I was a product of a divorced family and I used humor as a weapon to combat sadness. I used comedy to make my mother laugh in light of the darkness that she faced, and to me it became a very powerful tool at a very young age, at six. I saw how therapeutic it could be.

This quote talks about how the speaker’s family life was difficult because their parents were divorced. They used humor and comedy as a way to cope with their sadness. At the age of six, the speaker saw how powerful humor and comedy can be to lift their mother’s spirits. They realized that it was a form of therapy and personal healing.