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Dedicated to my Aunt Cookie and Uncle Khalid for reminding me even when I didn’t see it why I was still here. My Uncle Khalid spoke into my life that I would be someone special when I could only see myself as the Black Girl Lost. My Aunt Cookie for taking my brother and I into 561 Gates avenue giving a safe haven when my mother couldn’t. For never calling Child Protective services and sheltering us from the worst.For all the days she borrowed money so we could have the simplest things like a decent pair of shoes or giving us money for a trip. Each morning feeding us oatmeal with evaporated milk, butter, and sugar while leaving me notes near by bowl to write something great. You see I could have easily been the girl in foster care but they took me in along with my brother and nurtured us. They gave us love and treated me like family. It is their love that kept me from going the wrong path. I could have led a life of doing drugs because I saw it everyday in my face. I could have been an alcoholic because I , and a lost black little girl my childhood was painful. Weird, lonely, and always a big dreamer I had a small seed of faith.

How it began | Yesterday | A miracle baby name Jensen

Meeting my Murderer

Brick | My Story | Lost and Found | “What didn't kill me only made me stronger and sharper.”- Jensen Brick McCall | Yesterday

Running | Janae Morrison | “Our heart holds hostage to what we fear of letting go, our past. It the blockage that causes us not to see what lies ahead. The past is our own worst enemy- Janae Morris

Decision To Let Janae Live

Tell a story and find the truth

A little kiss to wipe away the tears!

Janae | Cut out the pain

Damn, even your handwriting looks pretty. Come sit next to me so we can finish talking.

Possibilities and Love

Ms. Pearl Wisdom

Tour of my life

Connecting with family!

Crashing Truths

The Truth is Calling

Dinner at Gloria’s

Facing the Demons

Conversation Between a Murderer and her Son

Jensen Secret Revealed

The Art of forgiveness

One year later | To give Life and love

Acknowledgements

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