Day 9: I so Want to Meet Tyler Perry

Dear Tyler Perry,

Let’s skip the small talk…I would love to meet and work with you! For the longest, the only thing I knew about you was that at some point you were homeless. I always remind myself that if you can go from homeless to what you are now then surely I can go from a kinda-known writer to a nationally known and respected one. Whenever things get tough, I remind myself of how tough it must have been for you. This past month, I got to know you a little more with your Oprah interview. A Christian recognizes another Christian and when you spoke about forgiveness…I knew that you were someone that I really needed to meet. Forgiveness is hard, I know this from experience but when you have God on your side, all things are possible. To know that you forgave the people that hurt you the most and to know your struggle puts you high on my list of mentors. When I see successful people, I honestly don’t wish I could be like them, I don’t want your success; I want my own, but I do want to know your experiences, because I know they will help me in creating my own experiences and legacy. Because I’m involved in the media, I see a lot of negative criticism about you. In my last review that I wrote about “For Colored Girls” I made mention to this. The critics seem awfully hard on you. I hope you don’t listen to ANY of them. I believe in “He who is without sin, cast the first stone.” I’m sure we would be amazed if a camera followed some of these so called “critics”

Tyler Perry I think your work and your path is amazing and when I meet and work with you for the first time, I’m going to make sure you get a chance to read this letter.