Growth can be a beautiful thing when you keep everything in the right perspective. Life has a way of adding value to your worth. In the beginning, when you were just barely old enough to get out and experience life, you may feel like donating yourself to science fiction. But to the near endings of your personal journey that consists of ups and downs, feeling like a jet plane running in and out of bad weather, and feeling all the turbulences that it caused, you try to hold it steady, waiting on better days. And if you finally made it through, you come out feeling priceless! I can not only see me going through the growth stages but also feel me going through them. In other words, from infant to child, to adolescent, and then to manhood. My mind was first into rock and roll, then jazz, then rhythm and blues, and now this spiritual thing called soul.

Born on Saturday August 7, 1982 on the beautiful island of New Providence, she was blessed Bennique Inderria Brown, the second of three children. Her early education began at Lady Bird Preschool, and then she attended St. Cecilias Catholic Primary, St. Annes in Eleuthera for one term, Aquinas College, H. O. Nash, and then graduated at the C.R. Walker Senior High School. Her tertiary education led her to The College of the Bahamas where she obtained a Bachelors Degree in Secondary Education, specializing in English Language and Literature. Presently she is in pursuit of a Masters Degree at The College of The Bahamas in Reading with concentration in Inclusive Education. Though she has attended various learning institutions, she was sure to leave her footprints in the sand. She was involved in track and basketball teams, dance ministry, choir, Bahamas Jr. Red Cross, Technical Cadets, Rotaract Club, and The Education Awareness Society. She was taught from a very early age about religion. Moreover, her years of dedication to the Pentecostal Ministry provided her the opportunity to serve on the usher board, sing on the praise team and combined choir. She has learned that in all things you must put God first and in return he will give you the desires of your heart. One such desire of hers is to become an international public speaker addressing the youths of this nation to follow their dreams. She is definitely well on her way to accomplishing this dream as she is a part of an International Organization that has enhanced her public speaking and communication skills. She joined the Toastmasters organization in 2005, and during that time has held the positions of Secretary, Vice President of Membership, Vice President of Education and President.

The message behind my book is to help others to not only believe in yourself but to also keep your hope and dreams alive. But also just more than that, I want to be an encouragement to any person out there that has struggled with depression, suicidal thoughts as well as lost hope. I hope my book inspires you and motivates you to never give up on your dreams. My book is also dedicated to my mother Taronda Anglin, my aunt Annie Sykes, and my cousin Bobbi Jean.

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