Bøger af Zaria Garrison

What do you do when life deals you a hand you were not prepared to play? What if your deck of cards consisted of some of life's worst possible cards such as rape, molestation, divorce, brain trauma, incurable disease, rejection or death of a child? Most would tell you to throw in your hand, give up; fold. Often, you will want to throw in the hand because it's just too bad to play. Life will convince you that "none of the cards you were dealt will end up winning, so why play anyway?" Why play? Because you have the QUEEN Card! When you are a Queen you can play your hand a little differently. When you know who you are the WHOLE game changes! Queens play to win! A Queen is royalty regardless of the challenges she may face. We own the jewels in our crown, we earned them. Our motto as Queens is "Wake up and Win." On this journey, life has dealt some good times, bad times, and absolutely gut-wrenching times, but YOU SURVIVED . There IS a Queen in You is a collaboration of stories from women who have survived some of the toughest seasons of life. They have been dealt a hand that some would say was a losing hand but with God on their side and a will to live they used what was left and played to win! As you read through the pages of this book, we hope that you see yourself as the Queen you are because just like us, regardless of the hand you were dealt, there IS a Queen in You! If I survived you can too!

When Zealina Gillespie's children grew up and left home, she fought the onslaught of empty nest syndrome by enrolling in college courses. Now, a breast health navigator, she finally feels as if her life has purpose again. Andreana Black, a young single mother of two, has just been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. When she tearfully asks Zealina, "Who's going to love my babies after I'm dead?" Zealina decides that she and her husband Corey are the answer. After adopting the children, Zealina finds herself questioning her marriage and her love for her new children, while wondering if she can see God's blessings through a cloudy haze of betrayal.

Val Mitchellson and his wife Zoe are on the run. As an up and coming African American couple, who are expecting their first child they seem to have it all. However, all is not as it seems. A sparkling Z sits on the back of every Zulnilshian, giving them the energy they need to live, but when Zoe met Val at a church picnic she had no idea that he was an alien who carried, the Rainbow Z. Val was sent to earth to rescue his ruler's daughters, who were exiled to Earth during the Xindamian war that occurred on their home planet. Xindamians had been banished to earth and they were fighting to return home, after learning that they are the cause of a major epidemic in humans. When Val learns that the American government wants to capture and do testing on his unborn child, he takes Zoe and escapes into the mountains, leaving the Princesses behind. This prompts the ruler of his planet to travel to earth in search of Val, to kill him. Val has to find a way to protect his family while helping to prevent an intergalactic war between the two planets.

Caron Taylor, Teresa Sanders, and Pamela Jefferson are three women looking forward to celebrating the upcoming holiday season with their family and friends. After becoming engaged to the love of her life, Caron finds out she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The first person she confides in is her fiancée' Michael. He is stunned by the news and suddenly drops out of sight.Teresa is a pediatric nurse who considers all of the children in her ward as her very own. She is also a twenty year cancer survivor who has never shared her diagnosis with anyone. After her marriage fell apart she chose to have the surgery alone and never speak about it with another living soul until fate and circumstance force her to open up her secret box.Pamela Jefferson has just completed radiation and chemotherapy following her diagnosis. Although she lost both breasts to the disease she is not letting a little thing like a double mastectomy slow her down or steal her joy.These three women, like so many, are fighting breast cancer and its lasting effects bring them all together this holiday season to celebrate.