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Answering Mom's Questions | Homemade
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Answering all my mom's questions at 50...and I have some questions too.
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A
You don't want to lose too much weight, huh? You want to have a little, little butt back there? Ladies like a little butt.
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B
Welcome to Homemade. I'm Shannon Casey. I love my mom. We talk. Most days we have a thing where we text each other while we're enjoying our daily cup of coffee. Growing up, I had to create a little distance, a little space from my mom because we grew up in my grandma's house and, and there were a few families living in the house under one roof and I was just around my mom too much. So I had to create a little distance to become myself. And it's hard to create distance in a house with so many people. And it's funny, the other day I went over to visit my mom and I brought her some coffee, of course, and she rattled off about five to six questions immediately, like rapid fire, before I could even get in the house. Put the coffee down. I'm like, slow down, Ma, slow. My mom loves to ask questions, so I want to take some time to, to answer some of her questions because I usually blow them off. I'm gonna be honest, but I wanted to answer some and give her this podcast. And because you're a listener, you're going to listen to it too, and I hope you enjoy. Here are some of the questions that my mom still asks me as a 50 year old man. I usually blow them off, but I'm going to answer the questions honestly and intently. And yeah, I'm still a mama's boy.
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A
Sharon, I just wanted to know if you was eating right.
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B
I'm trying to. I always said that once I turn 50, I'd make some significant changes to my diet. And I have. I fast a lot. Not every day. I don't do the 16,8 intermittent fasting, but I do miss a day of eating at least once a week and sometimes two days if I, if I ate too much. I'm a big eater. I love eating and I want to change that identity. I want to become a little eater purposely, like lean meats, vegetables, lots of water, and I don't even drink alcohol that much anymore. When people say they drink socially, but that means that they still drink a lot. I really, really drink sociably. I don't, I don't really drink by myself, but I'm going to change some things and I'm become, become a significantly smaller eater, which will affect my weight. But we'll get into that.
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A
Shan, did you sleep well last night?
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B
I don't get enough sleep. I do not. I sleep about five to Six hours every day, which sometimes it might be less than that, but I want to increase that to seven to eight hours a day. And I know exactly what to do. Here's the routine. At 9, 9 to 10, I go to sleep. I get sleepy around between 9 and 10, and I wake up to pee around 2am because I'm older, I have to wake up and pee. But when I do that, going to take my phone and leave it in the bathroom, like plug it up in the bathroom, then go back to sleep. The reason I've been staying up, sometimes I'll grab my phone, I'll watch a YouTube video or something like that. But if I leave my phone in the bathroom and then when I go back to sleep, if I need to grab something, grab my Kindle, read a little. I mean, the book, go put me to sleep usually. And I don't have a TV in my room, so I don't have to worry about that. But I. I'm going to increase my sleeping time to seven to eight hours of sleep. I got to. I got to.
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A
Did you go to the doctor and what did they say?
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B
I always go to my regular doctor's appointments. Recently I had a rise in a few different levels that dealing with my kidney, my liver and cholesterol. And the doctor told. One of the things, the doctor, I guess my creatine levels, I don't. Maybe some doctors on here know about, but my creatine, I forgot the. All the words, but they were too high. And my doctor, one of the doctors told me to stop exercising so much, which I thought was the worst, worst advice you could possibly give. Stop exercising so much. But they did say it was like my body seemed like it was injured in recovering all the time. So I'm. I'm going to do some adjusting with this information. I have some doctor's appointments, specialist appointments coming up for my liver, my kidney, and a rheumatologist, whatever that does. I don't know what the. I think it's for my bones. So I'm gonna go to those doctors, see what's up. But I am going to adjust my workouts a little bit to, to, you know, going to these later years.
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A
Have you been writing anything new recently?
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B
Not as much as I should. Not as much as I should. Ma and my mother. I credit my mom with really getting me to do this podcast and to write more and to tell stories, but it's like this. I want to be consistent with the podcast and some other podcast projects that I want to come up pretty soon. But that's my main focus. And then on the writing side, I like to write a book. It's always been, you know, a goal of mine to write a book. So I like to write a book and start doing that as soon as possible. And then on the performance side, I like to write a solo show soon as well. I always wanted to do a solo show so as I get consistent with the podcast and take my daily writing habits for the book in the solo projects. So that's, that's what I have in my ma. Just letting you know.
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A
Chad, how about you weigh. You don't want to lose too much weight, huh? You want to have a little, little butt back there? Ladies like a little butt. How much? How much, how much weight you want to lose?
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B
I got my mom talking about my butt, my butt. I think I got a decent butt, ma. You know, I'm not gonna show my butt online, but I think my butt is cool. I'm in decent shape. I put in weight over the holidays. I'm 250 right now and I'm 6 3. So I can wear 250. Well, I can still wear 250 well, but, but I usually force my body down to two 30s before spring and summer because two 30s is a really good weight for me. But this year I'm going to change that up because I don't think forcing, like with fasting and all those things, forcing my body down to 230 is the most healthy way. So I'm going to change my way of doing things and keep my range at 220 to 240, then ultimately get to 210 to 230. And I have plans to do this right now. I work out four to five days a week, but I'm going to shift that because that may be too much working out. I'm going to do two heavy weight training days, just really heavy weight training days, really aggressive days. And then I'm going to do two mobility days. So it's still working out four times a week. But it's different kinds of workouts. Some of them I don't even have to go to the gym. I work out my abs with my dad and then I'll do two weight training days by myself and then I'll do a mobility day, which is stuff I can do at home by myself as well. But, but that's, that's my current goals. That's what I'm working on right now. I don't want to be a huge guy going into my later years, I want to. I want to just be in shape, healthy and lean. So that's what I'm working on.
- [07:52]
A
Mom, you pray every day, don't you, Sean? Prayer is powerful. Pray, pray, pray, Coming and going.
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B
I have a daily prayer routine. I pray. I pray pretty much daily. When I wake up, I do a guided visualization. So I have different ones, like, based on my health projects. I'm working on lifestyle goals that I might have. I do a daily affirmation list, and this is, like, personal stuff that I identify with. And then I do my daily prayer, and I pray over myself, and I pray over my family and loved ones. I even pray over the podcast listeners, to be honest with you. After my daily prayer, I drink some apple cider vinegar water with sea salt, a bit of pinch of sea salt in the water. I drink that first thing in the morning, and then I drink coffee. And sometimes I'll put in a little black seed oil in my coffee. I like the taste of it. It's a nasty taste, but I like the taste of it. I drink my coffee black, so I like. I like that little bitter taste. And then I'm supposed to do my daily writing after that, but many times I don't. So I want to become more consistent with that so I can write a book and, you know, books. I want to write multiple books and then do my solo show. So I got to get consistent with the writing after my coffee. Yeah. But that's what I'm working on. So I do pray every day.
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A
Shannon, you know how much I love you, Ma.
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B
I know you love me because of all the sacrifices you've had to make throughout your life. Sometimes it's hard for me because I want to give my mom the same that she's given me and so much more. And sometimes I look at it and I'm like, am I falling short? I think I am. You know, every boy who played basketball or who rapped, you know, you have dreams of buying your mom a house, giving her the best life possible. These are your dreams. And I fell short in that way. I gotta be honest with myself. I do know my mom loves me, and I know I love her. I moved back to Detroit to be here with my mom, even it's mainly for my mom. It's also for other family, too, but my daughter, my dad, my uncle, but being real, mostly for my mom and my daughter. And I think my dad and my uncle can understand that. They would agree with that, too. You know, my mom and my daughter mean the world. To me, and they do, too. But you know how it is with men. My mom loves me a lot. And it loves me so much that. That growing up, I had to kind of push her away. Sometimes I think that's a natural response because I don't want to grow up to be like, a son, husband, or just up under my mom all the time. And I don't think she wants that either. So. So I know that she loves me, but I try to keep space, but. But no one loves me like my mom. No one. My mom would do. I always get this. This. It's a terrible negative thing in my mind, but image. If anything ever happened to me, my mom would be the one wiping my ass, cleaning up the slobber around my mouth. My mom would be there for me no matter what, you know? And I'll be there for her no matter what as well. So. So the. My dad and uncle. I don't know. My dad, I don't know Woody, my mom, but my uncle, Even my daughter, I don't know. I'm just. But I know mama be there, so I always think about that. And the love a mom has with her son is. Is inseparable. So. Yeah. Okay, I'm gonna turn the tables on you. So, Ma.
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A
Yes?
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B
Why do you ask so many questions?
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A
I ask so many questions because I love you. I'm mama, and I'm like a mama bear. So I want to find out what you're doing, where you're going, what you're eating. I want to, you know, every day. Pleasure. D. I want to ask you every time I talk to you because I love you. It's part of me being a mama. I'm a mama. Beer.
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B
You funny. You funny. So, okay, what if I did the same thing to you? So, like, what's the first thing you think about when you wake up in the morning?
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A
First of all, I thank God for the gift of life because it's so precious. I'm so grateful and thankful. I tell them every morning. I thank, grateful and thankful for my children, my family, the blessings around me, just for the way he made me, the joy that I feel each and every day. I just thank God every day.
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B
That's a beautiful thing to wake up thinking like that.
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A
Yeah, I do. Every morning. That's my prayer. Thank you for the gift of life because it truly is a gift.
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B
No doubt about it. No doubt about it, Ma.
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A
It's a gift.
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B
No doubt about it. What's one of your favorite things that you do throughout the day?
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A
One of my What.
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B
What's one of your favorite things that you do throughout the day? Like, what do you. What do you like to do throughout your day?
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A
I love to watch some of the news shows. I love to read a book if I have the time. I love to listen to the music. I love listening to some of the radio stations that's on. I love learning.
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B
And you love your coffee, too.
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A
Oh, my gosh. That's number one. That's when I say the book of reading. That's number one. The coffee. That's part of me. Coffee is part of me. You'd be drinking it by and say you want stuff. Like, he had nervous to ask me to only want Starbucks. Never ask me if I want Starbucks. Yes, I do.
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B
You sent me to the Starbucks two times last time.
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A
I know.
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B
Two times in one day.
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A
You know that one, that one you bought me, though, that white chocolate mocha?
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B
Yeah. Yeah.
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A
They made it with almond milk? No, not almond milk. They made it with oatmeal.
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B
Oh, okay.
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A
Soy milk. It had a good taste, but I thought, oh, something's different. And I looked at it. Soy.
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B
My bad, my bad, huh?
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A
But whole, whole milk. Anything for me. Whole milk and regular sugar. But that's why I call you. Every day when I'm having it, I think about you.
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B
Yeah.
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A
Every time I have my coffee, I think about you.
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B
Yeah. Same here. Same here.
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A
Yeah. Every time I have my.
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B
No, no. I was gonna ask you another question.
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A
Oh, I'm sorry.
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B
All right. Do you worry about anything? You could be honest. Do you worry about anything, Shannon?
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A
You know, really, I don't worry. And that made me really, I, I figured it out. I'll be 79 years old, and I. I am. God made me special because I don't worry. But the reason I don't worry is because I have joy and love in my heart all the time. And my faith. My faith is what carries me through for everything. Your faith? My faith is very, very strong.
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B
Yeah.
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A
And I know God is in control, and I just don't worry. I mean, you know, worry makes you look old and stuff. You know, you don't enjoy life as much. So I, I, I. I'm not a worrier. I never have that. Never have that. I just pray hard and I put my faith and trust in God and. And live.
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B
Amen. Amen.
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A
You. Do you really celebrate if you're having your coffee? Just realize it's so special, you know? Celebrate. Because some people can't do that.
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B
Big things. You're right.
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A
The little. The little things and the Big things, all of it. Some people. And then I've always realized some people can even get up and make a cup of coffee, be thankful for everything. Your movement, your, you know, brushing your teeth, just every little thing. You don't realize how precious it is. Always be thankful and grateful and happy. Says the amazing thing is be happy for you guys. God gave you one life, and you're supposed to make it as best as you can. Joyful. Have a joyful heart.
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B
Let me ask you this, okay? You. You're a great mother. No doubt about it.
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A
Thank you.
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B
What's something about motherhood that never changes?
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A
You always look at your. Your children as your. Your baby. They might not like these fan babies, but you do. You look at them as your baby and how. You look at them, how they've grown, and you try not to. When you try, as they're growing, you try not to hold on to them too tight, because once they get 18, you want them to leave the nest and flow. You want to just expand their life and just. Just make the best of what they want to do. Even though. Even though you might not agree with it all the time, you still want it to be what they want to do, you know, not. Not what you. Not what you want them to do. You want them to be the best for themselves or what they want to do. That. That's what I really enjoy with my children, but I. With children. Once you have children, you're completely different. You're never the same. Because the love that you have for your child is more greater than your own, the love for yourself once you have those children, because you'll do anything for those kids. It's called. What do you call, Unconditional love? Unconditional love covers everything. You might not like a lot of things they do, but you still. You're there for them all the way through.
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B
Let me ask you this. What are you most proud of? Not. Not about me, but about yourself. What are you most proud of?
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A
I'm most proud of the woman that I grew into when I grew up. Okay. You're young and free and excited about everything. I grew up in the era where.
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B
I thought you said pretty.
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A
Yeah. Yes, I did.
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B
You knew you was fine, huh? You just knew you was fine.
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A
I grew up in the era where I just thought everything is just, you know, just falls into place and it just. You, you know, had no. No problems, no, nothing. But life learned me that that's not true. You know, life learned that you're going to have challenges and changes and everything, but it's how you go through your changes, how you go through your difficulties and how you come out. And the person that you become, not debtor, not needing, but the person that you can maintain as long as you can be yourself. I always thought the best thing and the best thing in life for myself was to be me. Not what somebody else wants to be me. And the wisdom that I've learned as I went through life has been one of the greatest things I ever had. I like who I am. I like the wisdom that I have and I like the peace that God has given me. I just love it. I like the person that. I like the woman that I am.
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B
Yeah, yeah. No, I like the woman you are too. You.
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A
I really do.
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B
You brighten. You brighten everyone else's life. Wherever you've been all my life, I've seen you brighten people's life. You know what I'm saying? Even. Even the waitress is at the. Which sometimes I'm like, hey, can she just go get our food? And you got the lady.
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A
Part of who I am. I know when I ask you those questions and stuff, it's just part of who I am. I. You know, I can't even cut it off because that's who I am.
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B
You be genuously curious about those questions. You talking to other people?
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A
Yeah, I do. That's. That's. If I wasn't, you could tell when people not. But I'm just. That's who I am. It's a. It's a God given thing because it's a. It's a spirit, you know, you don't know what somebody's going through. Sometimes just a high, it just makes the person say you look nice, you know, Just makes the person day, you know, just sharpen and talk to them for a minute. Some people haven't even been talked to it a whole day. You realize that?
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B
Yeah.
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A
Some people, they go through life, they have nobody. They don't have anyone. If I'm out there, I always speak to people and just have my joy. And you like that, don't you, Shannon? You talk a lot. I notice how you handle yourself. I'm just proud of who you all are. Because my kids are just. I mean, phenomenal really.
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B
I got a last question for you too. Do you know how much I love you?
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A
Oh, yes, I do. I do. And the only reason I do is because the love I give. I give so much to you. I know that you have to love me. Yes, I do.
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B
I have to. Or it just be. Just be wrong.
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A
No, it's not because you have to really. Love is nothing without action. And your love, the. The way you act is what love is. I Love is an action word. It's the things you do. Love is. Love is actually an action word. You can say I love somebody and you don't do nothing and. Or treat them right and stuff. That's not love.
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B
Yeah. I love you, Ma.
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A
I love you more, baby.
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B
Thanks for listening. Shannon Case's Homemade is proud to be supported by the friends of Homemade. I want to thank everyone who listens, enjoys and supports the stories. To my friends, Dr. Adia, I appreciate you. I appreciate you for the gifts in the Patreon. I mean the. What did you give me? Cash app, I think it was. I appreciate you, Matt C. I appreciate the messages. Glad that you listen to Homemade. Then Beck Beck H. On the other side of the planet in Australia. Thank you for sharing your story of your granddad. That was a beautiful story. 96 is a blessing and sincere, sincere condolences. Sincere condolences to you and your family. Homemade is a friend funded podcast. Visit patreon.com shannoncasing or $sign Shannon Casing on Cash app if you like to go the direct route. I want to thank my mom or the phone call. If you get anything from this episode, go call your mom. Go call your mom right now. Ask her some questions. Interview your mom. Answer her questions too, and get some answers. Do that. All right, I'll talk to you soon.
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A
Now that's Homemade.