Prepare To Be Resilient

By Damita J Two prominent survivors who made epic displays of resiliency passed away this month.   The Queen of Aretha Soul, Aretha Franklin.   Former Senator and decorated war veteran, John McCain died.   The resilience and strength they both displayed are legendary. Franklin, AKA the Queen of Soul, won 18 Grammys!    She died at the age of 76 in August of 2018. Her televised funeral which was about eight hours long, will go down in the history books as one of the longest ones.   She had 18 Grammy Awards and was a Kennedy Center Honoree.   She was the first woman to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. One fact that I never knew about Franklin was that she had four sons – two of whom she had under the age of 16!   How many teenage mothers experience having a hard time getting their lives back on track after such an event?  Having two children early in her life, did not deter her from performing and realizing her dreams.  Fr...