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My Father Was And Is A Great Father. My Father Always Wanted To Do Stand-up. He Wanted To Be An Actor. But Instead He Did Two Jobs. He Did Customer Service At A Hospital And He Worked As A Waiter At Night. He Pretty Much Sacrificed Everything For His Daughters.

The Thing I Want To Really Say Is That I Still Mess Up. I Still Go Out There And Say Things On Tv That I Know The Lord Is Like, 'sherri What Are You Doing?' But I Know I Can Go Back And Get On My Knees And Say, 'lord Forgive Me.' I Know He Will Never Leave Me Nor Forsake Me. The Wonderful Thing Is He Answers My Prayers In Spite Of Me.

I Worked At Sears In The Woodfield Mall As A Gift Wrapper. I'm Actually A Great Gift Wrapper, And The Customers Were So Nice To Me. I Was Only 16, And Eventually Sears Put Me In Customer Service Because I Was So Friendly.

When I Go Back To Family Reunions Everybody Goes, 'hey Cousin! Hey Auntie!' And I'm Like, 'okay I Don't Know You, I Have No Idea Who You Are.' I Am Auntie And Cousin For So Many And Even The Ones In Prison Call Me Collect. And I'll Be Like, 'which Of My Family Members Are Giving You This Phone Number?'

My Mom Passed Away At 41 From Diabetes. And I'm 42, Thank You. I Didn't Want To Do That To My Son. So Any Time I Was At The Gym, That Thing That Helped Me Do That Last Squat Was My Son Calling Some Other Woman Mommy. And That Would Just Give Me That Extra Oomph To Do That Last Squat. I Want To Be Around For Him.