We recently connected with Sharon Johnson and have shared our conversation below.

Sharon, appreciate you joining us today. 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.

Faith without work it’s dead. I walked out on Faith and started a restaurant business it memory of my daughter Alexis, who was killed in 2003 in a rollover on her 21st birthday. I named the restaurant Lexis. lounge in her memory. My menu consist of hot deep fried, tilapia sway and Whitey fish homemade coleslaw or Potato salad baked beans or fries the spot was a blessing at least I thought it was after networking going through the proper channels to start a legit business opening day. I was so proud of my accomplishment posting my serve safe certificate and I think we made 94 on inspection a black owned business in Cartersville, Georgia was powerful history in the making and we were acknowledged by The new frontiers at the emancipation I was told that in the business six months was the window unfortunately we made it pass six months but The Dominos started to fall and after Long and hard Prayer and consideration the door closed…….

Sharon, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I was born March 3, 1956 to Annie Christine and Charles Guthrie My mother was only 15 so my grandmother had their marriage anulled (too young)
Brokenhearted, they both went their separate ways, leaving behind a love song By Sam Cooke, a change is gonna come and me. My grandmother raised me so I am a product of the industry grown up unhappy child I eventually rebel looking for love and all the wrong places literally with no avail I did find an escape with drugs that caused me to spend 10 years of my life in the system leaving behind my five beautiful children selfish as it sounds. I wore guilty and shamed the entire time in 2007 my last rodeo I was determined that I would except life on life’s terms, so with the help of my counselor Carl Paris at Lee Arondale State prison may he rest in peace made sure that I stayed in a meeting seven days a week
I grabbed the first job available my Faith and willingness to make a difference in my life. Here I am telling my story, hoping that someone who has faced life’s challenges can break the generational curses and live a normal life one day at a time.
One of My greatest accomplishments has been to be and a registered voter in Ga….

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

After my divorce, I went into a dark place. I remember Hyperventilating while signing the divorce papers, alligator tears rolling down my face I gave 13 years. Dedicated to raise another woman’s kids these were going to be my happy days. I had just published my book now. I will finally get that honeymoon. I grieve the loss of my best friend and after doing research, the only difference in death and life is, I had to see him. He made it his business not to allow me to move on with my life by popping up phone calls and of course the kids. card After three years, I finally met someone that made me smile again I’m moving on …..,,..,

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

Regardless of how and what you do to reinvent yourself there will always be people that will never let you forget your past
My motto is my past is like a garment I remember it but choose not to wear it…

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