Tina Knowles
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and I've been in therapy forever, that if someone slaps you in the face and you're trying to recover for it and you get slapped again, you never can recover and get your strength because you're just slapped. I'm not saying he was slapping me, no, that wasn't happening. Don't start no rumors, but no. But I'm just saying like, it wasn't only my marriage, it was like my parents dying.
I lost my parents at, my mom at 26 years old. Six months after I got married, then I lost my dad two years later. And it was just one thing after another. It was always something that was happening that I was fighting. And I realized that my whole life has just been filled with challenges. And when you take the time to stop and convince yourself
I lost my parents at, my mom at 26 years old. Six months after I got married, then I lost my dad two years later. And it was just one thing after another. It was always something that was happening that I was fighting. And I realized that my whole life has just been filled with challenges. And when you take the time to stop and convince yourself
I lost my parents at, my mom at 26 years old. Six months after I got married, then I lost my dad two years later. And it was just one thing after another. It was always something that was happening that I was fighting. And I realized that my whole life has just been filled with challenges. And when you take the time to stop and convince yourself
that you are enough and that, you know, you're gonna be just fine whether you're with someone or not. Say that part one more time slowly.
that you are enough and that, you know, you're gonna be just fine whether you're with someone or not. Say that part one more time slowly.
that you are enough and that, you know, you're gonna be just fine whether you're with someone or not. Say that part one more time slowly.
You know, you will be just fine and you will get, it's called getting through it because you ain't gonna get stuck there. There's light at the end of the tunnel and you're gonna go through it and you're gonna come out on the other side. And whether you are you know, young or old, I wish I would have learned that lesson a lot earlier, you know?
You know, you will be just fine and you will get, it's called getting through it because you ain't gonna get stuck there. There's light at the end of the tunnel and you're gonna go through it and you're gonna come out on the other side. And whether you are you know, young or old, I wish I would have learned that lesson a lot earlier, you know?
You know, you will be just fine and you will get, it's called getting through it because you ain't gonna get stuck there. There's light at the end of the tunnel and you're gonna go through it and you're gonna come out on the other side. And whether you are you know, young or old, I wish I would have learned that lesson a lot earlier, you know?
About marriage and how I think that marriage is wonderful and I hope that it is in everyone's future because I think it's a beautiful way to build a life together but that the person that you choose to build it has to be on the same page. There you go. They can't be on a different page. But I think that love is wonderful. And I hope that everyone finds it.
About marriage and how I think that marriage is wonderful and I hope that it is in everyone's future because I think it's a beautiful way to build a life together but that the person that you choose to build it has to be on the same page. There you go. They can't be on a different page. But I think that love is wonderful. And I hope that everyone finds it.
About marriage and how I think that marriage is wonderful and I hope that it is in everyone's future because I think it's a beautiful way to build a life together but that the person that you choose to build it has to be on the same page. There you go. They can't be on a different page. But I think that love is wonderful. And I hope that everyone finds it.
But if you are not with a partner, I think you can have just as fulfilled, full of a life. And that is better to be by yourself than to be with somebody who don't get it. Yes. Or that's not so excited when you walk into the room that they understand that you are a prize.
But if you are not with a partner, I think you can have just as fulfilled, full of a life. And that is better to be by yourself than to be with somebody who don't get it. Yes. Or that's not so excited when you walk into the room that they understand that you are a prize.
But if you are not with a partner, I think you can have just as fulfilled, full of a life. And that is better to be by yourself than to be with somebody who don't get it. Yes. Or that's not so excited when you walk into the room that they understand that you are a prize.
You want to talk about what Johnny was, you know, by the time the girls got going really well, he was, you know, he was really sick. But just in my life since I was born, that was the person that I trusted more than anybody in the world that I felt like never judged me.
You want to talk about what Johnny was, you know, by the time the girls got going really well, he was, you know, he was really sick. But just in my life since I was born, that was the person that I trusted more than anybody in the world that I felt like never judged me.
You want to talk about what Johnny was, you know, by the time the girls got going really well, he was, you know, he was really sick. But just in my life since I was born, that was the person that I trusted more than anybody in the world that I felt like never judged me.
and didn't judge anybody else, and that was just the most creative, free person. Because think about being born in that time. Yes. If I was born in 54, he was born in 1950. He knew he was gay from probably three or four years old and how hard it was. But Johnny was my light. You know, my mama used to say, when Johnny farts, you got to be there to catch it.