The book details an African American mother's rise from the poverty of being orphaned at age 4 with 15 siblings, the lessons her struggles and rise taught her children, and her approach to single motherhood and parenting. Her tactics and rationale are backed by scripture, practical application, doctoral level studies, research and professional journals. She dropped out of middle school and left home while pregnant at the age of 13. At the age of 19, she was a single divorced mother of 3, living in the worst projects in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Determined to give a better life and example to her children, she enrolled in High School Completion Courses and successfully graduated from College at the tender age of 23. She moved her children from the projects into a single family home and the middle class within months of graduating college. Paying off her home by the age of 45 and retiring at the age of 52, this book tells us of her discipline, humility, and continued generosity. Her lessons of self-determination, resilience, sacrifice, mental toughness, frugality, unconditional love, tough love with wisdom, humor, friendship and the strength to face all adversity in spite of the odds, stereotypes, and rampant racism serve her children well. She teaches that a life without excuses is a life without limits. If she did it, you too can succeed in spite of...