I grew up an avid basketball fan. My walls were plastered with my favorite NBA star (I also had a slight crush on Allen Iverson..okay, a huge one). I remember the first season of the WNBA, yes I'm that many years old. I was so excited to get the Wilson orange and white basketball that Christmas. All of that said, I probably can tell you the amount of ball games I've watched in the past couple of years, on one hand. The game has changed tremendously and so has my love for it.

Your mind is powerful. Like… really  powerful. It’s the place where ideas are born, confidence is built, and dreams start forming before they ever show up in real life. But if we’re honest, it’s also the place where doubt, fear, and negativity can try to set up camp if we let it. The truth is, your mind needs training just like your body does. Nobody walks into a gym, lifts a weight one time, and expects to be strong forever. It takes consistency. It takes discipline. And mos

I was visiting my Maryland hometown in 2016, listening to Praise 106.1, driving down 95 South when singer/radio personality Darlene McCoy introduced the song of an artist whose sound I had never heard before. The lyrics simply said, So I started at the bottom, but now I'm here Got some people hating on me Guess I done came up, go