Rooted: Poems and Devotionals to Encourage Your Soul

As a young Christian no one accurately prepare you for college, dating and the seasons you experience discovering your true self. This book takes you on a journey of a woman making an effort to please all those around while failing miserably. Once she recognizes her truth worth in the sight of God she can navigate difficult friendships, storms and find true love. This book highlights her poetry and devotionals that journal her climb from singleness to mature love. Born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia she is a proud graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor's in Psychology and a Minor in Religious Studies. She holds an Associate degree in Early Childhood Education from Reynolds Community College. She has a diploma in Biblical Studies from Faith Landmarks Bible Institute. She has always had a love for children, books and God. She enjoyed reading books as a kid. She won essay contests in middle and high school that later morphed into poetry during college. Now she enjoys using her gifts to tell distinctive stories and write devotionals. She is a wife, mother of three and grandmother of two. She has the pleasure of sitting on a number of Early Childhood boards and has taught on the community college level. She resides in Henrico, Virginia. She is a co-author of Words of Wisdom Volume II. She is excited to publish her first book with her brother as illustrator.