OMG.You're Still Single, So Where the Hell Is Your Lemonade? (Paperback or Softback)

According to data from U.S. census surveys in 2016, single women are one of the fastest growing demographic groups in the country. Sheryl L. Bradford, the author of OMG…You’re Still Single, So Where the Hell Is Your Lemonade? invites adult single women of all ages to share in an intimate conversation about this oft times unsolicited fate. The conversation or “kickback” session is divided into two parts and takes the single woman along the life journey of the author, a fifty-something-year-old who battles against the stereotypes of being single. At one point, she concludes, “You see after all is said and done…the ultimate goal is to come out on the other end whole…not bitter…potent…not some old maid…vibrant…fully alive!”

In part one, the author takes a realistic look at the pitfalls of being single but not before, she has a little fun examining the life of her counterpart, “Mrs. Smith.” Through her examination, she uncovers the “unspoken ills” of married life, those that are often overlooked by single women who are oblivious in their race to the altar. The topics unveiled range from the sleepless nights endured by married women to the disturbing number of women who are abused and even killed by their spouses and significant others, a topic that is not treated lightly by the author. Then she takes a ride down memory lane (sometimes painful). She details life for the 20-something, the 30-something, and the 40-something and over single woman utilizing actual experiences and anecdotes that will have the reader laughing, crying and begging to get to part two which provides remedies for all that ails single life.

Part two of the book explains the discontent that is experienced by single women and it provides practical life tools to overcome it. In this section, the author refuses to allow the single woman to sulk or be a crybaby about her status. She almost “scares her straight” into believing that there is quality life available to her even in a world that glorifies and promotes marriage. In cult-like fashion, she initiates the single woman into a new fraternity with a pledge that promises to vanish the propaganda that gives premier status to married women.

Sheryl L. Bradford is a native of Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1980, she graduated with honors from N.C. Agricultural and Technical University in Greensboro, North Carolina receiving a B.S. Degree in Fashion Merchandising. She received a Master of Divinity Degree in 2010 from Hood Theological Seminary in Salisbury, North Carolina. She enjoyed a successful 17-year career with Belk Department Stores in Wilmington as a fashion buyer/department manager. Later she worked for the then NYT Wilmington Star News as an Advertising Sales Executive. After relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2005 she fulfilled one of her dreams and started a dressmaking business. But she never gave up on her desire to become a writer and to share her experiences being single. Soon after receiving her Master of Divinity Degree, she became an ordained minister. Although she has been single most of her adult life, she still believes in love, marriage and pursuing dreams.