The first time she read, "My fondness for words grows as I live and learn. So does my fear, that word by word, my honest admissions may give you reasons to leave me. My dream is, that word by word, I will show you all of me, flaws and all," she told me to keep sharing and writing. Read on and you will discover why she, the subject of this volume, is so worthy of clever adjectives and words of rhyme. These pages are filled with honest admissions and the journey that they fueled, and how ebony may be the most beautiful color of all.