The Road I Traveled

In this powerful memoir, from the cotton fields in Arkansas to freedom in San Francisco, this intimate collection of short stories reveals the triumphs of the human spirit against systemic oppression. With unflinching passion and profound compassion, within these pages, you will discover: The brutal reality of sharecropping in the late 1920’s-1960’s, where a Black family labored in vain under exploitive conditions, before finally picking up and leaving the South during the Great Migration. A touching love story that spans six decades, proving that sometimes you travel halfway across the country, only to find that your soulmate lived just across the prairie from you all your life. The liberating joy of self-confidence and humor that comes with age and wisdom, illustrated in a delightfully entertaining essay on being the “G.O.A.T.” (Greatest of All Time). How your life can have purpose that may benefit the good of the human race, if you are willing to explore your past memories, triumphs, and trials to give others another perspective in life through your lens. Life is worth living, and it is also such a benefit to leave your journey and truth. Inspiring and deeply personal, the author masterfully interweaves historical context with personal narrative. She makes it clear that life in your advanced years can be full and meaningful, and that it’s liberating to fully embrace one’s own greatness. You don’t want to pass on reading this moving, and uplifting journey through hardship, courage, love and an unyielding determination to live a fulfilling life. It is a gem.