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The lessons are the blessings. She helps people tell their stories in ways they never thought possible!

About the speaker she writes between the lines, she doesn’t follow academic rules, she follows her own God-Winks and Heartsongs, she is stubborn and unapologetic, The Dash is the Journey, she speaks her truth and invented the Giggle N Smooch Club through her writing.

Jacquelyn Smithson Howard is a freelance writer and poet who writes about the shared experiences of life and love and uses her stories to uplift others. She is a member of the ZICA Creative Arts and Literary Guild. She has published 19 books, three of which are with her 96-year-old Aunt, who was a Black Catholic Nun for nearly 70 years until her death. The royalties for their books together fund a scholarship program for at-risk Black youth in their hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. She resides in Elk Grove, California, and can be reached at itsmytimetosoar@gmail.com.