By Sommer Kelly
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July 15, 2025
Hi ladies it's me again and happy Lord's day! I hope and pray that each of you ladies and your families are doing well. The title of the blog is "Debrah Inspired By Deitrick Haddon". You might think who in the world is Deitrick Haddon? Well I'll give you some facts about him. He was born in 1973 in Detroit, Michigan to a Christian lady named Joyce and her first husband and he has a brother Gerald maybe twelve months younger than him. Unfortunately when Deitrick was two years old and Gerald was one years old (in 1975) is when their parents divorced. It's believed that Joyce's first husband was abusive and needed to get out and fell in love with another Christian man named Clarence Haddon. In 1976, Joyce got remarried to her current husband who's known as Bishop Clarence Haddon and Bishop Haddon adopted Joyce's then three year old Deitrick and two year old son Gerald. Bishop Clarence raised his stepsons as his own, has been a faithful husband to his wife Joyce, and has been a role model in the church and leader in the community. Both Deitrick and Gerald were raised as "p.k.'s" (pastors kids) and y'all can fill in the blank what life is like as that. They both got saved young and sang in church from a very young age. When Deitrick was 11 (in 1984) he preached his first sermon and at 13 (1986) he directed his youth choir! Wow what a prodigy! He as a teenager formed different gospel groups and tried to get a record deal but that fell through. When he was a young adult he turned down a couple of secular record deals that would cause him to compromise on his faith. He had some setbacks but it would be the Lord developing him more and more. Also at fifteen years old in 1988 he met his first wife seventeen year old Damita Bass who herself was a strong Christian, a good singer, grew up a pastor's kid, and in Detroit, Michigan and started dating! I don't know if they attended the same church or high school but they met and fell in love and dated for a total seven long years! In 1994 when Deitrick was 21 years old he signed with gospel label Tyscot records as did the "Voices Of Unity" is when Deitrick's then girlfriend Damita was in along with others. (Side note mentioned in a different blog I mentioned that Damita was in a girl gospel group called "Adoration N Prayze" before joining the "Voices Of Unity".) In 1995, Deitrick and the "Voices Of Unity" released their debut album "Come Into This House" and that established Deitrick as a gospel artist. The following year in 1996, he and his longtime girlfriend Damita finally got engaged and married when they were 23 and 25 years old! Deitrick and the "Voices Of Unity" recorded a few more albums together prior to him becoming a solo artist in 2002 with his album "Lost And Found" and Damita later became a solo artist too. They both also were youth pastors at different churches including at Pastor Paula White's church for two years from 1998 until 2000 and even had Bishop Clarence Haddon's Church before being co-pastors later on. Eventually Deitrick and Damita became more known in the gospel music industry but with that came with challenges. Damita suffered from infertility which complicated things and in 2011 Deitrick released an album called "Church On The Moon". After that album was released Deitrick made choices that brought severe consequences to himself his Christian walk, his marriage, and ministry. At choir practice he met a Christian, pastors kid, an educated woman eleven years his junior named Dominique Mctyer at a Bishop friends church in California. After that encounter the two of them fell in love, likely got pregnant, and had a long distance relationship. Well in June 2011, Damita's mom died and went to heaven but Deitrick who should have comforted Damita ran off with Dominique because he found out she was pregnant! Damita remained in Michigan and at the church for awhile until she relocated to Atlanta, Georgia while Deitrick remained in California. Deitrick and Damita were separated for a year and two months until their divorce was final in August 2012. During Deitrick's separation from Damita he had a daughter named Dustin in early 2012 with Dominique which received a ton of controversy. Deitrick was 39 when his divorce was final and when he became a father while Damita was 41 and Dominique was 28 years old during that time. In the summer of 2012, Damita released her third solo album called "Anticipation" and in December 2012, Deitrick and Dominique got engaged! In 2013, 40 year old Deitrick released another album, started "Hill City Church", and started in reality t.v. series called "Preachers Of L.A.". That same year he and 29 year old Dominique got pregnant with second child and got married while 42 year old Damita reunited and fell in love at a picnic with old Christian friend, divorcee, and photographer Reuben Chandler! In 2014, 41 year old Deitrick and 30 year old Dominique had second child Denver while 43 year old Damita got engaged and eventually remarried to Reuben Chandler! How does this relate to Debrah my latest book? Well David Debrah's second boyfriend and first husband has a story like Deitrick Haddon. David was born in 1974 and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up a pastors kid, got saved young and sang in church all his life. (David has a twin brother Gabriel while Deitrick's brother Gerald is twelve months younger.) He preached a sermon young and attempted to get signed a record deal three times but those record deals fell through. Also David Harris got engaged and married to his first wife the protagonist Debrah Schwark when he was 23 while she was 25 years old and they were married for sixteen years prior to their divorce. David was a youth pastor before becoming senior pastor like Deitrick Haddon and Debrah was a music pastor and youth pastor like Damita was. Both Debrah and first husband David were "household names" in the Christian music industry similarly to Deitrick and his first wife Damita and both couples struggled with infertility struggles. Year 15 to Debrah and David's marriage, is when "City On A Hill" was released and Deitrick's album "Church On The Moon" was released. Also year fifteen in both David and Deitrick's first marriages is when both committed infidelity and got young women pregnant eleven years their junior! David got a Christian, Hispanic /bilingual, pastors kid, a virgin, and nurse Diana Toledo pregnant while Deitrick got Dominique pregnant. David moved to Texas while Deitrick moved to California and separated from their first wives while Debrah moved to Orlando, Florida while Damita relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. (David had another affair with Christian, Asian American, and former church administrator Yvette but broke it off and she later dated and married another man two years later!) That caused for David to resign his senior pastor position similarly to Deitrick Haddon causing for Debrah and Damita their former first wives to do the same. David and Diana had their daughter Angela out of wedlock similar to Deitrick and Damita did with Dustin and David divorced Debrah while Deitrick divorced Damita. Debrah became a solo artist and author similarly to Damita released her third solo album "Anticipation" while David and Diana got engaged similarly to Deitrick and Dominique got engaged. As at 40 David and 29 year old Diana got married similarly to Deitrick and Dominique got married, Debrah and Rudy started dating after several months of being friends similarly to Damita and Reuben dating. (They reunited as friends in summer of 2013 and work on staff at the same church and worked together in the Christian music industry. They knew each other from 1998 until 2000 but didn't see each other again until 2013.) David also became a solo artist, author, and started "Journey Of Grace" similarly to Deitrick released another album, started his church, and starred in t.v. series "Preachers Of LA". Several months to David and Diana they had their second child a daughter Diamond similarly to Deitrick and Dominique's second child Denver while Debrah and Rudy got engaged and eventually remarried similarly to Damita and Reuben Chandler who got engaged and eventually remarried. Differences between David and Deitrick? David is white while Deitrick is black and David's parents who raised him are his biological parents while Deitrick was raised by his mom and stepdad. David did Contemporary Christian music and lived in Nashville, Tennessee while Deitrick was in the black gospel music industry and lived in Detroit, Michigan, in Tampa, Florida, and eventually Atlanta, Georgia. Of course David's first wife Debrah is white and Damita Deitrick's first wife was black and David and Debrah dated a year before getting married while Deitrick and Damita dated for several years prior to marriage. Also Debrah and David were a musical duo their entire marriage while Deitrick and Damita were in the "Voices Of Unity" for a time before becoming solo artists while married. Debrah was in a Christian band for men and women prior to marriage to David and Damita was in a all girl's gospel group called "Adoration N Prayze" prior to joining the "Voices Of Unity". Both Debrah's grandpas died and went to heaven and her parents were still living while Damita's mom died and went to heaven prior to Debrah and Damita separating from their husbands. David had two affairs while Deitrick had one and David and Debrah's divorce happened in April while Deitrick and Damita's divorce happened in August. David and Diana dated shortly after his divorce from Debrah then in December got engaged while Deitrick dated Dominique the entire separation and divorce from Damita prior to their engagement. Debrah and Rudy reunited in 2013 like Damita and Reuben but the difference is Debrah and Rudy reunited at a church service while Damita and Reuben reunited at a picnic. When Debrah and Rudy reunited after not seeing each other for thirteen years they rekindled their friendship while Damita and Reuben fell madly in love with other. Also in 1998 until 2000, Debrah and David knew Rudy and Valentina and met at a church in Tennessee similarly Damita and Deitrick knew Reuben and his first wife in Florida during those years. Differences were Rudy was unmarried and Valentina was a young childless widow (she was married from 1994 until 1997 when she was 22 until 25 to Enrique a Christian and veteran who died in 1997) and they didn't get married until 2000 while Reuben and his first wife were year five to year seven in their marriage when they knew Damita and Deitrick.David never "trash-talked" Debrah on social media nor did he blame her and was respectful and cordial towards Debrah during their separation and divorce as Deitrick unfortunately did the opposite to Damita who trash talked her the entire separation and divorce process. Also David didn't get addicted to alcohol ever while Deitrick for a short time got addicted to alcohol until God snapped him out of it. David and Diana truly repented for their sin and allowed their drastic fall to humble them while it's unknown if Deitrick and Dominique truly repented or not. David and his second wife Diana and Debrah and her second husband Rudy are interracial couples David being white and Diana being Hispanic while Debrah is white and Rudy is black. On the contrast Deitrick and Dominique and Damita and Reuben are black couples. Rudy was a young widowed father for a couple years prior to remarrying while Reuben was divorced for six years prior to him dating and marrying Damita. Debrah and Rudy "blended a family" while entering their second marriage and eventually had grandkids when the kids were adults while it's unknown whether or not Reuben Chandler had kids from his first marriage or not. In 2017 David and Diana had their youngest child David Jr two years after birth of their second child while Deitrick and Dominique had their son Deitrick Jr in 2015 a year to the birth of second child. Before the birth of Dominique's son Deitrick Jr her mom died and went to heaven while Diana's parents lived on. Also Debrah as a solo artist released more albums and won more awards than her ex-husband David Harris while in real life, Deitrick Haddon released more albums and won more awards than his ex-wife Damita Chandler. Debrah and David reconciled as friends not lovers while it's not known whether or not Damita and Deitrick are truly friends. I know this blog was longer than normal but felt I needed to explain who Debrah's first husband was inspired from. I hope that it motivates y'all to get my Debrah book as well as praying for people in the spotlight as well too. Blessings, happy Lord's day, and have a blessed week everyone.