It’s been along time… I didn’t want to leave ya, but first things come first! I finally received the preview to my Project 50/50 book! I’m MORE than STOKED right now! Actually, the book was at my doorstep when I got home… I was just too nervous to open the package. Filled with anxiety, I…
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He helped me to love life again after a difficult divorce. She helped me to not loose faith, after I lost my job. No matter what the future holds, we know that when it mattered, we where each others life line. Thats our connective tie that binds us. -Charles Beason + Joneia Brown
At the age of the 35 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. This was caught early because my nurse practitioner suggested that I take a prostate specific antigen (PSA).  My urologist said I should, “send her roses” because this suggestion saved my life. Now I encourage all men who have prostate cancer in their family…
Age 8, I watched my father fall to his knees screaming the loudest “Noooooo” when my mother died!  12 years later, I heard that same “Noooooo” ringing in my head while holding his fragile, cold hand! Too numb to speak, I released the last of my parents. Safely born before either of the two were…
Imagine being adopted and never knowing that you are not alone in this world. A sudden urge energizes you to begin a quest to finding your lost past. Well ten years after the beginning of my search and thirty four years after my birth, I have found my biological sister!!! -Shawntel Jean-Batiste
Against All Odds, I Did It! Single parent, military and a black female, I was the second out of 14 brothers and sisters to receive a Bachelor’s degree and the first to receive a Masters! The challenges were daunting but my passion was greater! “I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens meâ€Â -Lateisha…
My heart wasn’t pumping enough blood to meet my body’s needs. It wasn’t a heart attack or blood clot; I was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure. Doctors implanted a Cardiac Rhythm Device. Without it I may have had only six years left to live. By grace I have a second chance to be a testimony.…
“Deckhand or Captain?†“Sheep or Sheppard?†“No God or Know God?†“I asked, Jesus answered!†My heart’s now His helm; My soul, His Cabin; His Ship, my Home! Once a fire captain, now his captain for hire shouting, “HEAL CHRIST’S BROKEN BODY; PREPARE HIS BRIDE; Sail with me into Glory!†-Minister Michael “Disciple” Monroe
For years, they called me names – Blacky, White girl, Bull-dyke. I had clothes torn, scratches on my face, and even a concussion. It was torturous. I didn’t understand. I asked God to take me, but instead, He gave me what others tried to take – courage, confidence, and self-worth. Bullying could have been life-ending,…
The word made flesh. The seed inside of me, becoming what I should be, the fire. The sounds, vision planted inside, have taken me places I never thought would be. I express these things, as I think, I feel, I say, I do. Living my life… to live. -Zamzam Ausar