I'm a child who was abused. I know the difference. I clearly know the difference. The whipping for correction and then their child abuse.

The most important thing that I learned in growing up is that forgiveness is something that, when you do it, you free yourself to move on.

My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made all those foolish mistakes. Then, when we got a little older, at thirty, we started getting these flashes of light, revelations of what a great and lucky thing it is that we didn't get caught doing those stupid things back then. Around forty, if we are lucky, we stop lying to ourselves. Fifty and above, we've run out of patience for foolishness. Take me to the bottom line.

Life is so precious, such a gift, you have to live for you. Live your own truth, live the life that God has put you and nobody else on this Earth to live and not what somebody might be telling you to live.

There were only 3 people that I wanted to meet in life, Nelson Mandela was one of them. What a life, what a journey, what a man. Thank you for passing this way! God bless your resting soul!

Children love their mothers. Especially with a boy child and his mother, there's a bond that's unbreakable.

God has put me in a really good position where I can make the choices to walk away if something is not right, so that way I can keep my integrity.