August 28, 2025 • 32 mins
Ever wonder where the time goes?
Maurice and Kafi share a heartfelt conversation about the changing landscape of family gatherings, the bittersweet nostalgia for simpler times, and the challenges of keeping traditions alive in a fast-paced world. Discover how they navigate the complexities of adulthood while cherishing the moments that truly matter.
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Maurice and Kafi share a heartfelt conversation about the changing landscape of family gatherings, the bittersweet nostalgia for simpler times, and the challenges of keeping traditions alive in a fast-paced world. Discover how they navigate the complexities of adulthood while cherishing the moments that truly matter.
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- Importance of open communication and adapting traditions.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I want to know what is it that you really
missed doing or something that you used to like to do,
or whatever it is, because life changes and whatever it
might be. So we'll talk about it right after this.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Let's talk good.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
About loving them and the way of God intend life
experience to.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Be shaw.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Help you spereanswant.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
So I'll just ask you a question, what's one of
the things that you kind of miss doing? And because
this time of year leading up to some holidays and
you know, it's end of the summer, all those type
of things, one of the things that Kafe and I
(00:59):
use to do all the time was host a summer
event because in all reality, we have two kids whose
birthdays are in the summer, one July, one September, both
of them are really by either Independence Day or Labor Day,
(01:20):
you know, and so we would do something. You know,
I think I would go truly, truly overboard in some
of those situations when we would do something. You know,
I remember one time, you know, we were we're in
the midst of cooking, and I ran to the store
and bought some Murray steaks.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
And so.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I just want to know for yourself, any of you
out there, what do you miss So I miss entertaining.
I missed that because we used to do it often,
and family dynas have changed, family priorities have shifted, time
(02:05):
has changed, so like even like right now with our
children being twenty four and about to be twenty one.
There I'm sorry twenty two, Thank you kauf that even
their interest and their time for their parents has changed
and shifted. And so because we didn't make it an
(02:25):
annual thing, we didn't do it always consistently. It's not like, hey,
I know that every second Saturday of August, I can't
go nowhere because we having a cookout, we having a
family dinner or whatever it might be. So even some
of the family traditional things have changed as well. So
that's one of the things that I kind of miss
(02:46):
because Coaufin and I were talking about, Hey, you know
what should we talk about? She brought up in the summer,
And that's one of the things that I'm like, hey,
you know what, in the summer, Yes, everybody's going to
go back to school and all that type of stuff. Yes,
the summer feels like it went by very very fast
for me. But that's one of things that I kind
of miss. I kind of missed that family gathering. What
about you, CoV I.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Canna agree, you know, whether it's summer or fall, or
you know, the summer gather I mean that family gatherings
have changed and shifted, And again I understand it's totally
different to do it as an adult. As you're explaining
my recent reference to getting things together, getting the house
cleaned before the people come, getting the house cleaned after
(03:29):
the people leave, you know, preparing all of the foods
and things like that. That's a lot versus Hey, outfit
am I gonna wear because I'm gonna go and hang
out with my cousins, and then we're gonna go hang out,
you know, somewhere else after we hang out with the family.
So that's a bit different of focus. Still hanging out
(03:53):
with the family, still the family gathering portion, but your
roles and duties at said function, you know, differ. So
but I think out of those two, I do like
you Mauric's I missed the hosting and having people gathered
(04:15):
together and making the most of any day. And it
didn't have to be a holiday. We didn't have things
on holidays necessarily, especially in the summertime. It didn't have
to be any reason. It was just like, Hey, the
weather's nice outside, and we have gas in our grill,
and let's make it happen, you know, come on over.
(04:37):
Not saying that there were a few events that we
had that it was totally pre planned, but then there
were some that was just kind of, hey, why not today?
So yeah, so I think I missed some of that
as well. I'm like you, I think the summer went
by quite fast. But I think some of that is
because we had a lot going on. We had a
(05:00):
conference you know, that we went to recently, and then
we're you know, gearing up for another trip later on
in the fall. So I think, you know, we kind
of let the summer go by. No, we didn't have
any plans.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
We didn't.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
I was just saying that to our daughter the other
day when we were driving around. I said, you know what,
we didn't go to the beach. We didn't go anywhere
this summer and didn't really really even have a thought
of going and doing anything like sticking our water, I mean,
sticking our toes in the water or just going close
to the water. We didn't do any of that this year.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
I think part of that is once again, schedules, you know,
and so how many of you out there have adult children,
and so your adult children have plans that don't include you,
and so as they're out doing their thing, whether it's working,
(06:02):
because in all honesty, in all honesty, no one is
off at the same time. Literally, like it's like everyone
has a whole nother schedule. And so I think that
kind of throws some of our planning off for anything
we got, you know, anything that we wanted to do,
(06:23):
Like you said, you know, if we wanted to go
to the beach and we wanted everybody to go, well,
we can't do that.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
So so.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I'm a little more flexible than everyone else. So it's
almost like I need to say, all right, well today
is wife Day, today is Sunday, today is daugh To Day.
But everybody can't go at once, you know. And so
I think that that's kind of the part that you
don't foresee is not easy in that type of transition.
(06:59):
We might have spoken about it like hey, you know, hey,
things are going to happen, but when it actually happens
as you're going through it, you know, as something else. Also,
I think, you know, to your point of us going
to the conference, like, so because we couldn't get them together,
you are not kind of like, well, we're still going
(07:20):
to do something, you know. So I think that that
changes things as well.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
I mean, I think it's all about what you want,
you know, As you said, hey, what's the tradition. Do
we have a tradition for us? We didn't have one.
But I think it's my advice to everybody out there
with adult children, even with the little children, make the
most of the moment that you have. It may not
be what you did last year. We had a whole
(07:50):
weekend event, you know, and vacation for a whole weekend,
or you vacation for a whole week. It may just
be a half a day trip, you know, may not
even be a full day and overnight and all those things.
And I know Maurice would like to take the whole
day and you know, if I'm going to drive all
the way there, I want to spend the night. Well,
sometimes that can't happen. So you just have to find
(08:14):
a happy medium or just don't do them at all,
you know. So, like you said, I think it's not
what our ideal picture was when we sat down and thought, hey,
you know, what's life going to be like once our
kids get older and grow up and during their thing.
I don't think either one of us thought that they
would have jobs that called them to work on nights
(08:38):
or called them to work on weekends, because you know,
traditionally people worked nine to five Monday through Friday, and
so that's kind of what I guess. My thought was like, hey,
we'll be able to continue certain traditions and weekend events
and cookouts and vacationing together. But as you stated, even
(09:05):
beyond them having other things going on, it's just difficult
because of their work schedules, the types of jobs that
they have. One of them works at a place that's
open twenty four to seven, so they could be called
in or their shift could be whenever. The other one works,
you know, at a retail and that is opened three
(09:29):
hundred and sixty four days of the year and again
long extended hours, so they could be called in or
need to work at various shifts.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
So I mean, both of their jobs are twenty four hours.
Being employee wise, is twenty four hours, seven days a week.
Like I said, one actually his place closes at eleven
I believe or something like that. Whatever it is ten eleven,
whatever it is. But still, you know, I think at
(10:05):
one time someone did ask if he could stay later
and you know, do an overnight shift at one you know,
at one particular time, you know, But I don't think that,
or like I said, for myself, I really didn't.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
I just didn't take in consideration the you know, the
the house.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Soon their schedules would change, I know, like, hey, you
know what you know, yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Go and be gainfully employed.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Yes, but I didn't realize that it was also going
to be a situation where in all reality, your day's
office only on Monday and Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Where so that means every weekend you're at work.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
You know, that means you know, him trying to coincide
with someone like Hugh Cough. You're off on Saturday and Sunday,
you know, and so you know, so what is he
supposed to do?
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Is he supposed to take off? Are you supposed to
take off? You know?
Speaker 1 (11:09):
And then you try to throw Jane into the mix,
and she's on a rotation, you know, which is harder.
You know, So how do you manage that? How many
of you out there, even for yourself, like, how do
you really manage that? Especially if you don't get that
many vacation days, you don't get that many you know,
(11:29):
personal days.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
How do you manage that? And how do you know?
And so.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Cop as you stated, and I and if you listen
to that last episode when I said, you know, to everyone,
you know, are you really maximizing the time that you have?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
You know, are you really enjoying it?
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Or are you, you know, so busy and caught up
and stuff that you're not able to enjoy the moment.
And I know for myself, I haven't always enjoyed the moment. Yes,
I would get caught up, spend the time, and hey,
I gotta work, I gotta push, I gotta do, I
gotta do, you know whatever.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
And then I get COVID, you know.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
And I'm just telling y'all for this, you know, this
past summer, which also threw off my time. I get,
I get COVID, and now I'm down, you know. Now
I'm thinking about my mortality. I'm thinking about, like, you know,
so some really really weird, crazy things. And have I
(12:28):
really enjoyed my time while I'm here? I haven't always
you know, you and I cove you know, we talk
about it often. How it's not until recently, more or
less since the kid's been older, that we've been able
to really enjoy the idea of marriage. And I think
(12:50):
that's some of the things that you know, when people
talk about these type of things on social media or whatever,
you know, everybody somedingo like, yeah, gotta go get mine,
I gotta go get my bag and all that type
of stuff. That's fine, you know, do you but there's
a little bit more to life than just a bag.
(13:11):
You know, Are you willing to deal with being in
a position of where yo in sickness and health and
richard for poor? Like, you know, are you really committed
to those type of words? And I think some of
us are not. And we don't understand the real depth
(13:32):
of those words either until you go through it.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
And then you go through it, you be like, oh wow,
like I'm not built for this.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Well for me, I guess I was because I didn't
grow with a spoon in my in my mouth. You know,
I'm sorry spoon. It could have been a wispoon, but
that you know, so I think that's the difference. You know, Coyfe,
(14:00):
you know, you and I spoke about how, you know,
how our kids really come up like they're spoiled, Like
they don't understand the struggles that we had because we
hided away from them to some degree, or we made
it into something else, right, So they don't.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
You know.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
So when you know, our daughter who's moving on in
life and having other you know, experiences and about to
have way more experiences coming, you know, very shortly, and
we're like like like CoV like you said to me,
you know, Marie's what did she see when she grew up?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
You know, what did she have? What did she experience?
Speaker 1 (14:42):
And those are the type of things where we're like,
all right, well, I know my mom didn't have cookouts
like that.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
We didn't have people over our house, right, you know.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
And so as my daughter used to having those type
of moments, she is to some degree, you know. And
she used to having you know, more than one snack
in the house. Oh yeah, she is right, you know.
You know, as our son, you know, able to come
downstairs and play more than one video game system throughout
(15:12):
the house, Oh yes, he is, you know.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
And so.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Again those type of things where other households didn't have,
especially when that I grew up in, I didn't have that,
you know, so I think those are things that you know, again,
as I'm asking y'all, what do y'all miss and what
has changed for y'all, Like, those are some of the
things that has changed for me in some of the
family times, because not just our children, but even our
(15:40):
friends children, everybody got caught up. I mean, in all
honesty for those of you who are who are like me.
Where I coach little league football, right now, I'll be
at football practice or you know, or I'm sorry, within
football practice or whatever it might be. And then next thing,
you know, where in practice and games up until October November.
(16:03):
Oh I'm sorry then, because Kafa, you know, it's in
cheerleading with Jane, and then Janey got competitions up until
Thanksgiving and or even after Thanksgiven. So you know, so
you're talking a good four to six months basically of
being busy. So now all of a sudden, and then
(16:23):
not only that leading up to things given, then even
on Thanksgiven Day. Oh wow, like you think that, oh yeah,
we're gonna get together. Well no, we in a Thanksgiving
Day parade, right so now when we get home, we're
dog tired. Do you feel like especially carrying them balloons
ain't nobody feel like doing anything else. So yeah, I
think some of those things, lifestyles experiences kind of took
(16:46):
away from some of the other parts that we really
liked and cherished.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
So what of that do you miss? Do you miss?
Do you miss football practice? In football games?
Speaker 1 (17:00):
And to some degree I do, you know, so, so
do I miss it as much as I It's like
a give or take because can I sit here and
say that one way was worse than the other, Well,
you know those football practices and stuff. Well, I was
coaching my son, so I was able to have father
(17:21):
son time, right, you know, So can I take that away?
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Not really.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
So it's so it's really hard to say what the
give and take is because as much as we like
the family gathering part, also enjoyed being with my son.
So I don't know, it's hard to say.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Well, I mean I wasn't saying choose one. I was
just asking, you know, the things that you had mentioned
whether or not you had are those on your list
as well of things that you miss from the past.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yeah, I don't miss it as It's hard because sometimes,
as I was talking to my great great aunt, you know,
recently about how the family has been disconnected, and a
lot of that comes down to and because the family
does not visit one another like they might have back.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
In the past.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
Yeah, everybody's into their own thing. Like you said, there's
not any togetherness. Everyone is in their own house and
in their own corner, in their own zone. So all
of those things, whether it was just getting together just
to get together, and you know, it wasn't like, hey,
(18:40):
somebody's having a cookout, it was just it just kind
of happened. And those were the best ones to me, Yeah,
because it wasn't like all this planning went into play.
You know, where everything is now a production if you will,
(19:01):
where the you know, utensils have to match the plats
and we have to have enough of this and enough
of that. Like you were just happy to be together,
you know, were we without? Do I remember running out
of food. I don't remember as a child running out
of food, but I do remember going places in You
could tell like this was not a planned gathering. Food
(19:25):
wasn't all spread out, and you know, all of those things,
but it still was a good time because it was
family time and those are the things that you remember
of being with family, you know. So it's not about Hey,
I remember that time we went to my aunt's house
and she had matching plates and the f you know,
the cups and the spoons and and all matched, and
(19:47):
you know, she had five different types of meats and
fourteen different salads. As a older person, you might because
you host as well, but just in the midst of things, no,
I don't, And that's not what makes that event special
necessarily so for me at least. Yeah, you know, like,
(20:11):
oh my gosh, is it a talking point. It can be,
but I think, you know, what most people will remember
is just that that community and that family time and again,
it's not there as much as it used to be.
You know. I was looking at some things, I guess
from historic type things, and just listening to the interviews
(20:37):
how much it was such a family bonding, like everybody
was together, already counted on one another, dependent upon one
another in some regard. But now it's like, I'm independent,
I don't need anybody, you know, I can do this
on my own. And that's where we are. We're on
our own by ourselves, you know. And I think that
(20:58):
says a whole lot when it comes to everything else
that's going on in this world, politically, economically, you know,
all the leaves, and then to try to do things independently.
It's it's tough. I think we could be as a people,
(21:20):
as a as a couple, as a family, we could
be so much further along if we, like you said,
talked more, if we had more family gatherings, and we
would certainly, And we've talked about this, I think on
the show. I know you've talked about it on your
other show, that Will Never Work podcast and reference to hey,
like if the family came together and talked about goals
(21:43):
and financial goals, like, hey, like, where do we need
to be? I remember, you know, back in the day,
people would get together and talk about insurance policies. Hey,
I'm gon get insurance policy. You're on Grandma, you know
what I mean. So now nobody wants to talk about that,
Like I want to talk about death and dying. You know,
let alone put out how much that might be to
(22:06):
get an insurance policy. Now, some of those policies weren't good,
they fell to the wayside, but that's hearsaying. But you know,
still the topic of everybody coming together, that's another thing
that I missed. Now again, we didn't always talk about
serious business that I can recall, because again I was young,
(22:27):
so I don't even if they were talking about things,
I wasn't always in the room or in that moment,
but still thinking about where we could be as a people,
where we could be as a family. If you know, sisters, brothers, nieces,
nephews even just starting there would come together and know
(22:47):
what each other is doing and help each other out,
it would be great. I think I was listening to
somebody on social media and they said, like every month
they come together and put all their money in a pot,
and with that money they help one person, you know,
for whatever they're working on, to kind of get them
(23:11):
moving forward, whether it's to get things started or move
things that they've already started forward. And I listened to
that and I was like, my family used to do
something like that back in the day. But it was
called the liquor club. What it was called a birthday club,
and they would put all they money in a pot
and everybody would buy whoever's birthday it was that month,
(23:32):
a bunch of liquor. So that was their community of
everybody coming together. I remember also on another note, Pollyannas
and birthday clubs and things like that that the family
would do together and support one another, and that's kind
of gone away, you know.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
But I mean that's I hear what you're saying. It's
not the same though, because.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
One hand it sounds supportive, right, But on the other hand,
as what you're stating, we're putting money in the pot.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
To help this individual.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
So are you going to take that five hundred dollars
and spend it on liquor? Or you're gonna take that
five hundred dollars to help them pay their light bill?
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Right or start a business?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Right? You know? So I think those are two different.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Mentalities are different. But just the fact that people are talking,
you know what I mean, says a whole lot as well.
Right now, it's like we ain't even talking.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
But again, you know, so think about what you're stating
as well. You know, So if all anyone is doing
is getting together to party, you are totally you are
so far away from talking about goals and dreams and
all that type of stuff, So that that's.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Really you're a lot closer than those that don't get
together at all.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
No, I don't agree, I don't. I mean, that's just again,
this is my opinion, my opinion and reason why I
said I don't agree, because all I'm doing is supporting
your your habit or your place of failure. That's the
way I look at it. So so we're, you know,
(25:15):
one fail, we all fail, all right. That's cool for you, you
get what I mean. It's not for me though, so
you know, so I mean, I get the idea of hey,
we're supporting each other. We're there, but you know, everybody
drinking their you know, problems away. That's kind of productive
(25:38):
for me. And now let me now again, you're talking
to Maurice that's forty nine years old. There's a forty
nine year old Maurice. If you would have talked to
twenty four year old Maurice, let's go twenty five years ago.
Twenty four year old Maurice might have looked at things
(25:58):
differently because of wanting to party, not knowing who I am,
not understanding what my goals are, looking at you know, family,
dynamic and generational wealth, and you know, goals and dreams
and aspirations and desire for the children and all like
I mean, I'm twenty four or twenty five years old.
I mean, well, twenty four, I don't have kids yet,
(26:20):
you know. So the adult Maurice, the more responsible maurice,
the one that wants to live to see tomorrow, the
one that wants to say, hey, I want to see
my grandkids. It's a different space for me, you know.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
So. But and then here's the other part of that
as well.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
For those family members that you see that get together
in that space, right especially those as you see on
social media right now, it is pure mayhem for what
you see on social media.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
Now.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Granted, I'm pretty sure that there are some families that
out there that get together and they do that type.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Of stuff, and they can have a nice social.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Event, playing spades, playing dominoes, you know, eating their food
or whatever it is. But again, for me, and like
I said, at my age right now and what I'm
looking to do, and I guess because I listened to
some of our seniors as well, because of that lifestyle
(27:24):
that they had, how healthy are they today?
Speaker 2 (27:29):
They're not doing the greatest, you get what I mean,
you know.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
So that's the reason why I said, like, all right,
I get the premise, but I'm not down with it.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
I don't support that though, And I was more so
supporting the fact that they're getting together. I understand, you know,
and I support what you're saying, and understand what you're saying.
In reference to hey, for alcoholic purposes or whatever. No,
that's not a reason to get together. That's not a positive.
It actually is the reverse. But in reference to just
(28:02):
the family getting together, it's something that doesn't happen. And
like you just said, like, hey, you know, one of
the things that you miss is the family gathering is
a cookout, a summer time gathering with friends and family, right,
and we just haven't had that in some time.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Yeah, I mean, And so now, now let me clarify
this as well. Even when we did get together, do
we have some beverages there? We did, that's like, so,
so let's not let's not fake the funk on that, right.
You know, we did have alcoholic beverages, but no one
left drunk, No one left with in a position where
(28:46):
we're like, we're not sure they're gonna get home.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Do you get what I mean? No one left in
that state, you know. And so.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Yeah, so I think that's you know, so let me
I just want to make sure that y'all are clear
on that as well, that I'm not going to sit
here and say.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Oh, yeah, we're good at two shoes and all we
had was iced tea.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
You know, we had hard iced team maybe you know
or whatever, but and we had, you know, stuff that
might have been harder than that. But you know, but
I just want to make sure that we're clear that,
you know, I'm not really condoning the at this stage
again in my life, because I've seen so many other
(29:26):
situations and outcomes that just have not been progressive productive,
and we've have we have had because of some of
those things that turn into other addictions. There's some people
that didn't even make sixty years old, you get what
I mean. You know, there's some people cousins or whatever
(29:48):
else that were life at a party. We missed their laughter,
we missed their jokes and all that type of stuff,
but they're not here anymore, you get what I mean.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
You know, so unfortunately I have.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
That's why I said, for me, it's just kind of
some of those negative spaces in that.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
That's all, you know. So I but I totally understand.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
I totally agree with the family getting together, you know,
I do you know, I am there.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
Though, So when are you hosting your next event?
Speaker 2 (30:23):
Oh? Probably never.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
I don't know, because of you know, again again, here's
here's the other part of this as well.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
For those of you who are like me, probably not
in the place or space that.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
You want to be in to host again, you know,
maybe you want to be in another location being where
you live. Maybe you don't want to, you know, put
the money out there to rent a hall whatever it is,
but it might be something we might really need to consider.
We've talked about it. We just never pulled the trigger.
(31:00):
It's not like the thought hasn't been there. And the
other thing is is that, like because of all these funerals,
you know, everybody's like, hey, you know, like unfortunately I
had a cousin and say, you know, we're getting together
for somebody's birthday and it's not a funeral. Two weeks
later as a funeral, you get what I mean, you know,
(31:21):
So yeah, it's just kind of crazy. It's kind of crazy.
So you know, but those are the type of things
that were you know, I kind of miss I kind
of missed that family.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
Gathering to some degree.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
And any other part is that, you know, like you said,
beyond being individuals leading on ourselves, we can't trust each
other for whatever reason. Because we don't know each other,
we're technically strangers to some degree, you know, So I
think that's the other difference as well. But you know,
let me know what your thoughts are and how y'all
(31:55):
feel about some of the things that y'all miss, especially
at the end of the summer, you know, Gary, going
to the fall.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
All that type of stuff. So I thank you very
much for listening.
Speaker 3 (32:09):
Thank you so much, and we'll talk to you a
little later.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Bye.
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Speaker 2 (32:26):
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Speaker 4 (32:28):
Until next time, stay rooted in love and remember every
seed you plant today shapes the fruit of tomorrow.
I want to know what is it that you really
missed doing or something that you used to like to do,
or whatever it is, because life changes and whatever it
might be. So we'll talk about it right after this.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Let's talk good.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
About loving them and the way of God intend life
experience to.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
Be shaw.
Speaker 3 (00:33):
Help you spereanswant.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
So I'll just ask you a question, what's one of
the things that you kind of miss doing? And because
this time of year leading up to some holidays and
you know, it's end of the summer, all those type
of things, one of the things that Kafe and I
(00:59):
use to do all the time was host a summer
event because in all reality, we have two kids whose
birthdays are in the summer, one July, one September, both
of them are really by either Independence Day or Labor Day,
(01:20):
you know, and so we would do something. You know,
I think I would go truly, truly overboard in some
of those situations when we would do something. You know,
I remember one time, you know, we were we're in
the midst of cooking, and I ran to the store
and bought some Murray steaks.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
And so.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
I just want to know for yourself, any of you
out there, what do you miss So I miss entertaining.
I missed that because we used to do it often,
and family dynas have changed, family priorities have shifted, time
(02:05):
has changed, so like even like right now with our
children being twenty four and about to be twenty one.
There I'm sorry twenty two, Thank you kauf that even
their interest and their time for their parents has changed
and shifted. And so because we didn't make it an
(02:25):
annual thing, we didn't do it always consistently. It's not like, hey,
I know that every second Saturday of August, I can't
go nowhere because we having a cookout, we having a
family dinner or whatever it might be. So even some
of the family traditional things have changed as well. So
that's one of the things that I kind of miss
(02:46):
because Coaufin and I were talking about, Hey, you know
what should we talk about? She brought up in the summer,
And that's one of the things that I'm like, hey,
you know what, in the summer, Yes, everybody's going to
go back to school and all that type of stuff. Yes,
the summer feels like it went by very very fast
for me. But that's one of things that I kind
of miss. I kind of missed that family gathering. What
about you, CoV I.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Canna agree, you know, whether it's summer or fall, or
you know, the summer gather I mean that family gatherings
have changed and shifted, And again I understand it's totally
different to do it as an adult. As you're explaining
my recent reference to getting things together, getting the house
cleaned before the people come, getting the house cleaned after
(03:29):
the people leave, you know, preparing all of the foods
and things like that. That's a lot versus Hey, outfit
am I gonna wear because I'm gonna go and hang
out with my cousins, and then we're gonna go hang out,
you know, somewhere else after we hang out with the family.
So that's a bit different of focus. Still hanging out
(03:53):
with the family, still the family gathering portion, but your
roles and duties at said function, you know, differ. So
but I think out of those two, I do like
you Mauric's I missed the hosting and having people gathered
(04:15):
together and making the most of any day. And it
didn't have to be a holiday. We didn't have things
on holidays necessarily, especially in the summertime. It didn't have
to be any reason. It was just like, Hey, the
weather's nice outside, and we have gas in our grill,
and let's make it happen, you know, come on over.
(04:37):
Not saying that there were a few events that we
had that it was totally pre planned, but then there
were some that was just kind of, hey, why not today?
So yeah, so I think I missed some of that
as well. I'm like you, I think the summer went
by quite fast. But I think some of that is
because we had a lot going on. We had a
(05:00):
conference you know, that we went to recently, and then
we're you know, gearing up for another trip later on
in the fall. So I think, you know, we kind
of let the summer go by. No, we didn't have
any plans.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
We didn't.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
I was just saying that to our daughter the other
day when we were driving around. I said, you know what,
we didn't go to the beach. We didn't go anywhere
this summer and didn't really really even have a thought
of going and doing anything like sticking our water, I mean,
sticking our toes in the water or just going close
to the water. We didn't do any of that this year.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
I think part of that is once again, schedules, you know,
and so how many of you out there have adult children,
and so your adult children have plans that don't include you,
and so as they're out doing their thing, whether it's working,
(06:02):
because in all honesty, in all honesty, no one is
off at the same time. Literally, like it's like everyone
has a whole nother schedule. And so I think that
kind of throws some of our planning off for anything
we got, you know, anything that we wanted to do,
(06:23):
Like you said, you know, if we wanted to go
to the beach and we wanted everybody to go, well,
we can't do that.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
So so.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
I'm a little more flexible than everyone else. So it's
almost like I need to say, all right, well today
is wife Day, today is Sunday, today is daugh To Day.
But everybody can't go at once, you know. And so
I think that that's kind of the part that you
don't foresee is not easy in that type of transition.
(06:59):
We might have spoken about it like hey, you know, hey,
things are going to happen, but when it actually happens
as you're going through it, you know, as something else. Also,
I think, you know, to your point of us going
to the conference, like, so because we couldn't get them together,
you are not kind of like, well, we're still going
(07:20):
to do something, you know. So I think that that
changes things as well.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
I mean, I think it's all about what you want,
you know, As you said, hey, what's the tradition. Do
we have a tradition for us? We didn't have one.
But I think it's my advice to everybody out there
with adult children, even with the little children, make the
most of the moment that you have. It may not
be what you did last year. We had a whole
(07:50):
weekend event, you know, and vacation for a whole weekend,
or you vacation for a whole week. It may just
be a half a day trip, you know, may not
even be a full day and overnight and all those things.
And I know Maurice would like to take the whole
day and you know, if I'm going to drive all
the way there, I want to spend the night. Well,
sometimes that can't happen. So you just have to find
(08:14):
a happy medium or just don't do them at all,
you know. So, like you said, I think it's not
what our ideal picture was when we sat down and thought, hey,
you know, what's life going to be like once our
kids get older and grow up and during their thing.
I don't think either one of us thought that they
would have jobs that called them to work on nights
(08:38):
or called them to work on weekends, because you know,
traditionally people worked nine to five Monday through Friday, and
so that's kind of what I guess. My thought was like, hey,
we'll be able to continue certain traditions and weekend events
and cookouts and vacationing together. But as you stated, even
(09:05):
beyond them having other things going on, it's just difficult
because of their work schedules, the types of jobs that
they have. One of them works at a place that's
open twenty four to seven, so they could be called
in or their shift could be whenever. The other one works,
you know, at a retail and that is opened three
(09:29):
hundred and sixty four days of the year and again
long extended hours, so they could be called in or
need to work at various shifts.
Speaker 1 (09:41):
So I mean, both of their jobs are twenty four hours.
Being employee wise, is twenty four hours, seven days a week.
Like I said, one actually his place closes at eleven
I believe or something like that. Whatever it is ten eleven,
whatever it is. But still, you know, I think at
(10:05):
one time someone did ask if he could stay later
and you know, do an overnight shift at one you know,
at one particular time, you know, But I don't think that,
or like I said, for myself, I really didn't.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
I just didn't take in consideration the you know, the
the house.
Speaker 1 (10:27):
Soon their schedules would change, I know, like, hey, you
know what you know, yeah.
Speaker 2 (10:34):
Go and be gainfully employed.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
Yes, but I didn't realize that it was also going
to be a situation where in all reality, your day's
office only on Monday and Tuesday.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
Where so that means every weekend you're at work.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
You know, that means you know, him trying to coincide
with someone like Hugh Cough. You're off on Saturday and Sunday,
you know, and so you know, so what is he
supposed to do?
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Is he supposed to take off? Are you supposed to
take off? You know?
Speaker 1 (11:09):
And then you try to throw Jane into the mix,
and she's on a rotation, you know, which is harder.
You know, So how do you manage that? How many
of you out there, even for yourself, like, how do
you really manage that? Especially if you don't get that
many vacation days, you don't get that many you know,
(11:29):
personal days.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
How do you manage that? And how do you know?
And so.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
Cop as you stated, and I and if you listen
to that last episode when I said, you know, to everyone,
you know, are you really maximizing the time that you have?
Speaker 2 (11:46):
You know, are you really enjoying it?
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Or are you, you know, so busy and caught up
and stuff that you're not able to enjoy the moment.
And I know for myself, I haven't always enjoyed the moment. Yes,
I would get caught up, spend the time, and hey,
I gotta work, I gotta push, I gotta do, I
gotta do, you know whatever.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
And then I get COVID, you know.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
And I'm just telling y'all for this, you know, this
past summer, which also threw off my time. I get,
I get COVID, and now I'm down, you know. Now
I'm thinking about my mortality. I'm thinking about, like, you know,
so some really really weird, crazy things. And have I
(12:28):
really enjoyed my time while I'm here? I haven't always
you know, you and I cove you know, we talk
about it often. How it's not until recently, more or
less since the kid's been older, that we've been able
to really enjoy the idea of marriage. And I think
(12:50):
that's some of the things that you know, when people
talk about these type of things on social media or whatever,
you know, everybody somedingo like, yeah, gotta go get mine,
I gotta go get my bag and all that type
of stuff. That's fine, you know, do you but there's
a little bit more to life than just a bag.
(13:11):
You know, Are you willing to deal with being in
a position of where yo in sickness and health and
richard for poor? Like, you know, are you really committed
to those type of words? And I think some of
us are not. And we don't understand the real depth
(13:32):
of those words either until you go through it.
Speaker 2 (13:34):
And then you go through it, you be like, oh wow,
like I'm not built for this.
Speaker 1 (13:39):
Well for me, I guess I was because I didn't
grow with a spoon in my in my mouth. You know,
I'm sorry spoon. It could have been a wispoon, but
that you know, so I think that's the difference. You know, Coyfe,
(14:00):
you know, you and I spoke about how, you know,
how our kids really come up like they're spoiled, Like
they don't understand the struggles that we had because we
hided away from them to some degree, or we made
it into something else, right, So they don't.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
You know.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
So when you know, our daughter who's moving on in
life and having other you know, experiences and about to
have way more experiences coming, you know, very shortly, and
we're like like like CoV like you said to me,
you know, Marie's what did she see when she grew up?
Speaker 2 (14:38):
You know, what did she have? What did she experience?
Speaker 1 (14:42):
And those are the type of things where we're like,
all right, well, I know my mom didn't have cookouts
like that.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
We didn't have people over our house, right, you know.
Speaker 1 (14:50):
And so as my daughter used to having those type
of moments, she is to some degree, you know. And
she used to having you know, more than one snack
in the house. Oh yeah, she is right, you know.
You know, as our son, you know, able to come
downstairs and play more than one video game system throughout
(15:12):
the house, Oh yes, he is, you know.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
And so.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Again those type of things where other households didn't have,
especially when that I grew up in, I didn't have that,
you know, so I think those are things that you know, again,
as I'm asking y'all, what do y'all miss and what
has changed for y'all, Like, those are some of the
things that has changed for me in some of the
family times, because not just our children, but even our
(15:40):
friends children, everybody got caught up. I mean, in all
honesty for those of you who are who are like me.
Where I coach little league football, right now, I'll be
at football practice or you know, or I'm sorry, within
football practice or whatever it might be. And then next thing,
you know, where in practice and games up until October November.
(16:03):
Oh I'm sorry then, because Kafa, you know, it's in
cheerleading with Jane, and then Janey got competitions up until
Thanksgiving and or even after Thanksgiven. So you know, so
you're talking a good four to six months basically of
being busy. So now all of a sudden, and then
(16:23):
not only that leading up to things given, then even
on Thanksgiven Day. Oh wow, like you think that, oh yeah,
we're gonna get together. Well no, we in a Thanksgiving
Day parade, right so now when we get home, we're
dog tired. Do you feel like especially carrying them balloons
ain't nobody feel like doing anything else. So yeah, I
think some of those things, lifestyles experiences kind of took
(16:46):
away from some of the other parts that we really
liked and cherished.
Speaker 3 (16:53):
So what of that do you miss? Do you miss?
Do you miss football practice? In football games?
Speaker 1 (17:00):
And to some degree I do, you know, so, so
do I miss it as much as I It's like
a give or take because can I sit here and
say that one way was worse than the other, Well,
you know those football practices and stuff. Well, I was
coaching my son, so I was able to have father
(17:21):
son time, right, you know, So can I take that away?
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Not really.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
So it's so it's really hard to say what the
give and take is because as much as we like
the family gathering part, also enjoyed being with my son.
So I don't know, it's hard to say.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Well, I mean I wasn't saying choose one. I was
just asking, you know, the things that you had mentioned
whether or not you had are those on your list
as well of things that you miss from the past.
Speaker 1 (17:57):
Yeah, I don't miss it as It's hard because sometimes,
as I was talking to my great great aunt, you know,
recently about how the family has been disconnected, and a
lot of that comes down to and because the family
does not visit one another like they might have back.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
In the past.
Speaker 3 (18:20):
Yeah, everybody's into their own thing. Like you said, there's
not any togetherness. Everyone is in their own house and
in their own corner, in their own zone. So all
of those things, whether it was just getting together just
to get together, and you know, it wasn't like, hey,
(18:40):
somebody's having a cookout, it was just it just kind
of happened. And those were the best ones to me, Yeah,
because it wasn't like all this planning went into play.
You know, where everything is now a production if you will,
(19:01):
where the you know, utensils have to match the plats
and we have to have enough of this and enough
of that. Like you were just happy to be together,
you know, were we without? Do I remember running out
of food. I don't remember as a child running out
of food, but I do remember going places in You
could tell like this was not a planned gathering. Food
(19:25):
wasn't all spread out, and you know, all of those things,
but it still was a good time because it was
family time and those are the things that you remember
of being with family, you know. So it's not about Hey,
I remember that time we went to my aunt's house
and she had matching plates and the f you know,
the cups and the spoons and and all matched, and
(19:47):
you know, she had five different types of meats and
fourteen different salads. As a older person, you might because
you host as well, but just in the midst of things, no,
I don't, And that's not what makes that event special
necessarily so for me at least. Yeah, you know, like,
(20:11):
oh my gosh, is it a talking point. It can be,
but I think, you know, what most people will remember
is just that that community and that family time and again,
it's not there as much as it used to be.
You know. I was looking at some things, I guess
from historic type things, and just listening to the interviews
(20:37):
how much it was such a family bonding, like everybody
was together, already counted on one another, dependent upon one
another in some regard. But now it's like, I'm independent,
I don't need anybody, you know, I can do this
on my own. And that's where we are. We're on
our own by ourselves, you know. And I think that
(20:58):
says a whole lot when it comes to everything else
that's going on in this world, politically, economically, you know,
all the leaves, and then to try to do things independently.
It's it's tough. I think we could be as a people,
(21:20):
as a as a couple, as a family, we could
be so much further along if we, like you said,
talked more, if we had more family gatherings, and we
would certainly, And we've talked about this, I think on
the show. I know you've talked about it on your
other show, that Will Never Work podcast and reference to hey,
like if the family came together and talked about goals
(21:43):
and financial goals, like, hey, like, where do we need
to be? I remember, you know, back in the day,
people would get together and talk about insurance policies. Hey,
I'm gon get insurance policy. You're on Grandma, you know
what I mean. So now nobody wants to talk about that,
Like I want to talk about death and dying. You know,
let alone put out how much that might be to
(22:06):
get an insurance policy. Now, some of those policies weren't good,
they fell to the wayside, but that's hearsaying. But you know,
still the topic of everybody coming together, that's another thing
that I missed. Now again, we didn't always talk about
serious business that I can recall, because again I was young,
(22:27):
so I don't even if they were talking about things,
I wasn't always in the room or in that moment,
but still thinking about where we could be as a people,
where we could be as a family. If you know, sisters, brothers, nieces,
nephews even just starting there would come together and know
(22:47):
what each other is doing and help each other out,
it would be great. I think I was listening to
somebody on social media and they said, like every month
they come together and put all their money in a pot,
and with that money they help one person, you know,
for whatever they're working on, to kind of get them
(23:11):
moving forward, whether it's to get things started or move
things that they've already started forward. And I listened to
that and I was like, my family used to do
something like that back in the day. But it was
called the liquor club. What it was called a birthday club,
and they would put all they money in a pot
and everybody would buy whoever's birthday it was that month,
(23:32):
a bunch of liquor. So that was their community of
everybody coming together. I remember also on another note, Pollyannas
and birthday clubs and things like that that the family
would do together and support one another, and that's kind
of gone away, you know.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
But I mean that's I hear what you're saying. It's
not the same though, because.
Speaker 1 (24:00):
One hand it sounds supportive, right, But on the other hand,
as what you're stating, we're putting money in the pot.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
To help this individual.
Speaker 1 (24:11):
So are you going to take that five hundred dollars
and spend it on liquor? Or you're gonna take that
five hundred dollars to help them pay their light bill?
Speaker 3 (24:19):
Right or start a business?
Speaker 2 (24:20):
Right? You know? So I think those are two different.
Speaker 3 (24:22):
Mentalities are different. But just the fact that people are talking,
you know what I mean, says a whole lot as well.
Right now, it's like we ain't even talking.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
But again, you know, so think about what you're stating
as well. You know, So if all anyone is doing
is getting together to party, you are totally you are
so far away from talking about goals and dreams and
all that type of stuff, So that that's.
Speaker 3 (24:50):
Really you're a lot closer than those that don't get
together at all.
Speaker 1 (24:54):
No, I don't agree, I don't. I mean, that's just again,
this is my opinion, my opinion and reason why I
said I don't agree, because all I'm doing is supporting
your your habit or your place of failure. That's the
way I look at it. So so we're, you know,
(25:15):
one fail, we all fail, all right. That's cool for you, you
get what I mean. It's not for me though, so
you know, so I mean, I get the idea of hey,
we're supporting each other. We're there, but you know, everybody
drinking their you know, problems away. That's kind of productive
(25:38):
for me. And now let me now again, you're talking
to Maurice that's forty nine years old. There's a forty
nine year old Maurice. If you would have talked to
twenty four year old Maurice, let's go twenty five years ago.
Twenty four year old Maurice might have looked at things
(25:58):
differently because of wanting to party, not knowing who I am,
not understanding what my goals are, looking at you know, family,
dynamic and generational wealth, and you know, goals and dreams
and aspirations and desire for the children and all like
I mean, I'm twenty four or twenty five years old.
I mean, well, twenty four, I don't have kids yet,
(26:20):
you know. So the adult Maurice, the more responsible maurice,
the one that wants to live to see tomorrow, the
one that wants to say, hey, I want to see
my grandkids. It's a different space for me, you know.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
So. But and then here's the other part of that
as well.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
For those family members that you see that get together
in that space, right especially those as you see on
social media right now, it is pure mayhem for what
you see on social media.
Speaker 2 (26:54):
Now.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Granted, I'm pretty sure that there are some families that
out there that get together and they do that type.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Of stuff, and they can have a nice social.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Event, playing spades, playing dominoes, you know, eating their food
or whatever it is. But again, for me, and like
I said, at my age right now and what I'm
looking to do, and I guess because I listened to
some of our seniors as well, because of that lifestyle
(27:24):
that they had, how healthy are they today?
Speaker 2 (27:29):
They're not doing the greatest, you get what I mean,
you know.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
So that's the reason why I said, like, all right,
I get the premise, but I'm not down with it.
Speaker 3 (27:39):
I don't support that though, And I was more so
supporting the fact that they're getting together. I understand, you know,
and I support what you're saying, and understand what you're saying.
In reference to hey, for alcoholic purposes or whatever. No,
that's not a reason to get together. That's not a positive.
It actually is the reverse. But in reference to just
(28:02):
the family getting together, it's something that doesn't happen. And
like you just said, like, hey, you know, one of
the things that you miss is the family gathering is
a cookout, a summer time gathering with friends and family, right,
and we just haven't had that in some time.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Yeah, I mean, And so now, now let me clarify
this as well. Even when we did get together, do
we have some beverages there? We did, that's like, so,
so let's not let's not fake the funk on that, right.
You know, we did have alcoholic beverages, but no one
left drunk, No one left with in a position where
(28:46):
we're like, we're not sure they're gonna get home.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Do you get what I mean? No one left in
that state, you know. And so.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Yeah, so I think that's you know, so let me
I just want to make sure that y'all are clear
on that as well, that I'm not going to sit
here and say.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Oh, yeah, we're good at two shoes and all we
had was iced tea.
Speaker 1 (29:05):
You know, we had hard iced team maybe you know
or whatever, but and we had, you know, stuff that
might have been harder than that. But you know, but
I just want to make sure that we're clear that,
you know, I'm not really condoning the at this stage
again in my life, because I've seen so many other
(29:26):
situations and outcomes that just have not been progressive productive,
and we've have we have had because of some of
those things that turn into other addictions. There's some people
that didn't even make sixty years old, you get what
I mean. You know, there's some people cousins or whatever
(29:48):
else that were life at a party. We missed their laughter,
we missed their jokes and all that type of stuff,
but they're not here anymore, you get what I mean.
Speaker 2 (30:00):
You know, so unfortunately I have.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
That's why I said, for me, it's just kind of
some of those negative spaces in that.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
That's all, you know. So I but I totally understand.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
I totally agree with the family getting together, you know,
I do you know, I am there.
Speaker 3 (30:19):
Though, So when are you hosting your next event?
Speaker 2 (30:23):
Oh? Probably never.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
I don't know, because of you know, again again, here's
here's the other part of this as well.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
For those of you who are like me, probably not
in the place or space that.
Speaker 1 (30:36):
You want to be in to host again, you know,
maybe you want to be in another location being where
you live. Maybe you don't want to, you know, put
the money out there to rent a hall whatever it is,
but it might be something we might really need to consider.
We've talked about it. We just never pulled the trigger.
(31:00):
It's not like the thought hasn't been there. And the
other thing is is that, like because of all these funerals,
you know, everybody's like, hey, you know, like unfortunately I
had a cousin and say, you know, we're getting together
for somebody's birthday and it's not a funeral. Two weeks
later as a funeral, you get what I mean, you know,
(31:21):
So yeah, it's just kind of crazy. It's kind of crazy.
So you know, but those are the type of things
that were you know, I kind of miss I kind
of missed that family.
Speaker 2 (31:32):
Gathering to some degree.
Speaker 1 (31:33):
And any other part is that, you know, like you said,
beyond being individuals leading on ourselves, we can't trust each
other for whatever reason. Because we don't know each other,
we're technically strangers to some degree, you know, So I
think that's the other difference as well. But you know,
let me know what your thoughts are and how y'all
(31:55):
feel about some of the things that y'all miss, especially
at the end of the summer, you know, Gary, going
to the fall.
Speaker 2 (32:03):
All that type of stuff. So I thank you very
much for listening.
Speaker 3 (32:09):
Thank you so much, and we'll talk to you a
little later.
Speaker 2 (32:12):
Bye.
Speaker 4 (32:13):
Thanks for tuning in to another episode of a No
Fruit podcast, where we bring you fruitful conversations, ripen wisdom
and love that's deeply rooted. If you enjoyed this episode,
don't forget to subscribe, leave us a review, and share
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Speaker 2 (32:26):
A little inspiration in their death.
Speaker 4 (32:28):
Until next time, stay rooted in love and remember every
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