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Today is Launch Day SO I’m About to Take Off!

After six years of speaking full-time as a professional speaker... I am so excited to announce that I am now a speaker with the agency. ForCollegeForLife! Although I speak on several life skills topics and issues related to being…
My Two New Babies
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My Two New Babies

Did you know that last Sunday was Grandparents Day? At 40 years old, I am in a pretty unique position. I still have two grandmothers in their 90's. And I am a grandmother. Five-year old, Kailey and one of my new babies, six-week old…
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If I Live to See 97…

"Summer, can you brang me my earrings?" For two weeks I had the privilege of having my grandmother stay with me. She hadn't made the ride to Memphis to stay with me in nearly four years, but this time on my visit to see her she finally said…
When a Stranger Sees AND Seeks You
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5 Kids’ First Flights and Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

​It's Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday! As a 17 year-old high school student moving to Memphis, TN for college, I had no idea that Memphis would be my home for at least the next 20 years. And ignorantly, I didn't know the depth of the…
When a Stranger Sees AND Seeks You
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Alicia Keys, Make-up, and Me

"Be yourself. Do what makes you feel good. Stop trying to please every damn body."
When a Stranger Sees AND Seeks You
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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…
When a Stranger Sees AND Seeks You
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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…
When a Stranger Sees AND Seeks You
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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,…