HER STORY "BE POWER"

• YESTERDAY "HER"STORY WAS MADE FOR LADY TOMIKA... ALL MY LIFE I HAVE DESIRED TO BE THE CHANGE I WANTED TO SEE, EVEN WHEN I DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS CALLED.. I REFLECTED BACK TO MY YOUTH, GROWING UP IN AREA WHERE STEALING CARS WAS MAJOR.. AND I REMEMBER LOSING A FRIEND ONE SUMMER WHEN I WAS ON VACATION IN CALI.. A YOUNG MAN JUST GRADUATED FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS DEAD 1 MONTH AFTER GRADUATION.. HE WAS MY FRIEND, MY NEIGHBOR AND HE WAS DEAD.. WITH MY HEART BROKEN BY THIS LOST, I DECIDED THAT I DID NOT WANT TO LOSE ANY MORE OF MY FRIENDS. SO I WOULD DO ANYTHING IN MY POWER TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPEN, EVEN DATING SOMEONE TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. I THINK I DATED TWO UNAPPROVED GUYS JUST TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. TWENTY-ONE YEARS LATER I CONNECTED WITH ONE OF THEM WHO REMINDED ME THAT THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM, HE WAS IN A STOLEN CAR.. 

  
  

  WOW! FOR MANY YEARS MY DESIRE TO HELP NEVER DIED AND ALLOW ME TO FOLLOW MY  DREAMS IN MANY CAPACITIES; AS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, DETENTION OFFICER, YOUTH ADVOCATE, MENTOR, PROGRAM COORDINATOR, LIFE COACH, SISTER, AND MOM... TO THIS DAY I STILL HAVE A DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE "BE" BETTER.. YESTERDAY MY DREAM BECAME A REALITY AGAIN.. "BE POWER" PROGRAM CAME ALIVE.. A 8 WEEK PROGRAM TO PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING WAS BIRTH..AND "HER"STORY WAS MADE...LADY TOMIKA GOT "BE POWER!"