Bend in the Road is about reinventing yourself after the death of a loved one. Often when our spouses, or significant other precedes us in death, we feel alone in life and we do not want to continue living without our companion. This is the hardest book I have ever written. It forced me to reflect on my memories of a love that was both beautiful and emotionally draining and one I will never experience again. It also forced me to reflect on my own mortality. This book is about my life after my husband's death. It is my testimony of how God changed me into a woman, who learned how to travel the road of life alone and teach others along the way. I share with the reader how I dealt with suddenly living alone, without the love of my life by my side. I discuss my depression and how I got through that difficult time. 

I discuss the next phase of my life, where it took me after my husband's death. The book contains lessons I have learned, in my lifetime. Some lessons are motivational statements I often use to get me through the day. Some are words of encouragement I received from my colleagues and friends. People often say that children believe in magic. That is true but I am presenting these motivational statements to let the reader know that magic is inside of us all; it’s called Aconfidence.@ If we have confidence in ourselves and faith that God does answer prayers, we are on the road to healing and peace. I hope my message helps the readers dance on after their loss and find their own steps in the world. I don't know what tomorrow will bring, or if there will be a tomorrow for me; therefore, I will live today as if it were the last.

Someday Is Now is every woman's story who is trying to change her life and make a better life for herself and her family. This book shows the true spirit of a woman and how she made it despite the odds against her. The author discusses turning obstacles into opportunities, chaos into challenges, challenges into possibilities, and possibilities into accomplishments. She expounds on determination, persistence and not allowing anyone to define your limitations. She focuses on loving yourself, not worrying about what you can’t do and thanking God for what you can do.

Someday Is Now sends the message that you can change your life if you change your attitude about your life. It sends the message to men and women that they can take control of their lives and become whatever and whomever they want to become if they are willing to work at developing themselves. It sends the message that how you live your life is your choice. Don't let anyone take away your self-esteem or diminish your self-confidence. It sends the message not to worry about growing old and when you feel old to remember that growing old is no more than a bad habit that a busy person has no time to form. If you are busy living your dream, you don't have time to worry about getting old. Why worry about something if worry won’t change the situation? All of them are messages from this book.

Someday is Now is written in two parts: the first part is called "Genesis." It’s about the first half of the authors life and the many potholes of life in which I stepped. The second part is called "What's God Got to Do With It?" My grandmother tried to instill in me at a very young age that God can do anything but fail. This part of the book is about my journey of faith, life's realities and life's difficulties. My reason for writing the book is to share with the world the message that it does not matter where you started, it’s where you end up that makes the difference. I wanted to let everyone know how good God has been to me. The book will affect the lives of people in a positive way. In many cases, it will give them inspiration and a renewed belief in themselves. It tells the reader to dream big and do great things to develop their goals and make their dreams come true.

nd Bungee Jumping contains 55 original poems and 2,000 motivational quotations. It contains words of faith, love, inspiration, motivation, and encouragement. I use original quotations, quotations of others, Bible scriptures, prayers, and poems to prompt readers to follow their dreams, strive for success, inner peace, and to live their best life. This book contains lessons learned from my life's experiences.

Mind Bungee Jumping is written in two sections. The first section contains original poems that send different messages. Poems that send messages of love are written under the heading, Poems in the Key of Love. Poems that reflect everyday life are under the heading, Street Life. Poems written to motivate and encourage readers are written under the heading, Motivation and Encouragement. Poems about family life are written under the heading, Family Ties. Poems about African Americans are written under the heading, Music of my People. Poems about life as I see it are written under the heading, Through My Eyes. Poems that contain messages of friendship are written under the heading, Take My Hand. Poems written from a spiritual perspective are written under the heading, Praise and Worship.

The second section of Mind Bungee Jumping contains motivational quotations and affirmations, this section is called, Wisdom of the Ages. Quotations contained in this section are reflections of original quotations and personal thoughts; words of wisdom as quoted by some of my personal friends and colleagues; prayers and inspirational messages from Bible scriptures; words of wisdom from the pulpit as spoken by Dr. Frank M. Reid, III, who, at the time, was the pastor of Bethel AME Church in Baltimore; others are quotations from various individuals whom I respect and on whose shoulders, I stand.

Love's Second Chance

Love’s Second Chance is about a woman who saw her mother as an ugly disfigured woman, until she learned the circumstances of her mother’s disfigurement. Rebekah goes on a self-destruction trip in the abyss of life that lasted over twenty years. She and nine other women, who have gone through many trials, experienced many obstacles and overcame many hurdles in life before founding an organization to help other women. Love’s Second Chance discusses some of the women they helped and the men in the lives of those women. 

The book is also about a man loving a woman so much he’s willing to wait a lifetime for her. For Beulah, Rebekah’s mother, life had seemed to lay nothing but pain and torment on her doorstep. But the shining light of her existence was her daughter, Rebekah. 

However, as Rebekah got older, she managed to find things to blame her mother for and she became increasingly embarrassed of Beulah.  This embarrassment created a wall of silence between mother and daughter that caused a deep and quiet suffering within the heart of Beulah. Day-day-by-day it tore her apart. 

The truth was that Beulah was protecting Rebekah by withholding a secret. Rebekah learned of the secret after her mother had died. Faced with the guilt of understanding what happened to her mother and reflecting on how she had treated her, Rebekah sank into a long destructive period of depression. 

This is a heart-wrenching, yet beautiful story of how Rebekah, and nine other women fought to rebuild and reclaim their lives after falling into the darkness of life created by circumstances sometimes beyond their control. Often hanging by a thread, each of these women had to find something––anything––to help them to believe in life once again.                  

Rebekah had to look the hardest and the deepest to find that core within herself that allowed her to rise up and find her life, and her love.

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