When I published my first book in 2010. I thought it would help a few teen mothers who might stumble across it and encourage them and actually show them how to graduate from high school, go to college, and beat the statistics. That’s it. Just teen moms. Well, it didn’t happen like that- I’m SO […]
Twice last year when my bank accounts were pretty close to zero, I was offered jobs. Big jobs with nice salaries. Never in my life had I been offered jobs that I had not even applied for. The money was enticing and even the jobs were positions that I would enjoy and could do well, but I respectfully declined…
It was difficult to leave what had been my home, my office, and my sanctuary for the past weeks. I had relaxed a lot and worked a lot too. I had met some interesting people, and I had really enjoyed some great company…my own. For my 36th birthday, I got no “birthday gifts” which was […]
People who read my first book know that On May 22, 1994…my birthday…a guy I didn’t know forced himself on me, and I got pregnant. Although I love my son dearly and joyfully celebrated his birthday each year on February 4th, my birthday always brought back painful memories and the realization of the very moment […]
Hope you met the deadline for filing your taxes. Better yet, hope you got a refund. I didn’t. Not this year. This tax season. I was single with no dependents to claim so I joined many of my single friends who don’t have kids and have been used to not getting a refund at all. […]
I was 15, pregnant, scared, and didn’t want to be in my mother’s house with my stepfather another day. Remember in my book the time when he got mad at me about the ironing board, and I ran away? Well, walked because I was very pregnant. Very hurt. Very confused. Very scared. After my mother […]
When I walked into that library, the room filled with girls who looked like I did in 1995, I felt at home. And I had no idea what new memory would be created and associated with my return visit to Jackson Central-Merry High School where I graduated #8 in my class and mother to two-year-old […]
I just got off the phone with a friend whose son is constantly skipping school. He’s a senior, in high school, once was in honors classes and now just doesn’t seem to care about his education or his future. Is he unique? Unfortunately, not at all. Sadly, so many of our youth today are not […]
January is coming to a close, and many of us have already given up on our New Year’s resolutions. In the past, I’ve mentioned some “resolutions”, but this year I didn’t even consider it. I just know that I’m going to always take steps towards progress and setting myself up to be better each and […]
