Today I went to court for shoplifting food from Walmart almost a year ago. Logan and I were struggling like no other and didn’t know what to do. Well today in court as I got my paperwork to leave i had an officer stop and tell me to wait for her outside. I proceeded outside […]

A few years ago, we wanted to buy a new house. The one we visited was empty because the owners were separating and had already bought two smaller houses. When we arrived in the yard, we found an old, yellow-coated Labrador retriever, who looked at least 11 or 12 years old. His food bowl was […]

*The Day I Took Back My Life* Let me share a story about my daughter, Anne, and a lesson neither of us will ever forget. At 90 years old, I’ve seen a lot—joy, heartbreak, triumphs, and challenges. I thought I’d faced it all, but life still finds ways to surprise you. For years, I devoted […]

Born in West Africa around 1753, a young girl was forced onto a ship named the Phillis. In Boston, she was purchased by the Wheatley family — and thus became Phillis Wheatley. Something extraordinary unfolded in their household. By the age of thirteen, Phillis was writing poetry in English, a language she had only recently […]

“On Wednesday in Alabama, a Walker County Sheriff’s Office Deputy came across a man walking down the road with an oxygen tank and learned he is a Disabled American Veteran trying to walk/hitchhike from the Jasper area to Huntsville for a Dr. Appointment he was told he could not miss. With no way to get […]

René was the only man I ever kissed and loved. Despite our 26-year age difference, we met when he was just 12 years old. By 1981, he was 38, and after hearing one of my demos, he was so moved that he chose to mortgage his house to finance my first album—long before I amassed […]