While there's plenty to be said for drive and talent, it was my parents' support that started me on the path that led me here today.

Im a realist, not a sugar coater. I believe in always letting people know what their obstacles are. And at the end of the day, I just want to be respected for my hard work.

I didn't plan on being a single mom, but you have to deal with the cards you are dealt the best way you can.

I used to go with solid blue, but recently I've found that a mix of red and green is a better fit for my personality.

An innocent little human being was solely dependent on me! I took all the CPR and breastfeeding classes and learned quite a bit.

I like seeing things that you don't normally see. Black people are so diverse, we do so many things, we have given so much to this world - and we are constantly giving.

There are some universal elements when it comes to motherhood - especially for Black moms. Black women are selfless. Many women think of their children before they think about themselves.

Everybody's problem is not yours, regardless of marriage and relationships, and I think women sometimes have to shed "what we think it should be" and address "what it is".

Hope is a flicker, a candle flame kept burning by the simple act of breathing.

May my children and descendants know God and keep His ways.

I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.

When you adopt a tool you adopt the management philosophy embedded in that tool.

How many airports are there in the world?

A recent study found that people lie more when they are texting. Yeah, especially that one lie: "Sorry, just got your text!

I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission.

A liar is always lavish of oaths. [Fr., Un menteur est toujours prodigue de serments.]

Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.