uh, the

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<v Speaker 1>louse uh museum like I your words. God has really

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<v Speaker 1>gifted you with a way with words. You say something

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<v Speaker 1>and I see it, I feel it, I experienced it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can describe a particular hell of blue and I

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<v Speaker 1>see it, I feel it, I sense it, and I

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<v Speaker 1>get all into it. I was like Layah where her

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<v Speaker 1>eyes were closed. I am you are such a gym. Jill,

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<v Speaker 1>you are such a gym. Asia, you are such a

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<v Speaker 1>motherfucking beast. And you are so solid, and you are

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<v Speaker 1>such a balance and like Babe, you are an adventure

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<v Speaker 1>and me and you was like Dora. We'll be got

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<v Speaker 1>that bitch with backpack. Backpack. That's all we do. I

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<v Speaker 1>love everything that you ladies do. You women are vital

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<v Speaker 1>to my life. I thank you so much. I love

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<v Speaker 1>you so much, and thank you for taking me to

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<v Speaker 1>Boots Wanna and them babies. Yes, ma'am. Thank y'all so much.

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<v Speaker 1>I love y'all, and y'all be easy to be blessed

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<v Speaker 1>and enjoy your weekends. I look forward to next two stepisode.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, and I am talking your Instagram pages just

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<v Speaker 1>f y. I like your congratulations on goddam. I'm dropping

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<v Speaker 1>the baby off but not crying. Baby. I love y'all

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<v Speaker 1>so much. I talk to y'all soon back. First of all,

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<v Speaker 1>Ed is about to get all my love number one

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<v Speaker 1>with that as from that was everything we'll see. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all try to we're starting the day off. We're starting

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<v Speaker 1>what my chest est my body. That was a sweet episode. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>that was though it was like it was it was

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<v Speaker 1>like an audio pleasure here. It was an extraordinary experience

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<v Speaker 1>and all the ideas that it popped. Jill like, for

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<v Speaker 1>everybody listening. I mean, I'm talking about me, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but everybody listening was like, I could I could do

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<v Speaker 1>a little version of is what It really helped me

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<v Speaker 1>understand what's just the importance of, you know, honoring the

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<v Speaker 1>transition into adulthood, for these young people to be intentional

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<v Speaker 1>about honoring that, and that it's not just about a birthday,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not just about a you know, it's about it's

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<v Speaker 1>a process. Who is who do I want this person

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<v Speaker 1>to become? And what am I going to do to

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<v Speaker 1>show them that I'm invested in that in a way

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<v Speaker 1>that says, okay, you know what, we've gone into the

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<v Speaker 1>next stage of this. Now we did that first part

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<v Speaker 1>and now we're going into this next stage. And I

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<v Speaker 1>just thought it was beautiful and I loved how it

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<v Speaker 1>was just an intention. It's not all just about exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what was done, it's the intention behind what was done.

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<v Speaker 1>They Yeah, I'll provowed you. Thank you man. I just

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<v Speaker 1>want to do this thing as best as I possibly can.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, just a reminder for far As bro

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<v Speaker 1>Mits Fuzz or Sismiths Fuzz, if you will um the

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<v Speaker 1>you know like that, Like, as far as those things

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<v Speaker 1>are concerned, Like I saved for two years for that.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew it was coming, and I knew what I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted him to experience, and I knew what I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to, you know, do something that was a financial

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<v Speaker 1>burden to me, because I don't. You know, people will

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<v Speaker 1>assume I ain't got no financial burdens, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still you know, text main't come every year. Looking Rode,

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<v Speaker 1>when you said you saved for that trip, we all

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<v Speaker 1>heard you. Like, but that's also part of the intentional.

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<v Speaker 1>When you save, that means you you're intentional. You're making

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<v Speaker 1>a play that part. Because now at thirteen, you know

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<v Speaker 1>that would attest to this, it's gotten a lot harder.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm rough on him now, Oh I'm not. I'm not.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not letting things slide as I would a little

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<v Speaker 1>person and important you could get this too, but now, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>no longer, little tink tank, no more, no more, And

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<v Speaker 1>there are consequences to your actions and far as right now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the one that Yeah, it's not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>all sweet, but we thank you so much, as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>for leaving that message and letting us know that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we're inspiring you and igniting, you know, dreams of fancy

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<v Speaker 1>and that don't have to be that fancy. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>and it could be too. It could be too. We

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<v Speaker 1>manifest luxury, talling, the manifests the best, right loaded style,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all goals, right loaded style. Let's come Yeah, what what's

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<v Speaker 1>White Loadus? White Loaders is a series on HBO about

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<v Speaker 1>fancy as hotel. The last season it was one place.

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<v Speaker 1>This season it was in a in Italy off the coast,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a it's a mystery that goes on in

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<v Speaker 1>it's fancy, extra luxurious hotel. I should watch this. I

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<v Speaker 1>like these things. Yeah, you would like it. I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you guys that I'm watching Kendred. I'm finished.

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<v Speaker 1>I finished that. I'm finished too. I didn't know talk

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<v Speaker 1>we're done. I thought it was just one season. I

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<v Speaker 1>was like, oh, okay, wait, there's more than one season. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that's up for a second season. You'll you'll figure that out.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll be like, oh, okay, okay, that's what it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>make you do in there. Hold up, hold up, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so sorry. Stop no mm hmm, okay, that ain't

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<v Speaker 1>even know editing told you all the time. I told

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<v Speaker 1>the time, I said, this is the time that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a boring on room. You booked the room for a

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<v Speaker 1>certain the room for a certain time. Y'all knocking on

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<v Speaker 1>the toe all in my audio, like what is happening?

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<v Speaker 1>That just goes to show you everybody, And it don't stop.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't stop it don't stop when you decide somebody, it

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<v Speaker 1>don't stop ever, not ever. What is kindred on? Um?

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<v Speaker 1>Hulu Hulu hulu. Okay, nobody, nobody's paying us to say

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<v Speaker 1>that you know anything. We're just watching this because we're

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<v Speaker 1>big fans of Octavia Butler and it's well done and

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<v Speaker 1>it's very interesting, and like Agia had mentioned to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I think she mentioned it privately that it was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like heavy and you got to kind of take

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<v Speaker 1>a break and come back with some breaths and start again. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>just throwing that out there. But thanks y'all. We really

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate your home states. Stay safe on those roads. Um

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<v Speaker 1>just England that somebody ain't right pull off my friend, Yeah, Georgia,

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<v Speaker 1>more real talk after the break, play another one for us,

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<v Speaker 1>if you'd be so kind, My dear Emba, Hi ladies.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Alicia. I was just calling because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a great fan of the show and I actually am

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<v Speaker 1>getting caught up on the episodes now that I'm back

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<v Speaker 1>at work. And um, the June twenty second episode Your

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<v Speaker 1>Coaches on Camera Part one, there was an interesting part

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<v Speaker 1>in it that you guys were discussing virginity and why

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<v Speaker 1>would somebody be a virgin for some long particularly. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that would be a great episode topic just because

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<v Speaker 1>as a fellow virgin, I'm almost in my forties and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a virgin as well. But I realized that I've

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<v Speaker 1>been a virgin for so long because I've had some

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<v Speaker 1>trauma that's happened in the past year. So I stayed

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<v Speaker 1>out from going out and I stayed home. And then

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<v Speaker 1>as the time passed along, I started to get older

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<v Speaker 1>and older and older, and then I realized, like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my gosh, I'm not living and now I'm in the

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<v Speaker 1>predicament that I'm about to be a forty year old virgin.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that'd be a great topic if you

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<v Speaker 1>guys would just talk to all kinds of different virgins

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<v Speaker 1>out there and see and get their perspective on stuff

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<v Speaker 1>as into why they are a virgin. Thank you ladies.

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<v Speaker 1>By wow, that is a very interesting topic. I do

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<v Speaker 1>know a fifties six year old virgin. Wo. Yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>have a good friend who is just turning forty and

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<v Speaker 1>actually today is having a theme party called the forty

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<v Speaker 1>year Old Virgin, and he has put out a a

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<v Speaker 1>birthday um invitation complete with the remake of the forty

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<v Speaker 1>year old version movie poster and everything. Yeah, we haven't

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<v Speaker 1>talked about that. I wonder. I wonder if your friend

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<v Speaker 1>is like he's trying and change that for the birthday.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, okays, I'm gonna find out, you know, whenever,

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<v Speaker 1>if we do get a chance to do this as

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<v Speaker 1>an episode, you know, I'll ask him if he'd be

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<v Speaker 1>interested to come on in, come in the room and

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<v Speaker 1>talk about it, because I would love to see here

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<v Speaker 1>from a diverse group of virgins. Yeah. Man, Because what

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<v Speaker 1>she was saying is like hers was like, Hey, I

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<v Speaker 1>put it off, put it off, put it off. It

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't even intentional. So I'm sure there's some people where

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<v Speaker 1>it's deeply intentional like I think hers was. She said

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<v Speaker 1>she had been you know, she had to experience some

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<v Speaker 1>trauma and at that point you know, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>made a decision about it. What I've learned from the

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<v Speaker 1>field virgins that I've had the experience the pleasure to know, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>they were just good folks. But also if you stay

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<v Speaker 1>a virgin after a certain age, you tend to stay one,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. If you're a virgin after

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<v Speaker 1>a certain agers a shame thing. You think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>shame thing. You don't want to tappin. It's probably individual,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, sometimes it's habit right out of habit. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean just because I just didn't know more, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>just like I just don't. I just ain't never did.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, yeah, like you don't even have the desire.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, are they a sexual Jill? The ones that

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like do they still pleasure themselves? Or how

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<v Speaker 1>about the ones that you know? I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean we know a couple of just not too long ago,

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<v Speaker 1>look separate entity do We'll talk about it later, But

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<v Speaker 1>I know, you know, I wonder, I wonder to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, I was like, something gotta go in here,

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<v Speaker 1>that's gotta go in there. Yes, So I'm like to

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<v Speaker 1>go in here and after Jill tell me, after Jill

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<v Speaker 1>tell me who it is. I might, I might ask

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<v Speaker 1>if I know what I'm gonna ask them. I'm curious.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to know all the things. Okay, I doubt

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<v Speaker 1>very much that they would talk about it, but you

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<v Speaker 1>never know, Okay, you never know. We can't help, but

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<v Speaker 1>you know it's okay to take some really take some anonymous.

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<v Speaker 1>No shame, we can shoot all. There's no shame, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>not none. But you know, people will put stuff on

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<v Speaker 1>you like yeah, and sometimes even in our tone because

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<v Speaker 1>we're so used to socialize in certain ways. I fear

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<v Speaker 1>that on that particular episode, we we ourselves may have

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<v Speaker 1>come across a little bit like, oh well, why would

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just maybe a little bit just outside of talking,

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<v Speaker 1>outside of the experience, you know what I'm saying. So oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I know. I mean that's why I asked about the

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<v Speaker 1>a sexual thing, because I think once you we get

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<v Speaker 1>to that point, I know, I'm might. You know, I

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<v Speaker 1>would be one of those people to be like damgn

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<v Speaker 1>like what is that like? Not having that in your life?

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<v Speaker 1>Like I understand maybe virgin, but and there's so many

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<v Speaker 1>days to experience intimacy that could that's would definitely be

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<v Speaker 1>even more powerful, you know, okay, you know what I mean. Yeah, ways,

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<v Speaker 1>that's why I said, it's like so many different types

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<v Speaker 1>of people who are probably experiencing this and that to

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<v Speaker 1>make this kind of monolithic you know, statement about what

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<v Speaker 1>that looks like, right, I mean irresponsible. It isn't fair

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry's line like are you a virgin? We need to

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<v Speaker 1>know your different experience. I'm just joking, but I'm not,

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<v Speaker 1>though I am. Yeah, thank you at Les, yeah for

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<v Speaker 1>for bringing us a topic because you know, looking for

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<v Speaker 1>something to to share and learn about. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>we want to learn and it's so cool because people

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<v Speaker 1>are people are amazing. Yeah, and that kind of choice

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<v Speaker 1>is it's one that I don't identify with. But that's

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<v Speaker 1>what's up, Like, okay, to stop. I like how diverse

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<v Speaker 1>our people are too. It's like we got a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit everything. We got the freaking thing end and the

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<v Speaker 1>opt outs come on, you got opt out. Let's go listen.

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<v Speaker 1>One thing I'll say about this podcast for sure, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is I really really love this. This is absolute

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<v Speaker 1>proof again that people are smart. The world will make

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<v Speaker 1>you think that everybody is you know, um lacking in capacity,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, but it's not true. People are actually thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>people are reading, people are questioning, people are making big

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<v Speaker 1>choices about their existence. That, um, that inspire. So I'm glad.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad to notice that. I'm glad to see that.

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<v Speaker 1>Keep thinking. Y'all love it. I love it. If we

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<v Speaker 1>love it, we love that. Okay. So we got a

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<v Speaker 1>message from from someone on Instagram. Um it's at Isaiah

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<v Speaker 1>Ribera two for eight and they wrote, I thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for sharing your life and doing everything that you do.

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<v Speaker 1>Just know that your podcast has blessed this little Puerto

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<v Speaker 1>Rican boy from the hood. I appreciate everything you do.

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<v Speaker 1>Your podcast has got me through some days, and that's

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<v Speaker 1>the best man. Some days, yo, as you can do

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<v Speaker 1>is get through. I love it. I have quite a

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<v Speaker 1>few some days, and I promise you I'm grateful to

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<v Speaker 1>have been a part of getting somebody to what's something that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still I'm like urgance. Puerto Ricans. I love them.

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<v Speaker 1>We're touching people in this way. I guess that's so cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that. The brother's lessening. That's what's up right

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<v Speaker 1>me too. Oh let me see if I could, I

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<v Speaker 1>might got another brother for y'all since you mentioned her brother, Oh, Royce,

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<v Speaker 1>we love Royce, Royce and all all all his comments.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh Royce says episodes are great topics asked for yesterday's

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<v Speaker 1>app all the bells and whistles. Thank you all for

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<v Speaker 1>the love, knowledgeable inclusion and affirming us trans men. Shoutouts

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<v Speaker 1>to Nina Joiner, owner a Feel More Sex Shop. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>that was a good episode. That was a good episode. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we learned some things. Update update. I bought the rows

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<v Speaker 1>for quite a few of my um uh senior sisters.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about over the age of sixty five. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what I'm saying. Did you get some feedback yet?

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<v Speaker 1>The feedback is it's a hit. One said she almost

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<v Speaker 1>had a heart attack, and the other has gone back

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<v Speaker 1>for more, more and more, and she says it keeps

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<v Speaker 1>getting better. She loves the wish she just washed it. Child. Listen,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm girl, I'm changing lives out here. You are changing lives.

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<v Speaker 1>You are changing lives. That is so dope, you know, No, seller,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't celebrate the Christmas, but I'm gonna go ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and just do a maths send out. Huh. That is

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<v Speaker 1>everything I do want to send out. I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it, but I love that you were specific

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<v Speaker 1>about who was going to receive them, because we forget

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<v Speaker 1>it about our our elders and our older sisters and

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<v Speaker 1>our older aunties that they they ain't you know, they

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<v Speaker 1>still here and they still need Most times they hear

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<v Speaker 1>more than our uncles. So they need to experience pleasure

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<v Speaker 1>and and and the era that some of them came

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<v Speaker 1>from that wasn't something that some some of them talked

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<v Speaker 1>to about or that they felt was important. So I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's really cool. I want to speak on the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that Royce really did say something about inclusion, which

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<v Speaker 1>is important, which is just important to me in general,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think that, um, I love. What I love

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<v Speaker 1>about this podcast is that we are always trying to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that we're thinking in that space that we

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<v Speaker 1>try to leave from that place. We can't always say

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<v Speaker 1>or know all the things because we're not living all

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<v Speaker 1>the experiences, but the fact that we always try to

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<v Speaker 1>come back to the fact that yes, there are there

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<v Speaker 1>so many experiences to be had, and that we want

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<v Speaker 1>to affirm those experiences and we want to affirm other folks,

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<v Speaker 1>and particularly all the different types of black folks that

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<v Speaker 1>we know of because our community is so diverse and

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<v Speaker 1>we have so many lived experiences to draw from. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just happy to hear that that is noticed and received. Amen.

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<v Speaker 1>You you both, you both have definitely opened my mind

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<v Speaker 1>and my eyes in a beautiful way when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to inclusion, because in any of us become can become insular.

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<v Speaker 1>We think that our experience is the experience, when in reality,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we're all living on a different plane, but

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<v Speaker 1>completely attached. Completely attached, but different wonderful, crazy, wild, funny, sad,

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<v Speaker 1>uplifting stories. You know if if you look at it,

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<v Speaker 1>look at humanity as a book. You know. So, I

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<v Speaker 1>really really appreciate how you have learned to me. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we have all learned each other. Listen and

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<v Speaker 1>learn from our listeners too, because I want to shout

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<v Speaker 1>outs to not just Royce who is always making great

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<v Speaker 1>comments and putting us on the things, but Donna another

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<v Speaker 1>Donna will be on Twitter like listening, ladies listen. Literally,

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<v Speaker 1>I looked at my Twitter and they go, Donia like okay, so, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>y'all need a good somatics person. I got that. Like

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<v Speaker 1>our whole we have a community of amazing resource people

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<v Speaker 1>and that's dope too. We just I just love my folks,

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<v Speaker 1>don't you know, you know, yeah, we've feel proud over

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<v Speaker 1>here today. We are we're feeling proud today. We enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>each other. So it's like the funny part is that

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<v Speaker 1>we could do this and just cackle with each other

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<v Speaker 1>and being la la happyland, just doing that, but knowing

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<v Speaker 1>that in the process of enjoying one another's company and

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<v Speaker 1>getting to kind of sift through and talk through all

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff that we're thinking about and want to know

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<v Speaker 1>about that also that's affecting other people in a positive way.

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<v Speaker 1>What more could you really ask for after all of that?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, that's something that you're just doing that comes natural,

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<v Speaker 1>that that just that feeds you is also feeding others.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like it's a community. And to think we are

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<v Speaker 1>having this conversation during the good people's quanza Okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>what Habar Gandhi agent today is near a purpose? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so we're living fully, you know, we're living in our love.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we should have a conversation about quanta. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I know some people are familiar with it. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>as familiar as most um or some but I think

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<v Speaker 1>we share a conversation about quansa where it comes from,

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<v Speaker 1>who it comes from, and the principles of kwanza. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I like I like good things, you know, I like

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<v Speaker 1>things that benefit the people. You know, yeah, clans is cool.

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<v Speaker 1>There's you know, all kinds of conversation around quansa you know, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know, let's I welcome this conversation about about

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<v Speaker 1>the good people's coins. Thank you for today. It is

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<v Speaker 1>is Nia and we are definitely I feel like living

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<v Speaker 1>in our purpose. Today you say one today, on today,

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<v Speaker 1>you say on today today, and today I say on

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<v Speaker 1>today a lot. What's funny is that some of our

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<v Speaker 1>some of our fans actually reach out to me and

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<v Speaker 1>and spit back the stuff I say a lot on

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<v Speaker 1>all the good People's Internet or the good people said that.

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<v Speaker 1>Somebody else said that. I guess, I say, listen a lot. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think got to do. There's a baby, h it

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<v Speaker 1>was it was the season one was White supremacy. Pull back.

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<v Speaker 1>I pull back not because I'm afraid of the man,

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<v Speaker 1>but because I pulled back because I want. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to understand that it's easy to talk to me.

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<v Speaker 1>It is. I promise you, it's not a difficult. I

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<v Speaker 1>promise you. Oh my god, it's hilarious. Guys. Please another

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<v Speaker 1>one Amber. This is so nice. Thanks shau Hi. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Mardi Um. I just finished listening to young Shonnon.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's how you say it, um, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just am moved um two tears at the how eloquent

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<v Speaker 1>this beautiful young lady is. And I have this thing

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<v Speaker 1>to Asia and her husband. Job well done. I am

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<v Speaker 1>so happy to know that you have parentsed six beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>games and that their present, their extension of your brilliance,

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<v Speaker 1>to add with their own brilliance, will be in this

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<v Speaker 1>world to contribute like this young lady Lana is already

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<v Speaker 1>contributing to listening the vibration of the universe. I am

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<v Speaker 1>so honored to have listened to her. And I have

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<v Speaker 1>a question for those of us parents who were challenged

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<v Speaker 1>with communication with our young, our babies, who didn't have

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<v Speaker 1>the ability or the wherewithal too engage, who were caught

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<v Speaker 1>up in financial struggles and and and depression and trauma

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<v Speaker 1>and drama. What do we do? How do we begin

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<v Speaker 1>to create that? Is it too late? And I I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna say it's too late, because it's never too late.

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<v Speaker 1>Every day is an opportunity to recreate yourself and to

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<v Speaker 1>recreate something new manifest something new, and we are great

0:27:10.000 --> 0:27:15.440
<v Speaker 1>manifestos of the Africans living in America. So, um, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you think how can we, as moms who may

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<v Speaker 1>have missed the mark develop a bond with our children

0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:28.920
<v Speaker 1>who are in their twenties and thirties. What do you suggest?

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<v Speaker 1>How do we do that? Is it maybe having Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>dinners once a week? You know? Um, going with the flow?

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<v Speaker 1>How do we you know, still share our wisdom with

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<v Speaker 1>our children as we feel like we missed the mark

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<v Speaker 1>and we didn't bond with our children and we know

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<v Speaker 1>that we still have so much more to teach them.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you and have a blessed, blessed day. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>that's a that's a bit of a toll request. Um man, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks y'all, because honestly, I did get a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>like m d M s and stuff about Lana's episode.

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<v Speaker 1>So thank you guys for loving up on my kid.

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<v Speaker 1>That's number one. She saw all the love that y'all

0:28:16.400 --> 0:28:20.520
<v Speaker 1>gave her on social media, oh god. And um, I

0:28:20.560 --> 0:28:24.080
<v Speaker 1>did allow her to to see it, and she, you know,

0:28:24.160 --> 0:28:26.840
<v Speaker 1>it was just really really grateful and I was super

0:28:26.880 --> 0:28:29.400
<v Speaker 1>proud of her, and it was definitely a difficult thing

0:28:29.480 --> 0:28:33.760
<v Speaker 1>to listen to her in that way because it's mothering

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like I'm trying not to be goofy and

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<v Speaker 1>proud and you know, and just whatever the case may be.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, it was really a great experience. So

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to thank you all for allowing her

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<v Speaker 1>to come on and talk and share her experiences. But

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<v Speaker 1>as far as like what you should do, I just

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<v Speaker 1>think parenting is just like an ongo and learning process,

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<v Speaker 1>and for me, in terms of like connecting and bonding

0:28:57.560 --> 0:29:00.440
<v Speaker 1>with your kids, one of the things that has helped

0:29:00.440 --> 0:29:03.840
<v Speaker 1>me with my relationship with my children, it's constantly um

0:29:04.040 --> 0:29:08.080
<v Speaker 1>learning how to listen. I think we all believe in

0:29:08.160 --> 0:29:10.520
<v Speaker 1>and know what we've been through. We we were there,

0:29:10.720 --> 0:29:13.720
<v Speaker 1>we experienced it. We know what we know, and we're

0:29:13.720 --> 0:29:16.920
<v Speaker 1>ready to share that wisdom and we're just ready to

0:29:17.040 --> 0:29:19.760
<v Speaker 1>pass it on. But I'm not sure if we're always

0:29:19.840 --> 0:29:23.600
<v Speaker 1>ready to listen for the nuances. We're not ready to

0:29:23.800 --> 0:29:28.280
<v Speaker 1>really hear what our kids have to say, and oftentimes

0:29:28.320 --> 0:29:30.920
<v Speaker 1>when they say something that we don't like or that

0:29:31.000 --> 0:29:33.720
<v Speaker 1>we disagree with, then we feel that it is then

0:29:33.800 --> 0:29:36.840
<v Speaker 1>our job to make them agree with us, instead of

0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:39.680
<v Speaker 1>actually listening to what it is they're saying and really

0:29:39.760 --> 0:29:43.200
<v Speaker 1>giving it, you know, the context that's necessary for us

0:29:43.240 --> 0:29:46.800
<v Speaker 1>to have empathy for what they're saying. Recently, there was

0:29:47.080 --> 0:29:50.360
<v Speaker 1>the former First Lady was on tour for her book

0:29:50.600 --> 0:29:53.880
<v Speaker 1>and talked about how she felt that it was not

0:29:54.000 --> 0:29:57.000
<v Speaker 1>a good idea to be friends with your kids. She

0:29:57.120 --> 0:30:00.000
<v Speaker 1>said that it puts you in a situation and where

0:30:00.040 --> 0:30:02.880
<v Speaker 1>you you're you're at the mercy of not being liked.

0:30:03.920 --> 0:30:07.120
<v Speaker 1>And I can't disagree more fervently with that. And as

0:30:07.160 --> 0:30:09.840
<v Speaker 1>much as I respect her as a woman and as

0:30:09.880 --> 0:30:14.440
<v Speaker 1>an accomplished person and her children appeared to be amazing

0:30:14.480 --> 0:30:16.800
<v Speaker 1>young women from what I could see from my vantage point,

0:30:17.280 --> 0:30:21.200
<v Speaker 1>I will say that, um, yeah, no, I think a

0:30:21.280 --> 0:30:24.280
<v Speaker 1>friendship is a perfect place to learn what you need

0:30:24.320 --> 0:30:26.600
<v Speaker 1>to learn from the outside world. I think that a

0:30:26.640 --> 0:30:29.640
<v Speaker 1>friendship is a place that doesn't exist just to be liked.

0:30:30.520 --> 0:30:33.560
<v Speaker 1>In fact, a friendship, a real one, exists in the opposite.

0:30:34.480 --> 0:30:37.160
<v Speaker 1>So developing a bond and a friendship with your children

0:30:37.200 --> 0:30:41.000
<v Speaker 1>does not exist outside of the boundaries that person would

0:30:41.080 --> 0:30:45.160
<v Speaker 1>make as a parent. It's like it's you have boundaries

0:30:45.160 --> 0:30:47.520
<v Speaker 1>with your friends too, So at the end of the day,

0:30:47.600 --> 0:30:50.160
<v Speaker 1>if you're functioning and healthy friendships. You can model that

0:30:50.240 --> 0:30:53.360
<v Speaker 1>same healthy friendship with your children. If you can't model

0:30:53.360 --> 0:30:55.960
<v Speaker 1>a healthy friendship with your children, you should probably be

0:30:56.040 --> 0:30:58.040
<v Speaker 1>looking at the health of the friendships that you have

0:30:58.200 --> 0:31:03.040
<v Speaker 1>outside of that, because they're probably toxic too. So I

0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:06.840
<v Speaker 1>think it's important to um just be open and listen

0:31:06.960 --> 0:31:09.520
<v Speaker 1>because first of all, listening to your children doesn't mean

0:31:09.560 --> 0:31:12.520
<v Speaker 1>that you are easy on them. Listening to your children

0:31:12.520 --> 0:31:15.160
<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean that you don't have boundaries. Listening to your

0:31:15.200 --> 0:31:19.200
<v Speaker 1>children doesn't mean that you are coddling them. Listening is

0:31:19.240 --> 0:31:24.640
<v Speaker 1>just listening, but understanding. You are listening so you understand

0:31:24.800 --> 0:31:27.320
<v Speaker 1>the person who you are having a relationship with. But

0:31:27.360 --> 0:31:30.800
<v Speaker 1>to Michelle Obama's defense, that was just a very black

0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:33.440
<v Speaker 1>boomer thing to say you're fifty fifty. When you're a

0:31:33.440 --> 0:31:35.760
<v Speaker 1>boomer parent, you're one or the other. Either you decide

0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:38.719
<v Speaker 1>to have that mentality or you are a friend. And

0:31:38.760 --> 0:31:41.720
<v Speaker 1>that's just just recognized that's her age group and like

0:31:41.760 --> 0:31:44.160
<v Speaker 1>a game before anybody beats me up about it, like

0:31:44.200 --> 0:31:48.120
<v Speaker 1>I can disagree with Michelle Obama and still here to respect.

0:31:48.560 --> 0:31:50.280
<v Speaker 1>I think that's part of the problem that we have

0:31:50.440 --> 0:31:53.320
<v Speaker 1>here and now is that we think that people aren't

0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:56.560
<v Speaker 1>certain people are not to be disagreed with publicly. And

0:31:56.640 --> 0:31:59.120
<v Speaker 1>that's not true. That's not how you grow, that's not

0:31:59.160 --> 0:32:02.120
<v Speaker 1>how you spoke, calm station. Right. But we have we

0:32:02.160 --> 0:32:03.480
<v Speaker 1>have to we have to get there, just like we

0:32:03.560 --> 0:32:06.560
<v Speaker 1>get into where we're listening to the kids. Right. But

0:32:06.640 --> 0:32:09.600
<v Speaker 1>I love that. I mean, just thank you again, um

0:32:09.640 --> 0:32:12.920
<v Speaker 1>tomorrow because I appreciate you even you know, asking that.

0:32:13.200 --> 0:32:16.480
<v Speaker 1>And I'm you know, wary to give advice, advice because

0:32:16.480 --> 0:32:20.360
<v Speaker 1>your children or your children m and you got to

0:32:20.400 --> 0:32:23.480
<v Speaker 1>exist and get in there and you know, got getting

0:32:23.480 --> 0:32:26.680
<v Speaker 1>in the mud with them, you know, and and see

0:32:26.720 --> 0:32:29.520
<v Speaker 1>how the idea of getting in the mud with where

0:32:29.560 --> 0:32:34.440
<v Speaker 1>they are, you know. Um, not that you ask me,

0:32:34.480 --> 0:32:36.760
<v Speaker 1>but I'm gonna throw this in here, and I hope

0:32:36.840 --> 0:32:41.840
<v Speaker 1>it was beneficial to you what I've taken to doing lately.

0:32:42.600 --> 0:32:45.880
<v Speaker 1>And I'm sure something I'll come up with something else later. Um,

0:32:45.960 --> 0:32:48.640
<v Speaker 1>just to try to make sure I connect with this

0:32:48.680 --> 0:32:52.240
<v Speaker 1>new person who has his own interests in friends and

0:32:52.440 --> 0:32:56.440
<v Speaker 1>you know, uh, all these things on new things is

0:32:56.520 --> 0:33:01.400
<v Speaker 1>I'll just go wherever he is and be if that

0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:03.920
<v Speaker 1>that means I'm looking through my phone or it means

0:33:03.960 --> 0:33:06.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm reading a book or it means I'm watching. I'll

0:33:06.880 --> 0:33:09.520
<v Speaker 1>watch whatever he's watching, you know. I just want to

0:33:09.560 --> 0:33:14.120
<v Speaker 1>be near him, and then I try to It's not

0:33:14.240 --> 0:33:16.840
<v Speaker 1>that it's hard, but throw a little touch in there too,

0:33:17.240 --> 0:33:23.000
<v Speaker 1>you know. Just I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, you know.

0:33:23.160 --> 0:33:26.320
<v Speaker 1>So you know, maybe that's an hour or two, you know,

0:33:26.440 --> 0:33:28.080
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I don't think about it that way.

0:33:28.120 --> 0:33:30.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I feel the vibe, and when it's time

0:33:30.240 --> 0:33:33.000
<v Speaker 1>to roll, I roll, you know, I'm like, Okay, I

0:33:33.080 --> 0:33:37.000
<v Speaker 1>got stuff to do, but just be in the space.

0:33:37.600 --> 0:33:40.160
<v Speaker 1>That's really nice for us. I always feel a little

0:33:40.160 --> 0:33:44.440
<v Speaker 1>more connected when I'm just like kicking it with him.

0:33:44.440 --> 0:33:46.240
<v Speaker 1>We don't even have to be doing the same thing,

0:33:46.560 --> 0:33:49.960
<v Speaker 1>but I'm in I'm in the space with you. You're

0:33:50.000 --> 0:33:53.720
<v Speaker 1>getting to know him the way you would a human being,

0:33:54.320 --> 0:33:56.479
<v Speaker 1>you know what I'm saying. You're observing and getting to

0:33:56.520 --> 0:33:59.480
<v Speaker 1>know him. Don't you think maybe that when kids are little, right,

0:34:00.000 --> 0:34:02.480
<v Speaker 1>spent a lot of time looking at them. Yeah, we do,

0:34:02.800 --> 0:34:06.360
<v Speaker 1>and then eventually we stopped looking at them, and then

0:34:06.400 --> 0:34:09.560
<v Speaker 1>we stopped seeing them, you know, And it's like, and

0:34:09.600 --> 0:34:13.360
<v Speaker 1>then all we see is this reflection of what we

0:34:13.440 --> 0:34:16.640
<v Speaker 1>have done and whether we have been successful as parents

0:34:17.080 --> 0:34:19.759
<v Speaker 1>rather than just seeing this other human beings, you know,

0:34:20.239 --> 0:34:22.640
<v Speaker 1>and if you just really be looking just looking at them.

0:34:22.680 --> 0:34:24.200
<v Speaker 1>I love that you said put it in the touch,

0:34:24.280 --> 0:34:26.840
<v Speaker 1>because again, we stopped touching each other after a while.

0:34:27.520 --> 0:34:30.440
<v Speaker 1>Mm hmm. You have an infant, you have a toddler.

0:34:30.480 --> 0:34:32.239
<v Speaker 1>You're picking them up all the time, and you're touching

0:34:32.280 --> 0:34:34.720
<v Speaker 1>them all the time. They can't pee, they can't bathe,

0:34:34.760 --> 0:34:38.040
<v Speaker 1>they can't do nothing without you touching them, and eventually

0:34:38.920 --> 0:34:43.440
<v Speaker 1>you go some time without touching mm hmm. I love that.

0:34:44.160 --> 0:34:49.440
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it's more simple and more settled than we think. Right, Yeah, yeah,

0:34:49.960 --> 0:34:53.800
<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm I'm off with the simplicity of things, and

0:34:53.960 --> 0:34:57.240
<v Speaker 1>I'm not believing in keeping things as simple as possible.

0:34:57.480 --> 0:35:00.600
<v Speaker 1>Then they have to be convoluted. You know, we're talking

0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:10.319
<v Speaker 1>about love. We're talking about we're talking about love. Yeah,

0:35:11.600 --> 0:35:16.560
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for leaving that message. We're gonna

0:35:16.600 --> 0:35:18.640
<v Speaker 1>take a quick break and then we'll be right back.

0:35:28.920 --> 0:35:34.200
<v Speaker 1>All right, who nets? Who got next? Hi? I just

0:35:34.280 --> 0:35:38.239
<v Speaker 1>wanted to say that, um. So, first of all, my

0:35:38.320 --> 0:35:41.080
<v Speaker 1>name is Trista, and I just wanted to say that

0:35:41.200 --> 0:35:47.240
<v Speaker 1>your podcast, UM titled The New Effort, was so profound

0:35:47.400 --> 0:35:51.280
<v Speaker 1>and it really resonated with me because in two thousand

0:35:51.280 --> 0:35:54.640
<v Speaker 1>and sixteen, I have my own hybroid surgery. Um, I

0:35:54.719 --> 0:35:58.040
<v Speaker 1>have my own my own mactomy, and it was a

0:35:58.280 --> 0:36:03.360
<v Speaker 1>life changing event. Um. I just was not prepared, and

0:36:03.560 --> 0:36:06.759
<v Speaker 1>in retrospect, I really should have done my research on

0:36:06.880 --> 0:36:10.600
<v Speaker 1>how to nourish my body as it was healing in

0:36:11.360 --> 0:36:14.160
<v Speaker 1>and all of the things that would come with the surgery.

0:36:14.360 --> 0:36:17.480
<v Speaker 1>And I just wanted to tell you all that I

0:36:17.520 --> 0:36:21.279
<v Speaker 1>appreciate the work that you're doing, um putting me your

0:36:21.320 --> 0:36:25.360
<v Speaker 1>experiences out there, because I know at least two or

0:36:25.400 --> 0:36:28.120
<v Speaker 1>three of my sister friends have had my own ecdomy.

0:36:28.719 --> 0:36:30.760
<v Speaker 1>And I will tell you that as a black woman,

0:36:30.840 --> 0:36:33.600
<v Speaker 1>the first thing that you're told by a doctor that's

0:36:33.640 --> 0:36:36.200
<v Speaker 1>not of color um is or you need to get

0:36:37.200 --> 0:36:40.920
<v Speaker 1>a hysterectomy. And I was still in my thirties when

0:36:40.920 --> 0:36:43.640
<v Speaker 1>I had my my own ectomy, and it was just

0:36:43.719 --> 0:36:45.759
<v Speaker 1>no way that I was going to do that. And

0:36:45.800 --> 0:36:49.360
<v Speaker 1>so I just really appreciate all that you're doing and

0:36:49.560 --> 0:36:52.640
<v Speaker 1>getting the word out there that we need to educate ourselves,

0:36:52.719 --> 0:36:56.120
<v Speaker 1>because I put it off for so long, you know,

0:36:56.239 --> 0:36:58.279
<v Speaker 1>and not really normal what was going on with me

0:36:58.719 --> 0:37:01.279
<v Speaker 1>until I finally had to get surgery, and so I

0:37:01.360 --> 0:37:04.680
<v Speaker 1>thank you all so much for what you all are doing,

0:37:05.280 --> 0:37:09.440
<v Speaker 1>and keep up the beautiful work. Take care, be blest.

0:37:11.080 --> 0:37:15.840
<v Speaker 1>Oh that was dope. Yes, yeah, I mean our club

0:37:15.920 --> 0:37:20.040
<v Speaker 1>is big. Shoot, since I did that story, I didn't shoot.

0:37:20.080 --> 0:37:22.080
<v Speaker 1>I got a whole new thirties something year old neighbor

0:37:22.080 --> 0:37:23.840
<v Speaker 1>and while I was recuperating, she was like, Oh, my

0:37:23.920 --> 0:37:26.480
<v Speaker 1>sister is on her her six months. She's just about

0:37:26.480 --> 0:37:29.480
<v Speaker 1>to get the clear and I am about to schedule. Mind,

0:37:29.680 --> 0:37:33.000
<v Speaker 1>I was like, good God, outlaw is this club? Girl?

0:37:33.080 --> 0:37:35.040
<v Speaker 1>This club is like one in five. I feel like

0:37:35.040 --> 0:37:38.759
<v Speaker 1>it's a one in five. STIs pretty much short, dis concerning,

0:37:38.800 --> 0:37:42.640
<v Speaker 1>but it's good to know this community. Y. Yeah, but

0:37:43.560 --> 0:37:48.640
<v Speaker 1>it's it's so concerning. I know. I'm like, why are

0:37:48.680 --> 0:37:51.560
<v Speaker 1>they wanting us back and forth? Thank you for sharing?

0:37:51.640 --> 0:37:56.879
<v Speaker 1>Like yah, oh yeah, I look for people. I want

0:37:56.880 --> 0:37:59.759
<v Speaker 1>to hear more about this Kamala Harris task Force. As

0:37:59.800 --> 0:38:02.560
<v Speaker 1>we move into three, I hope she comes outside more

0:38:02.560 --> 0:38:05.120
<v Speaker 1>and tells us about what's going on with that come

0:38:05.160 --> 0:38:12.240
<v Speaker 1>on outside Kamala epidemic levels. At this point, we agree, agreed,

0:38:12.960 --> 0:38:16.440
<v Speaker 1>it's it's it's a it's a public health emergency, and

0:38:16.440 --> 0:38:18.040
<v Speaker 1>they don't forget they come back. I was listening to

0:38:18.080 --> 0:38:20.120
<v Speaker 1>her talk about her thirties. I was like, well she

0:38:20.160 --> 0:38:23.200
<v Speaker 1>got him in her her thirties, A good chance they

0:38:23.320 --> 0:38:27.759
<v Speaker 1>you know, ten years later they're big. So luckily I'm

0:38:27.760 --> 0:38:29.440
<v Speaker 1>doing this word you know a few years but hopefully

0:38:29.440 --> 0:38:33.920
<v Speaker 1>if you use before menopause. But thank y'all, thank you

0:38:33.960 --> 0:38:35.720
<v Speaker 1>all for let me do that. So we figured research

0:38:35.920 --> 0:38:40.600
<v Speaker 1>research is the thing, then huh things about research stand visions?

0:38:40.680 --> 0:38:44.440
<v Speaker 1>Who do we let research us? You know, it's getting

0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:48.400
<v Speaker 1>the research. Who's gonna do it? That's why I was

0:38:48.440 --> 0:38:51.319
<v Speaker 1>looking forward to this whole task force situation, I mean

0:38:51.440 --> 0:38:54.040
<v Speaker 1>led by assist hopefully I know, with some some black

0:38:54.080 --> 0:38:58.960
<v Speaker 1>female doctors involved, like you know, I'm always looking for him. Yeah,

0:38:59.320 --> 0:39:04.359
<v Speaker 1>we need that know goodness, good night? Yeah, Yeah, yeah

0:39:04.400 --> 0:39:06.719
<v Speaker 1>I can assist. Hell shout out to my my sister Tera,

0:39:06.760 --> 0:39:09.680
<v Speaker 1>who's working in government to get more to get you know,

0:39:09.880 --> 0:39:12.799
<v Speaker 1>with the black doctors and whatnot, so we can get

0:39:12.800 --> 0:39:15.279
<v Speaker 1>more data. But at the same time making black people

0:39:15.280 --> 0:39:17.840
<v Speaker 1>feel comfortable enough to want to give the data, because

0:39:18.160 --> 0:39:22.120
<v Speaker 1>that's our thing, rightfully. So yeah, because you're always fighting

0:39:22.160 --> 0:39:26.800
<v Speaker 1>that battle between like trying to be preemptive and taking

0:39:26.800 --> 0:39:29.759
<v Speaker 1>care of yourself, but then that distrust about who you

0:39:29.800 --> 0:39:32.080
<v Speaker 1>trust to take care of you, are you gonna get

0:39:32.080 --> 0:39:34.879
<v Speaker 1>the care that you need? And it's and it's just

0:39:34.960 --> 0:39:38.520
<v Speaker 1>such a tough tough place to be in as as

0:39:38.640 --> 0:39:40.720
<v Speaker 1>as a black person and a person of color, particularly

0:39:40.719 --> 0:39:44.080
<v Speaker 1>around being a black woman. You know, our specific experience

0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:47.040
<v Speaker 1>is just so hard to figure that out. And even

0:39:47.040 --> 0:39:49.560
<v Speaker 1>in some instances, and I want to put this out here,

0:39:49.600 --> 0:39:52.560
<v Speaker 1>I've had friends who had a terrible experience with a

0:39:52.560 --> 0:39:54.640
<v Speaker 1>black female doctor. They didn't get the care they needed

0:39:54.680 --> 0:39:58.239
<v Speaker 1>till they moved on to a non black doctor. So

0:39:58.320 --> 0:40:00.880
<v Speaker 1>sometimes I think there's a there's some there's always this

0:40:00.920 --> 0:40:03.600
<v Speaker 1>thing about just finding who has your best interest their hearts.

0:40:04.080 --> 0:40:06.880
<v Speaker 1>You want to have that cultural sensitivity, but you also

0:40:06.920 --> 0:40:11.040
<v Speaker 1>want people who are not you know, um invested in

0:40:11.520 --> 0:40:14.319
<v Speaker 1>this kind of traditional way to approach. I hope that's

0:40:14.320 --> 0:40:17.040
<v Speaker 1>a super minority, Lord, Please let that be a super minority.

0:40:17.120 --> 0:40:21.280
<v Speaker 1>Good goodness, Mark. Yeah, I mean I think obviously, again

0:40:21.360 --> 0:40:23.919
<v Speaker 1>we don't want to speak in general general terms. Yes,

0:40:23.960 --> 0:40:28.040
<v Speaker 1>there's gonna be some situations where people don't act as expected, okay,

0:40:28.080 --> 0:40:30.480
<v Speaker 1>but and we generally do want doctors who have the

0:40:30.520 --> 0:40:32.920
<v Speaker 1>same lived experience as us, because we know that that

0:40:32.960 --> 0:40:35.319
<v Speaker 1>gives them a heads up when they're when they're having

0:40:35.360 --> 0:40:38.840
<v Speaker 1>certain conversations with us. But but you know, I think bigger,

0:40:38.880 --> 0:40:41.800
<v Speaker 1>even bigger than than that, that we have to feel

0:40:41.800 --> 0:40:45.640
<v Speaker 1>comfortable enough to first want to involve ourselves. Black women

0:40:45.680 --> 0:40:49.319
<v Speaker 1>have such a crazy history about being experimented on and

0:40:49.360 --> 0:40:52.640
<v Speaker 1>in the medical industry and how our bodies have been used.

0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:55.319
<v Speaker 1>So I think for us, we have to feel a

0:40:56.400 --> 0:41:00.719
<v Speaker 1>confident that our participation is not going to end and exploitation.

0:41:00.840 --> 0:41:03.560
<v Speaker 1>So that's just, you know, a hard pill to swaller,

0:41:03.760 --> 0:41:05.879
<v Speaker 1>but it doesn't and we gotta fight for ourselves because

0:41:05.880 --> 0:41:08.200
<v Speaker 1>people don't believe it's I literally like, y'all, this is

0:41:08.239 --> 0:41:10.480
<v Speaker 1>so crazy having this conversation. I literally was talking to

0:41:10.520 --> 0:41:12.279
<v Speaker 1>one of my best friends on the phone who's been

0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:14.200
<v Speaker 1>going through some health challenges. She was telling me. She

0:41:14.280 --> 0:41:16.640
<v Speaker 1>was like, I'm be telling these doctors that there's something

0:41:16.680 --> 0:41:18.759
<v Speaker 1>bigger going on with me. I can't have cancer and

0:41:18.840 --> 0:41:21.600
<v Speaker 1>seals here one day and it's going on. It's something bigger,

0:41:21.760 --> 0:41:24.800
<v Speaker 1>But they are not listening. And I'm like, damn, you

0:41:24.880 --> 0:41:28.759
<v Speaker 1>gotta come you become your own medical advocate. And it's

0:41:28.840 --> 0:41:32.520
<v Speaker 1>so yeah, so, but but be vigilant. I'm saying, stay vigilant, y'all.

0:41:32.800 --> 0:41:36.120
<v Speaker 1>Be that. Do do that. If you feel something a right,

0:41:36.800 --> 0:41:39.200
<v Speaker 1>speak on it and and until you know I'm speaking,

0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:42.120
<v Speaker 1>until it's addressed it. It's so tough because every time

0:41:42.640 --> 0:41:46.359
<v Speaker 1>system here, you know, I just had to, you know,

0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:49.280
<v Speaker 1>try to to to see my gun in college just recently,

0:41:49.840 --> 0:41:53.080
<v Speaker 1>and I'm on a waiting list, you know what I mean.

0:41:53.080 --> 0:41:55.799
<v Speaker 1>They're like, I can see you in April. Y'all. Hear

0:41:55.880 --> 0:42:00.799
<v Speaker 1>this word, and you ain't no first time. Just ain't

0:42:00.840 --> 0:42:02.440
<v Speaker 1>your first time going to see this doctor? Right, That's

0:42:02.520 --> 0:42:05.719
<v Speaker 1>usually the way for the first time visits. You know,

0:42:06.600 --> 0:42:10.399
<v Speaker 1>it can be that way. It can key exactly that way.

0:42:10.800 --> 0:42:14.400
<v Speaker 1>And urgent care, you know, you know I've got my

0:42:14.480 --> 0:42:18.560
<v Speaker 1>history with with urgent care, you know. So you know

0:42:18.600 --> 0:42:21.799
<v Speaker 1>it's like going to different communities. You've gotta get on

0:42:22.239 --> 0:42:24.680
<v Speaker 1>We're back on getting on the bus. We're back to

0:42:24.719 --> 0:42:27.120
<v Speaker 1>getting on the bus going to a whole other community,

0:42:27.440 --> 0:42:32.520
<v Speaker 1>a whole other neighborhood's urgent care. Because you can't just

0:42:32.560 --> 0:42:34.640
<v Speaker 1>go to the ones that are in your neighborhood. You

0:42:34.680 --> 0:42:37.600
<v Speaker 1>gotta move around if you want a second opinion, And

0:42:37.600 --> 0:42:39.799
<v Speaker 1>you should get a second opinion. It's sometimes a third

0:42:39.840 --> 0:42:42.680
<v Speaker 1>opinion as well, and it seems like urgent care is

0:42:42.680 --> 0:42:45.839
<v Speaker 1>the only way to get um. It ain't immediate care,

0:42:45.920 --> 0:42:48.960
<v Speaker 1>but it's it's better than waiting five months, four months.

0:42:49.040 --> 0:42:53.520
<v Speaker 1>It turns to see somebody I ain't never had urgent

0:42:53.520 --> 0:42:57.279
<v Speaker 1>care twys each waite though, I'm like, that's interesting. I've

0:42:57.320 --> 0:43:00.359
<v Speaker 1>had limitations with urgent. But we're talking about long term

0:43:00.400 --> 0:43:05.799
<v Speaker 1>care here, not that's not you can't sleep you were

0:43:05.840 --> 0:43:11.880
<v Speaker 1>considered yeah, emergency yes, long term no, you know, but

0:43:11.920 --> 0:43:14.319
<v Speaker 1>even once you get once you you know, there's so

0:43:14.360 --> 0:43:17.640
<v Speaker 1>many The point is there's many challenges. So that's the thing,

0:43:17.719 --> 0:43:20.879
<v Speaker 1>So that there's the challenges finding the find first of all,

0:43:20.960 --> 0:43:24.239
<v Speaker 1>being comfortable enough to seek the care, then finding the

0:43:24.320 --> 0:43:28.920
<v Speaker 1>cared in the quality of care. You know what I'm saying,

0:43:31.560 --> 0:43:37.799
<v Speaker 1>care listening to me, right, and then you're so many hurdles,

0:43:38.400 --> 0:43:41.120
<v Speaker 1>so many hurdles before you're actually being And that's why

0:43:41.120 --> 0:43:43.880
<v Speaker 1>we're at this epidemic level where it's like, this is

0:43:43.920 --> 0:43:46.760
<v Speaker 1>why we're here. That's how we got there. We didn't

0:43:46.760 --> 0:43:49.759
<v Speaker 1>just stumble and we can't stumble unto it. You know,

0:43:50.360 --> 0:43:52.160
<v Speaker 1>it's really and that's why You can't throw out a

0:43:52.160 --> 0:43:53.880
<v Speaker 1>promise like that and not back it up. So we

0:43:53.920 --> 0:43:57.279
<v Speaker 1>need to back it up. Please back it up. It

0:43:57.400 --> 0:44:00.719
<v Speaker 1>is we're dying out here, and we're living lives that

0:44:01.239 --> 0:44:03.720
<v Speaker 1>are not the lives we want to live. We're living

0:44:03.719 --> 0:44:08.480
<v Speaker 1>with pain, we're living with discomfort, We're living with things

0:44:08.480 --> 0:44:12.000
<v Speaker 1>that are absolutely causing other issues and they may not

0:44:12.080 --> 0:44:14.719
<v Speaker 1>have come out yet, but trust and believe we're not

0:44:14.760 --> 0:44:17.520
<v Speaker 1>having foreign objects in our bodies and in our uteruses

0:44:17.560 --> 0:44:20.000
<v Speaker 1>and not having other problems that are associated with it.

0:44:20.040 --> 0:44:23.839
<v Speaker 1>You're not about to tell me that. Yeah, make sure

0:44:23.880 --> 0:44:27.480
<v Speaker 1>when you go to the doctors, you know, ask them

0:44:27.520 --> 0:44:33.839
<v Speaker 1>to look for five roids. Yeah, be as specific as

0:44:33.880 --> 0:44:36.560
<v Speaker 1>you possibly can. You know, like I don't. If you

0:44:36.600 --> 0:44:42.560
<v Speaker 1>don't feel right, I's something that's not your cycling. Ain't cycling.

0:44:42.640 --> 0:44:45.840
<v Speaker 1>If your cyclane cycling and it feels off, come on,

0:44:45.960 --> 0:44:49.080
<v Speaker 1>you know you better than anybody else. That's all. As

0:44:49.120 --> 0:44:51.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying, fight for yourself. I know it sucks, but

0:44:51.520 --> 0:44:56.759
<v Speaker 1>it is. We only got one body. Girl. One of

0:44:56.880 --> 0:45:07.680
<v Speaker 1>one exam said, bo oh, shall we move onless? That's heavy? Hello,

0:45:08.000 --> 0:45:12.040
<v Speaker 1>this is Kishana and I just finished listening to y'all.

0:45:12.120 --> 0:45:17.399
<v Speaker 1>Y'all business and I had to say something I reflected immediately.

0:45:17.560 --> 0:45:20.200
<v Speaker 1>I felt it all in my body when I heard

0:45:20.239 --> 0:45:23.520
<v Speaker 1>the story of the grandmother and grandmother was my father.

0:45:24.160 --> 0:45:26.640
<v Speaker 1>My father stood me in front of the congregation when

0:45:26.640 --> 0:45:29.920
<v Speaker 1>I was thirteen years old, just from learning that I

0:45:30.000 --> 0:45:33.680
<v Speaker 1>was pregnant. He just learned that I was pregnant. And

0:45:33.800 --> 0:45:36.160
<v Speaker 1>I can hear you all saying, oh, there's a preacher's

0:45:36.239 --> 0:45:40.280
<v Speaker 1>kid being a preacher's kid. Well, I was a thirteen

0:45:40.360 --> 0:45:45.959
<v Speaker 1>year old innocent. I definitely did what I did consensually.

0:45:46.000 --> 0:45:47.400
<v Speaker 1>I didn't know what I was doing. It was my

0:45:47.560 --> 0:45:52.239
<v Speaker 1>very first time having sex, and I had to tell

0:45:52.280 --> 0:45:57.000
<v Speaker 1>my mom and my dad that I was pregnant. My

0:45:57.080 --> 0:45:58.880
<v Speaker 1>dad stood me in front of the church and says,

0:45:58.920 --> 0:46:02.200
<v Speaker 1>anyone that has any thing negative to say, keep it

0:46:02.239 --> 0:46:06.960
<v Speaker 1>to yourself. Tishana has a village. She will be supported.

0:46:07.760 --> 0:46:09.880
<v Speaker 1>That didn't stop and they say, as they didn't stop

0:46:09.960 --> 0:46:12.000
<v Speaker 1>him from grabbing me on the way to the restroom

0:46:12.080 --> 0:46:16.040
<v Speaker 1>to speak something negative into my ears. But it was

0:46:16.080 --> 0:46:18.640
<v Speaker 1>the support of my father and my mom who told

0:46:18.640 --> 0:46:21.879
<v Speaker 1>me that this is your child, and you will take

0:46:21.920 --> 0:46:25.279
<v Speaker 1>care of this child. And I'm your mother and I'm

0:46:25.320 --> 0:46:28.560
<v Speaker 1>going to show you how it was that village, my

0:46:28.719 --> 0:46:32.760
<v Speaker 1>sisters and my brother who did everything that they could

0:46:32.800 --> 0:46:35.480
<v Speaker 1>to make sure I kept going in the direction that

0:46:35.640 --> 0:46:38.000
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to go in and supported me and being

0:46:38.000 --> 0:46:41.279
<v Speaker 1>the mother that I am today. Anyway, this show is

0:46:41.360 --> 0:46:46.080
<v Speaker 1>yah y'all business. Today. I have an amazing son who's

0:46:46.160 --> 0:46:51.520
<v Speaker 1>a college graduate, who was a married, lovely example of

0:46:51.560 --> 0:46:54.920
<v Speaker 1>a man, and I'm a yah yah of four years.

0:46:56.040 --> 0:46:59.680
<v Speaker 1>And I remember that that first announcement that I would

0:46:59.680 --> 0:47:05.719
<v Speaker 1>be a mimi was the best appreciation I had to

0:47:05.800 --> 0:47:09.480
<v Speaker 1>God for turning that thing around that happened to me

0:47:10.000 --> 0:47:14.680
<v Speaker 1>when I was thirteen. Congratulations, Asia, this is going to

0:47:14.800 --> 0:47:21.960
<v Speaker 1>be the most amazing journey. God bless you. Who I

0:47:21.960 --> 0:47:29.160
<v Speaker 1>didn't know he's gonnahead to bust to tell shoes. Yeah, man,

0:47:29.800 --> 0:47:33.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm so happy to hear that that was someone else's

0:47:33.520 --> 0:47:43.200
<v Speaker 1>experience too, that there was support and love. I'm so

0:47:43.320 --> 0:47:46.279
<v Speaker 1>happy to hear that because I grew up as a

0:47:46.320 --> 0:47:52.080
<v Speaker 1>Jehovah's witness and I'll never forget the day. And you know,

0:47:52.200 --> 0:47:56.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm only speaking for this particular experience, but this was

0:47:56.120 --> 0:47:59.160
<v Speaker 1>it was remarkable to me. There was a young girl

0:48:00.200 --> 0:48:02.320
<v Speaker 1>we were standing on the corner came then I watched

0:48:02.320 --> 0:48:05.440
<v Speaker 1>hours in the wakes because that's what we did. Huh

0:48:05.800 --> 0:48:08.759
<v Speaker 1>and um, there was a girl from our congregation. I

0:48:08.800 --> 0:48:12.160
<v Speaker 1>didn't know her, but you know I saw around and

0:48:12.239 --> 0:48:15.520
<v Speaker 1>she walked by and she was pregnant and I spoke,

0:48:16.680 --> 0:48:20.799
<v Speaker 1>but nobody else did, and I got, you know, a

0:48:20.880 --> 0:48:24.839
<v Speaker 1>little um. Some one of the sisters grabbed me by

0:48:24.840 --> 0:48:27.040
<v Speaker 1>my my wrist and said, we don't speak to her

0:48:27.080 --> 0:48:30.120
<v Speaker 1>and I said why and they were like, well, you know,

0:48:30.640 --> 0:48:35.239
<v Speaker 1>she's she's pregnant. And I was like, well, isn't this

0:48:35.280 --> 0:48:39.120
<v Speaker 1>when she needs everybody the most. That was the day

0:48:39.120 --> 0:48:46.040
<v Speaker 1>I decided I wasn't going to be a Jooh's witness. Wow. Wow, Yeah,

0:48:46.680 --> 0:48:50.680
<v Speaker 1>that was the day because I just felt like, it's

0:48:50.880 --> 0:48:55.799
<v Speaker 1>it's it's not right to shun someone when they need

0:48:55.880 --> 0:49:00.640
<v Speaker 1>you the most, you know, especially at a young person

0:49:00.680 --> 0:49:04.440
<v Speaker 1>like a child. There there's everything in their life is

0:49:04.520 --> 0:49:08.160
<v Speaker 1>about to change and you know they need guidance and that.

0:49:08.320 --> 0:49:10.759
<v Speaker 1>I love that lunch. I'm gonna you're gonna be a mother,

0:49:10.800 --> 0:49:15.000
<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna show you how that was. That's the

0:49:15.040 --> 0:49:19.480
<v Speaker 1>part in which my body became affected by that. But

0:49:19.600 --> 0:49:21.160
<v Speaker 1>she said how you're gonna be a mother? I'm gonna

0:49:21.160 --> 0:49:24.120
<v Speaker 1>show you how how how do you know? How do

0:49:24.120 --> 0:49:26.920
<v Speaker 1>you know how to so many levels to this, how

0:49:26.960 --> 0:49:29.600
<v Speaker 1>do you know how to be a mother? If nobody

0:49:29.640 --> 0:49:34.399
<v Speaker 1>shows you, right, I don't care how old you are, Right,

0:49:35.800 --> 0:49:39.440
<v Speaker 1>then then there's this thing where the shame and the

0:49:39.719 --> 0:49:42.240
<v Speaker 1>the attempt of people, and that it was in church

0:49:42.360 --> 0:49:45.439
<v Speaker 1>that that the dad went. We'll talk we'll talk another

0:49:45.520 --> 0:49:47.680
<v Speaker 1>time about why he felt he needed to go to

0:49:47.719 --> 0:49:52.400
<v Speaker 1>the church to say, don't say nothing slicked to my

0:49:52.480 --> 0:49:56.000
<v Speaker 1>daughter right the place where she was supposed to be

0:49:56.120 --> 0:49:59.759
<v Speaker 1>loved and where it should have been no question that

0:50:00.200 --> 0:50:02.319
<v Speaker 1>was going to be loved. Why did you have to

0:50:02.360 --> 0:50:07.080
<v Speaker 1>make a statement in front of those people, as the

0:50:07.120 --> 0:50:08.880
<v Speaker 1>pastor the people who should have been praying for her,

0:50:08.960 --> 0:50:11.000
<v Speaker 1>the people who should have been ever her. Why would

0:50:11.040 --> 0:50:13.719
<v Speaker 1>you didn't have to correct them, pre correct them. But

0:50:13.760 --> 0:50:16.480
<v Speaker 1>we'll talk about that another time. But my point is

0:50:16.560 --> 0:50:19.200
<v Speaker 1>that I feel like, you know, and she's this woman

0:50:19.360 --> 0:50:21.040
<v Speaker 1>is not the only person that had reached out to

0:50:21.080 --> 0:50:26.120
<v Speaker 1>me about this, about their their experiences with being supported

0:50:26.160 --> 0:50:29.360
<v Speaker 1>at times, you know, when particularly around being pregnant. We

0:50:29.440 --> 0:50:31.880
<v Speaker 1>like to blame women. We like to shame and blame

0:50:32.640 --> 0:50:37.480
<v Speaker 1>same and blame, shame and blame women for everything that

0:50:37.600 --> 0:50:43.320
<v Speaker 1>happens in their lives. Everything, it's the shame and blame.

0:50:43.719 --> 0:50:53.000
<v Speaker 1>Got yourself pregnant, You got yourself, yourself yourself, and it

0:50:53.120 --> 0:50:58.200
<v Speaker 1>be the people who posed to be so their relationship

0:50:59.120 --> 0:51:02.280
<v Speaker 1>with the all for giving, the most giving, the most

0:51:02.520 --> 0:51:07.480
<v Speaker 1>loving entity and in their universe. And then this be

0:51:07.600 --> 0:51:11.640
<v Speaker 1>the energy they want to come to you with a woman,

0:51:11.680 --> 0:51:14.239
<v Speaker 1>a person who you and I both know doesn't get

0:51:14.800 --> 0:51:19.319
<v Speaker 1>Every woman, every person born female, does not get the

0:51:19.440 --> 0:51:26.400
<v Speaker 1>opportunity to give birth, Every female born body doesn't necessarily

0:51:26.920 --> 0:51:31.360
<v Speaker 1>do that. So when it happens, it's something that we

0:51:31.360 --> 0:51:35.080
<v Speaker 1>should all support because we are all invested in the

0:51:35.160 --> 0:51:40.680
<v Speaker 1>health and the beauty of that child, not just the body,

0:51:41.000 --> 0:51:44.840
<v Speaker 1>not just the body that does it. All who witness

0:51:45.480 --> 0:51:50.680
<v Speaker 1>are responsible, All who witness are needed. You're not throwing

0:51:50.680 --> 0:51:54.040
<v Speaker 1>this in here. You may not agree, UM, but I

0:51:54.040 --> 0:51:58.520
<v Speaker 1>I fully believe this that when did you find out

0:51:58.760 --> 0:52:06.959
<v Speaker 1>that someone that's very young and very unprepared um, financially, emotionally,

0:52:08.560 --> 0:52:13.560
<v Speaker 1>mentally for what's happening, um, for pregnancy. You're not happy

0:52:13.719 --> 0:52:16.120
<v Speaker 1>about it? So I don't want to I don't want

0:52:16.120 --> 0:52:19.240
<v Speaker 1>to get you. I don't I'm not I'm not because

0:52:19.360 --> 0:52:25.040
<v Speaker 1>because being a parent is a lot and um, taking

0:52:25.080 --> 0:52:28.759
<v Speaker 1>care of someone outside of yourself is a big job,

0:52:29.560 --> 0:52:33.080
<v Speaker 1>and it seems unfair that somebody is so young would

0:52:33.080 --> 0:52:37.560
<v Speaker 1>have to take on that kind of responsibility. So you're

0:52:37.600 --> 0:52:41.240
<v Speaker 1>not happy about it, but you've got to grow up.

0:52:41.840 --> 0:52:44.960
<v Speaker 1>This is what has occurred, and now that person has

0:52:45.080 --> 0:52:47.319
<v Speaker 1>needs support and love and they have to they have

0:52:47.360 --> 0:52:50.320
<v Speaker 1>to learn how to do this thing. It's not optional.

0:52:50.880 --> 0:52:54.319
<v Speaker 1>I mean, children coming into the world requires sacrifice. And

0:52:54.440 --> 0:52:57.560
<v Speaker 1>so when when a child is coming to the world

0:52:57.600 --> 0:52:59.840
<v Speaker 1>and then that reflects the sacrifice that needs to be

0:53:00.200 --> 0:53:03.320
<v Speaker 1>by others, there you know they're not gonna be happy

0:53:03.320 --> 0:53:06.520
<v Speaker 1>about it, even in even in the sacrifice of whatever

0:53:06.680 --> 0:53:09.759
<v Speaker 1>the vision was that they had for that person's life.

0:53:09.960 --> 0:53:13.080
<v Speaker 1>They're looking at the young person who they you know,

0:53:13.160 --> 0:53:14.920
<v Speaker 1>are looking at We we tend to look at young

0:53:14.960 --> 0:53:18.160
<v Speaker 1>people and we have dreams for them. We dream a

0:53:18.200 --> 0:53:21.400
<v Speaker 1>thing for them, and then when they have babies and

0:53:21.440 --> 0:53:24.080
<v Speaker 1>they're young, a lot of times we feel that dream

0:53:24.160 --> 0:53:27.200
<v Speaker 1>has to die. And so therefore we have a disappointment

0:53:27.239 --> 0:53:31.000
<v Speaker 1>that sometimes outweighs even the difficulty and disappointment that they

0:53:31.040 --> 0:53:34.040
<v Speaker 1>may have. So there's a there's a lot that we

0:53:34.120 --> 0:53:36.920
<v Speaker 1>project in that moment, you know what I mean, that's

0:53:36.960 --> 0:53:40.880
<v Speaker 1>that's necessary and unnecessary, but you know from the from

0:53:40.920 --> 0:53:43.880
<v Speaker 1>the reality of it, and the things that aren't necessarily

0:53:43.920 --> 0:53:47.280
<v Speaker 1>reality is because everybody's experience will not be the same.

0:53:47.840 --> 0:53:50.440
<v Speaker 1>You know, some of our grandmothers were fourteen and fifteen

0:53:50.440 --> 0:53:53.880
<v Speaker 1>and sixteen years old, and had that not happened, we

0:53:53.920 --> 0:53:57.160
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't be here. Um. And that's not saying that at

0:53:57.200 --> 0:53:59.560
<v Speaker 1>that age you're ready, because the truth of the matter

0:53:59.640 --> 0:54:01.920
<v Speaker 1>is that, uh that when you're young and you have

0:54:02.040 --> 0:54:04.799
<v Speaker 1>not fully developed you know all those things. You know.

0:54:04.840 --> 0:54:07.040
<v Speaker 1>In my situation, my daughter has grown. I want to

0:54:07.080 --> 0:54:10.279
<v Speaker 1>continue to say that, but I do recognize that for

0:54:10.320 --> 0:54:13.120
<v Speaker 1>people when they are asked to step up and be

0:54:13.239 --> 0:54:16.760
<v Speaker 1>there for someone who was very young in that experience,

0:54:17.160 --> 0:54:19.319
<v Speaker 1>that it takes them seeing things from a certain point

0:54:19.320 --> 0:54:21.160
<v Speaker 1>of view. But I just want to shout out to

0:54:21.200 --> 0:54:24.960
<v Speaker 1>Kashawna's parents and to her father in particular, who was

0:54:25.040 --> 0:54:30.160
<v Speaker 1>brave enough and had enough loving him two understand that

0:54:30.280 --> 0:54:33.839
<v Speaker 1>his disappointment whichever whatever that was, was not the most

0:54:33.880 --> 0:54:40.120
<v Speaker 1>important item on the agenda for that day. Yeah, but

0:54:40.320 --> 0:54:47.600
<v Speaker 1>the disappointment was not the most important factor. You have

0:54:47.680 --> 0:54:51.000
<v Speaker 1>the right to be disappointed. You have the right. You've

0:54:51.040 --> 0:54:55.239
<v Speaker 1>invested time, energy, love into a young person and young

0:54:55.280 --> 0:54:57.840
<v Speaker 1>woman and young man. You've invested that time. You have

0:54:57.880 --> 0:55:00.680
<v Speaker 1>the right to feel to disappointed. But it, like A

0:55:00.920 --> 0:55:06.640
<v Speaker 1>just said, it is not the most important factor. Cool

0:55:06.680 --> 0:55:13.880
<v Speaker 1>with the y'all y'all business. More conversation after the break.

0:55:25.280 --> 0:55:29.160
<v Speaker 1>I think we got another one. Go ahead. My name

0:55:29.200 --> 0:55:32.120
<v Speaker 1>is Myra and I just listened to y'all y'all business,

0:55:32.120 --> 0:55:35.720
<v Speaker 1>and I can't think Asia enough. I'm a new mom

0:55:35.719 --> 0:55:38.759
<v Speaker 1>and while I'm twenty eight years old, my parents have

0:55:38.840 --> 0:55:41.359
<v Speaker 1>been really hard on me for having a baby while

0:55:41.360 --> 0:55:45.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm not married. And just hearing Asia really bringing to

0:55:45.239 --> 0:55:48.719
<v Speaker 1>the room the societal pressure is that we placed on

0:55:49.120 --> 0:55:52.480
<v Speaker 1>each other, and just her accepting her daughter really did

0:55:52.520 --> 0:55:55.960
<v Speaker 1>something for me. Um. I didn't know I needed to

0:55:56.040 --> 0:55:58.640
<v Speaker 1>hear this episode as much as I did, And I

0:55:58.719 --> 0:56:02.160
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for just calling out the pressures

0:56:02.160 --> 0:56:05.000
<v Speaker 1>and how you have to show up for your child.

0:56:05.120 --> 0:56:08.440
<v Speaker 1>They're having a child themselves because of the depression that

0:56:08.480 --> 0:56:11.799
<v Speaker 1>they go through. I resonate with that, and while I'm

0:56:11.800 --> 0:56:14.759
<v Speaker 1>working through it now, I just I can't say thank

0:56:14.800 --> 0:56:20.080
<v Speaker 1>you enough. I had my son at thirty eight. I

0:56:20.120 --> 0:56:25.800
<v Speaker 1>think that's all I was. And I was not expecting

0:56:27.520 --> 0:56:33.439
<v Speaker 1>or happy about being a single mother. I didn't see

0:56:33.480 --> 0:56:35.480
<v Speaker 1>that coming. I never saw that for me. First line,

0:56:35.520 --> 0:56:38.120
<v Speaker 1>I never saw me having a child in the first place.

0:56:38.360 --> 0:56:40.359
<v Speaker 1>But then to actually have to be a single mother,

0:56:40.400 --> 0:56:43.360
<v Speaker 1>I wasn't. I wasn't. Like that kind of blew my mind.

0:56:46.080 --> 0:56:48.719
<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of things that happened, you know, when

0:56:48.800 --> 0:56:54.560
<v Speaker 1>you when you have a child, A lot of the emotions,

0:56:54.960 --> 0:57:07.560
<v Speaker 1>the hormones, silk making built you're making milk, like, that's

0:57:07.120 --> 0:57:11.640
<v Speaker 1>what are you talking about? So many things that are

0:57:11.640 --> 0:57:14.480
<v Speaker 1>going on inside of your body, inside of your your

0:57:14.560 --> 0:57:18.040
<v Speaker 1>mind and body experience all of the things. And I

0:57:18.160 --> 0:57:22.720
<v Speaker 1>was thirty eight and financially, you know, to it capable.

0:57:22.840 --> 0:57:26.360
<v Speaker 1>I'll go it capable, financially capable of doing the things.

0:57:26.760 --> 0:57:30.560
<v Speaker 1>And I had to go get myself together. I had

0:57:30.600 --> 0:57:35.840
<v Speaker 1>to go get myself together. The disappointment was so much. Now,

0:57:35.920 --> 0:57:39.680
<v Speaker 1>imagine being you know, thirteen four, to imagine being someone

0:57:39.720 --> 0:57:41.880
<v Speaker 1>that's still living at home with their parents and have

0:57:42.040 --> 0:57:45.120
<v Speaker 1>never really experienced, um being out on the world on

0:57:45.200 --> 0:57:48.680
<v Speaker 1>their own. Now they had the responsibility of taking care

0:57:48.680 --> 0:57:52.280
<v Speaker 1>of someone else who is so tiny, somebody else who

0:57:52.400 --> 0:57:56.440
<v Speaker 1>really can't take care of themselves at all. Yeah, I'm

0:57:56.560 --> 0:57:59.160
<v Speaker 1>you know, like putting yourself in that position is a

0:57:59.200 --> 0:58:05.600
<v Speaker 1>lot take take a moment, I think, yes, you know,

0:58:05.840 --> 0:58:11.400
<v Speaker 1>I yeah, I would say this. You know, Mara talked about,

0:58:11.880 --> 0:58:18.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, being unmed, being unmarried. It hurts me that

0:58:18.240 --> 0:58:21.360
<v Speaker 1>a twenty eight year old grown ass woman has to

0:58:21.520 --> 0:58:24.880
<v Speaker 1>feel some kind of way about having a baby and

0:58:24.920 --> 0:58:29.320
<v Speaker 1>not being married like that upsets me, Like I'm actually

0:58:29.360 --> 0:58:33.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm upset, okay, because that that bothers me so much

0:58:33.840 --> 0:58:39.320
<v Speaker 1>because again it's the the shame and blame. Right, we

0:58:39.520 --> 0:58:42.560
<v Speaker 1>talk about this situation where it's like no one is

0:58:42.560 --> 0:58:44.640
<v Speaker 1>saying and I hate this thing that happens in our

0:58:44.680 --> 0:58:49.720
<v Speaker 1>community with y'all glorifying baby mama's and you no a

0:58:49.800 --> 0:58:54.400
<v Speaker 1>nobody glorifying nothing. We are allowing. We are asking people

0:58:54.720 --> 0:58:57.560
<v Speaker 1>to love one another and to be in community with

0:58:57.600 --> 0:59:01.800
<v Speaker 1>one another. That's when staying toxic relationships for the sake

0:59:01.840 --> 0:59:05.520
<v Speaker 1>of for the sake of a child. Girl, Listen, let

0:59:05.520 --> 0:59:08.520
<v Speaker 1>me tell you something. Many many of our ancestors and

0:59:08.560 --> 0:59:11.920
<v Speaker 1>the women that have come before us stayed married, and

0:59:11.960 --> 0:59:14.520
<v Speaker 1>we're in situations with men that they should never have

0:59:14.640 --> 0:59:16.919
<v Speaker 1>been in just so that they didn't have to be

0:59:17.160 --> 0:59:21.280
<v Speaker 1>unmarried with a baby and feel that shame and feel

0:59:21.360 --> 0:59:25.520
<v Speaker 1>that shame. It's like, I need us to wake up then,

0:59:25.520 --> 0:59:27.200
<v Speaker 1>And there's a lot of women it's fine. I just

0:59:27.240 --> 0:59:29.040
<v Speaker 1>had this conversation with somebody the other day was talking

0:59:29.040 --> 0:59:31.240
<v Speaker 1>about their their thirty year old cousin who was really

0:59:31.280 --> 0:59:34.240
<v Speaker 1>concerned about finding a husband. She really wants to be

0:59:34.320 --> 0:59:37.440
<v Speaker 1>somebody's wife, like And some of that comes from your

0:59:37.680 --> 0:59:41.280
<v Speaker 1>boomer parents who got together in their twenties and built

0:59:41.320 --> 0:59:44.640
<v Speaker 1>them a beautiful home and had their two children, and

0:59:44.800 --> 0:59:46.320
<v Speaker 1>you know, and so you look at that, and that's

0:59:46.320 --> 0:59:49.960
<v Speaker 1>the way you Yeah, I can say this, whatever way

0:59:50.040 --> 0:59:54.080
<v Speaker 1>that your life is designed, whatever way your life is designed,

0:59:54.160 --> 0:59:56.560
<v Speaker 1>is going to be a mixture of things that you

0:59:56.680 --> 1:00:00.160
<v Speaker 1>have prayed for or asked for, or one to the

1:00:00.320 --> 1:00:05.760
<v Speaker 1>desired things you intentionally did and curveball that you could

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<v Speaker 1>have never seen coming. And at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>we are all dealing with a mixture of those three things.

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<v Speaker 1>And if we approach any other person without the proper

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<v Speaker 1>grace and humility that should come from doing that, then

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<v Speaker 1>you are most definitely on the wrong side of history.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody knows this about me and mine because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>play that ship of humanity. We're not doing that today.

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<v Speaker 1>But we gotta got to remember that when people like

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<v Speaker 1>her parents, and I think that's the best advice you

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<v Speaker 1>can give her in that way too. It's kind of like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, not for nothing, girl, live your life, because

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<v Speaker 1>the life that they were taught to live is not

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<v Speaker 1>the true life of happiness. And that's what you know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not your past, that's not everybody don't have the

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<v Speaker 1>same path of happiness. However, Yes, fifty years ago we

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<v Speaker 1>were told that this plus this equals this and that

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<v Speaker 1>will bring happiness. That's not the case no more. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if it ever was the case. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Why don't we all just start being honest with these

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<v Speaker 1>young women women women I called to you in this moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Be honest with the young women in your life. Stop

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<v Speaker 1>lying to them, Stop lying to yourself. The life that

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<v Speaker 1>you are requiring them to live, not only did you

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<v Speaker 1>not live it, but nobody that you know lived it, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>And you are pressing a ideal of phony and fake

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<v Speaker 1>ideal onto young people that you know they can never

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<v Speaker 1>ever live up to. And when they find out, they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be mad at you. And I'm gonna tell you

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<v Speaker 1>right now, these young millennials, these gen zs, not the

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<v Speaker 1>young millennials, not the ones that's forty, These young millennials

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<v Speaker 1>and these gen zs, they are finding out that y'all

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<v Speaker 1>have lied to yourselves, and they're mad at you. Or

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<v Speaker 1>they've been lied to too, That's what I'm saying. But

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<v Speaker 1>they've been lied too too, So like you can be mad,

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<v Speaker 1>but everybody's been lied to. It all come from somewhere,

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<v Speaker 1>so it don't be but so mad because it comes

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<v Speaker 1>from an over generation. Don't take it out on them

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<v Speaker 1>like that because they took the ship for you. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>come on, everybody be paid where everybody you got the information,

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<v Speaker 1>You got the knowledge, all right, go ahead and do

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<v Speaker 1>better share because the sharing will free you. It really will.

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<v Speaker 1>It will really free you. You know, there used to

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<v Speaker 1>be a joke back in the day about um girl.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like, you know, it's just a joke. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>girls will joke about say yeah, how many partners have

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<v Speaker 1>you had? And they're like, you mean, how many how

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<v Speaker 1>many boyfriends have I hadked or how many relationships have

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<v Speaker 1>I had? Or that would be the joke, Like we're

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna talk about partners. We're gonna talk about actual relationships.

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<v Speaker 1>My thing is like this, whatever you have used, really

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<v Speaker 1>think about the things that you've done to rationalized behavior

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<v Speaker 1>that you hold shame about, to rationalize that way that

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<v Speaker 1>you say things and you hold things because of your

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<v Speaker 1>own particular shame, and be really careful not to project

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<v Speaker 1>that onto other people, especially young people, because it's not

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<v Speaker 1>theirs to carry. They'll have their own stuff to carry.

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<v Speaker 1>Just try to be mindful about allowing them to carry

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<v Speaker 1>your stuff. Okay, you made a mistake, Just be honest

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<v Speaker 1>about it when they're making a mistake. Don't get all

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<v Speaker 1>angry and turned up because you're still mad about your mistake.

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<v Speaker 1>M h Just do whatever you can do to show

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<v Speaker 1>love and compassion and humility, like humble yourself. Humble yourself

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<v Speaker 1>to yourself, m hmm, it's really okay, it's really okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And to my brother's out there, to my brother's out

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<v Speaker 1>there that are constantly in your mind. You have like

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of standard in your mind that you have

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<v Speaker 1>made up in your brain about what you think the

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<v Speaker 1>best kind of woman is. Right, I want you to stop,

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<v Speaker 1>because your mama is not that she's not the auntie

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<v Speaker 1>is not that your sister is not that. Everybody is

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<v Speaker 1>a human being and they're living this life. I wish

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<v Speaker 1>I had that button. Don't we get the last one agent?

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<v Speaker 1>And you might not deserve that. Just today I talked

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<v Speaker 1>to an old friend and her mother is um fully

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<v Speaker 1>sanctified and all the good things, you know, quote unquote.

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<v Speaker 1>And she found a picture of her mother sitting with

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<v Speaker 1>a group of people, old picture, and her mother had

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<v Speaker 1>a cigarette in one hand and a drinking another. Yeah yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and it looked like she was having a good Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>don't get me wrong. Mother's mother's and aunties and everybody

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<v Speaker 1>get to change. Hey, listen, if you do that, if

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<v Speaker 1>the pastor made the down and you just change your life,

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<v Speaker 1>just don't forget it's it's not it's fine. You ain't

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<v Speaker 1>got to be the same person at forty that you

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<v Speaker 1>are at twenty. It's not even possible. Come on, shout

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<v Speaker 1>out to Kareema. She had already always kept her truth

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<v Speaker 1>around here and always said to me, I tell you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if I could have waited, I had you twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 1>But lord, you know, if I could have waited, let

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<v Speaker 1>me say the life not to say I have any

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<v Speaker 1>regrets about you, However, life could have been different. I

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<v Speaker 1>like the album Beautifully Human for a reason, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm saying. Like we out here, we're living, We're

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<v Speaker 1>experiencing life, and there will be changes. There will be

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<v Speaker 1>highs and thows, like my my sister friends here have said,

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<v Speaker 1>and it will be curve balls that you don't expect.

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<v Speaker 1>But life is poor the living, and it's a beautiful thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember that. Remember that when you're when you're listening to

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<v Speaker 1>a young person, Remember that when you're listening to an elder.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember that when you're somewhere in private listening to yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>The update also is just for all the listeners. The

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<v Speaker 1>update is that my grand baby has come into the

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<v Speaker 1>world healthy. On October nineteen, two thousand and twenty two, one,

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Reverie was born. And she is absolutely fantastic and

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<v Speaker 1>her mother is an absolutely fantastic mother, and she did

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<v Speaker 1>the damn thing and I was so proud of her,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm still proud of her, and I will always

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<v Speaker 1>be proud of her. And sometimes I'm still gonna let

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<v Speaker 1>her ask know what it is because she's my daughter

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<v Speaker 1>and she's my friend, and I keep it real with

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<v Speaker 1>my daughter and my friends and my daughter friends, and

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<v Speaker 1>that is what it is. I love y'all, seriously, my family.

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<v Speaker 1>There was something in me. Just here. I hear a

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<v Speaker 1>loud clapping to clapping from his simmer. So you be

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<v Speaker 1>proud of you hate your creating. She was so in

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<v Speaker 1>the mix. She because she remains in the mix, so

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<v Speaker 1>in the mix. And I'm proud to have had her

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<v Speaker 1>as a mother and I just a girl. It's a thing.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a whole thing. It's a thing to see

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<v Speaker 1>a thing be full circle. To see my child give

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<v Speaker 1>birth in a room that she has known since she

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<v Speaker 1>was two years old. To stand there and watch my

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<v Speaker 1>grandchild come into the world, to actually watch her come

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<v Speaker 1>into the world like I saw that, you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>to have helped my daughter through that process is everything

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<v Speaker 1>I can't you know. And I have other daughters. This

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<v Speaker 1>might not be the first time, it won't be the

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<v Speaker 1>last time, god willing, but I'm telling you that first

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<v Speaker 1>time that was everything. That's everything. So yeah, yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel grateful, deeply grateful, And I'm grateful for my whole

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<v Speaker 1>village and everybody who takes time to to be there

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<v Speaker 1>for all of us. So thank you, Auntie Jill and Auntil.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah for the lovely love that y'all have given this process.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for sharing your experiences women, sister friends, Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for sharing your experiences. You you. I grow because

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<v Speaker 1>of you, and I know because of you, and I

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<v Speaker 1>noticed like like a childhood like you know, elementary rhyme,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's it's it's real ship. It's just real ship.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it said, he said, you got the ways

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<v Speaker 1>of words. Shout out to edge. You do? You do?

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<v Speaker 1>You do? Shout way of explaining things because girl, whether

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<v Speaker 1>in elementary school, rhyme or prose or whatever, it's all beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so so much. I appreciate good, appreciate you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>listen to your favorite shows,