Wifey and Baby Mama

Shun (00:39.415)
Hey, I'm Shawn.

Shannon (00:41.156)
Hi, and I'm Shannon.

Shun (00:42.95)
And we're the host of wifey and baby mama. Happy Thursday, family. I hope everyone's having a family's day. We certainly are, simply because we are here with you again. Oh, and it's about to get better. We have with us tonight, our very first guest of the season, Mrs. Lexi is what I call her. I met this young lady years ago. Yes, years ago and I've watched her.

Shannon (00:56.319)
Yeah.

Shannon (01:06.611)
Hehehe, brrrr!

Shun (01:10.85)
I've had the pleasure of watching her blossom, you know boss up She's an entrepreneur the latest keynote speaker of the 20th anniversary gala in auction for Erie, Niagara 8h a h ec and most recently She was amongst an amazing panel of women for the fifth annual Buffalo fatherhood Initiative conference and that's all before the real superhero stuff like my mom, you know wife sir. So Lexi Why don't you give the audience?

The rest of the details that make you so amazing and makes you eligible to speak on blended families and what we do for love here. You're welcome.

Alexcia Harrod (01:42.883)
Oh my gosh, if you could see me, I'm so ready. Thank you so much, Sean and Shannon for having me on the podcast. My name is Alexia Herron. I'm a wife, we've been married for almost 11 years now, and I have three wonderful children. I call them the kid, tiny human and baby, but everybody else knows them as PJ, Mina and Juju.

Shannon (01:51.089)
Yeah.

Shun (01:58.826)
Awesome.

Shannon (02:06.207)
Hehehehe

Shun (02:09.634)
Hehehe

Alexcia Harrod (02:09.891)
But I'm super excited to be here and talk about my experience being in a religion family. This is pretty cool.

Shun (02:18.254)
I'm going to go ahead and close the video.

Shannon (02:20.08)
We are so happy to have you. Thank you so much for coming.

Alexcia Harrod (02:22.887)
Oh, and one more thing I have to give you kudos and flowers before we get we jump right into it. But I love your podcast. I absolutely love it. I listen to it at work. So anybody else that is listening here, make sure you tune in and make sure you subscribe like and all the things so this can reach many, many more millions of people.

Shannon (02:31.673)
Ah.

Shannon (02:37.905)
Hehehehehehe

Shun (02:40.11)
I'm sorry.

Shannon (02:43.407)
Yes. Thank you.

Shun (02:43.862)
Oh, thank you, Lexi. So see that's another detail. I didn't mention about miss Lexi She's also the co-host on a local radio station on WFO here in Buffalo, New York I believe the roses are on what every fourth Saturday Lexi

Alexcia Harrod (02:57.671)
Every fourth Saturday is the roses among thorns. So myself, Tiana, and Hollis are there along with Bishop. Sometimes we have Bishop and sometimes we don't, but you know, either way, we have a good time.

Shun (03:10.546)
That's right, that's right and um, yeah, so this is what led to her being a guest on the show I've had the pleasure and honor ongoing on the show They invited me on for an interview and although we were there to discuss my first published not Lexi had Praises to sing about wife and baby mama. She and she brought up She brought us up, you know in conversation many times. So she's a true fan and we thank you darling and so yeah

Shannon (03:25.979)
I'm sorry.

Shannon (03:33.063)
Yes, love it.

Shun (03:35.358)
Yeah, during that dialogue, um, lexie had mentioned to me, uh, what she experienced like and what was near her heart You know, so I told her next season This was the end of season two when I was on their show So next season lexie was gonna have you on she's like just call me I called and here she is. So Because wifey and baby mama like to keep their word, you know And all of the issues in blended families and families that are near and dear to us So we try to ensure all siblings have a fair shape, you know, it being the best people they can be so

Shannon (03:49.351)
Hehehehe.

Shun (04:05.518)
to one another, I'm sorry, one from another, like give us your point of view on the subject we kind of discussed briefly. I said, hold that thought, save it for the show. With the relationship you had with a step-sibling.

Shannon (04:15.018)
Hehehehe

Alexcia Harrod (04:18.539)
Okay, so I have I have a couple of different perspectives. So my mom and dad, they was at 90s. They got married in 97. So I gained two extra brothers and a sister. But I do have many siblings on my biological father's side. So on his side, there's nine of us. So I'm the oldest and I believe the youngest is like early 20s. But don't

Don't quote me because I can't remember a lot. It's a lot to remember, but I do remember being the oldest. So of, of the blended family, I am the oldest on both sides. So having that sense of responsibility to, you know, one, get to know everybody. Um, and at one point in time, try to bring everybody together. You know, none of us asked to be here.

Shannon (04:50.624)
Hehehe

Shun (05:02.023)
Okay.

Alexcia Harrod (05:17.939)
But, you know, thank God that we are here. But I had the joy of, you know, of learning about my other siblings and seeing them in, you know, in different areas of their life, right? So I have, you know, my sister, my biological sister, she's Atlanta. She and I were talking about it earlier today. And so we have the same mother and father. And then there is a brother in between us.

And then there is three sisters and then another brother. So two of the sisters are really close in age.

And then there was another sister that is, she's doing big, big things in New York City. She just, well, not too long ago, she graduated from Syracuse University and she went to law school. She became a lawyer. She passed the bar. Like she's doing wonderful, wonderful things. And I'm so proud of her. And my little sister just got engaged. So that was really cool. But my other sisters, you know, they're starting their families and, you know, being able to...

Shun (06:07.623)
Awesome!

Shannon (06:08.968)
Yeah.

Shannon (06:14.539)
No, that is...

Shun (06:15.383)
Okay.

Alexcia Harrod (06:22.455)
still be that big sister and be that support, even though there's such a big gap between us, right? So I'll be, I'll be 40 fine, 40 and fine this year. And my other siblings are still in their 20s, right? So there's a bit of a gap there, but just because there is a gap, does it mean that we can't still.

Shannon (06:37.238)
Yes!

Alexcia Harrod (06:49.531)
bond in some way. I mean, we could bond over kids because almost all of us are, well, three of the five are moms, so we can talk about, you know, that. My youngest lives in Atlanta, you know, she's doing big things down there. She's going to school. She's getting her MSW. She's married to my bro, who I call brother. But still trying to, you know, find that balance between, you know, wife.

Shannon (06:50.939)
Mm-hmm. Right.

Shannon (07:09.459)
Hehehehe

Alexcia Harrod (07:16.251)
being a wife, being a mom, being an entrepreneur, holding down a job, doing all those things, it can take a toll on trying to keep everybody together. But yeah. But it's something that I really try to do. I mean, I don't make it out to be that I'm perfect at it because there's times, you know, you get busy and you don't really reach out the way that you should. But when you do reach out and you know, I wanna make sure that

Shun (07:26.698)
right. Well, Shannon, we can write a book about that, can't we?

Shannon (07:29.607)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (07:40.075)
Great.

Alexcia Harrod (07:46.115)
my siblings know that I love them. Even if we don't talk or we could be fussing or fighting, I still love you. I might not agree with everything that you say because there is such a difference in age in some of us. You may see things differently than how I may see things, but that doesn't mean that I don't love you for you. I mean, your opinions might not line up with my values, but that's okay, everybody is different. And we might have to agree to.

Shun (07:53.986)
their love.

Shun (07:58.767)
age.

Shannon (08:00.427)
Huh?

Shun (08:13.518)
That's right.

Alexcia Harrod (08:14.767)
disagree on some things.

Shun (08:17.026)
Absolutely, and I wanted you to get your dynamic out legs and this is a little unorthodox I usually say that the title at the beginning of the show, but I purposely saved it for right now the title of this episode is Parents making kids work over time So now with your dynamics laid out and I hear how you get along with your siblings and how you try to you know Reach out as the oldest to keep a connection Was it any? Sacrifice was it any? What I'm trying to say turbulence or anything?

to dealing with your other siblings because you guys had different parents, because that's what I wanna touch on a little bit tonight. Was it harder? Because as kids, we don't get to choose, right? But as adults, even if the parents had issues, we can choose to be siblings. Just like I think I'm hearing that from you now that you try to keep some sort of relationship and positivity with all your siblings. So was it a time when your parents made you work overtime when you were older to build a relationship?

Alexcia Harrod (08:53.281)
Yeah, so...

Shannon (08:57.26)
Mm-hmm.

Alexcia Harrod (08:57.33)
Mm-hmm.

Alexcia Harrod (09:10.819)
You know, I don't think it was the parents so much. And I'm going to be careful of how I say this. There were some parties that didn't necessarily agree with all of the children, which is understandable. But that had no bearing on the fact that we were related. I think I felt the most pressure.

Shun (09:25.858)
I'm sorry.

Shannon (09:26.3)
Okay.

Alexcia Harrod (09:39.295)
was from my sister, where we have the same mom and dad, because I wanted to reach out to my other siblings and get to know them. I felt as the oldest, I had that responsibility to do that. And she felt that I was sort of like abandoning.

Shun (09:44.45)
Mm-hmm.

Shun (09:56.13)
Mm-hmm.

Alexcia Harrod (10:00.807)
her, I was getting rid of her, pushing her to the side. And that really wasn't the case because her and I have been through quite a bit with, you know, my mom and biological father and the things that they went through. So you know, when stuff was going down and it was just her and I, and how her and I grew up was totally different between, you know, my biological father and his partner and their kids. And then my biological father.

Shun (10:14.062)
Mm-hmm.

Alexcia Harrod (10:28.315)
and the mother of the other children. So, you know, one side was like, yes, this is your sister. Y'all need to get to know each other. Y'all need to have that. And some, the other side, not so much. So at the time, you know, I was old enough, you know, I was 17, 18, I was able to drive so I can go and see them. And I was able to, you know, let them know, hey, you know, I'm your sister.

Shannon (10:49.009)
Mm-hmm.

Shun (10:50.399)
Right.

Shun (10:55.598)
Thanks, see I'm your sister. Yeah

Alexcia Harrod (10:57.187)
Yeah, I'm your sister. You know, if you ever want to talk, you know, here's my number. I think they didn't have cell phones yet, so they had to wait for, you know, use the house phone. And at the time, you know, I think Rochester still had, what was it, still 585 or 711, I forgot. But it was right around time when the zip code shaved. So it was still long distance, but I would try to call and really try to, you know, give that reassurance to my sister, like, listen, you know, they are our siblings as well.

Shannon (10:58.653)
Hehehehe

Shun (11:04.706)
But man, that.

Shannon (11:06.071)
Right, right, right.

Shun (11:19.042)
Mm-hmm.

Alexcia Harrod (11:26.479)
You know, again, we didn't ask to be here, but we're here and we can make the best of it. And I know now, you know, she's, you know, she's pretty cool with, with two of them. There's one, it's not so much, but you know, that's something that she has to work on. And the other two have to work on. Um, I could only, you know, lead by example, you know, like I said, I don't, I'm not talking to them every day and we not, you know, meeting up and having a good time, but you know, we're spread across the state and across the country, really. So.

You know, we can certainly text, we can certainly call, but I wanted to try as the oldest to spread myself as much as I could and let everybody know that, you know, I'm your sister, I do love you without trying to make anybody feel alienated. And you know, sometimes I fell short of that. But again, you're talking, you know, a teenager, young adult here, you're not gonna make all the right steps.

But at least I tried.

Shun (12:27.17)
Right. Well, can I ask you that's right? And that's all we can do, but let me, let me just ask you this and you may, you know, know the answer or not. Do you think if the parents had you guys together more or introduced you guys, do you think it would have been easier than you guys having to work double back now as a teenager and now build a bond with 17, 18 years past?

Alexcia Harrod (12:34.5)
Okay.

Alexcia Harrod (12:47.511)
In the perfect world, yes. Knowing the parties, no. No, it wouldn't, yeah. Yeah.

Shun (12:52.424)
Yeah.

Okay, and I and I and I hey I get it cuz like I said Shannon and I and that's one of the things you told us That you love that well, you told me and I probably told Shannon you guys were talking when I was having technical difficulties But anyways, that's one of the things that you love about this show is the fact that Shannon and I are wifey and baby mama And she's my home girl, you know, she's not Well, that's your son. Your son mama call. It's not it's never been that even when jimmy was out of the picture for numerous years This is my homie. You know what I mean?

Shannon (12:55.035)
Okay.

Shannon (13:13.461)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (13:17.599)
Right, right.

Alexcia Harrod (13:22.839)
Uh huh.

Shun (13:23.458)
So I think what we want people to get out of this show is, and thank God you as a child decided 17, 18, I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna be the one to reach out. I think what we want people to get from this episode is, parents, when you come up with these kids, under whatever circumstances, we're not here to judge. They are siblings. And I think the easiest way to go is just to make sure they know that and you leave whatever you have to decide as adults, but make sure these kids always know that they are siblings.

Shannon (13:30.16)
Right.

Shannon (13:40.031)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Shun (13:50.802)
And they should grow up together because my sisters and brothers were my best friends I mean not so much now and licks unlike you but Maybe we had too much of each other But I think i've expressed it here before when my mom and dad, you know got married My mom had three kids and then my stepdad had three kids and the six of us was thick as thieves And shannon, I think when your mom remarried your one of your stepfathers already had siblings, correct?

Shannon (13:51.035)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (13:57.755)
Yeah.

Alexcia Harrod (14:07.763)
Thanks for watching!

Shannon (14:10.923)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (14:14.663)
Well, no. Well, grown kids when my second stepfather, because we were all grown when we got the second one. But the first stepfather, no, there weren't any. But my stepmother, on the other hand, my father only remarried the one time and was married to my stepmother for almost 45 years before he passed. But she had children.

Shun (14:17.29)
No. Yeah, grown. Right.

Shun (14:24.884)
Okay.

Shun (14:36.302)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (14:44.279)
Um, so there wasn't a real push for us to all come together, um, because we were in South Dakota and they were in Charlotte. But when I did move to Charlotte as a teenager, I pushed in like, like it sounds like similar to what Alexia was saying. Yeah. Cause I wanted to, to have the relationship and, um, and there wasn't of course any push back from, um, my stepmother or my dad for him.

Shun (14:54.749)
Okay.

Shun (15:00.854)
Like say.

Shannon (15:13.019)
you know, me coming in, you know, elbowing my way into the family saying, here I am, and y'all are going to know me and love me and I'm going to know and love you all as well. So, um, yeah, but it sounds like, you know, Alexia, you're, there wasn't any pushback, but there wasn't also any push to, um, form or, you know, go above and beyond and you did that on your own.

Shun (15:23.294)
as well.

Alexcia Harrod (15:39.751)
Well, my biological father, he like, his pride and joy to have a lot of children. And he did. So if you ask him, he would tell you, I want all my kids to be together and all those things, which is fine. I think it was a lot of dynamics between my biological father and my mom and my dad's partner and myself.

Shannon (15:47.251)
Yeah.

Shun (15:47.319)
Yeah.

Alexcia Harrod (16:07.699)
So I really, I always went in there sort of guarded with her. And she knew who I was. And because she knew who I was. She did what she did and she wasn't always the friendliest person. But that

Shun (16:24.302)
So she's, excuse me, let me ask. So she's the mom to the siblings that you reached out to? Is that what you?

Alexcia Harrod (16:28.591)
She's she is mother to three of the siblings that I reached out to and then there is a also another woman who is Mother to another three Yeah Yeah, she wasn't she wasn't so friendly she she's not my favorite person in the world I mean, but you know, what are you she's the mother of my of my siblings So, you know, she did get that respect for me because you know

Shun (16:33.895)
Okay.

Shun (16:42.094)
Okay, got it, but this one was not so friendly is what you're saying

Shannon (16:46.21)
Hehehe

Shannon (16:49.631)
laughs

Shannon (16:54.699)
All right.

Shun (16:57.346)
Okay.

Alexcia Harrod (16:58.103)
as a mom, I try to at least give that respect. I didn't always get it back, but I mean, it is what it is. But I wanted to make sure, right, I did my part. And I mean, I talked to my mom about my other siblings and stuff like that. I mean, and it's no issue. Like again, nobody, not, they're one of us asked to be here, but they're here now. And you know, we talk about them. I go, hey, I got a nephew, I got a niece, which is the coolest thing ever.

Shun (17:03.822)
Right. All we can do is our part.

Shannon (17:04.148)
Heh heh.

Shun (17:09.719)
Bye.

Shannon (17:20.619)
Sorry.

Shun (17:26.222)
Mm-hmm.

Alexcia Harrod (17:28.087)
I am super excited about that. So we talk about those things, but you know, you asked the question earlier, in an ideal world, yes, we would have been able to put differences aside, but there was a lot of stuff happening during that time. And I don't blame my mom for any of how things played down because she had to do what was best for her and her kids. And that's fine.

Shannon (17:28.659)
Yeah.

Shun (17:30.83)
I'm going to go to bed.

Shun (17:47.826)
Oh, absolutely.

Shun (17:56.362)
And it's like when my mom and stepdad Met they had three apiece. So they have six kids, right? Then they have five more together as if any more kids is needed. But anyways, you know, god bless them but so The first six of us were so close. We kind of just all got together like raised these last five You know like they were all our kids, right? because They were already, you know, we're already together. So a blended family And you understand like that's what love does, right?

Alexcia Harrod (18:01.489)
Uh huh.

Shannon (18:07.497)
Yeah.

Shun (18:23.19)
We're all together whether they're his kids and my mom was our mom, but that's not how we were raised Right and we were we never needed friends girl because it was so many of us but we had good friends Thank God coming up, but we was 11 numbers We were all each other's friend now on the other hand my dad remarried and his new wife had two children You know, but they were not his biological kids, but still, you know that didn't sit well with my mother Although you have gotten with them and had five more kids that didn't sit well with her So she was not as nice to my stepmom

Shannon (18:48.383)
Hehehe

Shun (18:52.014)
Is this I thought she could have been but um She thought that he treated those kids better than the biological three he had with her, right? But ma'am you moved us a thousand miles away. I mean mind you that was your choice So what is he supposed to do when he came and got us every summer, you know Christmas? He definitely took a by name Shannon. I tell you all the time. He was definitely my financial savior So but because my mom didn't care for the woman her kids my oldest sister kind of my oldest sibling kind of

Shannon (19:03.077)
Yeah.

Shannon (19:12.679)
Yeah, yeah.

Shannon (19:17.02)
Mm-hmm.

Shun (19:20.19)
Didn't like the kids either so it was like I get what you're saying like so it's kind of like a divide with my Father-in-marriage cuz it's like oh you're going to talk to him. Oh you going over it you going to their house I'm like, yeah, so my sister would go when we went home to the south she would go stay at my grandma's because she didn't like lady too much in the kids but I would go to my father's house because if he loves him, I love him you and they treated me nice, so I Rock off of your energy, you know, they never did it but I think in my oldest siblings defense

Shannon (19:21.981)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (19:30.603)
Yeah.

Alexcia Harrod (19:35.391)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (19:40.155)
Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Alexcia Harrod (19:43.839)
Hehehehe

Shun (19:47.694)
She had an alliance with my mom and she felt like if she liked them too much, it would be disloyal to my mom, you know what I mean? So that's why I think it's important for parents to make sure the kids understand you're just children. Don't make them decide. Don't make them, yeah, don't make them choose.

Alexcia Harrod (19:51.595)
Mm-hmm. Yeah, I think

Shannon (19:54.217)
Uh huh.

Alexcia Harrod (19:59.493)
Right.

Shannon (19:59.891)
Right, because, mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah, because even for me with my siblings, with my mom, you know, my personality is totally different. Like I said, I came in saying, you're gonna love me, you're gonna accept me, you're gonna whatever, but my older sister and my brother, they never formed that relationship with, you know, my dad's family and the siblings. And, you know, so there is a divide there to this day because...

Alexcia Harrod (20:03.32)
Yeah.

Shun (20:16.246)
Mm-hmm.

Shun (20:27.562)
Absolutely right now. It's like I'm an outcast Even when my father passed like these kids were distraught, you know, let me say my stepmom, which was their dad's biological mom Well, their father died in like the army years ago So my stepdad married her their father was dead and they were little kids So he raised these kids right and then their mom died before my father So my father continued to raise and nurture these kids right and then their kids became his grandkids

Shannon (20:28.44)
they don't operate the way I did.

Shun (20:56.258)
So when he passed, can you imagine the emotion they had? Right? But my other siblings kind of like, kind of outed him like whatever. And I just felt so bad for them because I'm like, that was their dad just as much as it was. Matter of fact, they spent more time with the man than we did, you know what I mean? So I think it was almost an animosity. I don't know. All I know is to this day, like you said, Channing, it's strange. And I still think that all of that could have been curved.

Shannon (20:59.453)
Yeah.

Alexcia Harrod (20:59.631)
Yeah.

Shannon (21:12.143)
Yeah. Yep.

Shannon (21:22.917)
Mm-hmm.

Shun (21:25.31)
had the adults ensure that we spend a little more time together. You get what I'm saying? As kids.

Alexcia Harrod (21:30.039)
Yeah, I get that. I also wanted to just put a little shout out to my dad. When he gave us two extra brothers and a sister, and he has been phenomenal. When my mom and dad got married in 97, he raised us like we were his own.

Shun (21:36.782)
I'm sorry.

Shannon (21:37.241)
Oh.

Alexcia Harrod (21:50.283)
Um, and you know, I know it's only two of us here still in Buffalo and you know, it's, it's the oldest girl and the baby boy. So just shout out to all the dads that, you know, really step up and, and father, children that aren't biologically yours. Um, I, I know I'm not biologically his, but I make sure that when I had kids, I instilled the same values that he instilled in me.

Shun (22:03.51)
Absolutely.

Shannon (22:04.86)
Yes.

Alexcia Harrod (22:17.952)
And even by giving my youngest one his middle name, so that was super, super special for me. Yeah. Listen, and they work, okay? They work when you put work into it.

Shannon (22:22.083)
Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, yeah beautiful. Uh-huh Yeah Yeah, that's right No, I'm loving it nope

Shun (22:23.066)
Aww. Blend at families, honey. Blend at families. That's what we do for love, right?

They work.

That's it. Shannon, do you have anything else to add on our blended parents making kids work overtime tonight?

Shun (22:44.362)
Okay, so I think we can wrap up tonight's topic then by saying, you know parents don't bring your personal lows into your children's Relationship if you can help it and then you have those parents just flat out with that flat out refuse to compromise, you know It's okay. You do your best Children have no choice in coming here nor what family they are born into But if they have a sibling with a parent, you know who you're no longer dating or if you're you know Not married any longer if you divorce or if you like us, you know, and you find that you

Shannon (22:58.484)
Yeah.

Shun (23:12.13)
Find out your side piece got one on the side. Don't blame it on the kids. Try to keep the kids together. None of that is the fault of the children, right? Always allow those children to blend peacefully whenever possible. That's what we do for love. All right. I think it's time for our audience invite, baby mama. All right. So audience invite is here. The title of last week's song was

Shannon (23:16.791)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (23:20.915)
Right.

Shannon (23:35.465)
Bye.

Shun (23:41.858)
Things a man ought to know and the artist was Laney Wilson If you recall last week topic was raining without responsibility And that song implies that before you want to be the boss there are simple things you should at least Know before wanting to be in charge and when you listen to the whole song You'll also realize that she's saying those things she can do on her own. This is the simple things So that's not a reason she needed a man, you know, but it's pretty deep and it has a few moving parts. So

Do your part guys and make sure you listen as promised We're gonna give you some flavor in your ear this season in all forms and fashion Okay So if you were digging last week's song after you listen or if you can guess the song tonight that I dropped the lines to Hit us up at wifey and baby mama at gmail.com This is your official invite to email us at wifey and baby mama at gmail.com All right

Shannon (24:18.531)
All right.

Shannon (24:38.31)
All right.

Shun (24:38.366)
Baby, Mom, you got no family for us.

Shannon (24:41.471)
do but before we go into our fictional family, I want to give a shout out to The people in France. I want to say they are at the top now They have knocked down Brazil and Germany and the UK. Yes, so whoever's out there in France We appreciate

Shun (24:52.938)
Wow, are you kidding? Okay friends Right Lexi that part We love it we welcome all right new business

Alexcia Harrod (24:58.087)
Wow.

Parlez-vous français?

Shannon (25:11.787)
So when I see these numbers, yeah, see these numbers climbing, you know, it's good for the ego. Yeah.

Shun (25:21.226)
It's good to you know, it's good to come on here It's like you said as moms wives entrepreneurs to get on here every Thursday because you guys are so faithful And we know that we're making a difference So when even won't be even snowed in for a week in Buffalo we can still get on with a smile, right? Lexi and come talk to the people So, thank you France and everyone who's listening

Shannon (25:29.199)
Yeah.

Shannon (25:34.937)
I'm sorry.

Alexcia Harrod (25:36.763)
That's right. Mm-hmm, that's right.

Shannon (25:41.188)
Yeah, yes. Oh yes to everyone. All right now on to the fictional family I am feeling. The fictional family I'm feeling tonight. They are the Pearsons from This Is Us, which ended actually the show ran until 2022. But the this.

scene I want to talk about is with the big three. If anyone has watched the show, you know who the big three are. They're the kids. Yes. So Sterling K Brown, who plays Randall, Justin Hartley, who's Kevin, and then their sister, Chrissy Metz, who plays Kate. And Randall is Black, and Kate and Kevin are white, because Randall was adopted.

Alexcia Harrod (26:10.959)
this show.

Shannon (26:33.807)
For those of you who don't know the show. So the scene I want to talk about... You're guilty of not knowing the show, Sean. Okay, well, that's okay. Yeah, yeah. So the scene I want to touch on is actually from the finale, the final scene. So they had lost their father, you know, several years earlier. And now at the finale they lost their mother.

Shun (26:37.341)
to get through.

Shun (26:41.816)
Mm-hmm. I'm sorry, baby. Go ahead. I'm sorry, baby.

Alexcia Harrod (26:44.975)
Oh, you're going to have to come over and watch it.

Shun (26:48.129)
Okay.

Shannon (27:02.767)
And they're sitting on the porch, the three of them. And Kevin, he says, we don't have parents anymore. And Kate says, we still have parents. They're just not here. And he's like, yeah, but you know what I mean. And they're like, what do we do now? We're lost without our family. And Kevin says, we do.

you know, what we're supposed to do or Kate and Kevin, you know, we do what they've always wanted us to do. We live and we live fiercely and she wants to open up schools for the blind. And Kevin says he just wants to work for a nonprofit and stick around his home because he worked a long time to get a home and now he really appreciates the fact that he has a home. And then Randall, there.

adopted brother says he you know, he's going into politics and so on and so forth and You know going to rule the world become president or whatever and then Kate says You know, I want to tell you all, you know something that I'm fearful of something or my nightmare and She says I feel like without mom or our parents we're gonna drift apart

We're just gonna drift apart. We're gonna get busy with our lives and there's no one here left to hold us together. You know, like we've all experienced that, I'm sure. Like when big mama dies or grandmama goes away, you know, sometimes family falls apart. And she says, you know, I just don't want that to happen. And Randall, Sterling K. Brown, he says, we're not gonna drift. And then Kate says, well, if we could, that could happen. And then they're all silent. You know, they're sitting there.

Shun (28:38.798)
Mm-hmm. Absolutely.

Shannon (28:59.219)
And then Randall says, you all want to know a secret. He says, if someone asked me to picture my family, he says, I don't picture my wife and my kids first. He says, I picture mom, dad, and you two, my brother and sister. He says, you are my family. He says, that's what I picture first. And Kevin and Kate say, you know, we picture the same, you know, the same thing. And they're just amazed that they all have that same.

Shun (29:11.703)
Mm-hmm.

Shannon (29:28.939)
you know, common thought. And then Kate says, do you remember, you know, what they always would say? What mom and dad would always say. First came and then Kevin said me, which is Kevin's the oldest, and mom and dad said gee. And then, then came and Kate said me and Kevin said and mom and dad said

Shannon (29:55.947)
Um, they said, and then came and then Randall said me and they said, and then the mom and dad said, that makes three, the big three, which is the theme throughout the whole thing. And they, you know, they give each other, you know, love and, you know, they laugh and they sit there contented that they are the big three. And that's one thing. I would, the point of this, this fictional family is even though they weren't all blood, just like.

the siblings we've talked about tonight, the parents need to understand when they're gone, if they've created the foundation for these siblings to remain together so that they don't drift apart when they're dead and gone, that benefits their children when they're no longer here. And all of these guys are adults with families and all of this. And the problem is not to drift apart. And at the very end,

Randall says to Kate, he says, you know, if you do drift, we're drifting after you. We're coming after you. And that's what we want. We want to make sure even if someone starts pulling away, someone goes for them, you know, pull them back in or we all go for them and pull them back in because that's the point of being a family. And when our parents and, you know, bonus.

Shun (31:02.018)
I'm sorry.

Shannon (31:22.867)
parents, step parents or whatever. Yeah, when they get together, like Alexia said, you know, we didn't ask to be here. No, we did not. So parents, make sure they stay together, stick together so that there isn't that drift.

Shun (31:23.09)
Elders

Shun (31:36.822)
and they're not working overtime, you know, when they get older, once you're gone, to stay together or form a bond. It's a great fictional family. I'm sorry I never watched that show.

Shannon (31:38.971)
Mm-hmm. That's right.

Exactly.

Alexcia Harrod (31:46.487)
Yeah, I'm in tears over here because I didn't see the finale and I'm like, ah, this is so nice. Ah, listen, that show is amazing. You cry every episode. Every episode just buy stock in Kleenex at this point.

Shannon (31:52.06)
Oh

Shun (31:54.394)
Oh my goodness, Lexi.

Shannon (31:58.603)
Yes it is. Yes you do. Yes. That's right. So yes, so that is the fictional family I am filling tonight.

Shun (32:05.39)
Awwww.

Alexcia Harrod (32:07.255)
Oh goodness.

Shun (32:13.478)
Awesome. I love it. That was great. That was great. She always nails it. I'm Lexi. I enjoy that All right

Alexcia Harrod (32:14.043)
That's a good one.

Shannon (32:16.459)
Bye.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. All right. That is our show for tonight. We want to thank you all for joining us and our special guest, Alexia. And we want you to come back as many times as you want. We enjoy your energy. Yes.

Alexcia Harrod (32:20.248)
Yeah.

Alexcia Harrod (32:33.935)
Will you let me know? Listen, you let me know. We'll put the kids on, put Bluey on, we good.

Shun (32:34.322)
as many times as you'd like.

Shun (32:42.975)
Thank you Lexi, I appreciate you so much honey, and thank you all for joining us again this week until next week. Love you all

Alexcia Harrod (32:45.783)
Oh, I appreciate you.