When I was a teenager, I learned first-hand to appreciate having a healthy mind and body. I was privileged to volunteer at my mother’s job. At the time she was working in a mental hospital. The hospital had a volunteer program for teenagers. Unknown to me at the time, that experience would show me the […]
“Learn from the past and don’t dwell on shortcomings” has been a major lesson for me throughout my life. As I continue sharing the lessons learned that I wrote at the end of each chapter of my memoir, Life After Birth, I reflect on this critical point of growth and personal forgiveness. I had been […]
Throughout my journey as a single mother, one of the greatest lessons I’ve learned is how to be thankful. Thankful for big things. Thankful even for the smallest things. Throughout my memoir, I share lots of people and things that I’m thankful for. SO Much Gratitude I was grateful when a classmate in the 6th […]
When I decided it was time for me to share my story of how I became a teen mother yet beat the statistics, I began to reflect on my life. And how I got to a place where my self-esteem was so low that I felt that just because this boy told me that I […]
When you think about celebrating an anniversary, we usually think of happy occasions like marriage anniversaries or work anniversaries. We also think about anniversaries we don’t necessarily celebrate but do remember like the loss of loved ones. Well, maybe like the anniversaries above for some people, some anniversaries bring both happiness and sadness. Pure joy […]
Have you ever achieved something that you didn’t even consider pursuing because you didn’t even know it was a “thing.” Well, here’s my teen mom homecoming achievement. 20 years I did just that when I was named Ms. University of Memphis 2000-2001. Teen Mom Goes to College In 1997 I stepped onto the campus of […]
If you remember being a teen, then you know just how challenging that time was. Between meeting your parents’ approval and the acceptance from friends, a teen’s life is full of uncertainty because you’re in the middle of learning who you are and your place in the world. One way to help teens cope with […]
No, this isn’t a message from that president. This one. Being a black woman with friends of all races, I feel it is important for me to address racial injustice. As the president of the national alumni association of my alma mater. I was honored to share a message of strength, unity, and resilience to […]
I don’t think anyone sets out to do or create anything without the goal of success. And that’s why it was my mission to create a successful character education curriculum. I had completely exposed myself and felt completely vulnerable after publishing my memoir, but it was completely worth it once I learned just how much […]
