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My Mother Was Truly My Saving Grace, Because She Would Take Me To Church With Her. I Would See My Mother Smiling In The Choir, And I Wanted To Know This God That Made Her So Happy. If I Had Not Had That Faith In My Life, I Don't Know Where I Would Be Right Now.

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My Mother Was Truly

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My Mother Was Truly My Saving Grace, Because She Would Take Me To Church With Her. I Would See My Mother Smiling In The Choir, And I Wanted To Know This God That Made Her So Happy. If I Had Not Had That Faith In My Life, I Don't Know Where I Would Be Right Now.

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