Make Your Life Count: One Weekend, Two Funerals, and Three Things I Learned
For the first time in my life, I attended the homegoing services of two people in one weekend.
One was for a woman who had lived a long, full life and the other...she was my age. Only thirty-six years old.
In totally different ways but both…
How Sharing My Story Became a College Course
"Dreams Do Come True...Even the Ones You Didn't Even Know You Had."
Pictures from the Healthy Lifestyles Workshop for Teen Moms
Pictures from the Healthy Lifestyles Workshop for Teen Moms!
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I'm Summer Owens, and my passion is helping youth and young…
My S.O. What! Valentine’s Day Proposal
Ignoring me, he got on one knee and grabbed my left my hand fully removing the big chocolate candy I was about to complain about him taking. It was actually a black ring box. My mouth dropped, and my heart started to beat out of my chest.
My Awesome Sirius/XM Ch 131 Interview
Did you get a chance to read my blog about my two-week birthday trip to Gatlinburg and my journey home?
If you didn't, here is the blog link and the interview link is at the bottom of this message:
https://summerowens.wordpress.com/2015/06/08/the-journey-back-home-2-weeks-12-cities-and-over-1200-miles/.
In…
Day 6 of 6 Days and 6 Awesome Events. US Olympics Women’s Boxing Trials
Wednesday
Rounding out my six days of awesome events was the US Olympics Women’s Boxing Trials.
If you read my blog for the Sunday of the series, you saw my photo with Olympic Gold Medalist, Claressa Shields. She's 20 years old now which…
Day 5 of 6 Days and 6 Awesome Events. Women’s Foundation of Greater Memphis Power of the Purse Auction
Tuesday
By Tuesday, I was tired from all the amazing events I had attended over the past few days.
The National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Awards, A Pink Affair, the Elite Eleven Awards and, the Memphis Grizzlies Tip-off Luncheon. And then…
Day 3 of 6 Days and 6 Awesome Events. US Olympics Women’s Boxing Trials Elite Eleven Awards Ceremony
Sunday
Friday was the National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Awards.
Saturday was the A Pink Affair event.
And Sunday I received the incredible honor of being included in the opening ceremonies of the US Olympics Women’s Boxing Trials .…
Day 1 of 6 Days and 6 Awesome Events. The National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Awards.
As I sit here typing like I've been doing since I got up at about 8am
I reflect on the amazing past few days I've had. It has been a bit of a beautiful whirlwind, and I'm resting (by working in my bed) and looking forward to going to the US…
