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team, for which he received the coveted “Be Somebody”
award from his coaches.
Yvonne and Chris moved their family to Marietta
eight years ago, in a home that Chris said he could only
dream of owning after growing up in a small apartment
off of Powder Springs Road.
“It’s in the Dunleith neighborhood, and I remember
walking through that community to go see friends who
lived there, that I played football with at school. I
remember, growing up in a two bedroom apartment, just
thinking, ‘One day, I’m going to live in a neighborhood
like this,’” Chris said.
Chris said the home was for sale for a while, but
offers kept falling through because the investors were
doing a terrible flip to the house. He would stand outside
the house, pray for it to be theirs and manifest seeing his
family in the home.
“My son was getting ready for high school and I
knew I wanted him to go to Marietta like me. ‘Be
Somebody!” Chris said.
But Yvonne wasn’t so keen on the idea at the time.
“We were living in Smyrna and he practically had to
drag me, but it was the best thing that could have ever
happened to us,” she said.
And it did. His manifestations were realized when
they found themselves the new owners in the Dunleith
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