My husband, Sal, and I put date nights on the calendar once a week. I know that doesn't sound romantic, but otherwise it won't get done. Sherri Shepherd More Quotes by Sherri Shepherd More Quotes From Sherri Shepherd With me being in so many pain from when you have a betrayal from your best friend - who was my husband - and the girl got pregnant, I couldn't even get out of bed. The only thing that saved me was my stand-up. I would get on stage and just talk about stuff, and I made people laugh. A lot of women e-mail me and say, 'How do you smile? How do you laugh at something like this?' That's how I do it. I laugh because that's how I get through pain. Sherri Shepherd pain husband girl I've always liked the fact that I could make people laugh at crazy stuff that has happened to me. If it makes you feel better at me falling down the stairs...then I'm going to do it. Sherri Shepherd feel-better crazy fall For my first wedding, I cried all the way down the aisle. My fake eyelash came off. My nose was red. My eyes were swollen. I'm not one of those pretty criers. Sherri Shepherd fake eye noses As the oldest I was a daddys girl and loved him with all my heart. My daddy had holes in his shoes so that he could pay for my photography classes, you know what I mean. Sherri Shepherd girl photography heart When I go back to family reunions everybody goes, 'Hey cousin! Hey Auntie!' And I'm like, 'Okay I don't know you, I have no idea who you are.' I am auntie and cousin for so many and even the ones in prison call me collect. And I'll be like, 'Which of my family members are giving you this phone number?' Sherri Shepherd cousin phones ideas My mom passed away at 41 from diabetes. And I'm 42, thank you. I didn't want to do that to my son. So any time I was at the gym, that thing that helped me do that last squat was my son calling some other woman mommy. And that would just give me that extra oomph to do that last squat. I want to be around for him. Sherri Shepherd mom thank-you son Oh my goodness, I'm in love with Channing Tatum, although I think I'm too old to play his love interest. They'd probably cast me as his grandmomma's friend or something like that, but anything to be in a movie with Channing. Sherri Shepherd his-love play thinking My father was and is a great father. My father always wanted to do stand-up. He wanted to be an actor. But instead he did two jobs. He did customer service at a hospital and he worked as a waiter at night. He pretty much sacrificed everything for his daughters. Sherri Shepherd daughter mother jobs When I was little I went to a Baptist Church with my grandmother. My earliest memories were of her falling out in the middle of the floor and they had to cover her with a white sheet. Every time we went to church it was scary. The music would start playing, and then everybody would start running and shouting and hollering and screaming. Sherri Shepherd running memories fall I didn't see my son the entire time I did 'Dancing With the Stars.' The only time I saw Jeffrey was when he came to the show Monday and Tuesday nights to watch me dance. You literally rehearse six to eight hours every single day - 40 to 50 hours a week. Sherri Shepherd dance monday inspirational I am on the power toothbrush train and I'm asking people to try to using an Oral B power toothbrush. I just started using one and I cannot believe that I waited this long to use a power toothbrush. It's so much easier than using a manual toothbrush. Sherri Shepherd long believe people I am a type-2 diabetic, and they took me off medication simply because I ate right and exercised. Diabetes is not like a cancer, where you go in for chemo and radiation. You can change a lot through a basic changing of habits. Sherri Shepherd radiation cancer habit I believe God has called His people to be a light in darkness. Sherri Shepherd light believe people Black people don't talk about diabetes that much. I never knew anything. I thought everyone had an uncle with a leg cut off! Sherri Shepherd uncles cutting people Anybody who knows about having a premature baby, it's horrific. He was part of a twin, and I lost his sister. Sherri Shepherd twins lost baby A lot of people say it's cathartic to cook, and I'm like, 'How is it cathartic washing all these dishes?' Sherri Shepherd women dishes people The thing I want to really say is that I still mess up. I still go out there and say things on TV that I know the Lord is like, 'Sherri what are you doing?' but I know I can go back and get on my knees and say, 'Lord forgive me.' I know he will never leave me nor forsake me. The wonderful thing is He answers my prayers in spite of me. Sherri Shepherd forgive-me forgiving prayer I love the honesty of New Yorkers. When a New Yorker says 'let's do lunch,' they actually mean it. In L.A., when they say 'let's do lunch,' they're just trying to say good-bye. Sherri Shepherd honesty goodbye mean I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism. Sherri Shepherd coping-mechanisms quirky way I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control. Sherri Shepherd take-control knows way
