Sheinelle Jones

See how she's moving and dancing?

I love it.

Oh, my God.

They used to say, if you can't sing, Joe Brown is going to get it out of you.

Where's my tissue?

Oh, my goodness gracious.

The folks in church are all right now.

That is who I am.

I grew up listening to all of those songs and, you know, Negro spirituals, which is what they are.

And she used to always tell me the stories of Negro spirituals.

When black folks were down, this is what they would sing.

They would sing these songs to get themselves back up.

And she would say, we come from good stock, honey.

That's what she would say.

And so now I am...

pulling on all of those things that she poured into me.

And what I also realized is I grieved Uche for so long.

And I'm sure somebody will know if this is a term, I don't know, but I pre-grieved too, because you know it's coming, even though I was in denial.

And then I grieved Uche, and so I've been grieving for so long that I don't think I have truly grieved her, because then it's too much.

Everybody's like, oh, you're so strong, and you're there for your kids, and all of the things.