legacy Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/legacy/ S.O. What! Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:42:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://i0.wp.com/summerowens.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-Summer-Owens-S.O.-What.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 legacy Archives - Summer Owens S.O. What! https://summerowens.com/tag/legacy/ 32 32 152051023 From Pain to Power: 15 Years After My Memoir, Here’s What Confidence and Resilience Created https://summerowens.com/from-pain-to-power-15-years-after-my-memoir-heres-what-confidence-and-resilience-created/ https://summerowens.com/from-pain-to-power-15-years-after-my-memoir-heres-what-confidence-and-resilience-created/#respond Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:42:14 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=24247 The number 15 has defined two of the biggest turning points in my life. I was 15 when I became a mother—unprepared, afraid, but determined.And my son was 15 when I published my memoir—an unfiltered story of my journey, my mistakes, and my fight to become the woman and mother I wanted to be. Now, […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/from-pain-to-power-15-years-after-my-memoir-heres-what-confidence-and-resilience-created/feed/ 0 24247 A Night of Resilience, Reflection, and Scholarship Awards for Resilient Students: My Heartfelt Reflections https://summerowens.com/a-night-of-resilience-reflection-and-scholarship-awards-for-resilient-students-my-heartfelt-reflections/ https://summerowens.com/a-night-of-resilience-reflection-and-scholarship-awards-for-resilient-students-my-heartfelt-reflections/#respond Wed, 07 May 2025 21:00:41 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=24169 I’m still feeling the impact of the 3rd Annual S.O. What! Awards and Scholarship Soiree, and I can honestly say it was one of the most powerful nights of my life. Standing on that stage, looking out at a room filled with people who believe in the power of resilience, transformation, and hope—it reminded me […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/a-night-of-resilience-reflection-and-scholarship-awards-for-resilient-students-my-heartfelt-reflections/feed/ 0 24169 Celebrating Grandparents Day: How I Turned Grief Into Something Grief On My Grandparents Day First Without My Grandmas https://summerowens.com/grandparents-day-legacy/ https://summerowens.com/grandparents-day-legacy/#respond Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:05:48 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=23938 This Grandparents Day is bittersweet for me. It’s the first one without my grandmothers, Agnes Idella “Dorothy” Jones Owens and Ocie Lee Woods Williams, who both transitioned this year. They were two of the strongest, wisest women I’ve ever known, and they lived nearly a century each, shaping my life with love, resilience, and humor. […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/grandparents-day-legacy/feed/ 0 23938 100 Lessons My Centenarians Grandmas Taught Me https://summerowens.com/100-lessons-my-centenarians-grandmas-taught-me/ https://summerowens.com/100-lessons-my-centenarians-grandmas-taught-me/#respond Sat, 18 May 2024 21:29:48 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=23772 How do you deal with grief? Well, when I lost my girls (both of my grandmothers) five days apart last month, I had to demonstrate what I teach and practice what I preach. I had to say, “S.O. What!” and, “so NOW what?” to focus on ways to use the painful experience for something positive. […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/100-lessons-my-centenarians-grandmas-taught-me/feed/ 0 23772 Embracing Legacy and Resilience: How to Honor Legacy and Foster Resilience Through Symbolic Actions https://summerowens.com/embracing-legacy-and-resilience-how-to-honor-legacy-and-foster-resilience/ https://summerowens.com/embracing-legacy-and-resilience-how-to-honor-legacy-and-foster-resilience/#respond Mon, 13 May 2024 23:43:21 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=23764 I’m not sure how I came to the realization of the importance of embracing legacy and resilience, but I have learned to love the power in journies of those who have come before me. Especially, because I am a black woman, I appreciate and honor the legacy of black women. Last month I struggled through […]

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]]> https://summerowens.com/embracing-legacy-and-resilience-how-to-honor-legacy-and-foster-resilience/feed/ 0 23764 3 Lessons Learned from 36 Years of Powerful Women of Achievement Stories https://summerowens.com/women-of-achievement/ https://summerowens.com/women-of-achievement/#respond Fri, 08 Apr 2022 18:47:55 +0000 https://summerowens.com/?p=22200 Exactly 10 years ago, I became a part of the Women of Achievement sisterhood. It was and has been one of the greatest honors of my life as I sat with women I admired including my African American history professor from a decade earlier, Dr. Beverly Bond. As a brand new author who had just […]

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