Cheryl Thompson WilliamsMrs. Cheryl Thompson Williams, a published author, has an undergraduate degree in education from Lincoln University in Missouri as well as a graduate degree in education from Michigan State University. She is a retired elementary school teacher with hirty-two years of service. She is the founder of Empowered Living Seminars, LLC, and a company that uses words, gifts, and music to build self-esteem and supply encouragement. Losing her first husband to cancer in 2000 inspired her to write her first book, Chronicles of Praise: A Life Journey through Death. She explains how she was encouraged as she struggled through the most horrendous event of her life. Given twelve mile markers, inspired by God, she shares how she made it through. Her second book, the sequel, tells how the same mile markers are even more prevalent now. Her hope is that her story will inspire and encourage others. Read More Read Less