This memoir details the author's challenging upbringing in Ghana, Africa. One of two daughters to hard-working, yet faithful and hopeful parents, this story illustrates this girl's ordeals growing up impoverished in a third-world nation. As rough and uncertain as life was for her and her family in Accra, the capital city of their native country, they all retained a strong work ethic, and persevered every day, with the hope that the future would bring the blessings of a better life. A series of fortunate events brought about life-changing circumstances for the author. In America, she would face uplifting and positive experiences that would elevate her joy, faith, and belief in the goodness of people. The 'American Dream,' perhaps? Yet she would also experience the negative side of life here when some encounters with individuals complicated matters and threatened her happiness, security, and hope. Ultimately, her time in the USA would run out with the expiration of her visa. In order to stay here, how would she do it? Did she marry for love, or convenience? What were the upsides--and downsides--of retaining an occupation as a nanny? How did she get her start in social media? And what is her life like now?

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