Roses and Thorns

This is the story about an African American woman's pain and struggles through life's transitions filled with disappointed obstacles and frustrations. As she quickly enters a second marriage, it proves to be one of abuse and suffering and she realizes immediately that this is not the life she wants for herself or her four sons. At this point, she has survived two catastrophic encounters in marriage. However, she fights to become a successful single parent as well as acquiring both her bachelor's and master's degrees in education. Her survival skills take her through being homeless in the mountains to being a successful and well-respected teacher. Read and find out how these experiences teach her how to survive and finally find the man of her dreams. When the thorns began to show up, she knew that the roses would soon be blooming.