A Lesson or A Blessing

Gisele Jennings is having the time of her life at Prairie View A and M University with her new boyfriend Ashton Lawrence Jr. Their love is flying high through chaotic winds. Only fate could have lead her to a love so great. He is the man of her dreams and answer to all of her prayers, so she thinks. He's a music major and ladies-by-the-dozen minor. Yet, he worships the ground she walks on. In any case, they are destined to make great music or hit a sour note. Excelling for greatness, success, and following their dreams will not be an easy task for the lovely couple to prevail. By which there will be many mountains, endless hills to climb, oceans to cross, prevalent lies, deceit, and deception to decipher. At which instant will the overall pressures of life, lust, love, and Terms of Endearment come to pass? Who will be left standing, when all is said and done? One will learn the precise meaning of All is Fair in Love and War. While the other metamorphisizes into the devil's advocate spreading the world with turmoil, aggression, enmity, and infidelity.

Erica L. Perry is a contributing writer for The Minority Executive Report, Ebony Lifestyles Magazine, & a member of the Houston Association of Black Journalist. She's an educator & a philanthropist. Perry founded the non-profit organizations P.R.E.T.T.Y through the El Campo Boys & Girls Club to enrich the lives of young women, enhance their self-esteem, and The Charles Edward Grays Scholarship Foundation. After her late grandfather. Through her endeavors she's spearheaded a school supply drive for Sammons Elementary, and teamed up with a fellow PV Alumnus & donated prom dresses for A Caring Closet 501 C 3 on the one-year anniversary celebration of her novel and debut of the Gospel Stage play adapted from the novel. Erica received her Bachelors of Arts and Science degree in Sociology and Masters in Counseling from Prairie View A&M University. She's a native of El Campo, TX and now resides in Houston, TX