Sis, you are one decision away from a totally different life! Check this out ... About two years ago, I was living a completely different life. You see, I wasn’t living my purpose or doing what I love to do most, which was creating hundreds of smiles from the beautiful cakes I make.

On the contrary, I was a single parent living in Georgia and just barely getting by. At that time, I was deeply depressed with how my life was going and I felt trapped because of some of the previous decisions and consequences which I had to deal with.

I knew deep down there had to be more to life than my boring, mundane existence called “life,” which consisted of going to a mundane job with no potential or a lifestyle I desired. I wanted to be able to offer my children more. Who wouldn’t? I felt trapped with so few options and little money in my pocket. Can you relate? Rather than sitting around crying about how, “life’s not fair,” and “why me” B.S., I decided to muster up the courage and take a giant leap of faith and go after what I envisioned for my life and my children; instead of just settling for less. This bold step would take me completely out of my comfort zone, and, in fact, over 2,000 miles outside of my comfort zone. In doing so, I would endure numerous, painful sacrifices, some of which I’ll share with you in this book.

Now, why did I write this book? I wrote it because, all too often, I’ve seen other women, like myself, living unsatisfying lives because of the stigma society puts on women. You know the whole “put everyone else’s needs first” mindset. By doing this, it adds even more weight and responsibility on the shoulders of the woman, and, sadly, this has become the norm for so many women.

Now, whether you are a single woman with children, single, or married, women have been programmed from a young age to believe it’s selfish to think of herself and her needs FIRST. However, this is unacceptable because, after all, you can’t pour from an empty cup. Right? It’s unbelievable the number of women who are just getting by, living on scraps, and who don’t even know how to act on their own VALUE/WORTH. Why? Maybe it’s because not only do others devalue them, but they devalue themselves, and “THAT AIN’T RIGHT!!!”

Even worse, statistics tell us that single motherhood has become so commonplace in the U.S. and that 80 percent of single-parent families today are headed by mothers and nearly one-third of them are living in absolute poverty.