the lord and savior. this is not a sad time, but a glad time. i don t have to say much, because everyone that has spoken, they ve hit it, as we now say south on the head. but i would say that we had some good times. she accepted me as a brother, although i was her bodyguard for almost 11 years. i remember with sparkle everyone that left, and i wanted to go home bad. and she said, ray when she say ray, she called me uncle ray, that s her playful time but when she means business, she would say ray. i m tired. i ve done everything i m supposed to do. i just want to hang back a little bit and just rest. i said, okay. all right. but the thing about it is when we got ready to leave, she says, i don t believe i want to fly. i said, well, how are we going to get there? she says, we re going to drive. i said, well, we re going to drive? not we. i said, you don t drive. she said i m going to help you drive. i said, i m not going to trust you to drive me. so, she said, we can do i