ANN PATRICE PART 1

STUCK ON THE NAME - EPISODE 7 - ANN PATRICE PART 1

In episode 7, Donia & Arricca are blessed to share the company of the multi-talented, driven, and beautiful soul of Ms. Ann Patrice. She is an Author, Music Publisher, Songwriter, Playwright, and owner of the publishing label Stepin2theglow. The ladies share laughter and stories about food, family, and life, and Ann's favorites chocolate, starches, and more chocolate. Find out which of these ladies has feet so ticklish that she cannot tolerate a pedicure! Join us next week for the 2nd part of their morning together.

Transcript

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Good morning. Beautiful.

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Good morning. Good

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morning. Beautiful.

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We have a third boy this morning What's

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going on?

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So listeners this morning we have with us a very special guest. She is an author, a music publisher, songwriter, playwright, she resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. For anybody who might be trying to piece this together. She is the owner of publishing label step into the glow. She holds a degree in forensic science from the University of Cincinnati. In her career, she has served in the transportation industry with Greyhound Lines. She has assisted as a CDL instructor for charter bus companies and for the Cincinnati school system.

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In her music sector,

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she has more than 90 songs that she's published to her label. She also has a radio station with Pandora featuring an EP album after tonight.

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We're not done.

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She has a stage play, leave you for my husband. We'll find out more about that here shortly Do you released a novel called The Chronicles of yori back in August of 2020. And it sold out in its first two weeks. And her goal is to breathe life into every book script in song that she touches in hopes of invoking a sense of unshakable drive in solidarity and others in this morning, we are so proud to welcome and present to you miss and Patrice.

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Welcome. Thank you, I'm so happy to be here. I'm happy that you guys have me as I guess I appreciate it.

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We appreciate you coming.

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Absolutely.

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So

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I'm going to jump right in because this super excited me because I think I've shared with you on more than one occasion how much I absolutely love your song leaving for my husband. So I'm jumping right into this a stage play.

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Please tell me more about this. Um, so my stage play is called leaving you from my husband. And that drives off my phone leaving from my husband, I got quite a bit of feedback, positive feedback anyway, from the song and the video. And, you know, a lot of people were telling me like, Oh, my God look like like, this looks like a soap opera, you know, like a skit or something like that they wanted to see more. And so that just gave me the urge, and the desire to make more of it. So I decided to write a script for stage play for it and never wrote a script before. So this was going into a whole new, you know, territory. But I was excited behind it. Because my mind is very vivid. And I kind of just, you know, went from the video kind of just picked, picked up from there and just kind of, you know, medo a whole script out of it. So the script is very dramatic and powerful. It's it's, it's turbulent. surprises in it. You know, I'm proud of the script, because I did it. I didn't think that I could do it. But I did it. You know, I appreciate that. And we were supposed to, you know, click the play on last year, last summer and COVID happened, you know, so that you get down because the theaters got shut down. And that was a disappointment. But of course we understood but you know, I myself and my cast where I was just like, well, that sucks. So I just sitting on it. I do plan on putting on the play, at least later on this year, provided that everything goes well with the theater for the arts. So it's still you know, it hasn't gone anywhere. And we just had to be still for a while. So we're going to get that back up and running soon.

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I did running don't even I would Oh yeah. When and where

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you'll be one of the first to know trust and believe you definitely will. I'm excited. I'm anxious I answer them all of that stuff for people to witness this incredible I play with the actors because, like I said, this, this play is based from the song lady from my husband. And it's, it's very realistic. You know, I mean, like, I'm a realist a realistic person. So just to kind of just putting it out there. Right

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now, does this song ring true for anything in your life?

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No, ma'am, I get that question a lot. This is not about me. It's not personal. However, it is based on facts. It is real. Yeah, you don't you don't hear people talk. Talk too often about infidelity. You know, I mean, because who wants to sit around and say, Hey, I cheated on my husband last night. And girl, let me tell you something. And the same thing for the male, you know, hey, he went out because his wife Ain't you know, she hadn't given up a gun or whatever going on in that relationship, or in that marriage. So they're out doing their own thing, but it's just not something that's talked about. So I'm kind of just, you know, bringing a little light to it. And I'm, you know, keeping it moving with it. So, well, I

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love it. I love real life being talked about, and I love that you are putting it out there for the world. That's great. Me too.

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And the fact that this circles back to, you know, in the song circles, it kind of takes it in the opposite direction. Like, you know, I have a reminder on my hand that even though I may have stepped out, I'm, it's time like, I'm going back, you know, like,

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that was a complete Yeah. It's a hard thing. Because, you know, it's funny, and I chuckle at it every time I hear it, but people have told me like, you may, well want to just go back to his ass. Like, you know, in the strongest when I look at my ring, well, if you're out doing your thing, but you're still married, you still rockin your ring, it's like it just makes you think. And it takes you all the way back to when you were at at altura or however you, you know, carried out your intellectuals' and just make you remember all the promises and all that stuff that you made to each other. And it's like, let me think, let me let me think this over. Let me think about this some more. Because man, this girl got me thinking now.

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Absolutely.

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Absolutely. Well, I

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love the song.

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I am. I love the song, you're more than welcome me to do.

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So as the owner of the publishing label, step into the glow? How many artists have you worked with? Or do you have working with you right now? And what accomplishments Have you witnessed them

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achieving? Um, well, I've worked with quite a few artists, mostly independent artists, and I'm just now really starting to come into intertwining with establish, as well. You know, building great relationships is key. And I've done that quite well. I'm building more and more of a rapport with, with the indie artists, because sometimes, you know, people, people watch you, you know what I mean? They see how you move, they see your work. They they see the success from other artists that you've worked with, and they want in they and and it what's funny is so here's the thing. So when you're an aspiring artists, let's say you get this, this song that you just recorded and mixed and mastered real good. And oh my god, this is just oh my god. Everybody's telling you this is the bomb, right? It should be on the radio. Right? Right. Well, now you got this hot song that everybody loves. But what's next? Right on me. And for me, when I first started out in this industry, I read that leave me for my husband was my very first song first. First of all, though, I want to say that my various songs I ever wrote, oh, yeah, the first song ever wrote, the very first song that I recorded and all of that. And so, I idea when I wrote the song. I'm going to shop it in the industry and see who who I can get, you know, to buy or to sing or whatever. Because I didn't have a clue. You know what I mean? I didn't know how this works. I didn't know I could write a song. Okay. I didn't know I had that ability. I really didn't. This was very new to me discoverable. And I man. I couldn't get it just ran with it. Yeah. And you know what my producer Tony Burkhart for black light productions, he calls me to read love to artists, because he knew that he really didn't want to do this. This way, you know, I'm more of the background person, I want to remain in the background, I don't want to be in the forefront. And so but in order to really push and get my name out there, I felt like this was necessary, it was necessary for me to take the steps that I did, in order for people to know who I was, and to gain the attention that I was looking for. So I can get to the place and I'm, you know, that I'm trying to be and I'm almost there, almost there. But you know, it's hard work. It's a lot of work. And Had I known, then, what I do now, I'll have to think about it some more. Like it's just a lot.

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I honest, honest to God, I did not know that. That song, like I said, was going to be a song I really did. You know, it's funny how the whole thing came along. But anyway, here I am today, I you know, ever since then I developed this writing this writing bug, and now I have all these songs, you know, written songs under my belt, and, and you know, a label and all of that stuff. So I think when that gives you something, he places something in your lap, even if it's something that you You didn't see something that you didn't dream of, from childhood and all of that. You have to take that and run with it. Yes, me? Me. Yes, yes. Take and run with it, because I questioned it a lot. Like, Oh, my God, how when What? How come? You know, I stopped questioning myself on that, because I felt like it's a purpose for it. Like it just came from out of nowhere. And I took in I'm not walking with applicant ran with it.

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We always say we jumped ahead first, and we're just bigger.

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Definitely. That's awesome. And I'm

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sure all the people that you've got behind you and working with you, I bet you that they would tell you that they're extremely happy that you you took it and ran with it and are still taking it and running with it.

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Absolutely. I have an amazing team. I have amazing people behind me and they kind of keep me, you know, motivated and lift it up. And, you know, just just keep me going. You know, so I'm very thankful for that. Because sometimes, you know, in this business, it's so easy to lose, focus, not lose focus, don't lose focus on it, you just get overwhelmed, and then you get tired. You want to you just want to walk away from it. You know, because there's a lot everyone heard. But for many Yes. And people say they just get discouraged because they feel like they're, they're running to one another and they don't care and they don't know where to go. Here's the thing for me, that keeps me going. I feel like I've done too much. I've come too far. I'm sitting on too much for me to say I'm done. That one thing by itself is what keeps me going. Because what am I going to do with everything that I that I've built? You know what I mean? I'm not going to throw away. Those are blood sweat and tears. Those are sacrifices is everything that I took out of my life that I can't get back. And I've always felt with it. I'm not going to waste that. So that's my that's my biggest motivation and that's what keeps me just moving forward. right um, yeah.

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So let's lighten the mood a little bit and let's have you open that box. I'm ready.

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I'm ready to

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we send a little gift package on purpose. Something special to just share amongst us girls this morning.

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We're here Yeah, get the open you now. Yeah.

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That's the instructions. Wait, wait wait to wait until our damn until the morning to open me.

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And we appreciate you waiting. Oh, no problem. I have a lot of patience. Okay, let's see. Oh Catholic Setting honey dough okay oh honey oh my god you did it big bag of Hershey Kisses and I love Oh my god it's almost a sin I love chocolate Oh and I don't need this but I totally want it and I'm so going to eat it I was about to be on and poppin honey Starburst How did I know I liked diversity you guys are evil you're the evil good though evil was

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dodos favorite chocolate dub dub dark

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yes it is yes

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servers

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yeah

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a little birdie told me Hershey's milk chocolate was your favorite

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yes

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oh my god because I love I'm really I in this bag of kisses because honey bag now yeah

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horrible that we're

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all gonna make a little noise

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that this candy like I need it now like I've done wait

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yeah yeah this is so bad but it's gonna be too bad it's good as

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you know Chocolate Chocolate is chocolate is a healing chocolates healing for the soul and for the mind and for the body and it's I believe chocolate is one of the best things in the world

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and I'm gonna agree with you chocolate is just like I think chocolate should be everybody's best friend I really do it when it's so oh oh man if you don't like chocolate you're missing out.

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I agree. I agree that you know there that we certainly have encountered some people that don't we've encountered a lot of people that don't like chocolate and we're like okay I can't get the my life without without like dark chocolate is my favorite it is who Yeah. And I can't even imagine not having an available ever.

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I heard I couldn't. I couldn't. I really couldn't. I love chocolate. Thank you guys so much. This is this is beautiful. It's beautiful chocolate. I'm going to tear it up trust me

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more than welcome and we we are big on sharing So we certainly send enough for either habit you know for a while for yourself or to eat as quickly as you want or have enough to share so

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absolutely want to go quick. I don't know if you want to share it because if you want to share it, so

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if you want to

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make sure you got we got some to enjoy as well for sure.

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I appreciate that. You guys are lovely.

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Thank you.

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You're more than welcome. Welcome.

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We thought of some silly questions so that we can just have some fun today too. Oh, and would you would you consider yourself a foodie?

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Um, so what afforded to you just be like someone who just eats just because you're a

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foodie means you love all different kinds

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of food if you love food, No, definitely not. Now, that's not me. and is and is very kicky. I'm very, very, I've been taking all my life. I don't know why I'm like, the way I am. But you know, I don't eat a lot of Yeah, I don't have a large variety of their, you know, taste of food. So what are your What are your favorites? What are some of your favorite things, man, so. So my favorites are the bad foods, the bad tasty foods like starch. Love, love potato. Okay, you know, and that's not good. It's not good, but it tastes so good. Yeah, honey. Yeah, so.

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Okay, well, that leads me into where I can ask you so Okay, did you grew up on mashed potatoes and gravy? at all? Of course, of course. Okay. And macro Beck big macaroni and she's also or was it one or the other?

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I don't eat macaroni and cheese. Really? Okay. Yeah, trust me. I get way worse than really when I tell people that they like what You don't even have roti and cheese now. So let me tell you I have a texture problem. Okay. I love noodles. But if it's something with those noodles, you know, and Mac and mac and cheese that don't agree with me. I don't eat it. Yeah, so that's why I don't eat it. You

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have tactile preferences?

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Yeah, I'm weird. Yeah.

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People get frustrated with their kids. You know what I'm saying when they won't eat or they won't touch her and things. And it could be the same thing. Like they don't like the way it feels in their hands. They don't like the way it feels in their mouth. And that

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it is okay. Yeah, I just chalked it up to me having a texture problem because it's quite a few things that I can't stand because of how it feels in my mouth. I hate it. So what did you I got you? Yeah,

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I've heard similar things from from plenty of people, you know, and it's not a matter of judgment at all. It's just a matter of understanding that is all.

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I don't do bowtie for that reason. My kids love bobotie. And let me tell you, those things are so gross. They're slimy and like, I just can't do

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it. I'm with you. I'm with you on that. Yeah. And I don't

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I haven't had him in the T. We haven't when we went to the Froyo place. Place. They were fun. They were so much fun for you. And to me, they were fun. She's looking at me like

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oh

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Yep. I was looking at you like but if you like, absolutely To each their own, but that is something I cannot get past that slimy ball of wool. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Really little fruity caviars.

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They do? Absolutely. They are you right?

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Oh, yeah. Oh. That's okay.

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I can handle it. I can handle it.

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That will be a fasting day, because I can't

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tell us Do you come from a big family?

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They mean a big family or just overall?

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Like you come from a large family. Do you have lots of people in your family? Or is your family Sorry?

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Oh, I have a very, I have a huge family. Nice. Oh, yeah.

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What about siblings? Were you blessed with siblings?

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I have two siblings. I am the youngest of well, if three of us three girls all together, but I'm being Oh, oh. Don't make me laugh. So what about what about children of your own? I have one child. I have a son. He's my whole world. And yeah, he's he's 14. Fairly, teenager. And he's I did? He's a good boy. Oh, that's good. Yeah. I'm an only child. Really? Yes. How was that coming up? Oh,

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you know, sometimes it was wonderful. And sometimes it was lonely.

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And, you know, I've,

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I've talked with, I've talked with friends of mine across my entire history, of course, about them having siblings, and we found out that even if they were in a house, a household with six or seven kids, they still had, they felt lonely also, you know, um, and even with me being the only child in the house, sometimes I felt like I just needed my own space, believe it or sometimes, you know, I just, I felt like I needed something different. And they felt the same thing too. So, but I still missed. I still really, really longed to have siblings in my house. 24 seven.

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Yeah, I can understand that.

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I think watching donia now as an adult, it's harder. I have lots of siblings, lots. My family is huge, too. But for donia I never realized like she'll never have nieces and nephews. Yeah, she, her kids don't have clothes like you. When you look at it from that perspective. It's the when you get older part where you're really missing out I think, I don't think they've missed out right? while they're in school, they got their friends, but it's when they become adults that I think it it hits a little harder, honestly.

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Yeah, I can do that.

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And I get that and you know, I you know that I respect your opinion on that and your feedback on that. Um, it was hard though. It was hard as a child. There were many moments I was I would beg like, Can I please just have a brother or sister? Can I please have a brother or sister like my parents might get ahead of me. Like, why do you Why do you always have to have somebody stay the night on the weekends? Why can't We know, and I'm like white when I have a brother or sister if I had a brother or a sister, I went to a relative time, which I probably still would have, because they wouldn't have been my same age. You know?

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When you grew up as an only child there, there are definitely the the challenges. They change. They grow with you. Well, yeah, for sure.

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For sure, yeah. Well, me and my son were very close. And I asked him, maybe, maybe three or four times, like, Do you ever get lonely? Like, do you want a brother or a sister? Cuz I just want to know what he's thinking sometimes, you know? And he's like, No, no, you know, I think that when see what when your only child I mean, it has its disadvantages and advantages, where you may be lonely, you know, you don't have anybody to fight with and all that stuff. But advantage side is, you get everything because I don't have to split, you know, split the money between you and the other, you know, kids and stuff like that. So that works out for him, because he pretty much has everything down that he asked for. Because, well, if I can afford to get it, Hell, I don't, you know, that I have to, you know, provide for two and get things for two. So, but I told him, you know, and I joke with him, but then again, I'm not joking. I said, Listen, if you ever get lonely, just let me know. I said, because I will go and rent your brother or sister. Okay. I will do that. Okay, so you can ask my child to play with and all that stuff at home. Because when I tell you that and is done having kids trust me, not happening. Not happening. I'm not starting all the way back over again. Just

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I already did that once and yeah, nine to the stage in my life where I physically cannot do it a second time. I did the start over once my my older two kids. I have two grown children and my older two are 31 and 26. And my youngest just turned 13.

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Oh my god. Well, you know, why isn't a girl or boy. My youngest boy. Okay, well, you know, where he was a blessing he was he was meant to be here. That's how you got to look at it. Absolutely. I love him. But the thing is, I love kids. I do. I just don't have the time. So I don't I don't have the time to nourish a newborn and run around with a toddler. No, I don't I don't have it. I don't I don't.

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Yeah, I feel you. I mean, I'm looking forward to being a grandmother.

Unknown Speaker  28:02  
I'm not gonna lie. Yeah, yeah. You get to, you get to play with them and level and only kiss on them and send them back home. That's great.

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So and I have this wonderful program that I used and will continue to use in the future, I had to take a breakup. My youngest daughter might be a little jealous at times, all the time. But we love exchange student programs. So we had an exchange student come and live with us from Italy for a school year. And it was phenomenal. We had the best time ever, we got to meet so many people. And we have such a great relationship with her even to this day. And it's been three years she's back in Italy. She's at university. Well, right now she's locked up in her house, they're back on quarantine there. Oh, she's phenomenal. So that could be an option when when your son hits High School, like an exchange rate.

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He says, You know what, I would entertain the idea. I remember when I was in elementary, and it would be you know, some of the some of the other students in class today would have, you know, whoever their change guest was that was staying with them from Singapore from wherever. I think it was so cool. Like, oh, man, I know, they have the best of times. And it's got to be like, wow, to, you know, to just to get used to, for the exchange student to get used to the American way. You know what I mean? Absolutely. Yeah. And, and just also just sort of, I don't know, I just thought it was cool, you know, but it's now being a mother hosting and exchange students absent I love that

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yeah.

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I loved it. I loved

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what she taught me so much I love pasta you get to pick girl you can pick somebody from Italy they can come teach you every amazing thing they know and you get to teach them every amazing thing you know and it is a good time I promise um I got to learn how to make real authentic Italian food which to me was amazing.

Unknown Speaker  30:28  
Yeah, yeah, that was cool. Was he ever experienced and again let me know I'll come for a day or two

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yeah

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so what are your What are your favorite dishes to make in?

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Okay, so honestly I so when I have time to cook because I would say I stay busy Yeah, so what I have this time to cook you know, this is not a problem. It's enjoyable. My favorite dish again I told you I am a starch person which is not the best but like what I like so it's just a dish that called chicken and rice casserole. Okay, and I freaking love it oh yeah is the bomb. Let me tell me what is my favorite rice casserole girl never tells me

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All right.

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Well maybe similar well the main components of course is the cream of chicken and cream and mushroom by okay whatever seasonings you throw in a you put your green stuff in it but whatever season he's throwing it to make it oh my god just pop

Unknown Speaker  31:59  
all right all right. So yeah turkey broccoli and cheese and rice as like that's one of my leftover meals with from Turkey. for Thanksgiving. Okay.

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So good. Okay, sounds good. Yeah,

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absolutely your sounds great too,

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though. That you would love it. It'd be like oh my god, I'm hooked.

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We enjoy starches very very much we like

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bread that is so good.

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We just we love food like you know like we are we are total foodies there's it's much easier for us to list the I will not eat this or touch this and then the rest because if we were to list everything we would we'd be here for three days

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yeah

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well ice cream What's

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your favorite ice cream flavor?

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Chocolate I love chocolate honey yes chocolate all day all year

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do you have a favorite place or a favorite brand a favorite place to get it you know

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Tom from Kroger view the APA don't matter chocolate preference when it comes to that I do not discriminate I don't you know I show love to all of them so

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yeah oh that's amazing.

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So it sounds like you're extremely extremely busy so when you do when you do have some downtime or some spare time What do you enjoy doing like for you like self you know self care or or love? Yeah, yeah. self love. What do you do for what do you do for and when you have a little bit a few minutes, man I gotta recall when the time I've had an

Unknown Speaker  33:57  
honest because Yeah, because I'm always I just stay busy. I stay on the go. I think now it's funny but so and is very, very ticklish on the feet. So I have very ticklish a listen you if you mess with my feet you getting kicked. Don't my feet. My toes. Don't touch nothing that has to do with seats because we're going to have a problem and tell you the only time that I've been admitted with a pedicure was maybe two or three years ago I tried it Honey, I tried it. Okay. And this guy, and I'll never forget it this guy who there might be I told him he remind me of how I came from the first coming to America. box as a young Hakeem has a box set A little braid in the back. All of that, right? Like, really? Oh, yeah. And I remember, I had my feet soak in, and then a little tub. That was cool. But when he, you know, he was setting out all his stuff, the brushes and lotions and all that. And I saw that little heart brush, whatever the scrubber thing. And I said, What do you plan on doing with that? Well, this is to scrub the bottom of your feet. I said, No, no, that will not be happening today. I said, because I can't take that. I'm going to tell you now. I can't take it. And he said, and so like that. So the person who showed me to my seat, okay, was a different person. So yeah, I'm a tall person. I'm a tall girl. Okay. So he did not know how long my legs were. When I was telling him like, I'm very ticklish. I can't take a lot. You're not going to use that screw up thing, because that's not gonna be good for you. So yeah, just put that to the side. And he's like, okay, okay, ma'am. Okay, so he took my he says one of my legs off the water and he was like, Oh my God, your legs are so long.

Unknown Speaker  36:18  
You know, you can't be scrubbing my feet. I said, I don't know what's wrong, my nerves and my feet, but they don't agree with me. Just don't use that. So when I have me time, I get myself a pedicure because I just can't I can't stand for someone else to touch my feet. I got you. That's one of the things I do. I give me a self pedicure. It's not Colombian cheap. Because I can't afford a pedicure. I just can't afford for someone to touch my feet. And because it's I can't do it. I'm a bookworm. I love to read. Nice. I don't have much time for it. Nowadays. I can't get past the first chapter. But when you know, when I have extra time I try to read from one of my favorite authors or you know, so. So is this author, her name is Ashley Antoinette. And she, she's the bomb. She's like, there's a lot of great officers out there. I love James Patterson. That actually is my favorite. She she's off the hook. I love her. She usually writes you know, a book in series. I love the series edition. Because it just makes you want to, you know, keep going and reading about, you know, the characters that you became familiar with. And you just want to keep up with it, you know, so she's definitely one of my favorites.

Unknown Speaker  37:47  
For sure. Do you do you get a chance to watch any TV? Or like do you suppose when asked like when you see like series books that are written in series Do you like shows they're in series also?

Unknown Speaker  38:00  
Man, let me say, the TV when I try to sit down to actually watch a movie, or maybe maybe even the show? It ends up watching me because I always fall asleep. I might today live. I just don't have time. You know, I tried to make time for that. But I'm lucky if I can get through one movie. on Netflix. Yeah, we understand. You are not alone.

Unknown Speaker  38:34  
Right? I probably have not turned my TV on in over a year. Don't I know it's been a minute for you too. Yeah, I've got a TV person, not TV or movies? Yep, not me. Exactly.

Unknown Speaker  38:46  
You know what, my mind is always going. So I feel like if I have time to actually sit down and watch a movie. I don't have nothing else going on. And I always have something. So even while that movie is playing, and if I'm not sleeping, man, man. I've been doing so much he has my hands around a little bit of everything. So when I say that I really don't have time to read. I don't have time to watch TV. is because I like answering more than the one or two things I'm kind of pulled all over the place. So yeah, so I've tried to create time for me, so it's kind of hard to do. Yep.

Unknown Speaker  39:34  
can definitely relate can definitely relate to power. The TV show power.

Unknown Speaker  39:39  
I am very aware of the show power. However I've never watched one episode of power. I feel right now I've always heard power was a very good show. I just never had the opportunity since power came out to get into it and you always want to start from the front Show, you know, the first episode so you can keep up with it. You know, it's just like a soap opera, you don't want to jump into the middle of it, or you don't want, you don't know what's going on because you didn't catch the first part of it. You know what I mean? You know,