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I went to church when I was a little girl. There was something in me, even from the time I was young, of a yearning for a relationship

with Mother Mary.

But I became jaded.

We use every excuse we can to leave the church, and that was enough for me.

You were diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

Jordan and I went, sat down, and I noticed he seemed very nervous, and he said that we found out that actually you only

have 10 months to live. God's like, okay, you haven't been loving yourself the way you might.

I'm going to give you cancer. I said, if you see it in your heart to have me live again,

I promise I'll speak publicly. So when I went first into the Protestant church,

I looked for Mother Mary there and she wasn't there.

Mother Mary, she sustains me.

I didn't know that I was always praying to her.

But now I do know.

I'm grateful that he gave me cancer to wake me up.

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appreciate it Tammy Peterson thank you so much for coming all the way out here hey it's my

pleasure do you travel a lot yes pretty constantly I don't know if I ever want to

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