Everything Comes Full Circle
Many times in life we wonder why certain things happen to us or why we meet certain people.
And often, we don't think twice about some events or some people. But one thing I have seen over and over again in my life is that...
Everything…
Use Your Refund to Get Ahead
This is an updated version of a post I wrote last year.
As I hear about how people are using (or in some cases, wasting) their sometimes large income tax refunds. I felt compelled to share my story again about how I used tax time every year…
Love Yourself
If you read my last blog, then you read about my beautiful Valentine's Day proposal.
I really hate spoiling the story for anyone who hasn't read my book, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother, but these two…
Time to Learn to Sew…Make a Stitch. Save Nine.
...ignoring it, pretending it didn't exist, thinking it wasn't as bad as I already knew it was, thinking it would fix itself, or just moving on to the next thing.
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…
The S.O. What! Foundation presents Self-esteem, Sex, and Success was a huge SUCCESS!
Feels amazing to use time, talent, and even trials to transform the lives of others.
This past Saturday, the S.O. What! Foundation hosted nearly 50 awesome teenagers at the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis.…
It’s MINE…A College Course that I Created
When I came to the University of Memphis in 1997, I was a scared but excited freshman with a two-year-old son. Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever imagined the amazing things that would happen for me through this school. Miss UofM,…
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…
