She said because she's a black woman, the odds are already against her as it is, I'm not going to make it worse for her.

This could have been me. I'm not a saint. I'm not perfect.

They're going to try to drag her character through the mud. It's going to be bad, bad, bad.

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment

But no matter which path we take, Nessa, there will always be trying times. Faith is believing that God has a plan for our lives even when things seem to be falling apart. Trust Him with all your heart, dear. Trust yourself. Your faith is bigger than you realize.

[Nessa] didn’t know how to disagree with a preacher, or if she was even allowed to, so she merely wrote, “Thank you, anyway, kind sir, but I am not going to marry you.