My father was never in the picture. He left my mother long before I could even remember. My mother had only an eighth-grade education and...

| This is the 39th story of Our Life Logs | “The very fact that you have a desire or a dream means that you have the corresponding capacity to realize it.” —Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. I have lived a blessed life. I was taught from a young age that the best way to find success was through dreaming big. If you can envision yourself clearly doing something, it will happen. Through this way of thinking, I’ve been lucky enough to run a business of my own for 4

| This is the 38th story of Our Life Logs | I’ve been married three times to people who tried to break me. I am not a quitter. I never have been. I worked to mend my marriages when I noticed they needed intervention, but each passed a point beyond repair. I had to learn to move on from the toxic marriages to find joy within myself. I grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina, during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. Though there were many societal hardships, my parents tried

When both of your marriages end because of infidelity, it can be hard to trust that there’s honest love out there anymore. Moving forward...

The north is prosperous while most of the south is impoverished. We lived on the southern side of the province. My family was immensely...

I was always worried about finding the right person for me. I was scared I would never meet my soulmate or I would miss my chance with...

I don’t want to hide who I am. I have never been ashamed of what I was, or how I wanted to live my life. The only thing I have ever been...