WEBVTT - DEVON FRANKLIN: 'It Takes A Woman" 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:08.479 Have you been having a merry month of May? All 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:13.240 the marvelous flowers brought to us by the seemingly endless 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:16.599 April showers in some areas. Other areas are getting no 0:00:16.680 --> 0:00:19.320 April showers. I'm getting all of your share of rain. 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:22.720 But it is a month of joy, a beautiful month 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:26.319 for me. I have always loved May Day. When I 0:00:26.400 --> 0:00:29.520 was a kid, I used to love to pick flowers 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:34.080 and hang May Day baskets on door knobs and leave 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.920 them on people's porches. And when I was really young, 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.080 we actually used to do a Maypole dance at our school. 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:44.159 Those traditions have faded a bit in popularity. I still 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:48.600 celebrate the coming of May I do. I have two 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.920 sons that have birthdays on Sinco de Mayo. I have 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:55.280 a sister that has a birthday in May, and it's 0:00:55.360 --> 0:01:00.320 Mother's Day. There's so much goodness in May in our family. 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.440 I had a wonderful Mother's Day surrounded by family. What 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:09.480 a great month. Mothers are important. I think the entire 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:11.680 month of May, not just the second Sunday, should be 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:15.760 a celebration for moms. Our first podcast episode of the 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:21.000 month we dedicated to the awareness of cardiovascular health. Imploring 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:24.480 women to get screened, no their risks, take care of 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:28.560 their hearts that beat so strongly for all those that 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:31.600 they loved. That was what our first podcast this month 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:37.080 was about. Today's episode is also about honoring moms. We 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.040 are being joined by a Hollywood producer in New York 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:44.240 Times bestselling author who's been blazing his own unique trail 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:49.320 with an unwavering commitment to uplifting the human spirit through 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:54.240 stories through entertainment. He and I first met several years 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.840 ago when I was asked to voice a small part 0:01:56.960 --> 0:02:01.040 in an animated film he was producing, call the Star. 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.880 Our paths continue to cross from time to time, and 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:09.280 it's always a delightful encounter. D von Franklin is the 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:14.360 driving force behind Franklin Studios and some of Hollywood's most 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:21.639 successful inspirational films, including Breakthrough and Miracles from Heaven, as 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:25.480 well as the soon to be released Kingdom Business television 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:29.040 series for b ET. In addition to his work as 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:32.240 a producer, he's also the author of best selling books 0:02:32.280 --> 0:02:38.000 such as Live Free, The Success Commandments, The Truth About Men, 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.600 and his new Audible original that We're going to be 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:45.640 speaking a lot about today. It takes a woman a 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:50.799 deeply personal look into the tragedy that transformed his family's 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:55.280 life forever. The book is narrated by Devon, several of 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:59.520 his aunties and his mother. Before we get to all 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.040 that good this though, let me get proper credit to 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.880 a star of this show first, one of my podcast 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:10.280 sponsors that makes this all possible. Ah Spring, the season 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:15.160 of new beginnings, of longer and warmer days, blooming flowers, 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.800 budding fruit trees. I can't wait to welcome it in 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:23.600 style with Balsom Hills Life Like Spring Florals. They make 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:28.080 the loveliest handcrafted florals that add a perfect touch to 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:35.080 your springtime celebrations, creating inviting spaces and delighting guests. To 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:39.000 make this season extra special, my friends at Balsom Hill 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:42.560 and I want to share a few fun surprises with you. 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:47.400 Find upcoming sweepstakes and exclusive discounts in my newsletter, on 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:51.080 my website and on my social media pages throughout the season. 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.400 Step in the spring by adding a little sunshine to 0:03:54.600 --> 0:03:58.880 your home. Shop for your own beautiful florals today by 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:02.120 visiting Balsom Hill dot com. Be sure and use the 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:06.400 code spring Hope two check out for twenty percent off 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:10.400 through the month of April. Hello Devon, welcome to love 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.960 someone with the Lilah. I I'm so excited to talk 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.000 to you. Oh I'm grateful and I always wanted to 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.159 talk to you. Thank you, thank you for being here. So, um, 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:22.200 I have to tell on myself a little bit. I 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.280 have you know how people say, oh, I have COVID brain, 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:27.479 I have COVID brain. I don't know if it's that 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.560 I have COVID brain or mom brain or no brain. 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:34.360 But when my podcast producer came to me and said, hey, 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:36.599 how would you like to talk to Davon Franklin, I'm like, Wow, 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.680 that name sounds familiar. And she, you know, kind of 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:43.800 snickers and I'm like, why don't just tell me refreshment 0:04:43.839 --> 0:04:47.039 in my mind? She was like, uh, like major producer, 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:52.479 famous author, writer, actor, um, and you know him. And 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:56.520 I'm like, ah, okay, another clue. She goes the star 0:04:57.880 --> 0:04:59.520 and I went the star of the Star of the Start. 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.040 What's start? You mean the start of the animated movie 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:10.440 that I was in. Yes, So that's why I say, 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.719 I don't know if it's COVID brain, mom brain, or 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:19.240 no brain. But I'm like, oh, my word, listen, we Hey, 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:21.480 I was so grateful that you lent your voice to 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:25.239 the Star. It definitely was a welcome edition. You sounded amazing, 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.520 did a brilliant job. So yes, my, my, all three 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:34.839 lines of it. Okay, there's other people we wanted to 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.440 involve that we had to change out their voice because 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:39.120 even for a few lines, if it ain't right, it 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.280 ain't right, it ain't right. Well, I had I had 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:45.080 a lot of fun doing that, and and so I 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:48.120 don't tell my kids or my grandkids or whatever, and 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:54.040 I just pop it in. Is that right? And then 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:57.760 it's like, yeah, Grahama's I'm kind of a big deal. 0:05:57.800 --> 0:05:59.600 I have three lines in this. I'm a big deal 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:01.400 out there. You know, I'm a big deal in Hollywood, 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.920 you know what I mean. Up And then they're like, 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:08.120 how come you're not in it anymore? How come you 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:12.520 We keep waiting for more, Like, well, I'm doing some more. 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:16.360 I'm actually doing uh animated David and Goliath. So I'll 0:06:16.360 --> 0:06:21.520 make sure, okay, remember me, remember me, although I don't know. 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.440 I don't know if I could. I don't know who 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:28.200 in David or Goliath, Like there's a lot of characters, 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:33.600 so oh, okay, okay, I love that story. I love 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:37.080 that your story is kind of that story. Oh wow, yeah, 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.400 you know that's interesting. Yeah, yeah, there are aspects of 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:42.960 that for sure. I mean, you have a new book out, 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.880 an audio book out. It takes a woman, and that 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:52.920 is kind of metaphorically David and Goliath. You know when 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:57.080 you think about it, the five smooth stones that David 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.640 had to slay Goliath. God gave you how many aunties? 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:04.120 And Mama were your five smooth stones? Yeah, and this 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:07.600 book there's there's five aunts, five great aunts yep, my 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:11.080 mom my mother. So so the five great aunts maybe 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:15.960 the five smooth stones, and Mama Bear was the slingshot. Wow, 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.640 Deli is a prophet too. I love it. That's that's deep. 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:21.280 I love that. I can't wait to share that with 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:25.200 them because that is your story. That is your story. 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:28.680 You know what what Satan intended for evil, God has 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:32.760 used for good. Because if you had not, I mean, 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:34.880 I know it sounds callous and cold to say, but 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.400 if you had not gone through everything you went through 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.160 as a child, and had God not put those five 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:48.040 smooth stones, the five aunties and your mama there, would 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:51.800 you be impacting the world the way you are For good. 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.320 Probably not. Would you be in the position you're in now? 0:07:56.440 --> 0:08:01.760 You have the eyes and the ears of millions of people, 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:07.000 and you get to influence them with a message that 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:12.240 we desperately need to hear. Yeah, would you be in 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:15.440 the position you're in Devon if God had if you 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.960 weren't David against Goliath back then? Wow? Yeah, you know, 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.960 I don't think I would. And so you putting it 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:27.200 in this brilliant you know, prophetic you know, historic theological 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:30.880 con constants are struck in you know, perspective. It's just amazing. 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.880 And I agree that if it was not for those circumstances, 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:35.480 I would not be where I am, you know. And 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.640 that's a that's a really a thought I want to 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.200 ponder even more after this because it is deep when 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:43.560 you think about how how the prophet looked at at 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:47.439 David's older brothers, you know, Okay, God said this one, y'all, 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.920 I just gotta figure out which one you are. And 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.040 he didn't even meet Scraffie, a little David because he 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:56.440 was out tending the sheep, like he wasn't even a 0:08:56.520 --> 0:09:00.440 candidate in the father's eyes, in the family's eyes, he nobody. 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:05.400 He's the little kid out out tending the sheep. You 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:07.640 know that as a kid, I felt, I felt, you know, 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:09.720 kind of like that. You know, I felt like, oh, 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:11.960 you know, I was the middle child. Nobody. You know, 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.240 my older brother got the attention, my younger brother brother 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.040 got the attention. I felt like I was left to 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.920 fend for myself. So, you know, even though I wasn't 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.320 the youngest like David, I did feel that sort of 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:25.000 kinship of not knowing or feeling like I had a 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:31.000 clear place. And yet the prophet was told, no, it's 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:36.640 that little that little run that's the one. That's the one. 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:41.200 That's the one, that's the one. And and actually, I 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.079 thinking back, I'm trying to remember the whole story. He 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.840 wasn't even selected at that time. He's the one that 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.319 came forward and said me, me, me, I'll do it, 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:53.080 I'll do it. The the oil fell, you know, from 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:56.040 when the prophet Samuel put the horn over him, so 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.920 that that happened, but then that was it of that story, 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:02.760 like Samuel, you know, when the oil fell, But then 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.680 we don't that storyline in terms of him becoming king. 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.560 There's such a long journey, and David wasn't even concerned 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:10.640 about it. You never hear David say when am I 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.400 going to be king at all? He goes to fight 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:15.640 Goliath because he's upset that Goliath is offending his people, 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.080 and who is this man to talk about our God 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:22.800 like that? So you know his heart was so pure. Uh. 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:26.240 It wasn't about promotion, It wasn't about wanting his purpose 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.160 or even wanting the promise on his life. He just 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:31.360 wanted to stand up for what he believed in and 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.559 stand up for his faith. And as a result, he 0:10:34.600 --> 0:10:36.839 fought Goliath and then that put him on a path 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:40.600 ultimately become king. So divan. Instead of calling you divon 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:42.880 through this interview, I just might call you a little 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:49.440 David because how old were you when you knew that 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:54.400 you wanted to share all this goodness with all of us? Like, um, well, 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:59.000 I knew that I wanted to go to Hollywood, oh man, 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:04.640 you know young twelve thirteen years old, just about the 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.800 time you'd be out there in the fields with the 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:16.120 sling shot possibly. And now there are so many things 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.800 that you are involved with. Just just give me a 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:25.560 synapsis a screenshot of today, of all the different projects 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:27.559 that you're working on today. Because I know you carved 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.520 out time for us, and I appreciate that. I truly 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:34.160 do time is a gift and you're blessing us with that. 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:39.080 So just just a snapshot, yeah, I mean in terms 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:40.680 of my snapshot today, I mean, you know, I have 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:42.640 a lot of interviews that I'm doing for this new 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:45.120 book It Takes a Woman, So you know, I probably 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:49.520 have about fifteen interviews today. Um. I am Also, you know, 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:52.080 there's a book that I wrote that there's some interest 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:53.960 to turn it into a TV series, so I'm meeting 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.840 with some agents on that. I'm actually having a meeting 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:58.880 with one of the executives from Audible because they really 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:00.560 like what we're what I've been doing, what It Takes 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:02.560 a Woman, and they want to talk about doing more things. 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.280 Supposed to go to my grand my, my, my cousin's 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.439 graduation tonight, you know, like that's in just you know, 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:10.920 twenty four hours, and then tomorrow it's a whole another 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.920 set of things. I'm testing my movie. I just finished 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:18.160 with screen testing that tomorrow, um promoting a TV series 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:21.679 that I produced. You know, I'm just trying to do 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:23.719 as much as I can, to put as much as 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:26.079 as people give me opportunities to put great things in 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:27.720 the in the culture. I'm gonna do my best to 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:33.559 do that most proud accomplishment professionally. Like if you were 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:37.280 to say this, this, this has been my my favorite 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.640 project that I've got to birth and bring to life 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.880 and put out there. It's this new audible book. I mean, 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.320 it takes a woman. It is. This is the most 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.520 so so for folks who don't know where that expression 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.840 comes from, it takes a woman. Um, that's your adaptation 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.200 of one of my favorite expressions. It takes a village. 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.480 And uh, and I know you know that takes the 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.240 village has been around for a long time. But and 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.240 I believe that, and I also believe it takes a woman. 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:07.640 I believe that if it wasn't for the moms and 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:11.199 the grandmothers and the aunts in our culture and our family, 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:14.000 where will we be. And so often we do not 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:18.920 acknowledge and reward and memorialize their contributions. And so I 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.360 really want to do this book on some level as 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:23.960 a way to do that, and doing that by telling 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:28.200 my family story and how these women helped save me 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:31.240 and my brother's lives after my father passed away. And 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:34.160 how old were you when your last dad nine years old. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.680 Hard time in the young man's life to have his 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:42.520 world shattered, You got that right, Really really difficult. And 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.880 that's that's why I start the book with that incident, 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.120 the death of my father, us being in the morgue, 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.280 seeing his body, my mother saying, kissed your father goodbye. 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.360 That's where I start this book. That's where I start 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:59.839 this journey because that's the pain that was the catalyst 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.920 for these women in my family to come together to 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:07.240 help my mom, uh save us. Five women, five smooth stones. 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:11.199 I'm sure some very colorful personalities in there. Oh yeah, 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.679 without a doubt. Who's who was the most strict? Was 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:17.560 were one of the aunties, like the matriarch or was 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.440 that mom? Mom was strict, There's no doubt. Her name 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.480 is paul It. She was strict. Um but also on 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:26.680 Ida was strict. And don Ida is like in the 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:30.000 in the middle, she's uh, she's eighty six and you 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.440 hear her voice. And she was also the wife of 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.760 Pastor Williams and they were the ones that started the 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.880 church that we grew up in. And Um, but on 0:14:37.000 --> 0:14:39.760 Ida and my mother and and sometimes on Enus were 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:44.320 very strict, very much disciplinarians. My mom was a big woman. 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:47.360 She were a size twelve shoe. She was a large woman. 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.280 And I don't mean heavy, she was very thin. She 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.080 was just very big, big bone, over six ft tall. 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:56.920 But her most most useful weapon was just wait until 0:14:57.000 --> 0:15:08.320 your dad gets home. Uh. So this book is on audible, 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.520 Folks can find it on audible. And the movie that 0:15:11.560 --> 0:15:14.400 you're screening is this something we can look forward to seeing? 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:16.640 Is it going to be? And by the way, thank 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:20.600 you for for working on so many UM faith based 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:27.440 projects in a way that that is accessible. Is that 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:32.800 the word I want to use now, digestible perhaps by 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:37.720 people who don't even know, probably that they're getting a 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:43.360 message about goodness and God and redemption and salvation and love, 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:47.800 I mean bottom line love. Yeah. Yeah, no, it's it's 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.440 my honor to be able to do it. And and uh, 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.480 you know it's not it's not easy, but you know 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.560 God has certainly been making away. How many times have 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.680 you had doors slammed in your face? Tom because you 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:01.200 came up with a pride jacked idea like this star 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.840 that you know that was precious because you really did 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:14.680 present the Nativity in a way that UM like is okay, 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:20.240 like not watered down at all, but presented in a 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.920 way that's entertaining and fun and heart heart touching. Like 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.840 how many how many times have you had doors slammed 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:31.440 in your face because of your faith? Uh? Uh? Well, 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.240 you know what, in terms of my faith, I wouldn't 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.600 say I've had many doors slammed my face, But in 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.000 just in terms of I think people don't realize that 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.680 being a producer, you know, you're the doors are being 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:46.040 shut in your face every day. Uh you know they're 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.360 They're way more nose than I get in my career 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:50.280 than yes is like no, we don't want to do 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:53.320 this project, or no, you know we we don't want 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.520 to hire that writer, or no we don't want to 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.000 move forward with this. I mean, I mean literally Like 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:01.400 so I just have got got accustomed to no um 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.040 And that's okay. I'm I'm always about trying to find 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:07.800 the right people, the right situation that really sees it, 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:12.000 because you know, I can maybe really strong arm somebody 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:13.600 into giving me a yes, but if they don't believe 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:15.480 in it, it's not going to go further than that. 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:19.200 So I get a lot of nose, a whole lot 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:22.240 of note You've had so many movies, so many projects. 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:27.720 Tell my listeners just a handful of your top favorites. Um, well, 0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.040 right now, the most favorite is It Takes a Woman. 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:32.840 You know that that project is my favorite because I 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:35.840 put so much into it, And I'm thinking, you need 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.720 to turn that into a movie for us. It's possible, 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:42.760 you know, I'm thinking, because right now, on so many levels, 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:48.840 our nation needs to understand the value and the power 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:53.080 of women coming together. I do something called Friday Night, 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:56.920 Girls Night every Friday night, and it's girls night out. 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:59.119 And it's not about you know, going out and partying. 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:02.440 It's about celebrating Sisterhood's your best friend, your your sister, 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:05.320 your mom, your auntie. And that's what your book is about, 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:09.040 but in a very real way, like you've got you've 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:11.880 got the story to tell. And I'm I'm just sitting 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:15.880 here thinking those five smooth stones that might be even 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:19.080 an even an even bigger picture than the book. But 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.320 we got to get people to download the audible book. 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:24.720 It's not in print, right, that's it's audio only. It's 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.040 audio only, so we get to hear your voice. Yes, 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.040 and and my hope is that you know, to the 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:32.320 point you're making like as people listen to it, as 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:35.520 it gets more into the culture, then that will lay 0:18:35.520 --> 0:18:38.280 the foundation for me even being able to make a 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.040 movie or a television series out of it. So I'm 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.080 excited to see what happens and uh, you know what 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:46.640 level of impact it will have in the culture. Oh, 0:18:46.760 --> 0:18:49.840 I am enjoying this conversation with the van so much. 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:52.159 Before our time is up, I want to pause to 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:56.399 shine a spotlight on my podcast sponsor. I want you 0:18:56.720 --> 0:19:00.760 to feel better this spring, a pain for spring, if 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:04.840 that's possible. One springtime years ago, I discovered a simple 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:10.399 but fabulous product, Omega Excel. This product reduces the pain 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.679 that comes from inflammation I feel in my hands and 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:16.600 in my back from all the years of gardening and 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:21.280 horseback riding I've enjoyed Omega Excel or tiny little capsules 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:25.920 filled with Omega oils extracted from the green lipped muscles 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:29.040 found off the coast of the pristine waters of New Zealand. 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:32.240 When I take Omega Excel every day, I feel so 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.560 much better. My hands feel better, my back feels better, 0:19:35.640 --> 0:19:40.600 my joints feel better. The problem is inflammation that is 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.520 the root cause of this kind of pain. If you 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:46.960 suffer from this pain as a result of inflammation, try 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:51.240 Omega Excel this spring in summer feel healthier so you 0:19:51.320 --> 0:19:54.480 can do more. That is my wish for you. Use 0:19:54.520 --> 0:19:58.320 Omega Excel, Forward slash Love to order this for yourself. 0:19:58.840 --> 0:20:00.880 Buy one and get a s I can't one free 0:20:01.160 --> 0:20:05.800 Omega Excel dot Com, Forward slash Love or via the 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:09.639 phone eight hundred nine four zero zero five nine nine. 0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:15.240 That's eight hundred nine zero zero five nine nine. I 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:20.679 think intrinsically we know in our gut the power of 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:24.720 of it takes a woman. We know that on some level, 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:28.639 but somehow we get stupid and forget that all the time. 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:34.480 Like like, like you said, you would not be here 0:20:34.520 --> 0:20:38.120 probably your siblings either or certainly be enjoying the success 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:41.000 you are today if you if your mom did not 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:44.800 have those women to come alongside her. I think there's 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:48.040 far too many women who don't have the five smooth stones, 0:20:48.080 --> 0:20:50.920 who don't have the great aunties or you know. I 0:20:51.480 --> 0:20:55.440 I hear stories every night, That's what my show is at. Stories, 0:20:55.520 --> 0:21:01.680 and people feel so disconnected and so alone, and if 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:06.120 we could somehow, if you could, somehow uh impart upon 0:21:06.200 --> 0:21:09.760 them the importance of those connections and getting back to 0:21:11.560 --> 0:21:14.679 because that that proverb it takes a village has been 0:21:14.680 --> 0:21:20.320 around four thousands of years, not a new concept. That's right, 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:21.840 that's right, But that's but to that point you make 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:23.800 about connection. This is also one of the reasons why 0:21:23.800 --> 0:21:25.760 I wanted to do the book, so that anyone that 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:29.480 feels disconnected you can learn you can have that connection 0:21:29.520 --> 0:21:32.320 through what you hear from my family. What you hear 0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:34.760 from the women in my family, Uh, you know, they're 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:37.600 they're there. They open up their hearts and they're so 0:21:37.720 --> 0:21:40.880 transparent and so loving and so giving. And so even 0:21:40.920 --> 0:21:44.359 if someone listening may not have um their own family 0:21:44.440 --> 0:21:47.639 or those own their own five smooth stones, they you know, 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:49.480 through listening to this book, it can kind of be 0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:52.280 like almost like a surrogate situation, you know, where my 0:21:52.320 --> 0:21:55.679 aunts can become your aunts, so have u. And that 0:21:55.760 --> 0:21:57.919 was going to be my next question. Have your aunts 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:01.680 become aunts to other young people? I know they have. 0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:04.280 I mean, I know the answer to that, but how 0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:11.920 many other kids who were disenfranchised, who were without parental 0:22:12.000 --> 0:22:15.120 support or whatever have they taken under their wings there 0:22:15.760 --> 0:22:18.680 their mother hand wings and nurse and I can count 0:22:18.720 --> 0:22:21.360 I mean some that they've you know, actually were adopted 0:22:21.359 --> 0:22:23.639 into our family and others that they have you know, 0:22:23.880 --> 0:22:26.800 mothered throughout the years, but more more than I can count. 0:22:27.160 --> 0:22:31.879 Wouldn't that be a fun addition to get some of 0:22:31.920 --> 0:22:37.640 those testimonies somehow of those kids. Yeah, because I know 0:22:37.800 --> 0:22:40.639 a lot of people who may listen to it takes 0:22:40.640 --> 0:22:42.280 a woman might say, well, but that's not my mom. 0:22:42.280 --> 0:22:44.320 I don't have that kind of structure. I don't have 0:22:44.359 --> 0:22:47.879 that kind of construct to show that you can, you 0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:52.280 can create that you can. Yeah, you really can't, You 0:22:52.400 --> 0:22:55.400 really really can. And also the blessing of technology these 0:22:55.440 --> 0:22:58.720 days is that you can bring anyone into your village. 0:22:59.119 --> 0:23:01.600 You can bring you know, Delilah can be in my 0:23:01.680 --> 0:23:04.639 village and you know, other voices and other thoughts because 0:23:04.760 --> 0:23:06.800 you whether it's through a book, whether it's through podcast, 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:09.320 where's through radio, whether it's through knowing people. I mean 0:23:09.359 --> 0:23:12.600 now rereason V technology, there's there's so there's a way 0:23:12.640 --> 0:23:15.240 to create such a rich life and get the information 0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:19.000 that is lacking just by going and seeking it out. Well, 0:23:19.040 --> 0:23:21.200 I want everyone to seek out. It takes a woman. 0:23:21.359 --> 0:23:23.800 I don't care what aide you are, I don't care 0:23:23.880 --> 0:23:28.080 what race you are, there is wisdom and goodness and 0:23:28.119 --> 0:23:33.919 love and mercy and grace, all that good stuff that 0:23:34.160 --> 0:23:38.320 that transcends everything. Right now, we are living in such 0:23:38.320 --> 0:23:41.320 a time to von where there's so much division. I know, 0:23:41.560 --> 0:23:45.680 it's taken on a life of its own that's so ugly. Yeah, 0:23:45.760 --> 0:23:48.440 and I love that everything I've ever seen that you 0:23:48.560 --> 0:23:53.480 are involved with, you got no time for that. Like right, 0:23:54.320 --> 0:23:56.640 it's all about Hey, you know, great trying to put 0:23:56.680 --> 0:23:58.520