I had my future all planned out .... I would marry my high school sweetheart, go off to the Air Force where I would stay until I retired or live a lavish life after my sweetheart somehow made it to the NBA, have babies, buy the home with the white picket fence, get a puppy and live happily ever. Things did NOT work out that way at all! Instead my relationship with my high school sweetheart turned abusive with many infidelities ripping away my self-esteem and love of self which was setting my up for many dysfunctional, toxic and abusive relationships to come without me even knowing, I suffered a miscarriage and was carried out of my sweethearts championship game on a stretcher while he sat on the sideline due to injuries after a long night of fighting, I was kicked out of school the last semester of high school and was barred from attending or even being on the property of every school in my city and had to get permission to graduate with my class even though I had all my credits, I was arrested for my first charge at 18 which was the beginning of many years of court cases, arrests, warrants, magistrate appearances, bond hearings and plea deals eventually landing in federal prison 800 miles away from home. My crown was broken, tilted, and barely hanging on but I was determined to fix it. Here are the steps I took to get on my path as I began pick myself up, dust myself off, and fix my crown as I stepped into my greatness.