Do You See Me?

This is a Children's Affirmation Book filled with daily positive affirmations parents can share with their children.

The book contains positive affirmations, but it also has a section where children and parents can write their own affirmations. It's called "My Daily Affirmations." I hope children use this section of the book to speak their own affirmations that they want to hear daily.

I am a young mom from Columbus, Oh. I graduated from Ohio University with my Bachelor's Degree in Broadcast Journalism with a specialization in Business. Not too long after graduating, I moved to Washington, D.C. to advance in my journalism career. As a 22-year-old from a small city transitioning into a world of the unknown, I remained ambitious with my dream of being an on-air correspondent for a top ten broadcast network. I guess you could say I was on my way, having worked for ABC News as a producer. A producer who got to explore the endless depths of television. I was blessed with the opportunity of doing on-air work. But, for some reason in pursuing my dreams, I felt stagnant. I always knew I loved journalism, but I had an itch for something greater. I never understood why I minored in business in college, I just did it. I questioned myself for the longest as to why I never minored in political science instead. After all, I was working in a city and for a network that inhaled and exhaled politics. On February 16, 2019, my life changed forever. I discovered I was expecting. I didn't know what to do really. As soon as I saw the positive pregnancy test, I was in shock. I cried a lot. I feared the unknown. I was young and my career had just started to take off. I had to make a decision. I feared what people thought of me. I feared what people would say because I wasn't married. I feared many things. But, I never feared being a mother. I was in love with my seed already. My body was going through changes, but I found beauty in it all. The beauty in the late nights, early mornings and stuffing PB&J sandwiches down my throat for my midnight snack(s). I found beauty in my growing belly with the gentle kicks and hiccups I so graciously experienced every night. I found beauty in it all. I chose my son over my career and I haven't looked back since. The most beautiful outcome of it all is how much I've grown as a person. He pushed me to be better, to grow, to glow. The stagnancy in my life no longer existed. I still work for ABC, but everything else I dreamed of doing began coming to fruition. I now have an upcoming clothing line. I have a podcast. I'm a manager of a record label and now I can say I'm an author. I'm not sure how I balance it all, but I do. I do it with the strength every mother is blessed with. If I had to choose all over again, I'd choose my son every time. I will always choose love over anything else. I'm so excited to share this book with everyone. There will be plenty more to come.