My Name Is Ma’Niyah

By Yolanda Key

This book is about my granddaughter, whom I love so dearly. She has a heart of gold, which is what inspired me to write the book about her. One day I was feeling down, and she called me and said, “Nana, you know I love you.” I drive trucks. I had to pull over to get myself together because at that moment it was like God sent a message to allow me to know that someone loves me. My son was locked up at the time, and she was my confidante during the emotional detachment I had. She kept me stable during that time. I am a grandmother of six who travel the world, who love people, and who want what’s best for everyone, so I send out positive energy as much as possible with my podcast Mentalbeauty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Sep 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728327389

Yolanda Key

Yolanda was born in a small town in the south called Colquitt Ga. She is the eldest of four siblings. Yolanda grew up in a town close to Colquitt Ga called Donalsonville Ga where she graduated high school in 1996. She pursued a career as a nurse assistance and it allowed her to provide for her 2 sons for many years. Yolanda was married but always felt like she was single due to the horrible life she had with her children father. So she moved to Dothan Alabama to get away from the abuse and neglect she was encountering with her husband. She still worked as a nursing assistant at Wiregrass hospice for 5 years until she gained the desire to become a professional truck driver in 2006. Yolanda also attended Troy University where she wanted to become a community counselor. Yolanda volunteered and helped individuals in her community. She also started a community group called The Community Inspirations in 2011 where she recognized the first African American commissioner in the wiregrass. Yolanda always love to create short stories and poems through out her life. So she decided one day she wanted to write a book and have it published. Yolanda wanted her first book to be inspirational and also about something that a lot of people struggle with today, and that's the desires of their flesh. So she created, Weak Flesh. Yolanda is very conservative so she didn't know how to get her book published untill one day she had an epiphany and stepped out on faith to start the process of her book being publish in 2017. She then published her first children's book My Name Is MA'NIYAH, telling a story about one of her granddaughters. Yolanda has 16 years in the transportation business, so she started her very own trucking business, Keytruckingllc which she has been the owner for 5 years. Yolanda met the love of her life Kelvin Wilson in 2015 and they are currently opening a smoothie & coffee cafe in her hometown Donalsonville Georgia called Wilson's Smoothie & Coffee Cafe.

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