The 2nd Annual 2009 EMerge Conference and Awards is the place to. . . Connect, Network, & Unify with women from all over the state and nation who are passionate about becoming catalysts of positive change in their families, community, and world. Whether you are a woman in need of life-change, a leader...

Most people that know me find that I am happy majority of my life sometimes to the point of being obnoxious. It hasn’t always been that way though. I went through a bout of deep depression in college that stemmed from a series of tragedies that brought about unhealthy relationships and the inability...

I have spent the better part of my 37 years running away and reinventing myself trying to find some lasting peace. I love and pray for the family that I came from, and mean them no disrespect, so I am leaving out details. I left home at 13, stayed in foster care for a very short period of time before...

I was adopted when I was just 3 days old. Growing up, I experienced several episodes of abuse, so much so that by the time I was a teenager, I had no sense of self-worth. At the age of 17, I left home. I married at 18 but that ended in divorce by the time I was 19. Not only was I dealing with a failed...