This book demonstrates how your inner light can still shine despite episodes of trauma, abandonment, neglect, abuse, and many other obstacles we may face in life. It goes into a detailed journey of how environmental factors and generational patterns can also play a major role in one's development to find and discover one's self. In part one of this series, the author depicts her colorful version of life migrating from Cambridge, Massachusetts back to her hometown of Richmond, Virginia. She gives a raw testament, and view of the 80's drug epidemic and how it hit her home with a vengeance. The eloquently written tales and vibrancy of each word allows you to feel as if you're there along the journey with her! This is a coming-of-age story of how the author grew from the mud, yet didn't realize her beauty or value until later in life. This story shows how she was able to survive against the odds and come out with a healthy perspective about life, family, her giftings, and spirituality.