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From Pain to Power: 15 Years After My Memoir, Here’s What Confidence and Resilience Created

Summer Owens — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:42:14 +0000

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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S.O. What! Success Stories: Cherisse Scott

Summer Owens — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:13:21 +0000

Don’t you just love someone who is a fighter for others? And for justice. That’s my girl, Cherisse Scott. We met nearly 15 years ago as part of a collaborative to reduce teen pregnancy called Memphis Teen Vision (MemTV). I have admired, loved, and respected her tremendously since. For 19 years, Cherisse Scott has been […]

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Building Hope Through Resilience

Summer Owens — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 10:00:11 +0000

Have you ever felt hopeless like I sometimes have? Life, you know, it’s like this wild adventure with twists and turns, and sometimes, it feels like we’re navigating through a storm. But amidst it all, there’s hope – a resilient, enduring hope that lights up our path. Three years ago, I celebrated the 10th anniversary […]

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Happy Birthday to Me #44on22

Summer Owens — Mon, 22 May 2023 16:45:22 +0000

It’s my #44on22 birthday! My 15th birthday changed my life forever. What happened on that day led me to becoming a mother, pregnant by someone I didn’t know. Too many youth have been in similar situations or live in constant trauma. But it also gave me my son, my drive and my purpose! Through the The […]

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How Winning a National Speakers Strength Award Inspires Strength in Others

Summer Owens — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 21:49:27 +0000

When I came home from school on my first day of kindergarten, my mom quizzed me about my teacher’s name. I excitedly repsonded, “Mrs. Muscles!”. Her name was actually Mrs. Armstrong, but that memory always makes me smile even through pain when I think about strength. This is us when I was in kindergarten in […]

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5 Lessons from Appearing on CNN HLN

Summer Owens — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:08:15 +0000

After publishing my first book, I was shocked when I checked my Facebook inbox and had a message from CNN’s HLN. It was 11:00am, and they wanted me to do an interview at 4:00pm…via Skype. I called the contact in my inbox and excitedly agreed to do the interview- my first national interview. But there […]

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Persevere to the End

Summer Owens — Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00:53 +0000

Today as I celebrate my 42nd birthday, I also reflect on my 15th birthday when an incident that happened so fast changed everything about my life. And made me question if I would be successful. What I learned in my journey, 26 years after becoming a mother, is that to be successful in life you […]

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10 years later. 5 More Life Lessons from My Story

Summer Owens — Tue, 18 May 2021 00:00:48 +0000

Ten years ago, I shared my story and life lessons in my first book, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother. I had no idea then what would happen when I told it. A new chapter in my life started back then. And as I celebrate an anniversary like […]

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Single Moms: Keep Your Dreams Alive

Summer Owens — Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:55 +0000

Single mothers out there, keep your dreams alive because God fulfills them. By the time I went to graduate school to study for my MBA, I had already achieved a lot in my career and life. Now, I wanted a relationship for myself and a father figure for my son. I had dated in high […]

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