Writing this book has been on my heart for a very long time. I know the story that I have and that it can and will touch many lives. However, writing these truth-filled words weighs heavy on my soul. I have positioned some women around me that continue to support, encourage, inspire and empower me to tell MY story. When you grow up not wanting to make waves because your whole life seems to be a tsunami you tend to stuff things back behind and under yourself just to survive daily. To be able to voice what my life was like and why I did the things I did is freeing for my soul. I don't want to spend a lot of time on the pain and lifestyle but I need to show you the things of my past so you can see the grace and mercy I have received. Some people look at bumps in the road as devastation. I look at them as ladders to draw me closer to the meaning of my very being. Each encounter on this journey, I value as the very breath I needed to live and grow.