Hi, I'm Dr. Kim.
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And welcome to, Live To Be Well.
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I just want to
ask you a question.
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Have you ever
wavered to the left?
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To the right?
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Well this morning
we're going to talk about
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going straight ahead.
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I want to welcome my
guests, Torre and Nila Belle.
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Welcome to, Live To
Be Well. How you doing?
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- Good. How are
you? - Doing well.
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Good, good. You
a little nervous?
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Yeah.
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You are just fine.
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Well you know, when I talked to
you a couple of weeks ago, Nila,
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I asked you to give me a topic.
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And I don't want to
take credit for this.
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You came up with, "Not to
the left, not to the right,
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but straight ahead."
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Why that topic?
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Well-being fifteen has
a lot of temptations of
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peer pressure and everything.
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So some of my friends,
like, make bad decisions.
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So I'm always, like, kind
of the leader of the group
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that, like, always makes
the right, well not always,
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but, like, makes the
right decisions and, like, leads
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everyone to make
the right decisions.
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That's a blessing.
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What type of pressures
are you seeing in school,
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or it could be
church, or social media?
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What kind of
pressures, being fifteen?
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Drugs, boys.
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Yeah, that's like the main two.
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The main two.
So the drugs, boys.
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And you're a pretty girl.
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And so, what happens when a
boy approaches you, you know?
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Do they come correct?
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Or you know, "What's your name?"
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You know, because
you're not going for that.
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So what happens?
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Well you know,
they try to ease in.
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Like they say,
"Oh, you're cute."
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Like, they're already
telling you something you know.
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Like, some boys, like, I don't
want to say, holler at you,
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but like, they try to get
in your mind, and everything.
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Have you ever had an
incident where a young man
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came up on you, try to touch
you, or anything like that?
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No, but I had...
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Well, I had older
men kind of do that.
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Really?
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Like, they're like,
"Oh, you're very gorgeous."
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And then they ask how old I am.
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I say, "I'm fifteen."
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And then, like,
they kind of back up.
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But they do not
want to go to jail.
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Yeah. But, yeah.
That's the most...
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What do you know
about human trafficking?
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Are you aware about, you
know, knowledgeable about that?
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- Yes. - Let's talk about that.
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Okay, human trafficking, I
know that, like, some people
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take them on dates
and like, probably, like,
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drug their drinks, and
like, put them in a car.
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And like, they're
in human trafficking.
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And then they kidnap them,
take them to other countries.
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Families never see them again.
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And so you have to be
careful. You've got to be wise.
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Now when you go
to school, does your
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mother and father drop you off?
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~ Yes. - You do. Okay.
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And then they pick you up?
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- No, I walk
home. - You walk home.
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Man, those days are over, huh?
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So, but you're very careful.
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You know not to
speak to strangers.
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Yeah, I walk with my brother.
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Oh okay, so you have a brother.
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- How old is your
brother? - He's seventeen.
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Is he very protective over you?
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- Yes! - Really? Oooh, okay.
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So if someone tries to
talk to you, is he right there?
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- So you're at the
same school. - Mm-hmm.
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Alright, do you see him in
the corridors or hallways of the
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school in between classes?
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I see him about
three times a day.
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Okay, what does he
say to you, you know?
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Like, "Are you okay?"
"Who's messing with you?"
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- Awww. - Yeah, so he's very...
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Because you're in what grade?
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- I'm in tenth
now. - Tenth grade, aw.
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Are you looking
forward to going into...
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Are you going
into the tenth grade?
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Yes, I'm going
into the tenth grade.
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Oh, sophomore. I
remember those days.
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You know, it wasn't
that long ago, alright.
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People may think so,
but it wasn't, alright.
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So are you on a cheer team?
Are you in orchestra? Choir?
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In our day we
called it, Glee Club.
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- Glee Club? - Oh,
look at you. Glee Club?
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Yeah, we had Home Ec.
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Do you also have Home Ec?
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- No. - You never had Home Ec?
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We learned to sew,
we learned to cook.
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- Remember, Torre? - Yes.
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That was the best class. We
would eat our food, alright.
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If it was good.
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And so, we had
those kind of classes.
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So what are you involved in?
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- I play the
clarinet. - I play the clarinet.
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- I'm in band. - Yes.
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- And I swim. - You swim.
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I kind of, you know, go under.
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You know, I cannot back stroke.
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Is it the fear?
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Yeah, it's probably the fear.
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- You have to lift your hips up.
- I do, but it's like I go down.
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And then but I
swim, I kick. You know.
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My husband use to
say, "What are you doing?"
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You know, I'd say,
"I'm doing something.
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Alright, I'm
going to keep at it."
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But, so how good
are you at swimming?
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Um, well I'm on a swim team, so.
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And I'm a lifeguard.
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So I'm kind of good.
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You're kind of good?
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You can save my life, alright.
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Come on and save
my life, alright.
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So are you think about maybe
getting a job working on a beach
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or a lifeguard, or
something like that?
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- Yes. - At the Y, or something?
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Yeah, I work now. I
have a summer job now.
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I like that independence.
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Have you gotten paid yet?
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- Yes. - Oooh,
look at that smile.
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So that means saving.
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You know, and of course tithing.
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And then, you
know, does mom and dad
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let you have a
little bit to shop with?
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- Yes, just a little bit.
- A little bit. That's good.
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You know, because this
is the time we start now
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preparing for
economics as an adult.
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Because a lot of people do
not know how to save and plan,
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because they weren't
taught as children, alright.
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Well how do you
get along with mom,
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and dad, and
the family dynamics?
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How do you get along with mama?
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- We get along good. - Really?
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Mama's like, "Okay, fix this."
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So do you do chores?
Do you get discipline?
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You probably
don't have any problems.
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- Well I do
chores. ~ You do chores?
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- Yeah, a lot of chores.
~ You do a lot of chores.
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You know, does
your brother do chores?
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- Mm-hmm. - Oh so
everybody does chores?
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Everybody except for my dad.
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- Dad doesn't do chores? - No.
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Oh, he's spoiled.
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He said, "I paid
my dues, you know.
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You guys, it's your turn now."
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So how do you feel
about doing chores?
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I don't have a problem.
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I think I should because...
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- You live there.
- Yeah, I live there.
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So it's no choice.
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And my question is,
when you go off to college
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you've got to be able to
maintain your dormitory room
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or your apartment.
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And then when you
get married some day
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who wants to live with
someone who's not well kept.
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- Do you? - No.
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That was one of my pet peeves.
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You know,
you've got to clean up.
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You've got to organize.
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When I met my husband,
he had chicken and dumplings
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in his refrigerator
for, like, two years.
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I don't know. Okay.
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And golf balls everywhere.
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So I was like, this
is not going to work.
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I remember I went to band camp.
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And like, my
bed, it was all clean.
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I made up my bed every day.
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And like, the
people I was rooming with,
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they just had
their clothes everywhere.
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And I was like, hmm.
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So that let you know how
they lived at home, alright.
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So I'm glad you know and
got a taste of the other side.
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So what happens when
you do step out of line
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and you go to the left or right?
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Maybe, you know, you
disagree with mom or dad.
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Or you may be
falling behind in schoolwork.
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- Are your grades good? - Yes.
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Oh you said, "Yes!"
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Are you on the honor roll?
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- Not yet. - But
you're working towards it?
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- Yeah, I'm
working. - Alright, good.
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You know, we all
have to have a goal.
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So what happens when you
do go to the left or right?
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How does mom and dad get
you back on the straight path?
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Well, my mom is kind of
on me more, because I guess
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she sees
potential, and other things.
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So like, she might
have a talk with me.
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Oh she, like, yells.
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She yells?
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I do too, okay?
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Like, so if I go off
course, like, she kind of
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pulls me back in, yeah.
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Like, "What are you doing?"
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Like, "You got this."
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It like motivates me to...
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And my dad, he,
he... I don't know.
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Is he laid back?
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Yeah, he's kind
of like laid back.
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Like, he's not
really on me like this.
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- Like, "Leave the baby alone."
- Yeah, like I'm the only girl.
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So like, I'm the
daddy's girl, so.
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Like, he's on my
brother more, so.
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Alright, does mom go
easy on your brother?
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- Yes! - See, you
know what they say.
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Mothers and sons,
fathers and daughters.
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Okay, so why do you
think she's easier on him?
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Because my
brother, he's special.
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- I don't know. - He's special.
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Not different, but special.
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Like, he knows what he's, like,
what he's doing and everything.
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So, yeah.
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You know, is it that
you can't tell him anything?
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Or is he just on task?
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Or is he just,
he's just independent?
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He's kind of independent.
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Okay, I didn't get any
of those words, alright.
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But he's on
the, he likes boxing.
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Yeah, he boxes.
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Okay, so that's
really a defense.
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These are lethal
weapons here, alright.
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So you have a good protector.
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So what are your future
goals? What do you want to be?
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My future goals, I want to be
a journalist and a newscaster.
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Look at you, you're going to be
sitting in this chair some day.
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Look at you.
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I remember when I
met you, I was speaking,
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I was Woman's Day guest speaker.
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And you introduced me.
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And you we so well spoken.
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Eye contact, so well poised.
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And I didn't know that
you were Torre's daughter.
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Because I already knew your mom.
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We're going to talk a
little bit about that.
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And you were sitting on the
pulpit with all us old folk,
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alright, and I
looked down and I said,
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"She's going to introduce me."
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I was so impressed.
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I think that it's important
that you have these experiences
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now so you're not afraid.
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And when I came down
to the fellowship hall,
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when I asked you to be a guest,
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because I saw
something inside of you.
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Your mother is right.
You have awesome potential.
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And you must stay on that path.
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Not leering to the
left or to the right.
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Because Satan wants
to destroy your life.
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He's out to
steal, kill, and destroy.
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Let's talk about your
relationship with the Lord.
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Is God important and
is He key in your life?
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- Yes, very much. -
Let's talk about that.
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Well like...
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Do you pray, do
you study your Word,
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do you witness to other people?
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Yes, I feel God gives
me the strength from Him
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to encourage others through
my writing and my speaking, so.
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What do you mean, your
writing? What do you do?
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- Like, I write
stories. - You do?
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Wow! Have you had
anything published yet?
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I was about to, but it kind
of, I don't know what happened.
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You went to the
left or the right.
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~ Yeah.
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So you had to get
on the straight path.
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I was about to
publish a book, but...
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Okay, it's not too late.
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~ Yeah, it's not too late. -
It's never too late, you know.
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And maybe there's
something Dr. Kim can do
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to help you with that, you know.
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So God is important.
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He helps you to
encourage others.
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Do you want to see
Jesus when He comes?
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- Yes. ~ You do.
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You just smile, you
know. And He's coming soon.
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Look at everything
that's going on in our world.
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Are you afraid, like, I
hear some young people say,
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"Oh please, God, don't
come for another 30 years.
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I want to live to
see my life, you know."
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It's like, you know,
do you feel like that?
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You know, that you're
going to miss out on something?
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- No, uh-uh. - Me either.
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You know, so if I
don't live to be a hundred
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or two hundred, something...
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I don't know if I can
wear my shoes at two hundred.
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But I'm like,
"Lord, I'm so excited about
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Your soon second coming."
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Alright.
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Do you want to, in the
future, have you picked out
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a school yet, a college?
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Have you talked about
that with your parents?
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Yes, I talk about
college, like, every day.
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Really?
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So you want to go, you
want to attend college?
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Yes, I want to go.
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Alright, where
do you have in mind?
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Norfolk State.
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- In Virginia? - Uh-huh.
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- Alright, is that an
historical black college? - Yes.
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You want to go to
an historical black...
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- Yeah, I to go to
a... - Yes, alright.
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So do you think you're going to
be ready to go off to college?
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- Yes, I think so. ~ Alright.
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~ Look at that independence.
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~ Alright, you know.
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Does mom, you look
so nice and Christ-like,
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does mom pick out
your clothes or does she
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give you a little leeway?
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Ummm...
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Mmmm...
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She's in control.
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- No, no. - No?
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I pick out my clothes.
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Now do you wear a
uniform to school?
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- No, no. - Ooh, you said, "No!"
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- Those days
are over too. - Yes.
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- Does mom do your hair? - No.
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Oh, you said, "No!"
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- That stopped when I was...
- You hear those inflections?
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No! No!
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- That stopped
too? Alright. - Yeah.
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So on special
occasions does mom do your hair?
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- No. - No?
00:14:01.17\00:14:02.54
You just have it all...
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Like special occasions I
get my hair, like, pressed.
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Because I called you yesterday
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and you were
getting your hair done.
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I know, she said, "Dr.
Logan, I can't hear you.
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I'm getting my hair done."
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I said, "I just want to make
sure we're on for tomorrow."
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"Bye." She said, "Bye."
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So it looks
beautiful. They did a great job.
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Well I want to just switch over
a little bit and talk to mom.
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And I know there's going
to be great success for you.
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And I truly thank
God for your testimony.
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And also I want to
say, "Are you a virgin?"
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- Yes. ~ Why are
you still a virgin?
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Because I don't have time to...
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Like, my granddad
always told me to keep a pill
00:14:39.77\00:14:42.44
in between my legs, or an
aspirin in between my legs.
00:14:42.48\00:14:46.25
So like, ever since he
passed, like, I feel a need
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like I shouldn't go
against his word or nothing, so.
00:14:50.55\00:14:53.66
And we know it's
against God's Word
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to have sex outside of marriage.
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And God wants us to
abstain and be pure.
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He wants us to be pure.
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Because God has
something great for your life,
00:15:02.20\00:15:04.57
if we can just be obedient.
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Obedience is
better than sacrifice.
00:15:06.53\00:15:08.54
Is there a favorite scripture
that you lean on in your life?
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- Yes. - What is it?
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- I don't know
where... - It's found?
00:15:13.74\00:15:15.68
Yeah, but it's, "God did
not give me a spirit of fear,
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but power, love
and a sound mind."
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- 2 Timothy 1:7. -
Yeah, I knew it was in...
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That's one of my favorites.
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You know, and
He's given you a power
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of a good mind, and not of fear.
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And for you to not leer
to the left or the right.
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And there's no reason.
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Because God is a
God, a path of obedience
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and being on the
straight and narrow path.
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So I'm asking you, as a
vessel of the Lord, do not leer.
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Stay on that path, alright?
00:15:48.04\00:15:49.88
And we're going to
hear great things about you.
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And I'll be watching
you on television, alright.
00:15:52.11\00:15:54.98
- So mom, welcome.
- Yes, hello there.
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You've done a great
job, you and your husband.
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How long you been married?
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It will be seventeen years,
no eighteen years in September.
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~ September the
what? - September 20th.
00:16:07.16\00:16:09.76
Oh, I'm a September baby.
00:16:09.80\00:16:11.23
I love people,
anything in September, you know.
00:16:11.27\00:16:13.74
So let's talk a
little bit about motherhood,
00:16:13.77\00:16:16.14
and you know, being
a wife and balancing,
00:16:16.17\00:16:18.64
and your own business.
00:16:18.67\00:16:20.01
So start wherever you like.
00:16:20.11\00:16:21.78
Well motherhood is probably
one of the joyous things
00:16:22.18\00:16:25.98
that I've ever experienced.
00:16:26.01\00:16:27.62
Especially having a son
that is soon to be seventeen
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and my fifteen year old.
00:16:31.79\00:16:33.12
And teaching them independence.
00:16:33.29\00:16:35.06
Teaching them how
to love God first.
00:16:35.16\00:16:37.56
Now that they both are
working, teaching them that
00:16:38.03\00:16:40.40
tithe and offering
is the most important,
00:16:40.43\00:16:42.76
which comes out
of their check first.
00:16:42.80\00:16:44.73
How to put the
money away to save.
00:16:45.03\00:16:47.84
Getting prepared for college.
00:16:48.07\00:16:49.60
So I think having children
was, not knowing that I didn't
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want any in the beginning...
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- Didn't want children.
- I did not want children.
00:16:56.88\00:16:58.51
Wow! This was even
after you got married
00:16:58.55\00:17:00.98
you didn't want children?
00:17:01.02\00:17:02.35
And we did not want children.
00:17:02.38\00:17:03.72
Actually we had spent,
just sitting around talking,
00:17:03.75\00:17:06.32
and decided we
would wait a few years
00:17:06.35\00:17:09.12
before we
decided to have a family.
00:17:09.16\00:17:11.46
- That didn't... -
There came your son.
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And then a
couple of years later...
00:17:14.93\00:17:16.60
Then comes Nila.
00:17:16.63\00:17:18.07
- But it was a good
balance. - Yes it was.
00:17:18.10\00:17:19.53
Now you are sign
language interpreter.
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What's your title?
00:17:22.64\00:17:23.97
I am an
interpreter, also a professor,
00:17:24.01\00:17:27.94
an advocate.
00:17:28.41\00:17:29.94
Now where do you teach?
00:17:29.98\00:17:31.31
I teach at Wayne
Community College.
00:17:31.35\00:17:33.05
And I also have my own business.
00:17:33.28\00:17:35.15
How long have you been signing?
00:17:35.18\00:17:36.75
Twenty plus. Twenty-three years.
00:17:38.75\00:17:41.22
And that's how we met.
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Hands Of Praise
was doing a concert
00:17:42.76\00:17:44.83
at Wayne State University.
00:17:44.86\00:17:46.39
You were signing
for a company owned by
00:17:46.86\00:17:50.73
two of my
members at City Temple.
00:17:50.77\00:17:52.50
And you were just so
sweet, so nice, and so kind.
00:17:52.73\00:17:56.71
That was our first concert.
00:17:56.74\00:17:58.11
And even when one of
the signs didn't line up,
00:17:58.14\00:18:01.64
you returned to the
hearing impaired and gave them
00:18:01.68\00:18:04.31
the word that they knew.
00:18:04.35\00:18:05.71
But you were so encouraging.
00:18:05.81\00:18:07.68
And now all these years later.
00:18:07.72\00:18:09.52
Can you imagine, not
knowing we would meet
00:18:09.62\00:18:12.39
many years later, and not
knowing Nila was your daughter
00:18:12.52\00:18:16.76
who introduced me, and
then I looked at you and said,
00:18:16.79\00:18:19.63
"I know her."
00:18:19.66\00:18:21.00
And then when you
sat down, I said...
00:18:21.03\00:18:22.60
And you started signing.
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And I said, "It's so
good to see you," you know.
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So we're going to show
them a little bit, alright?
00:18:28.40\00:18:31.14
- Just a little bit. -
Just a little bit, you know.
00:18:31.17\00:18:32.84
So, hello. How are you?
00:18:32.87\00:18:35.51
And your response would be...
00:18:35.54\00:18:36.88
I'm doing good. And how are you?
00:18:37.45\00:18:39.58
Oh, I am good. It is
so good to see you again.
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It's good to see you also.
00:18:43.72\00:18:45.29
How is your family?
00:18:45.32\00:18:46.72
My family is well.
Doing good and growing.
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I don't want to
say growing, because
00:18:52.03\00:18:53.43
we're not having any more
children, that's for sure.
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- God is good. - All the time.
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All the time. Ah, yes.
00:18:57.87\00:19:00.64
Don't play, don't play.
00:19:00.67\00:19:02.04
Having a second
language is crucial.
00:19:02.50\00:19:05.87
It's very important.
00:19:05.91\00:19:07.24
And so why have you given
your life to this ministry?
00:19:07.38\00:19:11.28
Actually, my major
in college was nursing.
00:19:12.18\00:19:15.58
~ Really? - Yes.
00:19:15.62\00:19:16.99
And the Holy Spirit,
by teaching at the church,
00:19:17.62\00:19:21.96
the Holy Spirit
convicted my heart,
00:19:21.99\00:19:24.83
or changed it, or filled it.
00:19:24.86\00:19:26.70
And from that moment
on I changed my major
00:19:26.96\00:19:30.30
in my last year
to sign language.
00:19:30.33\00:19:32.83
- You said, your
last year. - My last year.
00:19:32.87\00:19:34.87
Did that prolong you
leaving the program, graduating?
00:19:34.90\00:19:38.11
- Yes it did. -
How many more years?
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- Just an additional
year. - Praise the Lord.
00:19:39.51\00:19:41.41
- But you are happy. -
I am more than excited.
00:19:41.44\00:19:44.58
I would not
have thought this was
00:19:44.61\00:19:45.95
the path that I was going into.
00:19:45.98\00:19:47.32
Especially when I wanted
to be a nurse anesthetist.
00:19:47.38\00:19:49.68
~ Isn't that something. - Yes.
00:19:49.72\00:19:51.12
Now are there
any hearing impaired
00:19:51.15\00:19:53.22
or hearing challenged
members in your family?
00:19:53.25\00:19:55.96
Actually, to see God work,
not knowing that my husband,
00:19:56.52\00:20:01.00
before we got
married, his sister is deaf.
00:20:01.23\00:20:03.50
- Really? - Yes, so
they have a deaf aunt.
00:20:03.53\00:20:06.33
- Really? - Yes.
00:20:06.37\00:20:07.70
- Now does she
sign fluently? - Yes.
00:20:07.74\00:20:09.60
So you communicate and
interpret for the family.
00:20:09.64\00:20:12.71
- Yes, ma'am. Yes. - At
gatherings and everything.
00:20:12.74\00:20:14.54
So I know she's
happy to have someone
00:20:14.58\00:20:16.64
at family
gatherings she can talk to.
00:20:16.75\00:20:19.11
You know, are you teaching
other family members to sign?
00:20:19.15\00:20:22.82
Are they willing?
00:20:22.85\00:20:24.19
Well, my mom actually is
the one that encouraged me
00:20:24.22\00:20:27.19
to become, to
learn sign language.
00:20:27.22\00:20:30.13
And James and Nila, we
have encouraged them to learn
00:20:30.23\00:20:33.36
to communicate with their aunt.
00:20:33.40\00:20:34.73
I think that's
the most beneficial.
00:20:34.76\00:20:36.50
And actually it's also a great
way to have a second language.
00:20:36.53\00:20:39.30
Even if they're not fluent
in it, but at least if they
00:20:39.33\00:20:42.20
go out into the
community and meet somebody,
00:20:42.24\00:20:44.04
they'll know or have a way
to communicate with someone.
00:20:44.07\00:20:46.91
That's a blessing.
00:20:47.54\00:20:48.88
You as a person, your
relationship with the Lord,
00:20:49.08\00:20:51.41
let's talk about
your relationship.
00:20:51.45\00:20:53.08
Do you love Him?
00:20:53.58\00:20:54.92
I love Him to the utmost.
00:20:54.95\00:20:56.79
I think ever since I became
in the ministry of sign language
00:20:57.79\00:21:01.92
I think that's when
the walk became closer.
00:21:02.12\00:21:05.13
More endearing.
00:21:06.06\00:21:07.40
By me teaching sign language
and teaching religious signing,
00:21:08.53\00:21:11.63
you have a better understanding
and you get to study the Word,
00:21:11.73\00:21:15.04
and you get to know Him.
00:21:15.07\00:21:16.40
And then you have to
depend on Him and trust Him.
00:21:16.44\00:21:18.14
Having your own
business, when things seem to go
00:21:18.17\00:21:21.74
to the left or to the right,
00:21:21.78\00:21:23.18
you know you have to
keep the path straight.
00:21:23.21\00:21:25.31
And actually leaning on
Him, and talking with my husband
00:21:25.35\00:21:28.42
and having that
husband and wife communication.
00:21:28.45\00:21:31.02
And just so, that
relationship with God has become
00:21:31.35\00:21:35.06
closer and endearing.
00:21:35.09\00:21:36.42
And we prayed on our way here,
00:21:36.46\00:21:38.79
and then we prayed
while we were here.
00:21:38.83\00:21:40.90
Just to know to
depend on Him and trust Him.
00:21:41.23\00:21:44.43
It's just, it's
almost like when I sign
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I can be a pastor.
00:21:47.94\00:21:49.40
Or I can evangelize.
00:21:49.74\00:21:51.91
But I can do it where I
don't have to use my voice.
00:21:51.94\00:21:55.21
~ You can do it
without your voice.
00:21:55.24\00:21:56.58
- Use those ten fingers.
- Those ten little fingers.
00:21:56.61\00:21:58.05
The power of these fingers.
00:21:58.08\00:22:00.52
How do you find downtime,
you know, so that you can
00:22:00.82\00:22:04.32
continue on that straight path.
00:22:04.42\00:22:05.82
Because we all need downtime.
00:22:05.85\00:22:07.19
Need to relax,
we need to breathe.
00:22:07.42\00:22:09.89
So what does mom, wife,
business owner do for you?
00:22:09.92\00:22:14.16
You know, do you
work out, do you crochet?
00:22:14.20\00:22:17.40
Do you, you know...
00:22:17.43\00:22:18.77
I'm thinking about
picking up crocheting.
00:22:18.80\00:22:20.44
- You know, do
you crochet? - No.
00:22:20.80\00:22:22.54
- Knit? - No.
00:22:22.57\00:22:23.91
Nila, I'm not talking
to you anymore, alright.
00:22:23.94\00:22:26.14
- What do you do? -
Every day I do water aerobics.
00:22:26.24\00:22:28.74
- Do you? - Yes, every day.
00:22:28.78\00:22:30.75
- That's a
blessing. - Without fail.
00:22:30.78\00:22:32.11
For at least an
hour, hour and a half.
00:22:32.15\00:22:33.75
My water
serenity, and it's relaxing.
00:22:33.78\00:22:36.52
- Yes. - And so...
00:22:36.55\00:22:38.39
You do that for you.
00:22:38.42\00:22:39.75
Yes. I think when I...
00:22:39.95\00:22:41.32
I was talking on another
broadcast, I broke my patella.
00:22:41.42\00:22:45.53
But water aerobic
was so amazing for me.
00:22:45.69\00:22:49.46
And didn't feel anything.
00:22:49.63\00:22:51.30
And when I was in
the weight loss program
00:22:51.43\00:22:54.00
I was doing water
aerobic three times a week,
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and I loved it.
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Because that swimming thing just
wasn't working for me, alright.
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But water aerobics?
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I can stand up and do this.
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You know, and I
would just walk the pool,
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walk the pool, walk the pool.
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I would go under
every now and then
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to try to be like I'm
doing something, alright.
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So, marriage.
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Looking at, you know,
your relationship in marriage
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and motherhood, do
you cook every day?
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- No. - It's okay.
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It's okay. I don't either.
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I think, you know, because
you're not a stay at home mom.
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Well actually, we try
not to do a lot of fast food.
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- We believe in eating
healthy. ~ That's good.
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Part of my studies is
also in holistic studies.
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So eating properly and making
sure they know how to cook.
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But by my
husband being the cook,
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so that way I don't
have to cook every day.
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- He's a great cook. - Yes.
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Alright, you like dad's cooking?
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- Yes. - Ooh.
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- He's culinary
also. - Oh really?
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He's in culinary and pastries.
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- Oooh. - Yes.
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Can you cook?
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- No. - No?
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- You going to
learn? - I can cook eggs.
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That's good.
That's a good start.
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- Breakfast, mostly. -
You can do breakfast food?
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- Yeah, breakfast. - Alright.
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- You know, make
pancakes? - Yeah.
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You have a waffle,
you can make waffles?
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- No. - You can't do that? Okay.
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So looking at your
downtime in water aerobics,
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looking at how you
maintain your peace,
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your relationship.
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You have a son and a daughter.
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They're different people.
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How do you...
You're laughing already.
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How do you
discipline your children?
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Actually, I have to
discipline them separately.
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Because they're separate.
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James is James. Nila is Nila.
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I do believe in using a
rod. I don't spare the rod.
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When they were younger.
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So we did believe in that.
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Even though, Nila
maybe once or twice.
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But that James.
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I believe in it. I can say it.
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The Bible says, you spare
the rod, you spoil the child.
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- That's
Scriptural. - Yes it is.
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For Nila, we
have to sit and talk.
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And we can talk it out,
and have a one on one basis.
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Just the other night we
sat and had to talk about,
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is that the right choice.
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And I like for
them to understand
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the choices that they make.
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Do your husband
and you do it together
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or is it more mommy?
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Actually we will, my
husband and I will talk first,
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and then we come, then I
am the one that comes to them.
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Let's tell the
viewers why you do that.
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Why do you do that, you sit
down with your husband first?
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Because we want
to make sure that
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we are in agreement together.
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And if we're not together,
then they'll see the opposition
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between us, and then
they probably will like to
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try to see, "Well
if mama doesn't like it
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and daddy likes it,
then I'll go to mama."
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Or vice versa.
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And so we try to make
sure we are on the same team.
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A husband and
wife is a team effort.
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So we work together in
trying to make sure that
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if one does
this, you understand.
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You know, you can't go to dad
thinking that you're going to...
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- That
manipulation. - Yes, exactly.
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That you can't get
a different answer.
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So we work together on dating,
and how finances will be spent,
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and chores at the house.
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Yes, that is
spoiled, if I can say that.
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You know, but getting you
ready for that independence.
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Because see, the
bottom line, Nila...
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Can I just tell you this?
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We want you out.
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We don't want you to come back.
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I mean, come back and
visit for the holidays.
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But we want you to, you
know, get through college,
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come home and
visit, go back to college,
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graduate, go on, and on, and on.
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Come and visit, but only
stay a couple of days, alright.
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Because, you know, we want
you out of our refrigerator,
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off our cell phone bill.
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Because that's what we want.
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And the only way we can
do that is train you now.
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You know, we're almost done.
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It went so fast.
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So in closing remarks, what
can you say to young ladies?
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What can you say
to families, mothers?
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Nila.
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Being positive
with whatever you do.
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And be happy with
the skin that you're in.
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Ooh, be happy with
the skin that you are in.
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You little chocolate beauty.
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Yes. Mom?
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For family, my suggestion is,
get back to how we were raised.
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And that is family
time at the dinner table,
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cooking as a family,
spending time together.
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Put the cell phones
away, turn the TV off.
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Read Scripture, pray together.
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And continue to just grow and
bring the family together again.
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That's what we both believe
in, and that's family values.
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Togetherness.
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Family values. I like that.
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Let's say that
again. Family values.
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Alright, my future
newscaster, journalist.
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I'm going to be
looking out for you.
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And we're
looking for great things.
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I want to thank you both for
being a witness for the Lord,
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for being a part
of, Live To Be Well.
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Continue to live to be well.
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And let's not go to
the left, to the right,
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but stay straight ahead.
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I'm Dr. Kim.
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Live to be well. God bless.
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