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htttp://www.realwomenofphiladelphia.com - Sheila talks about being a single mom, acting, her love of "grand" things, and her journey toward becoming one of the hosts for RWOP!
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so I'm Shiela Quechua and from Cedar
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Rapids Iowa and I currently live in
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Washington DC and I'm the host for the
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entree category I became a single mom
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when I was still pregnant even when we
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my daughter and I couldn't do other
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things at least I could be creative in
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the kitchen at home one of the things
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that I want to do is inspire us our
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community to kick our game up how can we
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twist it and make it a little bit better
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how can we like really really inspire
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some creativity with our dishes inspire
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ourselves to just do it a little better
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I always wanted to do like grand things
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so I was very theatrical I think I
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always wanted to be Diana Ross that's
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really what I want to do when I grew up
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so I for the last 10 years have tried
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this acting thing I've done retail I've
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managed a day spa
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I've sold insurance I have done every
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little female side job imaginable and I
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booked some roles you know and I've done
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some things but that hasn't happened if
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I could if I could just design my
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perfect life what would it look like and
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I actually had the nerve to put in
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because I wrote it down one night okay I
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definitely wanna be on camera I love
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that you know I definitely want to reach
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people I love that I definitely want my
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days to be different I want that and I
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want to cook but I I've never taken a
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cooking class I've never had any kind of
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formal training and so it was really
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kind of one of those like oh my god I
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don't know if I even believe that but I
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wrote it down and then this contest
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literally comes across the airwaves and
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into my phone and it is with God's
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honest truth I was like it hasn't got to
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be a sign I send in these videos all
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right and then I call my daughter who's
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in college and I said hey look at this
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for me and just tell me how you feel
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about it you know and whatever she calls
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me back and she goes mommy
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she was this is this is perfect for you
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and I said yeah I said well what do you
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think about the video she goes I think
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they're great just just keep being you
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she goes and I want this for you so bad
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one of the things that I have allowed
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Malory to do was to see me not always
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make it it's always been very important
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for me that when I do get something that
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she's there and so before we came down
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to to Savannah you know people were
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talking about like what to wear what to
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do on stage what we're going to be doing
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and that sort of thing and I spent my
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money getting my daughter down here I'll
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just dig out of my closet if it's the
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shoes that I was wearing
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hopefully nobody was looking too closely
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they were old and so I'm on stage you
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want it really bad that's an
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understatement
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you want it with your heart in your soul
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you want it with your entire body but
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you also know that there are three other
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women that one it just as bad though I
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think the hardest thing for me to do was
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and I just wouldn't let myself think
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about it was gee if I don't get it you
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know we're gonna be right here again
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where she's still believing in me but
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dammit I did not deliver again you know
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when Paula called my name I don't care
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what else happens to see my daughter's
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face that's that's the only reason I
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said where's my baby I wanted to see
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what her face looked like to see me
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finally make it that was immeasurable if
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there's anything that I've learned in
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life and obviously still learning
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obviously but it is to stay the course
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if you have been implanted with a dream
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something that makes your heart sing
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something that makes your soul happy to
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just hang on to absolutely just hang on
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and sometimes it's hanging on by like
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the thread but don't let go just don't
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let go because it will happen sometimes
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it happens in such a way that is just
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spectacular but it happens so you stay
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the course
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