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THANK YOU… TO ALL THE WRITERS, COMPOSERS, AND PRODUCERS FOR SHARING YOUR INCREDIBLE TALENTS WITH ME AND PROVIDING ME WITH THESE AMAZING SONGS. I LOVE AND RESPECT YOUR ARTISTRY MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW. THANK YOU… TO THE DOCTORS AND THERAPISTS WHO PROTECT MY VOICE AND TAKE CARE OF MY HEALTH. YOUR CARE AND DEDICATION COMFORTS ME SO MUCH IN THOSE TIMES OF STRESS AND WEAKNESS. THANK YOU… TO THE “GUARDIAN ANGEL MOMS” AND THE GUYS WHO TAKE SUCH GOOD CARE OF MY CHILDREN WHEN I’M OUT WORKING. KNOWING THAT YOU’RE THERE WHEN I CAN’T BE GIVES ME PEACE OF MIND, ALLOWING ME TO PUT MY BEST FOOT FORWARD. THANK YOU… ROB STRINGER, EDGAR BERGER, SHANE CARTER, JOHN DOELP, AND THEIR TEAMS, AND TO ALL MY SONY MUSIC FAMILY WORLDWIDE. I’M FOR- EVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND FOR ALWAYS BELIEVING IN ME. THANK YOU… TO THE INCOMPARABLE STEVIE WONDER AND NE-YO, FOR NOT ONLY WRITING THOSE AMAZING SONGS, BUT ALSO FOR THE GIFT OF YOUR BEAUTIFUL VOICES ON OUR DUETS. I LOVE YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU… TO MY DEAREST FRIEND, ROBIN. YOU’RE ALWAYS WITH ME IN SPIRIT AND MIND, AND I TREA- SURE OUR PRECIOUS FRIENDSHIP. THANK YOU… IS WHAT I SAY AS I FALL ASLEEP AT NIGHT AND THINK ABOU T THOSE WHO HAVE LIT UP MY LIFE AND WHOM WE MISS SO MU CH: PAPA, KARINE, ALICE, MARIE, EDDY, BEN, LLOYD, ANDRÉ. YOUR SMILES APPEAR LIKE FIREFLIES WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT. THANK YOU… IS WHAT I SAY IN THE MORNING WHEN I WAKE UP AND THINK ABOUT RENÉ AND MY BELOVED SONS, RENÉ-CHARLES, NELSON, AND EDDY, AND MY MOTHER, WHO IS ALWAYS WITH ME AND ALWAYS SO INSPIRING, AND MY BROTH- ERS AND SISTERS AND THOSE I LOVE, WHO MAKE MY LIFE MORE BEAUTIFUL, FAR FROM THE LIGHTS AND THE ILLUSIONS AND ALL THE ARTIFICIAL THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE. BE- CAUSE, WITHOUT THEM, MY HAPPINESS WOULD NOT EXIST AND I WOULDN’T BE WHO I AM: A WIFE, A LOVING MOTHER, A HAPPY ARTIST, AND A WOMAN WHO SAYS: THANK YOU LIFE I LOVE YOU.
