Sarah Jakes Roberts

And so I had to learn the beauty.

How long did that take you?

Yeah.

Well, we're 12 years in, so 11 years and six months, you know, you know, it's hard.

I was so busy trying to protect myself from him that I didn't get to experience the beauty of who he is.

And so trusting because of my faith, we had this like what God has put together, let no person tear apart.

And I didn't want to be the one who was tearing it apart.

And so I really had to trust that God would allow me to be in partnership with someone who could help make my life better, even though I had experiences where I put myself with someone in the past and it didn't make it better.

So there is a humility.

There is an awareness.

That's the other thing is I recovered so hard that I didn't think I had any flaws.

You know, after I went down in the dumps and came up like the Phoenix that I believe that I am, I said, wow, you really are that girl.

There are very few things wrong with you.

And if they are, they're in your past.

Then I meet Prince Charming and Prince Charming is like your shoes off.

And I'm like, sir, I prefer to be barefoot.

And he's like, OK, well, your wig is tilted.

I prefer my wig tilted.

I will take that on for you.

Like, I've seen that stuff on site.