We recently connected with Christina & Edward Sledge and have shared our conversation below.

Christina & Edward, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. It’s always helpful to hear about times when someone’s had to take a risk – how did they think through the decision, why did they take the risk, and what ended up happening. We’d love to hear about a risk you’ve taken.

We met during the first week of freshman year in high school. We dated for two years on and off in high school. After high school, Eddie enlisted in the U.S. Army, and I went to Temple University. We were apart for three and a half years in other relationships. During Christmas break in 1999, Eddie proposed on a whim, and we were married two months later with only fifty cents in our pockets. We took a leap of faith which was very risky. We knew each other, but we grew immensely in those years apart. We had faith in our union that it would all work out for the best to guide us and here we are 22 years later, happily married.

Christina & Edward, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

We are a husband and wife publishing and production team. We founded Sledge House Media, a cross-platform media company. We co-founded the company to self-publish our first book, The Story of Christina and I, our memoir in 2021. After publishing our memoir, we knew it was important to share it and all the other content we have in the pipeline with others.

We are extremely proud of our body of work thus far. Collectively between 2021 and 2022, we published four books, and two essays and produced two short films. Three of our books are bestsellers on Amazon. We tell diverse and compelling stories that highlight unique experiences and backgrounds. Additionally, all of our books are 200 pages or less to reach readers that are limited on time. We also offer indie authors self-publishing consulting services. We help make the self-publishing process easy and stress-free.

You can find more information about our books. films and upcoming projects at https://www.sledgehousemedia.com/.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

When we decided to create our media company, we did not have formal training in writing, publishing, or film and television production. Our creative juices flowed after we wrote and published our first book. We had to pivot our focus to being creatives. We believe creativity was dormant in us all along. Eddie has a bachelor’s degree in History and a master’s degree in Social Science. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a master’s degree in Business and Event Management. I decided to complete a film and television production program at New York University Tisch School of the Arts to obtain a foundation for this next chapter. We know it seems odd to our family and friends that we pivoted in a creative direction. When we married, we had no plans to go in this direction 22 years ago. However, now we cannot turn it off. We are creative business owners now.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Unfortunately, it has not been a smooth road throughout our twenty-two-year marriage.

We started our marriage with only two quarters. At the beginning of our marriage, we were a military family, which required us to navigate and learn how to balance military obligations and raise a family. Also, at one point in our marriage, we both were unemployed.

Those early struggles taught us resilience. When obstacles come our way, we dust ourselves off and keep moving. When more than one obstacle comes in our path, we tackle each one at a time. We realized early on that if we could survive both of us being unemployed simultaneously, we could survive anything.

We are driven to succeed. We rely on each other and our faith to get us through the rough patches.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.sledgehousemedia.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sledgehousemedia
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sledgehousemedia
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/house_sledge
• Other: https://www.joinedbyfate.com/

Image Credits
Christina Sledge, Sledge House Media PND Digital Photography