Becoming pregnant as a senior in high school wasn’t in Jackies plans, but it happened anyway.

With a mother who chose drugs, lead her figuring out life for herself. Based on her true story, each journal chapter represents a month of pregnancy, giving insight into why life on the Westside of Chicago is the way it is.

Her life is transformed from bad to worse and then a life-changing church changed her life forever.

With two unlikely mentors teaming up, a lost soul was found. Included in the book are her ultra-sound pictures, newspaper clippings, and poems illustrating the daily struggles that growing up in the hood can bring when Christ is at the center.