March 26, 2025 • 59 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:15):
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Speaker 2 (00:47):
B b b b b b. Ladies and gentlemen, I
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have your attention. Please. The show starts in ten line
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Speaker 3 (01:56):
Hello, Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Crew Podcast.
I am the visionary of the Crew Podcast. I am
Andrela Thomas Smith, and I am excited again yet to
be right here in the same spot. I wish I
would if you would please take a moment to share
this in your circle of influence while I prepare to
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bring my guests up for tonight. If you would just
share this out in your circle of influence. We have
yet another author, a part of the one hundred author movement.
She's one of the queens that's being highlighted for Women's
History Month. So I'm gonna move out the way, bring
her up and allow her the opportunity to share with
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you guys. So if you would just share this out
in your circle while I bring You're not on the
screen yet, please welcome, Welcome, Welcome. You're alive now? Can
you not see yourself?
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Yes, I can see I can see myself.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
You're live now. You weren't live, but you're live. Now
you can introduce yourself.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Well, good evening everyone. First of all, I like to
apologize for this inconvenience interview. I was waiting for parking.
I did speak to Angela earlier. However, there's just a
lot of stuff going upstairs, so I have to do
my my interview in the car. But my name is
Charlotte Simon Ralson. I just want to give Angela a
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shout out, you know, just for always thinking about me,
for pushing me even when I don't understand the process.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
But it's it's, it's this has been a beautiful experience.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
In reference to me doing the anthologies, the poetres the
column every month, and I'm just humbly grateful and in
me doing all this, I just want to give God
all the glory also just to give a testimony about
what He has brought up through and that this is
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a great opportunity for me.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
And I just want to say thank you again. And Adela.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Man, So if you would, just if you would just
tell us a little bit about you. You can tell
us about your author, Johnny, whatever you would like to share. Today.
We want individuals to get an opportunity to know who
Charlotte is.
Speaker 5 (04:26):
Okay, well, Charlotte, let me just back it up a
little bit. I always knew that I had had the
gift to write. However, I always spoke or wrote like
how I spoke, and and you know, I kind of
got deterred. In reference to I would like to say,
my secondar job has always been management, and sometime I
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will get so excited and I would definitely right the
way I speak. However, you know, fast forward to COVID,
I had an opportunity to work with some other women.
In reference to writing, I spoke about my process or yes,
my process when my mother had transitioned, and when my
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mother had transitioned, just to share it was the most
devastating thing that I have ever experienced in my life.
You know, I always you know, I had people around
me that had lost their mother or their parents some
type of way, but I never knew that kind of
that type of hurt in my life. And in the
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process of all this, I was given an opportunity to
write about it, but it was it was a lot
to deal with. Charlotte, is is a I think I'm
a fun person. I'm an honest person. If you ask
me something, I want to try to speak the truth,
what I hurd of your feelings. But I always get Charlotte,
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you keep it real, and that's how I like to be.
I like to be honest with people. Sometimes I'm a
little too honest and some people don't know how to
take that. But at this point in my age, I'm
just trying to be honest. I don't care how you
take me as long as I give God the glory,
and that's just really it.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I have.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
I have grown children, I have a teenage daughter, and
they keep me helping, helpless and as well as not helpless,
but they keep me focused and they help me to
grow into be honest as well as the people that
have surrounded me, from my church family to my friends,
and they keep me grounded.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Whereas I have to always be true to Charlotte.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
And again, like I said, I really try not to
hurt people's feelings in the interim, but I try to
speak the truth.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
And that's what I want others to do for me.
If I'm doing something wrong, call me out on it.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
If you don't like the way I'm acting, or or
if I'm throwing some type of shade, be honest with
me and say, hey, Charlotte, I don't like what you're doing,
but this writing journey has been a beautiful process for me.
While I'm also able to heal, heal myself in reference
to you know, just to share a look, like I
just said, reference to my mother transitioning, I wanted to
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take my own life, and to this day, I can
honestly say that I don't have any suicidal thoughts anymore.
I was able to transsition or trans transcribe that that
that pain into paper, and and I'm able to look
at it. And then I'm also able to give a
testimony and reference to just people, not only losing a parent,
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but people I don't like to say losing, I like
to say the word transition, but even when a loved
one has transitioned, I've been, I've been actually give prayer,
comphany words, because when somebody transitioned, it it's a lot,
it's a it's a heavy process to go through it,
and and nobody knows the depth of it unless you
went through it yourself.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Right. Brief is something that us I tell you, we're
actually we're getting ready to launch a grief podcast on
the network this Sunday. Actually, we have quite a few.
I think we have five, five or six hosts that's
going to be a part of that particular show. But yeah,
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grief is something that does not have a time limit
on it, and and it does not have an order
in which the way you will go. We know that
there's five stages of grief, but you never know which
stage you may stay in long. You never know which
stage you may get to first because and you never
know which stage you may repeat. Because I find myself
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sometimes still with the shock, can't believe that you know,
my loved one is gone, you know that my loved
one is transitioned. You know, I found myself just the
other day having a conversation with my sister and just
out of the conversation, you know, we both we both
could not believe that my brother's not.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Here with us.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
You know, we just and I don't know were we
just started that conversation. So it could come up anytime,
any anywhere. But just finding things. And I'm grateful because
even through this platform, through the one hundred author movement,
I've been able to see individuals that have been through
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grief and the outlets that they have used to allow
that grief to come out We have a host here, Shannette.
She lost her son two years ago. Well it hadn't
been two years. She had it to be two years
this November, and she's had a hard time, but she
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wants to you know, she don't. She she's never gonna forget.
She she wants to heal and she wants to help
others heal by sharing her journey and sharing how she
gets through it. You know, she had good days, she
had bad days. We all have good days, we all
have bad days. But just you know, just watching my
friend go through and then going through myself, and then
other people going through around me, you know, I was
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just like, it's hitting a lot of us at the
same time, and it's hitting us different, you know, and
you know, some of us being able to be there
for the other ones in different ways. You know, sometimes shouldn't.
Just we would just be on the phone and she
would be talking, and sometimes I would be on the
phone and I would be the one on the talking,
and some days I just listen, you know. We we
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just was there to try to help each other get
to a point to where we can get through today.
That's what it's about, getting through today, because we'll never
get over.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
Losing.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
You never get over losing anybody or anything, or you know,
once something has been a part of your life, you're
always gonna have that connection. You're always gonna have some
type of reference. It's just coping and getting through and
how you get through. That's so being a part of
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a lot of these platforms, I would like to hear
what this journey has been like as far as getting
your books out there and just I guess finding your
niche and and and finding that audience and finding that
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thing that works for you. What has that been like.
Speaker 5 (11:28):
Well, you know, I want to say thank you again
just for the opportunity to do the one hundred authors,
because it's given me a chance to hone in on
my leadership skills. Now this, to be honest, this is
still new, but I think my my niches is just
to encourage you know, each other in the group. What
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I have done recently I reach out to everyone in
the group and so far, you know, it's like I
was listening to Keisha's interview this morning, and it's like,
you know, we're here. We're here to help each other
grow and and to encourage each other, not only as
part of you know, being an author, but just being
human beings, and if I can just also be honest
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to being black and brown people, especially in this climate
that we are living in. And you know, I find out,
you know, my when I write, I'm just so humbly
grateful because I'm able to touch women in general, black
and brown women in general. I even have some friends,
you know, that are not of black and brown persuasion,
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but they're able to give me some type of feedback.
And so when I'm when I write my niches for women,
I like to include men because one day I do
want to hone in on the men before. Right now,
my gift is for women, whether it's just you know,
just to share it to you, I have really not
had said this openly. I also suffer from stuttering, and
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what I try to do is I think before I speak.
I get excited and sometimes you know, I'm trying to
get all my words out. But I learned to peace
of my still for a minute, calm down, to get
my thoughts out. And that's how I'm able to speak
publicly sometimes because sometime I get excited, I'm just going
I'm a ramble on and on. But I learned how
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to control my stuttering where it's not so noticeable. And
when I tell people I have a stutering problem, they said, no,
I don't believe.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
You, but I do.
Speaker 5 (13:20):
And it's like I'm able to control it when when necessary,
and able to control myself when I have when I
have all these thoughts running through my mind.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
If that makes sense, Sorry, well it.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Makes plenty good sense because I also stutter when I
get excited. I'm sure, yeah, I'm sure your child have
caught it a couple of times on the podcast, because
I have caught it. So it is there. It happens.
It is something that just recently started happening. It is
not something that I've always done, because I had a
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problem of doing that.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
That was a problem.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
And how I gained that problem. It was in elementary school.
We had to read out loud in school and my
teacher said I was reading too fast, and she told
me that I needed to slow down. So I got
an attitude like normal kids do, and when I got
to the end of every sentence, I huh, did that?
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And I developed a very bad habit because I started
doing it all the time, and it became a bad habit.
And it's something that I had to deal with when
I got in college, when I started taking public speaking classes,
I had to deal with that. But yeah, I've had that,
So don't feel bad. It's something we all have, something
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that we deal with that none of us are perfect.
There is something that we all have to work on
every day to I mean it is we just every
day we I have something to work on that we
are not fluent in. I guess that I would say
an area that we may be weaker in than stronger in,
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and that we have to focus on. Right, that is
one of the areas that I have to focus on,
like making sure that I get this work done. I
don't have to worry about that because I don't get
that done if I have to say it, but making
sure that you know I am poised, and sometimes you know,
I have to write notes down so that I can
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keep my thoughts together so I don't be all over
the place because we're all over the place. Sometimes your
mind is trying to keep up. And when your mind
is all over the place, then it don't it don't focus.
It's like you be out of focus and things don't
go right all right. And that's when I started a
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lot and.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
I have to so, oh, Charlotte, you know, calm yourself down.
And I say that out loud. You know, people don't
look at me and it type.
Speaker 5 (16:00):
Of way because I feel myself getting excited, and I said, okay,
you know, while Missensus, somebody could be talking.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
I said, okay, Charlotte, calm down, and I get my
words out.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
And it's like, you know, like stuttering is not something
that you know, I'm I'm not ashamed at this point
in my age because it's it's it's unfortunately is a
part of my a part of me. And you have
great speakers out there. I'm just gonna say, Moses used
to stutter, and look at him. He let people out
of Egypt, you know. So my thing is, you know,
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President Biden, he was he used to study you know,
great people. Yes, yes, you know, it's just a it's
something that you know, we could we could home, you know,
if we think before we speak, you know, it could
it could be smooth.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
And sometimes it's funny.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
You know.
Speaker 5 (16:48):
Another family member of mine had a studying problem and
he is a great speaker. When I hear him speak,
I'm like, oh my god. So I'm not ashamed of it,
like I used to be when I was little. You know,
kids to be mean and that's another story. But hey,
I'm here now and I'm able to speak to you
live without any stuttering.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
That was corny. I don't care.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
And yeah, it's it's just all about focus. When we
focus on those things, were able to do it and
you know, just having that that that that mindset to say, well,
I'm gonna focus on this and being being grounded. So
what are some things that as a group leader, because
you are a group leader with the one hundred the movement,
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what are some things that you would like to possibly
implement or bring to the movement that you would like
to leave with the movement?
Speaker 4 (17:43):
What I would like to leave, I don't you know,
not to you know good. I want honesty.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
I want us to be a group, you know, because
our group is name Real Encounters, and I want and
I saw I was speaking to one of the ladies
on Saturday.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
You know that that that has a lot of depth
to it. You know. When we tell our story, we're able.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
And I don't want to, you know, not to shade
any other group, but we are tell them our real encounters,
our life stories. And that's what I want us to
be known as you know, people that are able to
speak the truth, to tell the truth you know, about
what we have been through. And in the process of
well this, we're able to help somebody else. And that's
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what I want our group to be known as. You know,
that's I want that to be a part of our
legacy is real life stories and and this helped other
people to grow from it, whether you know, you know,
whether it's from someone transitioning, whether it's from somebody sexual assault, suicide, stuttering,
whatever it is. I want us to be able to
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speak the truth about it and and and so far
the group is pretty good. Like I said, I got
a chance to speak to some of the people over
the phone on Saturday. I also want to start having
monthly meetings becas zoom or via zoom. And I want
us to also want to try to come together as
a group. I know some people live in different states,
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but I want us to try to meet midway and
just to you know, have some type of camaraderie together,
just as well to be able to have real life
encounters with each other and for actually for other people
as well.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
And you put us all together, well, God, you as
a vessel draw.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
Up, and that was the whole purpose, you know, the
whole purpose of you know me, even bringing everybody together.
You know, I feel like it's forty four authors even
though we haven't achieved a one hundred yet, there's forty
four authors inside of this group, including myself. That makes
it forty four. But there's forty four authors. There's no
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reason why we shouldn't be having live events, virtual events.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
We should be done doing.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Something every month, Like people should know who the one
hundred author movement is. They should know if one person
say something, they should know who all the forty three
who the other forty three authors is a part of
that movement. That should be no reason why we are
being so quiet. You know, I see some people inside
of the chat. They never respond, they never share anything,
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They never share anything about their selves yet alone share anything.
So it just it's just now it's gonna come to,
you know, individuals wanting to see themselves grow and wanting
to see their brands grow. You know, I'm gonna continue
to provide the resources inside of the group, but I'm
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gonna start pulling on those that I see that are
really wanting to those that want to get out here
and really promote their brands and really get out here
and do stuff Like we're trying to set up different
stops at Barns and Nobles where we can actually do
a book tour and go to different Barns and Nobles
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and set up and you know, we can talk about
our books, have a little you know, different little stuff
like we do with a LAC the Chase of your
Dream Book Tour that is about educating, empowering and encouraging
and bringing authors and business owners together. We have workshops,
We provide workshops. We have keynote speakers. We have individuals
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that come in that can talk to you about your brand,
about your about marketing, about visibility, about anything from A
to Z concerning being an author in a creative in
this environment in this world today. We even have individuals
that talk on podcasts and anything you can think of.
We have individuals that come in and talk about that
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we what we have inside of this group, Like we
have so much talent inside of this group. And people
just realize the individuals that they had around them, Yes,
like if they just realized, like when God dropped this
in my spirit, it was four seeds connect, collaborate create
your community.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
I say, that's true.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
And collaboration. These are things that we should be doing anyway.
Speaker 5 (22:10):
Yes, you're right, and sometimes you know, you know, I
will take responsibility sometimes I'm just gonna be honest. Sometime
I get in my moments where you know, you know,
I said, I'm not gonna do it tonight because you know,
life happens, but you have afforded us the opportunity to
do so. And you know what I put in the
group chat today, what are my I shouldn't say it,
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but I'm gonna say it. One of my peeves is, Okay,
we all have life experience. You know, we all are
dealing with stuff, going to work, YadA, yah, YadA. But
what do you when I'm speaking for me as a
group leader, when I give you know, give a shout
out of you encouragement, just respond, you know that's it.
Keep it moving, That's my little peep. Because even you,
I know you do a lot because you and I
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have conversation on the side. So when you when you
say something, I might not respond right away, but ninety
five percent of the time I'll respond to you by
the end of the day or the end of night.
And that's what I want to do with the groups.
Also when my particular group, you know, we have to
encourage each other. I saw another author in the group.
She she did a shout out of recouragement to all
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of us, and that's what we need. Life is hard,
and you know, and we're trying to put our brand
out there and you know it is hard. It's hard
to work, go to school, be human in general. So
encouragement goes a long way. And that's what you know,
Like I said, that's that's what I want our group
to be, my group to be to encourage one another
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and then maybe other groups will follow after because you.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
Are putting in a lot of time and I commend that.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
So I try to be obedient in reference to that
what you do when you give, when you say something,
I try to respond back.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
And if it's something that I don't know, you know,
I text you on the side or call you.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
And I have this thing because my apostle apostle doctor Kimberly.
She she out was when she first came to our
preg we do a preggrou at five am every morning. See,
people don't understand what I go through every day. That
it's not an easy day. Now, it's not an easy task. Now,
I'm telling you, I'm up at four. I'm up every
day around four four thirty, and I don't lay down
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until about sometime eleven thirty twelve, sometime one o'clock. So
you do the math. But we know that there's twenty
four hours in a day. I say this, and I
say this to everybody, and I care not who get mad,
because it is the truth.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
Yes, and it is.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
We will put in time where we want to put
in time. We will do what we want to do
when we want to do. We make time for what
it's important to us, yes, even right. Nevertheless, we make
time for what's important to us. So a lot of
people really show me what's important to them. You know,
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we have twenty four hours in a day. A lot
of us. I understand you work a nine to five.
I understand that. I don't know what y'all think I
do over here, but I know we work, some of
us working nine to five. So then we know that's
eight hours. We go to work eight hours, and then
most of us say we want to get our eight
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hours of sleep. We got to be in bed by
a certain time so we can get our eight hours.
I don't because it don't take all that it. Do
it take your phone eight hours of charge? Well, do
it take your phone eight hours of charge? No, it don't.
But when your phone sometime it may take it thirty minutes.
Sometime it may take an hour. Sometime it may take
two hours. It depending on how dead it is. Huh,
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So it don't take all of that. Yes, nowhere do
it take all of that? I ain't never seen in
the Bible do it talk about it? Do it talk
about how long we supposed to sleep? I ain't never
seen nowhere in the Bible we talk about no time
for sleep? I never saw it. I ain't never seen
where it say eight hours to sleep, it's good for
your body, know where? That ain't a part of the regiment.
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But anyhow, we made eight hours for that. We made
eight hours for work, so we that's sixteen hours. So
I asked this question, and I ask this for everybody.
What are you doing with those other eight hours?
Speaker 4 (26:19):
That's true?
Speaker 3 (26:20):
True, because it is twenty four hours and today, let
them let them tear it. It's twenty four hours and today.
So if there's twenty four hours in today and you're
spenting eight on your job and you're spending it on
your sleeping. Then what are you doing then with the
other eight hours? Tell me what are you doing with
the other eight hours? Are you mapping out those other
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eight hours? Are you being intentional about those other eight hours?
Because he gave you a plan? And another thing, Another
thing I want to ask, So when you lay down
and go to sleep at night, do you go to
sleep intentionally or you just go to sleep? Do you
intentionally go to sleep or do you just go to sleep?
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Because see, people don't understand that that you don't just
go to sleep. See people think you go to sleep
the rest babad, But baby, bab bab bad bad bad,
that's not what you go to sleep for. That is
not what you go to sleep for. I mean, I
got to I got to school. Some people that don't know.
So when you go to sleep, you're not going to
sleep the rest. Yeah, yeah, you're going to sleep. When
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when when when your physical body, When your physical body
is sleep, your spiritual body is very much awake to
see your spiritual body. The spiritual body is he ain't
gonna say they sleep while you woke, But your spiritual
body is letting your physical body do its thing during
the daytime, so it ain't so much awake. So while
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we're walking around here thinking we woke, ah, we ain't
really woke. We really sleep. We really sleep because we're
walking in the flesh. But when you going to sleep
at night, Yes, when you go to sleep at night
and you tap into that that realm. And that's when
he started downloading those things. And I want to tell y'all,
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so now that you know, so now you know, when
you know, you do better. So they say, when you
now that you know, you do better. So now that
you know that when you go to sleep, that you're
supposed to go to sleep intentional. Why do you think
a lot of people meditate before they go to sleep.
Why do you think a lot of people pray before
they go to sleep? Why do you think a lot
of people really concentrate on things before they go to sleep,
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Like people try to clear out all of this from
the day and all of that stuff so that they
can really be in tune with the spirit when they
go to sleep at night. Let me ask you another
question so people can really understand what I'm saying. So,
have you ever been sleep and you you you you
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try to wake up and it seemed like you can't
wake up. It's like you you just can't wake up
to save your life, It's like you just can't get Yeah,
you know why do you know why? I'm gonna tell
you why. Because your yo, your physical baby, your physical
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body baby, he ready to get up, but your spiritual
man ain't made it back yet. Your spiritual man still
like they're running around doing whatever he's supposed to be
doing whatever he doing while we sleep. See them dreams
and them visions that you haven't you know how you
think you you don't seen something before, and you like
you having days, Jah blue baby, it ain't days, y'all.
Vill You actually experienced that. You actually went through it
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in a dream. That's how when some people say they
go places and they feel like they don't been there before,
you have that in the spirit. You were there in
the spirit. See most of the time, you visit all
of those places before you go there. A lot of
people you don't understand this that you're walking into now,
this this you probably already been here before this, this conversation.
(30:06):
You've probably been in the middle of this conversation before exactly.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
And didn't know.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
He probably gave it to you, but you probably didn't
know who it was gonna be with. But you probably
don't sit there and had some of this stuff running
through your mind, but you just didn't know who the
person was gonna be. You didn't know what was gonna
be me what you knew that the conversation was gonna happen.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (30:28):
I have dreams like like you said before where and
like you said, it's not dej'all bou, And sometimes you know,
it happens more frequent, but I know, like you said, yeah,
my my spirit has already been there.
Speaker 4 (30:39):
It's this my soul trying to catch up. So I
do agree with you in reference to that.
Speaker 5 (30:45):
So you know, we are just playing a role, and
you know, and you know, sometimes like you said, when
we dream stuff that we've been here before, it's just
also trying to catch up.
Speaker 4 (30:54):
And that's how I feel. It's not I don't believe
in dej'all boo.
Speaker 5 (30:58):
I can tell you some dreams that I had and
I've seen it come to pass now and it's like
and I'm trying to like, did this really happen or
you know, what happened? I've been here before, but like
it's just my soul trying to catch up. And that's
an I do a career, Trea. In reference to that, I'll.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Tell you we we it be a lot going on.
It be a lot going on. It be a lot
going on. Well, Minister Alma, thank you for posting and
letting us know that you are home. Minister Alba is
one of the hosts over here on the Crew podcast.
She has been she has been in the hospital. She's
also from New York. She said she lives in New York.
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She lives out in Amityville. Yeah, just wanted to give
her a shout out because she had tuned in. She
had tuned in and said hello, So I wanted to give.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Her and you want us tune it in.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
So what do you have in store for twenty twenty
five on a personal level as far as your your brand?
Speaker 5 (32:04):
Okay, on a well, on a personal level, not part
of the brand, but on a personal level. I'm in
Bible College. And also, hopefully I'll say it correctly, I
hope my bishop is not watching. I'm in a ministerial
Catechism class, and so that is going to because even
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though I'm a minister, I have not been licensed yet.
So now we're in the process, like doing the trenches
of actually being trained as a minister. So that is
we do that, well it's myself and the other ladies
that are doing that. Maybe I think I don't want
to lie. I think every first and fourth Sun Saturdays.
(32:47):
So that's sighting coming up. Then as far as my brand,
I'm working on a on a on a book called
Roses for Betty. Now that has been a long process
for me personally because kind of it's emotional and you know,
sometimes my mood swings changes because like I said, I
don't want to keep on going on Harper on that,
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but like it speaks about my mother's life as well
as my life as mother and daughter. My mother was
you know, she was a god funeral woman, but she helped.
She said how it was, and I think that's how
I got.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
My I'm from.
Speaker 5 (33:26):
And and and you know, she she she was, she
she she does, loved life she had and also in
reference to music, she had us listened to all types
of music, exposed to all types of music. So the
book is going to be based on her life as
well as my life a mother daughter relationship. As we
all know, sometimes it's not you know, peaches and cream
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and and it's gonna be some real stuff in there,
and I'm just grateful for that to come out because
I think it will help, you know, my daughters also
to you know, because I have a friendship with my daughters,
but they also know that I'm the mother first, and
that's how my relationship was my mother. I was able
to speak to her about everything and anything, but realizing
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that she was my mother first.
Speaker 4 (34:11):
So that's that's the that's gonna be the premises of
the book.
Speaker 5 (34:14):
And as far as the one hundred hundred authors, I
definitely want to meet everybody in person.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
One day.
Speaker 5 (34:23):
Hopefully it's gonna report the year and hopefully kind of
wink up with everybody hopefully, but.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
I definitely will challenge you to to get together with
the other authors that are in New York and hopefully
you guys can put together an event that will allow
everybody to be able to come. I would definitely get
with you guys and we can all coordinate an event.
That is what I am hoping a lot of us
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will do to bring an event to their area. I
know we're doing that here in Atlanta, and then we're
gonna be doing it in South Carolina and we're gonna
be doing it out in California, so it's gonna be
opportunity for you guys to come out to California. Sanett
is going to be hosting an event out in California.
We're trying to do it in June. She's gonna be
doing a book release in June, and we're gonna extend
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it to invite those that would like to come out
and be a part of it. Also, we're gonna be
doing a little more with I think we're gonna be
doing an event in Florida. Apostle Kimberly wants to do
an event, So we're gonna definitely be doing some events.
So there's gonna be opportunities for individuals to connect to
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do events. But we definitely want those group leaders to
be thinking about hosting events in their area and bringing
those authors that are in their area together. You know,
I'm gonna be there. I'm showing up at every everyone
everybody that will host one, I will be there. And
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those group leaders that will travel, I know some of them,
we'll be there. Like Charita, she she she'll be there
at some of them, the ones that she can be
yet and those that she can't get off work. She
she loves to travel. Those that love to travel, I
want them to get out here and be a part
of this. We have podcasters that can come, we can
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do interviews, we can do the whole yard, and then
we can arrange for individuals to come out and set
up workshops because I always I want people to walk
away with three things. Anytime they come in my friends,
I want them to walk away with the three e's.
I want them to feel like they've experienced the ultimate
E three experience. I want them to feel educated, in
power and encouraged so that that that is exactly how
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I want individuals to walk away from a AA L
A C. Chasing your dream bout tory event. Y'all. I've
been doing this since twenty sixteen. When God dropped this
in my spirit. You know, I was it was a mandate.
It was not something that I could just put down
and pick up and put down and pick up. I
have not I'm not step back. I've not stopped. You know,
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people have walked away, people came, people come and go
and they walk away. But I God would not allow
me to lay it down when when I said I
would be a voice, and that I would be an outlet.
I just wanted to be used. If he raised me
up off my bed of affliction, I will share his goodness.
And this is how he gave me an outlet to
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share his goodness. So in order for me to be
able to share his goodness, I have to allow and
be an outlet so that other people can do it too. See,
somebody spoke Queen of Collaborations over my life. It wasn't
something that I started. Somebody spoke that thing over my
life and people started calling me that. People started calling
me that, so I began to walk into it, and
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then it just became a thing, and people just began
to call They stopped calling me Queen of Collaboration and
just started calling me queen. So it wasn't just like
something that. No, I don't think I'm a queen, and
I really don't even know they don't even know the
definition of a queen. I just know that there's just
something that, you know, everybody just started calling me, and
(38:07):
I just said, well, it must be something good, so
let me walk into it. So I just walked into it,
you know.
Speaker 5 (38:15):
And I just believe in being obedient, yes, and it
fits you, and this is you know, lasting or personal thing.
I'm turning sixty, That's why I said, I'm pushing it
over to hopefully July or August. But I'm turning sixty
in June. My daughter is graduating in high school, and
so there's a lot of stuff coming up. So that's
why I didn't say anything about June. But hopefully July
(38:39):
or August. That's what I want to try to, you know,
try to just have some type of fellowship together.
Speaker 4 (38:44):
And you know, I have a couple of areas that
I'm gonna try to call.
Speaker 5 (38:49):
And it's funny that you said that, but I don't
want to say anything yet until I reach out to
certain hotels.
Speaker 4 (38:54):
But yes, you are definitely invited and I want to.
Speaker 5 (38:58):
I see Keisha's on the line, and what definitely use
all the authors that are in New York.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
Another person, Well, there are six and I've called all
of them out. I've given you the names so you
can connect with all six of them, even though they're
in different groups.
Speaker 5 (39:15):
You know.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
That's why I posted inside of the chat today. You know,
even though you may be in a different group if
you're from a city. That's why I was asking what
state everybody was from, so that you can connect with
the person that's in your state, because there's no reason why.
And I'm gonna keep saying that there's no reason why
we have forty three authors attached to this movement that
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we should not be doing something, even if we have
to do it virtually, even the ones that are not
doing nothing, it's enough of us that are doing something
that we need to be out here allowing people to
see who we are. You know, there's opportunities. I can't
do everything, but there are a lot of places, like
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there are bookstores, there are black owned bookstores. There the
own places that will allow you to come in and
have these different events, you know, the local libraries. You know,
if you go and sit down and talk to people
like it's all about being a relationship. That's how I
tell people. We can't be so focused on selling books
and pushing books and pushing up. We got to build relationships.
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We got to have relationships with people so that you know,
I can go up to some people. I had a
lady tell me one time before it wasn't about the book,
she said, because if I printed something blank, she said,
She's still would buy. Yes, it was about the relationship
that she the things that the relationship that she was
able to build with me, you know, being able to
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you know, relate to the things that I was sharing
and being able to connect with the story, you know,
the journey that I have had. You know, people wanted
to be able to connect with you. They can buy
anybody book that they can go on. You gonna have
it's beings to be the books. But people want to
(41:02):
know who you are. And when you allow people to
get to know you, they ain't got to know your
personal get all your personal where you live and all
that stuff, but stuff that you want them to know
around your journey. I allow them to get that close, yes,
so that they can think that they have that that
personal relationship with you. And I promise you they will
(41:24):
support the things that you do. You you you have
an event, they'll come out you you you you launch
a book that they're they're subscribe to it. So they'll
get that same notification you get when your book, when
they say your book was coming out, Amazon has send
them something to just all about building relationship.
Speaker 5 (41:41):
It is it is and that's why I'm glad that
you gave us that name and you know, just you know,
a quick thing. When you said, like people wanted to connect.
I always hear my story, you know, you know, in
reference to just being a sub a survival, just some
life in general. And I'm able to testimony. And when
I tell people that, I they was like, oh, Charlotte,
(42:01):
let let let me know when you're gonna, you know,
start selling your books. Like I said, it's not even
about selling the book. They want to hear what you
have to say. And that's what I'm you know, sometimes
you know, I'm gonna say my children just say.
Speaker 4 (42:13):
Oh, you know, you tell too much.
Speaker 5 (42:15):
I don't really care at this point because I'm able
to help somebody else and and and somebody spoken to
my life, whereas I was when I wanted to commit suicide.
Speaker 4 (42:27):
You know, I just a quick story.
Speaker 5 (42:29):
I was at a woman's function when I finally brought
it out, and I'm telling you, so many pray over me,
and it was you know, I'm able to pay it
for it. It took me a minute to get myself together,
but look at me now, and I'm so grateful unto
God that I could tell, you know, tell my story
about you know, all the people that have transitioned after
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my mother, and like I said, I don't have those
suicidal thoughts. I'm able to share my story about the stuttering.
You know, that's a lot to me or just you know,
just being a a woman of color, you know, and
and it's just you know, just being a human being general.
So you know, that's how I'm able to, like you said,
(43:11):
to connect with people. And like I said, I like
you aren't and real.
Speaker 4 (43:15):
So that's that's just me. But I you know, reference
to the group. We are going to do better. That's
a promise. We are gonna do better.
Speaker 3 (43:26):
Amen. Amen. Well, I definitely have enjoyed sitting down and
talking with you tonight, but I really want you to
share with those that tune in and those that were
here to replay, how can we connect with you? How
can we stay connected and see what you're doing and
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follow you because I know you be dropping some nuggas.
I know you gotta be dropping some nuggas somewhere.
Speaker 5 (43:54):
So I'm on Facebook. I really love Facebook, but I'm
also on and on Instagram. It's under Star's Web of Artistry.
That's also my email address with the stars web of
Artistry at gmail dot com. I also have, Charlotte says
(44:15):
right now. And also I have a website. I'm still
I'm in the process of revamping it. So once I
get that out, I'm definitely gonna push forward with that.
And you know, just if you want to. I don't
like to say hit me up, but if you want
to hit me up, just reach out to me via Facebook,
DM me I'm I'm. I'm more easily acceptable, as well
(44:37):
as on Instagram. And if also you can just tell
angel hey, I saw Charlotte, you know, and I and
again answer I notice is you know, you've given us
the opportunity to speak. But I do want to say
thank you for you know, just for allowing God to
use you as a vessel, because I always say I
say this to you. You have allowed me to be,
(45:01):
you know, so visible out there. And I don't know
if you know people ever knew. I never met anyone,
but we have connected. We have known each other I
think for two years or maybe more.
Speaker 3 (45:14):
And we've been knowing each other alone than two years years.
You've been right for the magazine for two years.
Speaker 5 (45:21):
A quick story about the magazine, so I'm this last
story so reference to the magazine. Angela was looking for authors.
So I said to Oh, I want to do poetry.
She said no, she said, she said I have something
that you could do. She said grief and gratitude. And
I said to myself, I said, Lord, I don't want
to do that. Iver said that to my family. I said, why,
(45:42):
don't want to keep on talking about that? But Angel said,
you know, and you could do it. I reached out
to a mentor and he said to say, my family
said to do it. I prayed over it, and God
said to do it. So I'm able to share my story.
And it's not always about someone transitioning. I speak about
mental health. Mental health is real. I speak about just
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being a black and brown person in general. Just anything
that the Holy Spirit put on my mind. That's what
I write it back about. And at the end of
the day, I trying to give a resolution. So you
know it's you know, I'm just humbly grateful to you,
woman of God, because you know, you answer the call
and you've pushed you.
Speaker 4 (46:22):
You are like a midwife and you are pushing us forth.
Speaker 5 (46:26):
So I'm humbly grateful for you, and I'm gonna take
connected to you until Jesus says not so Okay, so
I do.
Speaker 4 (46:33):
So you just stuck with me.
Speaker 5 (46:34):
I can't say I'm just telling you that. And I
just want to say thank you for the opportunity. And
I just pray everybody peace and and thank you all
for your support. I'm I'm humbly grateful and I want
to say thank you for tuning in.
Speaker 3 (46:49):
So how can they follow you? How can they get
your books? How can they see what you got coming
out next? Do you have website? You're on social media?
How can they say to it?
Speaker 5 (47:00):
Well, the the social media, like I said, it is Facebook,
Charlotte Simon, Instagram, its stars Web of Artistry, like I said,
I have my my email accounts as stars well, Web
of Artistry at at gmail dot com.
Speaker 4 (47:18):
That's the one I would prefer for everyone to use.
Speaker 2 (47:22):
So far.
Speaker 4 (47:23):
I I don't have my books out as of yet,
but I'm going to get better than that.
Speaker 5 (47:29):
And I do have my website is Simon says right now,
and like I said, I'm in the process of revamping it.
I want to put my books up here. I I
have been allowed to do some of the anthology, so
now I have to, you know, put it on my
website and the reference to that if you want, if
you're looking for someone just to speak, to give an
(47:49):
honest word, you could just I don't like to say link,
hit me up on the website, via Instagram, Facebook, on
my email and I will be there if the Lord
says so.
Speaker 4 (48:02):
And if you do allow me to speak, it's gonna
be the truth. And that's it. I know it's corny,
but it's the real truth.
Speaker 3 (48:10):
Amen. Amen, Amen, I thank you for stopping by and sharing.
I tell you I truly truly have been blessed. But
I always have my guests. I always want my guests.
If I can remember before we leave last night out,
I think me and Keisha, I don't think I gave
her a chance to share something positive because we were
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so into the conversation. We went over an hour, so
I don't think I got a chance to allow her
to share something positive. But I always like for my
guests to share something positive that individuals can take away
from our conversation today. You know, they could take away
from you know, just connecting with you and just something
(48:55):
that they can remember you by. I want them to say,
oh I remember that, and I want to go find
So what is something you can pour into us today?
That will encourage us to inspire us and and and
and keep us on this journey.
Speaker 5 (49:10):
Okay, I'm not gonna get emotional, but I'm gonna I'm
gonna just say, you know, God is real. He's a
good God and you and what I hear in my
spirit is to trust him. You know, you have to
trust God and in all truth and all humbleness. I'm
you know, I'm going through something right now, but I
don't look like what I'm going through. Only a few
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people know. But you know, I tell you this, I
get up every morning with my right mind. I'm able
to to to to this this thank God just for
having me to to be here today. And it's like God,
you know, I have to give God the glory, you
know when we are and I'm getting excited, but you know,
we have to trust God in all things. We might
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not understand the process, but He is preparing us for
the purpose. He is processing and he's making us stronger.
And I have been so much all right, but I'm
I'm grateful to God on today and I just want
to leave with y'all. You know, you know, whether you're
a believer or not, I pray that you know that
you know who watches did you come.
Speaker 4 (50:12):
To know the Lord for yourself? But God is real
and and I'm telling you he he you.
Speaker 5 (50:18):
You might not understand the process, but after the end
of the day, after you pass that test, glory to God,
You're gonna give a testimony like never before. And I'm
telling you I have I'm still here. I'm not six
feet under, I'm not no ashes. I'm able to testify.
I Like I said, I got my right mind. I'm
able to sleep in a bed, eat my own food,
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and and and that's just it. And just to be
able to share with people and and be authentic in yourself.
You know, that's all I can say. You know, if anything,
be truthful about and what you do, just be yourself.
Speaker 3 (50:59):
They may amen. I tell you that is that. That
is it. That's all you can do is be yourself,
be true and be authentic. People want that true, authentic
version of you. You know, it's hard being somebody else,
you know, I'm I'm I'm struggling just trying to find
out exactly you know, who, and what I'm supposed to
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be and what I'm supposed to be doing.
Speaker 4 (51:23):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (51:24):
So it's hard for me to try to the faith
and try to be like somebody else because I got
to try to find out who this person is. You
got to try to find out who this person I'm
supposed to be and all of this that's in me
and all of that. So I can't be keeping up
with nobody else.
Speaker 4 (51:41):
I can't.
Speaker 3 (51:41):
I'm telling you I can't. I can't.
Speaker 5 (51:44):
But I know every day, every day, Yes, I got
to encourage myself. I know, like I said, hopefully the
bishop is not watching, but you know, you know, and
also you know, this is a little a little thing.
You know, when you when God has a calling over
your life, you're supposed to act a certain way. And
you know, we we all grow in the process. It's
not you know, it's it's hard to be good every day,
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but we're not all perfect. But you know, in the process,
God has building you to something great, greater than you
never seen before in your life. And in the interim
of all that, you know, I just want to you know,
my my my first lady says she. You know, we
was talking one time. She says she wants she want
to make God proud. And it's when she said that
I wanted to cry because I said, I always want
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to make God proud. I'm not getting emotional, but you know,
we're here for a reason and we have to encourage
one another. And you know, because like you said, and
I'm not trying to be like you know, Carol Burnett
or Carol two or whatever.
Speaker 4 (52:41):
I'm just want to be Charlotte.
Speaker 5 (52:42):
And when it's time for me to meet my maker,
I want him to say, well done, my good and
faithful servant.
Speaker 4 (52:47):
So I have to I have to stand in truth.
Speaker 5 (52:50):
I have to stand in a stand for you know,
what God says well you know, people like it or
not and like and also you know, like I said,
we go to Bible college or by biblical studies. And
I'm really you know, I'm running a lot. You know,
I can't be so judgmental, you know, which you know
sometime I can be, but I can't, you know, because
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we we all fall short, and you know, you know,
so that's that's the process that I'm running now. We
all fall short. And you know, who am I to
judge somebody because they not you know, doing what they support. Well,
I think they're not living righteous. I have to be
concerned about me and you know, and I'm gonna say
my seventeen year old and that's just it. And as
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God built me up and continue to grow me in ministry,
if it's if it's meant for me to preach it,
then I'll do so. But you know, for now, I
can't judge nobody because I don't know. I'm just kind
of just saying I said, I still smell funky sometimes.
Speaker 4 (53:46):
Okay, that's just it.
Speaker 3 (53:49):
Okay, that's it. I mean, that's that's that's it. We
we we can't because we don't have a hand nor
a hemn they're puting nobody in Come on, come on,
come on. If that pint that fanger, when we pointing
that fanger at somebody, you gotta know that one is
pointing back at you. One is pointing back at you.
Because when you go to point that fanger like that,
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your thumb point back and then them fingers right there
when you got them pointed that way, if you're pointing them,
three pingers right there pointing back at you because you're
pointing that way. So it's always something pointing at you
when you're pointing at somebody else. So no, huh, and
guess what that one that you're pointing at somebody else,
know that you got three more pointing back at you
(54:31):
if you ever look, if you look at it, you'll
see it. And we gotta understand that. But I tell you,
I truly have been blessed on tonight. I truly have.
I'm looking forward to all that God is doing within
the one hundred Outer Movement, within your group and in
your personal brand. I cannot wait to see that book
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come out and develop and how it can minister to
many people. So I'm excited about that. Look forward to
just see in a lot with your group, because I've
heard you pouring, I've seen you working, I've seen you
doing it. So I'm expecting, like I'm expecting. I ain't
gonna put a certain type of expectation on it, but
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I just know I'm expecting. I don't have an outline
of the expectation, but no, I'm expecting something great to
come from within that group. I am definitely expecting something
to come from within that group. So I am looking
forward to working with you guys. I'm looking forward to
coming to New York because y'all, I have not been
to New York as an adult. I went as a child,
(55:39):
but I've not been as an adult, and I have
family member up in upstate New York, so definitely would
like to come and you know, get to see New York.
Speaker 4 (55:51):
Yes, we're gonna try to make make it happen.
Speaker 3 (55:55):
But after no June, we're going to California. We got
we were going to California in June because Channette, it's
it's a significance about June. So we're gonna be in
California in June. All those that want to come out
more than welcome to come out. We will have details.
But those that can't, we'll see you're back on the
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East coast. Whenever we get New York squared away, maybe
we can get it. It would be great if we
can do it during the summertime, maybe in August. If
we can look at it towards August, that would be great.
I'm also gonna be getting with doctor Carry he's down
in Alabama. We're gonna see if we can do something
down in Alabama as well. So yeah, we even might
(56:40):
need to hear and and and and slide on and
cruise on and fly on or whatever we're gonna do
on to the island because we got we got doctor Chen.
We got doctor Chen. We can go over there and
and and sit with doctor Chen and and and do
some things on that island. So we got a lot
in store, So just be on the loo. So everybody
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know that we out here moving, were shaking, We're moving,
we're doing something. We ain't just sitting still. We out
here being that change that we desired to see, and
we're being a voice for that person that think that
they do not have a voice. So with that being said,
I want to thank you for joining us tonight and
coming on and sharing and being transparent because we know
that sometime it's not easy. So for that I applaud
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you and all those that are with me applaud.
Speaker 4 (57:26):
You for underpan with me.
Speaker 3 (57:32):
So thank you, thank you, thank you, And I want
to let you know that you're welcome to come back anytime, anytime, anytime.
And then if you can't get me, know that we
have nine hosts on this network that will be glad
to take an interview with you. All you have to
do is reach out to one of those devas on
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the Crew podcast and they will be glad to have
you on. So stay connected, stay connected. Again, thank you
for being a guest on tonight, I truly truly appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (58:05):
Thank you, I appreciate you too. Have a good night
in mayby amen.
Speaker 3 (58:10):
Amen, Amen, Amen. I want to thank everybody for joining
us on tonight. I tell you it is truly, truly
always a blessing when I can share yet another author,
another individuals that creating and leaving a legacy. So I
want you, guys to make sure that you take an
opportunity to share this broadcast in your circle of influence,
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share it with somebody. You never know what the next
person may be in need of. Again, I want to
thank you guys for tuning in on tonight. I always
I love you guys. I appreciate you guys, and I
hope to see you again on tomorrow y'all. Will have
another author with us tomorrow night, y'all. We are continuing
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to bring those authors a part of the one hundred
author movement. We want you to know who they are
because they've decided to allow their brands to speak, So
we are gonna do them a service and allow them
to be seen. So again I invite you to come
back on tomorrow nights and be with the Queen once again.
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All right, y'all, be blessed, have a good night,
B b b b b b b b b.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
B b b b b b. Ladies and gentlemen, I
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have your attention. Please. The show starts in ten line
eight seven, six, five four three two one go.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Hello, Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Crew Podcast.
I am the visionary of the Crew Podcast. I am
Andrela Thomas Smith, and I am excited again yet to
be right here in the same spot. I wish I
would if you would please take a moment to share
this in your circle of influence while I prepare to
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bring my guests up for tonight. If you would just
share this out in your circle of influence. We have
yet another author, a part of the one hundred author movement.
She's one of the queens that's being highlighted for Women's
History Month. So I'm gonna move out the way, bring
her up and allow her the opportunity to share with
(02:40):
you guys. So if you would just share this out
in your circle while I bring You're not on the
screen yet, please welcome, Welcome, Welcome. You're alive now? Can
you not see yourself?
Speaker 4 (02:59):
Yes, I can see I can see myself.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
You're live now. You weren't live, but you're live. Now
you can introduce yourself.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Well, good evening everyone. First of all, I like to
apologize for this inconvenience interview. I was waiting for parking.
I did speak to Angela earlier. However, there's just a
lot of stuff going upstairs, so I have to do
my my interview in the car. But my name is
Charlotte Simon Ralson. I just want to give Angela a
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shout out, you know, just for always thinking about me,
for pushing me even when I don't understand the process.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
But it's it's, it's this has been a beautiful experience.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
In reference to me doing the anthologies, the poetres the
column every month, and I'm just humbly grateful and in
me doing all this, I just want to give God
all the glory also just to give a testimony about
what He has brought up through and that this is
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a great opportunity for me.
Speaker 4 (04:02):
And I just want to say thank you again. And Adela.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Man, So if you would, just if you would just
tell us a little bit about you. You can tell
us about your author, Johnny, whatever you would like to share. Today.
We want individuals to get an opportunity to know who
Charlotte is.
Speaker 5 (04:26):
Okay, well, Charlotte, let me just back it up a
little bit. I always knew that I had had the
gift to write. However, I always spoke or wrote like
how I spoke, and and you know, I kind of
got deterred. In reference to I would like to say,
my secondar job has always been management, and sometime I
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will get so excited and I would definitely right the
way I speak. However, you know, fast forward to COVID,
I had an opportunity to work with some other women.
In reference to writing, I spoke about my process or yes,
my process when my mother had transitioned, and when my
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mother had transitioned, just to share it was the most
devastating thing that I have ever experienced in my life.
You know, I always you know, I had people around
me that had lost their mother or their parents some
type of way, but I never knew that kind of
that type of hurt in my life. And in the
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process of all this, I was given an opportunity to
write about it, but it was it was a lot
to deal with. Charlotte, is is a I think I'm
a fun person. I'm an honest person. If you ask
me something, I want to try to speak the truth,
what I hurd of your feelings. But I always get Charlotte,
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you keep it real, and that's how I like to be.
I like to be honest with people. Sometimes I'm a
little too honest and some people don't know how to
take that. But at this point in my age, I'm
just trying to be honest. I don't care how you
take me as long as I give God the glory,
and that's just really it.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
I have.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
I have grown children, I have a teenage daughter, and
they keep me helping, helpless and as well as not helpless,
but they keep me focused and they help me to
grow into be honest as well as the people that
have surrounded me, from my church family to my friends,
and they keep me grounded.
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Whereas I have to always be true to Charlotte.
Speaker 5 (06:35):
And again, like I said, I really try not to
hurt people's feelings in the interim, but I try to
speak the truth.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
And that's what I want others to do for me.
If I'm doing something wrong, call me out on it.
Speaker 5 (06:47):
If you don't like the way I'm acting, or or
if I'm throwing some type of shade, be honest with
me and say, hey, Charlotte, I don't like what you're doing,
but this writing journey has been a beautiful process for me.
While I'm also able to heal, heal myself in reference
to you know, just to share a look, like I
just said, reference to my mother transitioning, I wanted to
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take my own life, and to this day, I can
honestly say that I don't have any suicidal thoughts anymore.
I was able to transsition or trans transcribe that that
that pain into paper, and and I'm able to look
at it. And then I'm also able to give a
testimony and reference to just people, not only losing a parent,
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but people I don't like to say losing, I like
to say the word transition, but even when a loved
one has transitioned, I've been, I've been actually give prayer,
comphany words, because when somebody transitioned, it it's a lot,
it's a it's a heavy process to go through it,
and and nobody knows the depth of it unless you
went through it yourself.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Right. Brief is something that us I tell you, we're
actually we're getting ready to launch a grief podcast on
the network this Sunday. Actually, we have quite a few.
I think we have five, five or six hosts that's
going to be a part of that particular show. But yeah,
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grief is something that does not have a time limit
on it, and and it does not have an order
in which the way you will go. We know that
there's five stages of grief, but you never know which
stage you may stay in long. You never know which
stage you may get to first because and you never
know which stage you may repeat. Because I find myself
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sometimes still with the shock, can't believe that you know,
my loved one is gone, you know that my loved
one is transitioned. You know, I found myself just the
other day having a conversation with my sister and just
out of the conversation, you know, we both we both
could not believe that my brother's not.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Here with us.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
You know, we just and I don't know were we
just started that conversation. So it could come up anytime,
any anywhere. But just finding things. And I'm grateful because
even through this platform, through the one hundred author movement,
I've been able to see individuals that have been through
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grief and the outlets that they have used to allow
that grief to come out We have a host here, Shannette.
She lost her son two years ago. Well it hadn't
been two years. She had it to be two years
this November, and she's had a hard time, but she
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wants to you know, she don't. She she's never gonna forget.
She she wants to heal and she wants to help
others heal by sharing her journey and sharing how she
gets through it. You know, she had good days, she
had bad days. We all have good days, we all
have bad days. But just you know, just watching my
friend go through and then going through myself, and then
other people going through around me, you know, I was
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just like, it's hitting a lot of us at the
same time, and it's hitting us different, you know, and
you know, some of us being able to be there
for the other ones in different ways. You know, sometimes shouldn't.
Just we would just be on the phone and she
would be talking, and sometimes I would be on the
phone and I would be the one on the talking,
and some days I just listen, you know. We we
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just was there to try to help each other get
to a point to where we can get through today.
That's what it's about, getting through today, because we'll never
get over.
Speaker 4 (10:41):
Losing.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
You never get over losing anybody or anything, or you know,
once something has been a part of your life, you're
always gonna have that connection. You're always gonna have some
type of reference. It's just coping and getting through and
how you get through. That's so being a part of
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a lot of these platforms, I would like to hear
what this journey has been like as far as getting
your books out there and just I guess finding your
niche and and and finding that audience and finding that
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thing that works for you. What has that been like.
Speaker 5 (11:28):
Well, you know, I want to say thank you again
just for the opportunity to do the one hundred authors,
because it's given me a chance to hone in on
my leadership skills. Now this, to be honest, this is
still new, but I think my my niches is just
to encourage you know, each other in the group. What
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I have done recently I reach out to everyone in
the group and so far, you know, it's like I
was listening to Keisha's interview this morning, and it's like,
you know, we're here. We're here to help each other
grow and and to encourage each other, not only as
part of you know, being an author, but just being
human beings, and if I can just also be honest
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to being black and brown people, especially in this climate
that we are living in. And you know, I find out,
you know, my when I write, I'm just so humbly
grateful because I'm able to touch women in general, black
and brown women in general. I even have some friends,
you know, that are not of black and brown persuasion,
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but they're able to give me some type of feedback.
And so when I'm when I write my niches for women,
I like to include men because one day I do
want to hone in on the men before. Right now,
my gift is for women, whether it's just you know,
just to share it to you, I have really not
had said this openly. I also suffer from stuttering, and
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what I try to do is I think before I speak.
I get excited and sometimes you know, I'm trying to
get all my words out. But I learned to peace
of my still for a minute, calm down, to get
my thoughts out. And that's how I'm able to speak
publicly sometimes because sometime I get excited, I'm just going
I'm a ramble on and on. But I learned how
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to control my stuttering where it's not so noticeable. And
when I tell people I have a stutering problem, they said, no,
I don't believe.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
You, but I do.
Speaker 5 (13:20):
And it's like I'm able to control it when when necessary,
and able to control myself when I have when I
have all these thoughts running through my mind.
Speaker 4 (13:31):
If that makes sense, Sorry, well it.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Makes plenty good sense because I also stutter when I
get excited. I'm sure, yeah, I'm sure your child have
caught it a couple of times on the podcast, because
I have caught it. So it is there. It happens.
It is something that just recently started happening. It is
not something that I've always done, because I had a
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problem of doing that.
Speaker 4 (13:59):
That was a problem.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
And how I gained that problem. It was in elementary school.
We had to read out loud in school and my
teacher said I was reading too fast, and she told
me that I needed to slow down. So I got
an attitude like normal kids do, and when I got
to the end of every sentence, I huh, did that?
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And I developed a very bad habit because I started
doing it all the time, and it became a bad habit.
And it's something that I had to deal with when
I got in college, when I started taking public speaking classes,
I had to deal with that. But yeah, I've had that,
So don't feel bad. It's something we all have, something
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that we deal with that none of us are perfect.
There is something that we all have to work on
every day to I mean it is we just every
day we I have something to work on that we
are not fluent in. I guess that I would say
an area that we may be weaker in than stronger in,
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and that we have to focus on. Right, that is
one of the areas that I have to focus on,
like making sure that I get this work done. I
don't have to worry about that because I don't get
that done if I have to say it, but making
sure that you know I am poised, and sometimes you know,
I have to write notes down so that I can
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keep my thoughts together so I don't be all over
the place because we're all over the place. Sometimes your
mind is trying to keep up. And when your mind
is all over the place, then it don't it don't focus.
It's like you be out of focus and things don't
go right all right. And that's when I started a
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lot and.
Speaker 4 (15:54):
I have to so, oh, Charlotte, you know, calm yourself down.
And I say that out loud. You know, people don't
look at me and it type.
Speaker 5 (16:00):
Of way because I feel myself getting excited, and I said, okay,
you know, while Missensus, somebody could be talking.
Speaker 4 (16:06):
I said, okay, Charlotte, calm down, and I get my
words out.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
And it's like, you know, like stuttering is not something
that you know, I'm I'm not ashamed at this point
in my age because it's it's it's unfortunately is a
part of my a part of me. And you have
great speakers out there. I'm just gonna say, Moses used
to stutter, and look at him. He let people out
of Egypt, you know. So my thing is, you know,
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President Biden, he was he used to study you know,
great people. Yes, yes, you know, it's just a it's
something that you know, we could we could home, you know,
if we think before we speak, you know, it could
it could be smooth.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
And sometimes it's funny.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
You know.
Speaker 5 (16:48):
Another family member of mine had a studying problem and
he is a great speaker. When I hear him speak,
I'm like, oh my god. So I'm not ashamed of it,
like I used to be when I was little. You know,
kids to be mean and that's another story. But hey,
I'm here now and I'm able to speak to you
live without any stuttering.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
That was corny. I don't care.
Speaker 3 (17:11):
And yeah, it's it's just all about focus. When we
focus on those things, were able to do it and
you know, just having that that that that mindset to say, well,
I'm gonna focus on this and being being grounded. So
what are some things that as a group leader, because
you are a group leader with the one hundred the movement,
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what are some things that you would like to possibly
implement or bring to the movement that you would like
to leave with the movement?
Speaker 4 (17:43):
What I would like to leave, I don't you know,
not to you know good. I want honesty.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
I want us to be a group, you know, because
our group is name Real Encounters, and I want and
I saw I was speaking to one of the ladies
on Saturday.
Speaker 4 (17:58):
You know that that that has a lot of depth
to it. You know. When we tell our story, we're able.
Speaker 5 (18:04):
And I don't want to, you know, not to shade
any other group, but we are tell them our real encounters,
our life stories. And that's what I want us to
be known as you know, people that are able to
speak the truth, to tell the truth you know, about
what we have been through. And in the process of
well this, we're able to help somebody else. And that's
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what I want our group to be known as. You know,
that's I want that to be a part of our
legacy is real life stories and and this helped other
people to grow from it, whether you know, you know,
whether it's from someone transitioning, whether it's from somebody sexual assault, suicide, stuttering,
whatever it is. I want us to be able to
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speak the truth about it and and and so far
the group is pretty good. Like I said, I got
a chance to speak to some of the people over
the phone on Saturday. I also want to start having
monthly meetings becas zoom or via zoom. And I want
us to also want to try to come together as
a group. I know some people live in different states,
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but I want us to try to meet midway and
just to you know, have some type of camaraderie together,
just as well to be able to have real life
encounters with each other and for actually for other people
as well.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
And you put us all together, well, God, you as
a vessel draw.
Speaker 3 (19:25):
Up, and that was the whole purpose, you know, the
whole purpose of you know me, even bringing everybody together.
You know, I feel like it's forty four authors even
though we haven't achieved a one hundred yet, there's forty
four authors inside of this group, including myself. That makes
it forty four. But there's forty four authors. There's no
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reason why we shouldn't be having live events, virtual events.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
We should be done doing.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Something every month, Like people should know who the one
hundred author movement is. They should know if one person
say something, they should know who all the forty three
who the other forty three authors is a part of
that movement. That should be no reason why we are
being so quiet. You know, I see some people inside
of the chat. They never respond, they never share anything,
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They never share anything about their selves yet alone share anything.
So it just it's just now it's gonna come to,
you know, individuals wanting to see themselves grow and wanting
to see their brands grow. You know, I'm gonna continue
to provide the resources inside of the group, but I'm
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gonna start pulling on those that I see that are
really wanting to those that want to get out here
and really promote their brands and really get out here
and do stuff Like we're trying to set up different
stops at Barns and Nobles where we can actually do
a book tour and go to different Barns and Nobles
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and set up and you know, we can talk about
our books, have a little you know, different little stuff
like we do with a LAC the Chase of your
Dream Book Tour that is about educating, empowering and encouraging
and bringing authors and business owners together. We have workshops,
We provide workshops. We have keynote speakers. We have individuals
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that come in that can talk to you about your brand,
about your about marketing, about visibility, about anything from A
to Z concerning being an author in a creative in
this environment in this world today. We even have individuals
that talk on podcasts and anything you can think of.
We have individuals that come in and talk about that
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we what we have inside of this group, Like we
have so much talent inside of this group. And people
just realize the individuals that they had around them, Yes,
like if they just realized, like when God dropped this
in my spirit, it was four seeds connect, collaborate create
your community.
Speaker 4 (22:02):
I say, that's true.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
And collaboration. These are things that we should be doing anyway.
Speaker 5 (22:10):
Yes, you're right, and sometimes you know, you know, I
will take responsibility sometimes I'm just gonna be honest. Sometime
I get in my moments where you know, you know,
I said, I'm not gonna do it tonight because you know,
life happens, but you have afforded us the opportunity to
do so. And you know what I put in the
group chat today, what are my I shouldn't say it,
(22:31):
but I'm gonna say it. One of my peeves is, Okay,
we all have life experience. You know, we all are
dealing with stuff, going to work, YadA, yah, YadA. But
what do you when I'm speaking for me as a
group leader, when I give you know, give a shout
out of you encouragement, just respond, you know that's it.
Keep it moving, That's my little peep. Because even you,
I know you do a lot because you and I
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have conversation on the side. So when you when you
say something, I might not respond right away, but ninety
five percent of the time I'll respond to you by
the end of the day or the end of night.
And that's what I want to do with the groups.
Also when my particular group, you know, we have to
encourage each other. I saw another author in the group.
She she did a shout out of recouragement to all
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of us, and that's what we need. Life is hard,
and you know, and we're trying to put our brand
out there and you know it is hard. It's hard
to work, go to school, be human in general. So
encouragement goes a long way. And that's what you know,
Like I said, that's that's what I want our group
to be, my group to be to encourage one another
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and then maybe other groups will follow after because you.
Speaker 4 (23:38):
Are putting in a lot of time and I commend that.
Speaker 5 (23:41):
So I try to be obedient in reference to that
what you do when you give, when you say something,
I try to respond back.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
And if it's something that I don't know, you know,
I text you on the side or call you.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
And I have this thing because my apostle apostle doctor Kimberly.
She she out was when she first came to our
preg we do a preggrou at five am every morning. See,
people don't understand what I go through every day. That
it's not an easy day. Now, it's not an easy task. Now,
I'm telling you, I'm up at four. I'm up every
day around four four thirty, and I don't lay down
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until about sometime eleven thirty twelve, sometime one o'clock. So
you do the math. But we know that there's twenty
four hours in a day. I say this, and I
say this to everybody, and I care not who get mad,
because it is the truth.
Speaker 4 (24:36):
Yes, and it is.
Speaker 3 (24:39):
We will put in time where we want to put
in time. We will do what we want to do
when we want to do. We make time for what
it's important to us, yes, even right. Nevertheless, we make
time for what's important to us. So a lot of
people really show me what's important to them. You know,
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we have twenty four hours in a day. A lot
of us. I understand you work a nine to five.
I understand that. I don't know what y'all think I
do over here, but I know we work, some of
us working nine to five. So then we know that's
eight hours. We go to work eight hours, and then
most of us say we want to get our eight
(25:22):
hours of sleep. We got to be in bed by
a certain time so we can get our eight hours.
I don't because it don't take all that it. Do
it take your phone eight hours of charge? Well, do
it take your phone eight hours of charge? No, it don't.
But when your phone sometime it may take it thirty minutes.
Sometime it may take an hour. Sometime it may take
two hours. It depending on how dead it is. Huh,
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So it don't take all of that. Yes, nowhere do
it take all of that? I ain't never seen in
the Bible do it talk about it? Do it talk
about how long we supposed to sleep? I ain't never
seen nowhere in the Bible we talk about no time
for sleep? I never saw it. I ain't never seen
where it say eight hours to sleep, it's good for
your body, know where? That ain't a part of the regiment.
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But anyhow, we made eight hours for that. We made
eight hours for work, so we that's sixteen hours. So
I asked this question, and I ask this for everybody.
What are you doing with those other eight hours?
Speaker 4 (26:19):
That's true?
Speaker 3 (26:20):
True, because it is twenty four hours and today, let
them let them tear it. It's twenty four hours and today.
So if there's twenty four hours in today and you're
spenting eight on your job and you're spending it on
your sleeping. Then what are you doing then with the
other eight hours? Tell me what are you doing with
the other eight hours? Are you mapping out those other
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eight hours? Are you being intentional about those other eight hours?
Because he gave you a plan? And another thing, Another
thing I want to ask, So when you lay down
and go to sleep at night, do you go to
sleep intentionally or you just go to sleep? Do you
intentionally go to sleep or do you just go to sleep?
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Because see, people don't understand that that you don't just
go to sleep. See people think you go to sleep
the rest babad, But baby, bab bab bad bad bad,
that's not what you go to sleep for. That is
not what you go to sleep for. I mean, I
got to I got to school. Some people that don't know.
So when you go to sleep, you're not going to
sleep the rest. Yeah, yeah, you're going to sleep. When
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when when when your physical body, When your physical body
is sleep, your spiritual body is very much awake to
see your spiritual body. The spiritual body is he ain't
gonna say they sleep while you woke, But your spiritual
body is letting your physical body do its thing during
the daytime, so it ain't so much awake. So while
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we're walking around here thinking we woke, ah, we ain't
really woke. We really sleep. We really sleep because we're
walking in the flesh. But when you going to sleep
at night, Yes, when you go to sleep at night
and you tap into that that realm. And that's when
he started downloading those things. And I want to tell y'all,
(28:12):
so now that you know, so now you know, when
you know, you do better. So they say, when you
now that you know, you do better. So now that
you know that when you go to sleep, that you're
supposed to go to sleep intentional. Why do you think
a lot of people meditate before they go to sleep.
Why do you think a lot of people pray before
they go to sleep? Why do you think a lot
of people really concentrate on things before they go to sleep,
(28:36):
Like people try to clear out all of this from
the day and all of that stuff so that they
can really be in tune with the spirit when they
go to sleep at night. Let me ask you another
question so people can really understand what I'm saying. So,
have you ever been sleep and you you you you
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try to wake up and it seemed like you can't
wake up. It's like you you just can't wake up
to save your life, It's like you just can't get Yeah,
you know why do you know why? I'm gonna tell
you why. Because your yo, your physical baby, your physical
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body baby, he ready to get up, but your spiritual
man ain't made it back yet. Your spiritual man still
like they're running around doing whatever he's supposed to be
doing whatever he doing while we sleep. See them dreams
and them visions that you haven't you know how you
think you you don't seen something before, and you like
you having days, Jah blue baby, it ain't days, y'all.
Vill You actually experienced that. You actually went through it
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in a dream. That's how when some people say they
go places and they feel like they don't been there before,
you have that in the spirit. You were there in
the spirit. See most of the time, you visit all
of those places before you go there. A lot of
people you don't understand this that you're walking into now,
this this you probably already been here before this, this conversation.
(30:06):
You've probably been in the middle of this conversation before exactly.
Speaker 4 (30:10):
And didn't know.
Speaker 3 (30:11):
He probably gave it to you, but you probably didn't
know who it was gonna be with. But you probably
don't sit there and had some of this stuff running
through your mind, but you just didn't know who the
person was gonna be. You didn't know what was gonna
be me what you knew that the conversation was gonna happen.
Speaker 4 (30:27):
That's right.
Speaker 5 (30:28):
I have dreams like like you said before where and
like you said, it's not dej'all bou, And sometimes you know,
it happens more frequent, but I know, like you said, yeah,
my my spirit has already been there.
Speaker 4 (30:39):
It's this my soul trying to catch up. So I
do agree with you in reference to that.
Speaker 5 (30:45):
So you know, we are just playing a role, and
you know, and you know, sometimes like you said, when
we dream stuff that we've been here before, it's just
also trying to catch up.
Speaker 4 (30:54):
And that's how I feel. It's not I don't believe
in dej'all boo.
Speaker 5 (30:58):
I can tell you some dreams that I had and
I've seen it come to pass now and it's like
and I'm trying to like, did this really happen or
you know, what happened? I've been here before, but like
it's just my soul trying to catch up. And that's
an I do a career, Trea. In reference to that, I'll.
Speaker 3 (31:16):
Tell you we we it be a lot going on.
It be a lot going on. It be a lot
going on. Well, Minister Alma, thank you for posting and
letting us know that you are home. Minister Alba is
one of the hosts over here on the Crew podcast.
She has been she has been in the hospital. She's
also from New York. She said she lives in New York.
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She lives out in Amityville. Yeah, just wanted to give
her a shout out because she had tuned in. She
had tuned in and said hello, So I wanted to give.
Speaker 4 (31:49):
Her and you want us tune it in.
Speaker 3 (31:52):
So what do you have in store for twenty twenty
five on a personal level as far as your your brand?
Speaker 5 (32:04):
Okay, on a well, on a personal level, not part
of the brand, but on a personal level. I'm in
Bible College. And also, hopefully I'll say it correctly, I
hope my bishop is not watching. I'm in a ministerial
Catechism class, and so that is going to because even
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though I'm a minister, I have not been licensed yet.
So now we're in the process, like doing the trenches
of actually being trained as a minister. So that is
we do that, well it's myself and the other ladies
that are doing that. Maybe I think I don't want
to lie. I think every first and fourth Sun Saturdays.
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So that's sighting coming up. Then as far as my brand,
I'm working on a on a on a book called
Roses for Betty. Now that has been a long process
for me personally because kind of it's emotional and you know,
sometimes my mood swings changes because like I said, I
don't want to keep on going on Harper on that,
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but like it speaks about my mother's life as well
as my life as mother and daughter. My mother was
you know, she was a god funeral woman, but she helped.
She said how it was, and I think that's how
I got.
Speaker 4 (33:24):
My I'm from.
Speaker 5 (33:26):
And and and you know, she she she was, she
she she does, loved life she had and also in
reference to music, she had us listened to all types
of music, exposed to all types of music. So the
book is going to be based on her life as
well as my life a mother daughter relationship. As we
all know, sometimes it's not you know, peaches and cream
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and and it's gonna be some real stuff in there,
and I'm just grateful for that to come out because
I think it will help, you know, my daughters also
to you know, because I have a friendship with my daughters,
but they also know that I'm the mother first, and
that's how my relationship was my mother. I was able
to speak to her about everything and anything, but realizing
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that she was my mother first.
Speaker 4 (34:11):
So that's that's the that's gonna be the premises of
the book.
Speaker 5 (34:14):
And as far as the one hundred hundred authors, I
definitely want to meet everybody in person.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
One day.
Speaker 5 (34:23):
Hopefully it's gonna report the year and hopefully kind of
wink up with everybody hopefully, but.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
I definitely will challenge you to to get together with
the other authors that are in New York and hopefully
you guys can put together an event that will allow
everybody to be able to come. I would definitely get
with you guys and we can all coordinate an event.
That is what I am hoping a lot of us
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will do to bring an event to their area. I
know we're doing that here in Atlanta, and then we're
gonna be doing it in South Carolina and we're gonna
be doing it out in California, so it's gonna be
opportunity for you guys to come out to California. Sanett
is going to be hosting an event out in California.
We're trying to do it in June. She's gonna be
doing a book release in June, and we're gonna extend
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it to invite those that would like to come out
and be a part of it. Also, we're gonna be
doing a little more with I think we're gonna be
doing an event in Florida. Apostle Kimberly wants to do
an event, So we're gonna definitely be doing some events.
So there's gonna be opportunities for individuals to connect to
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do events. But we definitely want those group leaders to
be thinking about hosting events in their area and bringing
those authors that are in their area together. You know,
I'm gonna be there. I'm showing up at every everyone
everybody that will host one, I will be there. And
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those group leaders that will travel, I know some of them,
we'll be there. Like Charita, she she she'll be there
at some of them, the ones that she can be
yet and those that she can't get off work. She
she loves to travel. Those that love to travel, I
want them to get out here and be a part
of this. We have podcasters that can come, we can
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do interviews, we can do the whole yard, and then
we can arrange for individuals to come out and set
up workshops because I always I want people to walk
away with three things. Anytime they come in my friends,
I want them to walk away with the three e's.
I want them to feel like they've experienced the ultimate
E three experience. I want them to feel educated, in
power and encouraged so that that that is exactly how
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I want individuals to walk away from a AA L
A C. Chasing your dream bout tory event. Y'all. I've
been doing this since twenty sixteen. When God dropped this
in my spirit. You know, I was it was a mandate.
It was not something that I could just put down
and pick up and put down and pick up. I
have not I'm not step back. I've not stopped. You know,
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people have walked away, people came, people come and go
and they walk away. But I God would not allow
me to lay it down when when I said I
would be a voice, and that I would be an outlet.
I just wanted to be used. If he raised me
up off my bed of affliction, I will share his goodness.
And this is how he gave me an outlet to
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share his goodness. So in order for me to be
able to share his goodness, I have to allow and
be an outlet so that other people can do it too. See,
somebody spoke Queen of Collaborations over my life. It wasn't
something that I started. Somebody spoke that thing over my
life and people started calling me that. People started calling
me that, so I began to walk into it, and
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then it just became a thing, and people just began
to call They stopped calling me Queen of Collaboration and
just started calling me queen. So it wasn't just like
something that. No, I don't think I'm a queen, and
I really don't even know they don't even know the
definition of a queen. I just know that there's just
something that, you know, everybody just started calling me, and
(38:07):
I just said, well, it must be something good, so
let me walk into it. So I just walked into it,
you know.
Speaker 5 (38:15):
And I just believe in being obedient, yes, and it
fits you, and this is you know, lasting or personal thing.
I'm turning sixty, That's why I said, I'm pushing it
over to hopefully July or August. But I'm turning sixty
in June. My daughter is graduating in high school, and
so there's a lot of stuff coming up. So that's
why I didn't say anything about June. But hopefully July
(38:39):
or August. That's what I want to try to, you know,
try to just have some type of fellowship together.
Speaker 4 (38:44):
And you know, I have a couple of areas that
I'm gonna try to call.
Speaker 5 (38:49):
And it's funny that you said that, but I don't
want to say anything yet until I reach out to
certain hotels.
Speaker 4 (38:54):
But yes, you are definitely invited and I want to.
Speaker 5 (38:58):
I see Keisha's on the line, and what definitely use
all the authors that are in New York.
Speaker 3 (39:03):
Another person, Well, there are six and I've called all
of them out. I've given you the names so you
can connect with all six of them, even though they're
in different groups.
Speaker 5 (39:15):
You know.
Speaker 3 (39:15):
That's why I posted inside of the chat today. You know,
even though you may be in a different group if
you're from a city. That's why I was asking what
state everybody was from, so that you can connect with
the person that's in your state, because there's no reason why.
And I'm gonna keep saying that there's no reason why
we have forty three authors attached to this movement that
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we should not be doing something, even if we have
to do it virtually, even the ones that are not
doing nothing, it's enough of us that are doing something
that we need to be out here allowing people to
see who we are. You know, there's opportunities. I can't
do everything, but there are a lot of places, like
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there are bookstores, there are black owned bookstores. There the
own places that will allow you to come in and
have these different events, you know, the local libraries. You know,
if you go and sit down and talk to people
like it's all about being a relationship. That's how I
tell people. We can't be so focused on selling books
and pushing books and pushing up. We got to build relationships.
(40:18):
We got to have relationships with people so that you know,
I can go up to some people. I had a
lady tell me one time before it wasn't about the book,
she said, because if I printed something blank, she said,
She's still would buy. Yes, it was about the relationship
that she the things that the relationship that she was
able to build with me, you know, being able to
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you know, relate to the things that I was sharing
and being able to connect with the story, you know,
the journey that I have had. You know, people wanted
to be able to connect with you. They can buy
anybody book that they can go on. You gonna have
it's beings to be the books. But people want to
(41:02):
know who you are. And when you allow people to
get to know you, they ain't got to know your
personal get all your personal where you live and all
that stuff, but stuff that you want them to know
around your journey. I allow them to get that close, yes,
so that they can think that they have that that
personal relationship with you. And I promise you they will
(41:24):
support the things that you do. You you you have
an event, they'll come out you you you you launch
a book that they're they're subscribe to it. So they'll
get that same notification you get when your book, when
they say your book was coming out, Amazon has send
them something to just all about building relationship.
Speaker 5 (41:41):
It is it is and that's why I'm glad that
you gave us that name and you know, just you know,
a quick thing. When you said, like people wanted to connect.
I always hear my story, you know, you know, in
reference to just being a sub a survival, just some
life in general. And I'm able to testimony. And when
I tell people that, I they was like, oh, Charlotte,
(42:01):
let let let me know when you're gonna, you know,
start selling your books. Like I said, it's not even
about selling the book. They want to hear what you
have to say. And that's what I'm you know, sometimes
you know, I'm gonna say my children just say.
Speaker 4 (42:13):
Oh, you know, you tell too much.
Speaker 5 (42:15):
I don't really care at this point because I'm able
to help somebody else and and and somebody spoken to
my life, whereas I was when I wanted to commit suicide.
Speaker 4 (42:27):
You know, I just a quick story.
Speaker 5 (42:29):
I was at a woman's function when I finally brought
it out, and I'm telling you, so many pray over me,
and it was you know, I'm able to pay it
for it. It took me a minute to get myself together,
but look at me now, and I'm so grateful unto
God that I could tell, you know, tell my story
about you know, all the people that have transitioned after
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my mother, and like I said, I don't have those
suicidal thoughts. I'm able to share my story about the stuttering.
You know, that's a lot to me or just you know,
just being a a woman of color, you know, and
and it's just you know, just being a human being general.
So you know, that's how I'm able to, like you said,
(43:11):
to connect with people. And like I said, I like
you aren't and real.
Speaker 4 (43:15):
So that's that's just me. But I you know, reference
to the group. We are going to do better. That's
a promise. We are gonna do better.
Speaker 3 (43:26):
Amen. Amen. Well, I definitely have enjoyed sitting down and
talking with you tonight, but I really want you to
share with those that tune in and those that were
here to replay, how can we connect with you? How
can we stay connected and see what you're doing and
(43:49):
follow you because I know you be dropping some nuggas.
I know you gotta be dropping some nuggas somewhere.
Speaker 5 (43:54):
So I'm on Facebook. I really love Facebook, but I'm
also on and on Instagram. It's under Star's Web of Artistry.
That's also my email address with the stars web of
Artistry at gmail dot com. I also have, Charlotte says
(44:15):
right now. And also I have a website. I'm still
I'm in the process of revamping it. So once I
get that out, I'm definitely gonna push forward with that.
And you know, just if you want to. I don't
like to say hit me up, but if you want
to hit me up, just reach out to me via Facebook,
DM me I'm I'm. I'm more easily acceptable, as well
(44:37):
as on Instagram. And if also you can just tell
angel hey, I saw Charlotte, you know, and I and
again answer I notice is you know, you've given us
the opportunity to speak. But I do want to say
thank you for you know, just for allowing God to
use you as a vessel, because I always say I
say this to you. You have allowed me to be,
(45:01):
you know, so visible out there. And I don't know
if you know people ever knew. I never met anyone,
but we have connected. We have known each other I
think for two years or maybe more.
Speaker 3 (45:14):
And we've been knowing each other alone than two years years.
You've been right for the magazine for two years.
Speaker 5 (45:21):
A quick story about the magazine, so I'm this last
story so reference to the magazine. Angela was looking for authors.
So I said to Oh, I want to do poetry.
She said no, she said, she said I have something
that you could do. She said grief and gratitude. And
I said to myself, I said, Lord, I don't want
to do that. Iver said that to my family. I said, why,
(45:42):
don't want to keep on talking about that? But Angel said,
you know, and you could do it. I reached out
to a mentor and he said to say, my family
said to do it. I prayed over it, and God
said to do it. So I'm able to share my story.
And it's not always about someone transitioning. I speak about
mental health. Mental health is real. I speak about just
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being a black and brown person in general. Just anything
that the Holy Spirit put on my mind. That's what
I write it back about. And at the end of
the day, I trying to give a resolution. So you
know it's you know, I'm just humbly grateful to you,
woman of God, because you know, you answer the call
and you've pushed you.
Speaker 4 (46:22):
You are like a midwife and you are pushing us forth.
Speaker 5 (46:26):
So I'm humbly grateful for you, and I'm gonna take
connected to you until Jesus says not so Okay, so
I do.
Speaker 4 (46:33):
So you just stuck with me.
Speaker 5 (46:34):
I can't say I'm just telling you that. And I
just want to say thank you for the opportunity. And
I just pray everybody peace and and thank you all
for your support. I'm I'm humbly grateful and I want
to say thank you for tuning in.
Speaker 3 (46:49):
So how can they follow you? How can they get
your books? How can they see what you got coming
out next? Do you have website? You're on social media?
How can they say to it?
Speaker 5 (47:00):
Well, the the social media, like I said, it is Facebook,
Charlotte Simon, Instagram, its stars Web of Artistry, like I said,
I have my my email accounts as stars well, Web
of Artistry at at gmail dot com.
Speaker 4 (47:18):
That's the one I would prefer for everyone to use.
Speaker 2 (47:22):
So far.
Speaker 4 (47:23):
I I don't have my books out as of yet,
but I'm going to get better than that.
Speaker 5 (47:29):
And I do have my website is Simon says right now,
and like I said, I'm in the process of revamping it.
I want to put my books up here. I I
have been allowed to do some of the anthology, so
now I have to, you know, put it on my
website and the reference to that if you want, if
you're looking for someone just to speak, to give an
(47:49):
honest word, you could just I don't like to say link,
hit me up on the website, via Instagram, Facebook, on
my email and I will be there if the Lord
says so.
Speaker 4 (48:02):
And if you do allow me to speak, it's gonna
be the truth. And that's it. I know it's corny,
but it's the real truth.
Speaker 3 (48:10):
Amen. Amen, Amen, I thank you for stopping by and sharing.
I tell you I truly truly have been blessed. But
I always have my guests. I always want my guests.
If I can remember before we leave last night out,
I think me and Keisha, I don't think I gave
her a chance to share something positive because we were
(48:31):
so into the conversation. We went over an hour, so
I don't think I got a chance to allow her
to share something positive. But I always like for my
guests to share something positive that individuals can take away
from our conversation today. You know, they could take away
from you know, just connecting with you and just something
(48:55):
that they can remember you by. I want them to say,
oh I remember that, and I want to go find
So what is something you can pour into us today?
That will encourage us to inspire us and and and
and keep us on this journey.
Speaker 5 (49:10):
Okay, I'm not gonna get emotional, but I'm gonna I'm
gonna just say, you know, God is real. He's a
good God and you and what I hear in my
spirit is to trust him. You know, you have to
trust God and in all truth and all humbleness. I'm
you know, I'm going through something right now, but I
don't look like what I'm going through. Only a few
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people know. But you know, I tell you this, I
get up every morning with my right mind. I'm able
to to to to this this thank God just for
having me to to be here today. And it's like God,
you know, I have to give God the glory, you
know when we are and I'm getting excited, but you know,
we have to trust God in all things. We might
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not understand the process, but He is preparing us for
the purpose. He is processing and he's making us stronger.
And I have been so much all right, but I'm
I'm grateful to God on today and I just want
to leave with y'all. You know, you know, whether you're
a believer or not, I pray that you know that
you know who watches did you come.
Speaker 4 (50:12):
To know the Lord for yourself? But God is real
and and I'm telling you he he you.
Speaker 5 (50:18):
You might not understand the process, but after the end
of the day, after you pass that test, glory to God,
You're gonna give a testimony like never before. And I'm
telling you I have I'm still here. I'm not six
feet under, I'm not no ashes. I'm able to testify.
I Like I said, I got my right mind. I'm
able to sleep in a bed, eat my own food,
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and and and that's just it. And just to be
able to share with people and and be authentic in yourself.
You know, that's all I can say. You know, if anything,
be truthful about and what you do, just be yourself.
Speaker 3 (50:59):
They may amen. I tell you that is that. That
is it. That's all you can do is be yourself,
be true and be authentic. People want that true, authentic
version of you. You know, it's hard being somebody else,
you know, I'm I'm I'm struggling just trying to find
out exactly you know, who, and what I'm supposed to
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be and what I'm supposed to be doing.
Speaker 4 (51:23):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (51:24):
So it's hard for me to try to the faith
and try to be like somebody else because I got
to try to find out who this person is. You
got to try to find out who this person I'm
supposed to be and all of this that's in me
and all of that. So I can't be keeping up
with nobody else.
Speaker 4 (51:41):
I can't.
Speaker 3 (51:41):
I'm telling you I can't. I can't.
Speaker 5 (51:44):
But I know every day, every day, Yes, I got
to encourage myself. I know, like I said, hopefully the
bishop is not watching, but you know, you know, and
also you know, this is a little a little thing.
You know, when you when God has a calling over
your life, you're supposed to act a certain way. And
you know, we we all grow in the process. It's
not you know, it's it's hard to be good every day,
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but we're not all perfect. But you know, in the process,
God has building you to something great, greater than you
never seen before in your life. And in the interim
of all that, you know, I just want to you know,
my my my first lady says she. You know, we
was talking one time. She says she wants she want
to make God proud. And it's when she said that
I wanted to cry because I said, I always want
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to make God proud. I'm not getting emotional, but you know,
we're here for a reason and we have to encourage
one another. And you know, because like you said, and
I'm not trying to be like you know, Carol Burnett
or Carol two or whatever.
Speaker 4 (52:41):
I'm just want to be Charlotte.
Speaker 5 (52:42):
And when it's time for me to meet my maker,
I want him to say, well done, my good and
faithful servant.
Speaker 4 (52:47):
So I have to I have to stand in truth.
Speaker 5 (52:50):
I have to stand in a stand for you know,
what God says well you know, people like it or
not and like and also you know, like I said,
we go to Bible college or by biblical studies. And
I'm really you know, I'm running a lot. You know,
I can't be so judgmental, you know, which you know
sometime I can be, but I can't, you know, because
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we we all fall short, and you know, you know,
so that's that's the process that I'm running now. We
all fall short. And you know, who am I to
judge somebody because they not you know, doing what they support. Well,
I think they're not living righteous. I have to be
concerned about me and you know, and I'm gonna say
my seventeen year old and that's just it. And as
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God built me up and continue to grow me in ministry,
if it's if it's meant for me to preach it,
then I'll do so. But you know, for now, I
can't judge nobody because I don't know. I'm just kind
of just saying I said, I still smell funky sometimes.
Speaker 4 (53:46):
Okay, that's just it.
Speaker 3 (53:49):
Okay, that's it. I mean, that's that's that's it. We
we we can't because we don't have a hand nor
a hemn they're puting nobody in Come on, come on,
come on. If that pint that fanger, when we pointing
that fanger at somebody, you gotta know that one is
pointing back at you. One is pointing back at you.
Because when you go to point that fanger like that,
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your thumb point back and then them fingers right there
when you got them pointed that way, if you're pointing them,
three pingers right there pointing back at you because you're
pointing that way. So it's always something pointing at you
when you're pointing at somebody else. So no, huh, and
guess what that one that you're pointing at somebody else,
know that you got three more pointing back at you
(54:31):
if you ever look, if you look at it, you'll
see it. And we gotta understand that. But I tell you,
I truly have been blessed on tonight. I truly have.
I'm looking forward to all that God is doing within
the one hundred Outer Movement, within your group and in
your personal brand. I cannot wait to see that book
(54:52):
come out and develop and how it can minister to
many people. So I'm excited about that. Look forward to
just see in a lot with your group, because I've
heard you pouring, I've seen you working, I've seen you
doing it. So I'm expecting, like I'm expecting. I ain't
gonna put a certain type of expectation on it, but
(55:16):
I just know I'm expecting. I don't have an outline
of the expectation, but no, I'm expecting something great to
come from within that group. I am definitely expecting something
to come from within that group. So I am looking
forward to working with you guys. I'm looking forward to
coming to New York because y'all, I have not been
to New York as an adult. I went as a child,
(55:39):
but I've not been as an adult, and I have
family member up in upstate New York, so definitely would
like to come and you know, get to see New York.
Speaker 4 (55:51):
Yes, we're gonna try to make make it happen.
Speaker 3 (55:55):
But after no June, we're going to California. We got
we were going to California in June because Channette, it's
it's a significance about June. So we're gonna be in
California in June. All those that want to come out
more than welcome to come out. We will have details.
But those that can't, we'll see you're back on the
(56:17):
East coast. Whenever we get New York squared away, maybe
we can get it. It would be great if we
can do it during the summertime, maybe in August. If
we can look at it towards August, that would be great.
I'm also gonna be getting with doctor Carry he's down
in Alabama. We're gonna see if we can do something
down in Alabama as well. So yeah, we even might
(56:40):
need to hear and and and and slide on and
cruise on and fly on or whatever we're gonna do
on to the island because we got we got doctor Chen.
We got doctor Chen. We can go over there and
and and sit with doctor Chen and and and do
some things on that island. So we got a lot
in store, So just be on the loo. So everybody
(57:01):
know that we out here moving, were shaking, We're moving,
we're doing something. We ain't just sitting still. We out
here being that change that we desired to see, and
we're being a voice for that person that think that
they do not have a voice. So with that being said,
I want to thank you for joining us tonight and
coming on and sharing and being transparent because we know
that sometime it's not easy. So for that I applaud
(57:23):
you and all those that are with me applaud.
Speaker 4 (57:26):
You for underpan with me.
Speaker 3 (57:32):
So thank you, thank you, thank you, And I want
to let you know that you're welcome to come back anytime, anytime, anytime.
And then if you can't get me, know that we
have nine hosts on this network that will be glad
to take an interview with you. All you have to
do is reach out to one of those devas on
(57:53):
the Crew podcast and they will be glad to have
you on. So stay connected, stay connected. Again, thank you
for being a guest on tonight, I truly truly appreciate you.
Speaker 4 (58:05):
Thank you, I appreciate you too. Have a good night
in mayby amen.
Speaker 3 (58:10):
Amen, Amen, Amen. I want to thank everybody for joining
us on tonight. I tell you it is truly, truly
always a blessing when I can share yet another author,
another individuals that creating and leaving a legacy. So I
want you, guys to make sure that you take an
opportunity to share this broadcast in your circle of influence,
(58:32):
share it with somebody. You never know what the next
person may be in need of. Again, I want to
thank you guys for tuning in on tonight. I always
I love you guys. I appreciate you guys, and I
hope to see you again on tomorrow y'all. Will have
another author with us tomorrow night, y'all. We are continuing
(58:52):
to bring those authors a part of the one hundred
author movement. We want you to know who they are
because they've decided to allow their brands to speak, So
we are gonna do them a service and allow them
to be seen. So again I invite you to come
back on tomorrow nights and be with the Queen once again.
(59:15):
All right, y'all, be blessed, have a good night,
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