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IYANLA VANZANT: In 19 years, y’all haven’t seen each other,
and you hate your mother, the person who gave you the blood that you share.
KISHA: I don’t hate my mother.
IYANLA: Well, you, but you’re saying that’s what’s in the family.
KISHA: Yes. Yes.
IYANLA: Isn’t that what you said? “I hate my mom. I don’t care.”
KISHA: Yes.
IYANLA: Yeah, that’s… That may happen among people who are
related by blood, but that ain’t family.
KISHA: Right.
IYANLA: What are you afraid of?
KISHA: This not working out.
IYANLA: And if it doesn’t work out, then what?
KISHA: Like… I don’t…
IYANLA: See, it’s okay.
KISHA: (CRYING) I don’t know what to do. It matters.
Like, us becoming a unit matters to me. At the end of the day, they are all I have.
Like, they’re my family. This is who I’ve shared a childhood with.
Like, it doesn’t make sense for us to be the way we are.
IYANLA: This is who you shared a womb with. This is who you share a mother with.
Yeah.
I get thousands and thousands of letters. Know why I chose your family?
All women.
KISHA: Yeah.
IYANLA: Black women are the anchors of our community. The anchors.
I chose your family because, as a mother who lost a daughter, I know what it’s like not
to get to rectify or mend your relationship with your daughter.
You never know when something’s gonna happen. We don’t have time for this foolishness.
KISHA: No, not at all.
IYANLA: So, I think what I’ll do now is meet with you and your sisters
so I can see, let me see what I’m working with. [LAUGHING]
KISHA: Have fun.
IYANLA: Cuz I have a feeling. Yeah, I got a feeling.