This Time It's Personal

By Charesse Roberts

As a wife, and mother,Charesse Roberts, a native
of Philadelphia, began writing at the age
of 11 during what started out as a school
assignment. While continuing to uplift, and inspire Charesse
strives to be a beacon of light within her community and her
generation absorbing unwavering faith through values from her
family and African American culture. While meeting her readers
where they are, her goals are education and empowerment on
how to break free from lifes chains of bondage disguised as
unforgiveness, fatherless daughters, hurt, emotional inavailability
and low self esteem. Having endured heartache, being a
single mother, learning to forgive what was once thought to
be unforgiveable and starting over, Charesse stands as a living
testimony that Prayer Changes Things.... In this, her fourth book,
Roberts has spoken on some hard hitting topics that are close
to home to not only herself , but to many silent voices...so open
your minds, and hearts because This Time Its Personal.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 8, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465387417

Charesse Roberts

I began writing at an early age, sometimes it was just a few lines, but I would make sure they rhyme if nothing else. Later at the age of 11 years old as a school assignment, I was asked to write a poem of emotion about a loved one. I remembered hearing about my cousin "Marcus Yates" that was killed in crossfire in July of 1988. The story and the love remained close to my heart so I decided to write a poem in his memory. After writing it and receiving an "A" of course, I entered a poetry contest of which I won. That poem was later published in an edition of "The Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans". By the age of 13 I had my second poem entitled "Thank You" published in a book called "The Ebbing Tide". I was also inducted into the "International Society of Poets", received other awards and honorable mentions. After a few years of hesitation and a lot of prayers, I finally decided to step out on faith and share my gift with the world. I pray that my words will touch someone and possibly bring out those unshared testimonies.

Book preview

This Time

It’s Personal

Charesse Roberts

Copyright © 2011 by Charesse Roberts.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This book was printed in the United States of America.

Xlibris Corporation

1-888-795-4274

www.Xlibris.com

[e-mail]

105029

Contents

Dedication

Breaking Free

Papa’s Story

I Am Woman

It’s Time to Rise

The Eternal Gift

Locked Up

Love Hurts

The Single Mom Struggle

The Things I Never Said

Me

?

Son to Mother

From the Soul of a Man

My Name is Love

Unconditional

Mr. Melody

Directions

Eyes

I Surrender All

A Night of Worship

I’m Here

Thank You

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all those who have ever felt as though they have been walking in life’s chains. For the broken hearted, betrayed, misused and uninformed—you are not alone.

My prayer was for this book to meet my readers where they are, uplift and inspire.

To God be the Glory for the things He has done and will continue to do!

Dear Bonded One,

I write you this letter to reach out and touch you where you are. I spent many nights toiling over what to say and how to say it, however God was specific in telling me one thing… to speak and the words will come.

I named this book This Time It’s Personal because I didn’t feel as though I really reached the depths of the issues I know exist and often tend to dominate our culture and more specifically our current generation in my previous books. This time has come to break the generational curses and the years of bad advice. With many words left unsaid, apologies not given and baggage weighing us down so many families are broken and so many hearts are bitter behind our lack of forgiveness paired with circumstantial setbacks.

In this book I wanted to inspire you to break the chains because becoming bonded is one thing, but continuing to live in bondage is a choice. As I look back over various events in my life it has become evident that I didn’t have to stay where I was. I found that it was easier to blame others for where I was in my life, as opposed to holding myself accountable for