Alicia Keys

Man, I love those names.

Man, I love those names.

I mean, yeah, Egypt has been so cool because even just as watching him grow and he's always been super into architecture and math. I'm like, man, maybe I feel like the name connection really brought that to him in so many ways. And Genesis is... Like, whoa. I'm like, we might have needed to rethink naming that boy Genesis. But it's so good. He's so like kind of strong and clear.

I mean, yeah, Egypt has been so cool because even just as watching him grow and he's always been super into architecture and math. I'm like, man, maybe I feel like the name connection really brought that to him in so many ways. And Genesis is... Like, whoa. I'm like, we might have needed to rethink naming that boy Genesis. But it's so good. He's so like kind of strong and clear.

And, you know, he doesn't bend. And I really appreciate that for him because I spent so much of my life bending and contorting and shifting and changing and trying to please that I love. And he's like, no. And he won't. That's it. I'm like, okay, I need you to try to be a little bit fluid, like a little fluid on occasion. Not every time, just once in a while. But I love that for him.

And, you know, he doesn't bend. And I really appreciate that for him because I spent so much of my life bending and contorting and shifting and changing and trying to please that I love. And he's like, no. And he won't. That's it. I'm like, okay, I need you to try to be a little bit fluid, like a little fluid on occasion. Not every time, just once in a while. But I love that for him.

I love that he's clear. He's clear and that's it.

I love that he's clear. He's clear and that's it.

think I've just been working on just listening. Yeah. I think that we all have such big personalities. I think I feel for the kids sometimes, like their dad has this huge personality and we have this big personality and I answer every question and I react to everything and I'm always saying, yeah, oh yeah. And sometimes I'm like, I think I can just be more silent.

think I've just been working on just listening. Yeah. I think that we all have such big personalities. I think I feel for the kids sometimes, like their dad has this huge personality and we have this big personality and I answer every question and I react to everything and I'm always saying, yeah, oh yeah. And sometimes I'm like, I think I can just be more silent.

I think I can just actually, let me allow them the space to, and everybody, the space to just kind of feel, share, say what they're saying without neither encouragement nor discouragement. Just like, perceive what they're saying and let them just speak. So I think the listening is really cool. Not always reacting, not always sharing, not always saying something.

I think I can just actually, let me allow them the space to, and everybody, the space to just kind of feel, share, say what they're saying without neither encouragement nor discouragement. Just like, perceive what they're saying and let them just speak. So I think the listening is really cool. Not always reacting, not always sharing, not always saying something.

Just like being more, more, more silent, more taking the space to just. Yeah. That's what I'm working on.

Just like being more, more, more silent, more taking the space to just. Yeah. That's what I'm working on.

I mean, they're pretty present. You know, they're pretty present. I think about that often. I mean, I'm very much about... I want us all in spaces that feel very, very normal. Like I am very, very like about that. I love to take them to their classes and I love to drop them off at school.

I mean, they're pretty present. You know, they're pretty present. I think about that often. I mean, I'm very much about... I want us all in spaces that feel very, very normal. Like I am very, very like about that. I love to take them to their classes and I love to drop them off at school.

And I love to like, we go and we go to the, you know, we go hang out at the park or we go somewhere, we do what we do. And I really love that ease. So I really want to put them in environments that feel like that. So, of course, you know, on the other side, they're on the tour bus for three months. And that's also different.

And I love to like, we go and we go to the, you know, we go hang out at the park or we go somewhere, we do what we do. And I really love that ease. So I really want to put them in environments that feel like that. So, of course, you know, on the other side, they're on the tour bus for three months. And that's also different.

So they I think but I do think they have a pretty good balance about it all. And they're pretty like everyday kids, you know, and I love that about them, too. I wonder how it feels or how they affect them. They're both very empathetic. Like, I know sometimes if we're out and someone, you know, they might have caught someone who wants to take a picture. But, Ma, just take a picture, Ma.

So they I think but I do think they have a pretty good balance about it all. And they're pretty like everyday kids, you know, and I love that about them, too. I wonder how it feels or how they affect them. They're both very empathetic. Like, I know sometimes if we're out and someone, you know, they might have caught someone who wants to take a picture. But, Ma, just take a picture, Ma.