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Hey, y'all, welcome to Choose Tables, live with us in culture for grace and truth. I'm Kimmy. And I'm Christina. This table is built by black women and four black women. So welcome to the table. See how you're doing, girl. I'm doing I'm doing okay, you know, I had to take a trip. So people probably like where is she? You know, I'm in my parents.

This basement, which is, which is the blackest basement, you know, MLK is right over there looking at me and they go, they go, welcome. My name is behind you. Oh, there's, you know, that's, that's, you know, that's the Scott hand of there. So, yes, yes, yes. My day was over in the corner. So this, this is, this is my moment, you got the psychedelic, you got the psychedelic, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, fireplace going. Come on. Yes, black hippies for sure. And I got to see my grandmother. You know, she'll be 95. Now.

I wanted to make sure I laid eyes on her side. I'm really good. I love to go home and visit my people in Baltimore. How are you doing? I'm good. I'm good. I'm excited for this episode to be at the table with you. You see, I got on some orange lipstick. Look at you. You know, my color now. I'm serious about orange now. Yeah, I was like, why don't I go with the orange? Why not? Why not? I'm grown. I'm good. I'm really really good. Glad.

I had to be at the table with my sisters. And just in case y'all don't know, Michelle's on the table. So that means we got a black girl magic episode to the charm. We have Reverend, Dr. Brianna K. Parker at the table. What? Yes. Yes. Yes. I went with the middle. Yes. I went with the middle.

Don't give all the table. Hey, hey, hey, we are so glad to have you at the table with us, Dr. Parker. How you be? I'm glad to be here. Listen, I'm good. I'm surviving the pandemic. You know, I'm. Listen, I don't have to wait. Now I wonder every time you go somewhere, you put like a time clock, like 14 days to see if you're going to die. You know, like I would go to the grocery store and I'd be like, okay. So if I'm here on the seventh on the 21st, I'm clear. You know, I got to live in like that. So I got a little vaccination.

And you know, I'm still being super, super protective, but I'm feeling good. Good. Now, let us know. Are you, are you a Johnson, John, uh, Pfizer princess or Moderna, Mom? Let us know.

Pfizer princess. Come on. Come on. Pfizer princesses. Come on. Pfizer. Pfizer princess table. Come through. Come through. Well, look, just in case y'all don't know who Dr. Reverend Brianna K. Parker is.

Yes, I won't say it for them every time. I just had to do that for a fact, for a fact. You know, I go out there again. Um, just in case they don't know who you are.

Well, I let them know a little something about you, but like the shortest version of this bio ever, right?

This is like, yeah, no, you're going in Texas, lives in Texas. Look, did a couple things in between.

And you got to do your fingers like this. I need your chin. Okay.

That's it. That's it. You know, you, you true to this. Okay. This is what you do.

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