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- Are y'all like me friends?
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Are you just pure shocked that another year has ticked away?
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It's crazy, and we're getting ready for 2024.
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You know, I graduated from high school in 1965
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and to think even about the year 2000 was like crazy.
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And now we're looking at 2024.
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And I thank God every day that I'm still here
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to do the things that I love doing, being with family,
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cooking, going to the restaurants.
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I'm thankful for every bit of it.
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So, you know, I was telling y'all earlier
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in the Christmas video that the new year
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is creeping up on us, but I do not do resolutions.
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I tried it, I tried it, you know,
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for quite a few years I think.
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But I found that it just set me up for failure.
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'Cause if I didn't accomplish what I wanted to accomplish
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and I was a loser, and I don't wanna have that feeling.
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So now I say, I'm gonna try,
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I'm gonna try to work on this and be better at that,
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or I'm gonna try to change this about me,
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or I'm gonna try to change this about Michael.
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Too bad. That sounds so easy, doesn't it?
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But, you know, we can't change people.
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We cannot change people.
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They are the person that we fell in love with.
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But don't go in there thinking you're gonna change 'em,
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And I remember my mother, because at 18 I told them,
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I said, I'm gonna get married.
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I'm gonna get married. I was so in love
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with my children's father,
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and I thought he was prettiest thing I'd ever seen.
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And I remember my mama coming into my bedroom
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and sitting next to me.
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We were sitting side by side on the edge of the bed
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and she said, Paula, honey,
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I just wanna say a few things to you.
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I want you to be sure of the step
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that you're fixing to make.
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And I want you to realize going into this marriage,
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if there is something that you don't like
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about the one you've chosen,
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you never can change that, because that's who they are.
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And I didn't realize what an important message
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that was coming from my mother, but she was so right.
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So you can't change people.
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So hopefully the person you're with
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is everything you ever wanted them to be.
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And I hope this new year brings you,
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I love peace and contentment.
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I don't like a bunch of jabbering and gibbering
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I just don't like it. I don't care for it.
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I want everybody to be happy. And that includes y'all.
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Y'all are kind of on the top of my list
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with sending out happy thoughts and more love
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and best dishes in the year 2024.
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And I just look forward to eating some more good food
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in 2024 and hope all my grandchildren will learn
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to eat vegetables and like them.
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Happy New Year, y'all. Love and best dishes.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
