The Stories is a collection of deeply personal reflections with each story representing an encounter with faith, destiny, or divine intervention. Why was this an important book for you to write?

For posterity, it was important for me to record amazing stories from my lifetime journey in various roles and over times and places. I had shared many of these stories with family members, my university students (as examples for learning), and colleagues at professional conferences, especially during the years when I presented conference papers on the topic of psychospirituality. It was important for me to share stories within the context of readers understanding human vulnerabilities and human possibilities. It was important for me to share these amazing, if not incredible, stories from my experiences as a civil rights pioneer and leader, as a child growing up in the Jim-Crow South, as a counselor-psychotherapist, as a consultant, as a family member and friend, and as a channel of messages from a spirit existence as well as my experiences in meeting people who voluntarily shared their stories of spiritual channeling, clairvoyance, and telepathy.

What were some ideas that were important for you to share in this book?

Much of my writings tend to teach and enlighten. Through my stories, I trust that I have communicated to readers to do what is right, continue to grow and learn, share your gifts and blessings with others, value family and your children, and listen to spiritual messages from God and your ancestors.

What was the most challenging part of writing your memoir and what was the most rewarding?

The writing of the manuscript for THE STORIES was more joy than a challenge. It afforded me the opportunity to recall and reflect upon significant experiences and encounters during my lifetime. I guess that a minor challenge was writing down my stories in detail from memory and personal records while I was still cognitively competent in my 70s. Some stories go back to age three and to times when I was in elementary school.

What do you hope is one thing readers take away from your story?

I hope and trust that readers of THE STORIES will follow their heart and mind, and discover and pursue the light of talent from within them. After years of doing so, I realized that I was gifted as a thinker, writer, helper, leader, and organizer. Therefore, my purpose during my adult like has been to “CREATE [such as writings] and SERVE [e.g., as counselor and professor of counseling] for good cause.”

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