I Had Two Roles For Which I

I Always Wanted To Be Someone Better The Next Day Than I Was The Day Before.

As I Entered This World, I Would Leave Behind The Nurturing Of My Family And My Home, But In Another Sense I Would Take Their Protection With Me. The Lessons I Had Learned, The Feelings Of Groundedness And Belonging That Have Been Woven Into My Character There, Would Be My Companions On The Journey.

I Knew What It Was To Be Uncomfortable In A Movie Theater Watching Unfolding On The Screen Images Of Myself - Not Me, But Black People - That Were Uncomfortable.

A Good Deed Here, A Good Deed There, A Good Thought Here, A Good Comment There, All Added Up To My Career In One Way Or Another.

I Was Born Two Months Early, And Everyone Had Given Up On Me. But My Mother Insisted On My Life.