foretelling of the remarkable life that she would live as an adult. Growing up, Valerie, a self-proclaimed shy child, often had a difficult time speaking up for herself.
During her interview, Ms. Jarrett shared lessons learned that motivated her to move past shyness and find her voice.
Ms. Jarrett detailed how she navigated life’s peaks and valleys. Like most twenty-somethings, Valerie planned out for herself the perfect life, only to find that perfection did not exist.
She described how she found herself in a failing job and marriage. Unfortunately, both the job and marriage were overwhelming burdens and unfulfilled experiences. She stated that confronting fear is oftentimes not easy and sometimes it’s more convenient to just settle and learn to endure unhealthy and unhappy situations.
She discovered that a person can work hard, cross every t and dot every i, and it does not always prevent failure. You have to know that those failures do not define you. Jarrett states that it was