If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards.

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

Going on with life, it only gets more and more intense as time goes by - and the challenges only multiply.

Divas need their furs!

I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people.

I still marvel at how God turns dreams into reality.

Good and bad - this is the story of my life.