“A Life Lived: My Faith, My Life, My Purpose.”

By Ms. La’Camii Victoria Renee Ann Ross

Do you know you have a purpose - an assignment-in life that only you can fulfill? The world awaits YOU. A Life Lived: My Faith, My Life, My Purpose takes you on a journey of self-discovery with a young lady who embraced her purpose to transform and dazzle the world. Through La'Camii's writing, she teaches nothing truly can hold you back from releasing IT to the world - not your age, gender, background, social status, or tribulation. This book recounts the life of a gifted girl as she grows into an accomplished young lady who in a short span of time learned to define and achieve her own greatness. Daughter and mother share their life lessons on love, passion, tranquility, heart ache, spirituality, and purpose. A Life Lived: My Faith, My Life, My Purpose will inspire you to live in the moment. It is a triumph story of great faith and a healing balm to comfort in different times - even the passing of a great love. The mother shares her personal struggles to cherish the memories while embracing the future. She speaks of her need to protect her daughter then and even now. These works of poetry and letters remind us to live consciously and victoriously. La'Camii only graced this earth for 20 years, yet she touched thousands. She lived her life helping and challenging others to find their purpose. Are you living the life you were born to live? The world in waiting

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 23, 2010
• ISBN: 9781468594027

Ms. La’Camii Victoria Renee Ann Ross

As a child, La'Camii was shy, insecure and very soft spoken.  She had no idea what she was destined for.  She attended a newly formed military academy through Jr. High and High School.  Here she learned discipline and gained confidence and respect for herself and others.  She became a person of integrity and saw only goodness in everyone she met.  By now, she had developed a very strong relationship with God and became a living example of goodness.  She struggled with her weight but refused to let it identify her as a person.  Instead, she went on an individual mission to make a difference in the lives of everyone she came in contact with.  She never met a stranger and wanted everyone to exceed their potential. By the time she enrolled in UC Santa Cruz, she was well on her way to greatness.  She found her voice.  In "A Life Lived: My Faith, My Life, My Purpose", you will get a glimpse into this extraorinary life.  Her hopes, her dreams, her Mom and family and her unwavering faith in God are revealed.  Every so often, we have the privilege of sharing in the life of someone so special where we really do not realize the profound impact of the person until they are gone.  La'Camii was such a person.  I am her Godmother and I hope you are inspired to find your voice and follow your star.        

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First published by AuthorHouse 8/17/2010

ISBN: 978-1-4520-6395-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4685-9402-7 (ebook)

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Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part One

La’Camii’s Life Story

A Letter to La’Camii

Optimistic Demeanor

ALONE IS ME

After The Crusade

The way I decided to expedite

Introducing the writing, My Relationship with my mother

Some of the inspirational quotes La’Camii lived by and encouraged others to do the same.

La’Camii’s Writings

Introducing the Writing

The Blood Continues To Drip

The Blood Continues To Drip

Free Verse Poem (3/25/03)

Is that So?!?!

Think ‘Bout It

Until The Last Tic-Tock

Introducing the Writing, Reflections on A Hater

Part Two

When It All Began

La’Camii’s Writings to her Mom

Well Prepared for her Destiny

(Education and Awards)

A Touch Like No Other—La’Camii Touches the World

La’Camii’s Touch

La’Camii Ross – Drip.

Dedication

I would like to dedicate this book to my only child, La’Camii Victoria Renee Ann Ross. She would have been in her 3rd year at the University of California, Santa Cruz working on a Bachelor’s of Art degree in Business Management Economics and Theater Arts. She was planning to continue her education and obtain a Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) focusing on international business administration. Her dream was cut short on August 15, 2009 at 3:20 a.m. She was killed by a drunk driver.

La’Camii would have dedicated this book to her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Ironically, before she passed, La’Camii had decided the dedication in her own book would read like this:

To everyone who has played a positive role in my life as well as a negative role: For it has molded me into an elegant young lady. Dad I am dedicating this book to you also, you always showed & gave me love you showed me what love really is and how a man is supposed to love his children. My big brother June June thanks for loving me & supporting me I dedicated this to you also.

My final dedication is to La’Camii’s paternal family: her sister, Theresa Ross, and niece, Derrica Moore, and all of her Ross family members (including Uncles, Aunties, and Cousins.) To La’Camii’s maternal family: Grandfather Ellis White, Jr., Grandmother Bobbie J. White-Robinson, uncles, Darnell White, Ellis White III, Steve White, Roderick White Sr, aunties, Victoria Foreman, Saundra White, Randi White-Francis, Attica White-Jaques, cousins, Darrell, Keyona, Tiffany, Bryan, Roderick Jr, Rodney, Kavon, Jacari, Stefan, Glenford, Amber, Jusaun, Zane, Naya, Quandarrius, Isom Lebette.

Godparents Myra and Bill Callaway, God-brother, LaGerald Normand, God-sisters, La’Marria Coleman, Brianna and Taylor Wilson, and Kristina Young.

La’Camii’s special mentor & friend, Linh-Xuan Le

La’Camii’s puppies, Tyre and Sugar

Acknowledgments

I, Mary White, would like to give all the glory to my Heavenly Father. He kept me lifted as I grieved. Even in my grieving, God was ever present and preserved my mind so I could focus to arrange La’Camii’s writings into a book for the world to