Who’s  Twana Tells is the question everybody’s been asking.  And since I’m always telling you about everybody else, I thought it was time I TELL you a little about myself.

My journey began with me wanting a career in television and I know my journey will eventually lead me back to a career in television and many more opportunities that is destin to come my way. One thing I’ve always told my self is never give up on your dreams.  I don’t care what you’re situation is,  what’s your going through, if its something in life you want to do, do it and never let anyone stand in your way. I remember people use to ask me what I wanted to do in life and I would always tell them I want to write, produce, direct, and star in my own movie.  There response was always the same “Wow you want to do everything”, why not start off doing one thing.  And that’s just what I did.

    I remember when I first was offered the internship my mother looked at me as if I was crazy, I could barley find a ride to school how in the world was I going to find a ride to California, let alone where was I going to say, etc, etc, etc, the questions were just coming.  Her last words to me were you better call that company and tell them you will not be able to take that internship because you live in Detroit and you have no way of getting out to LA they will understand. Now I was the type of child who listened to my mother when I wanted to listen.  And this was one of those times I did not want to listen.  The only thing that was going on in my mind was, I had a chance to go to LA for the summer and I was not going to let that opportunity pass me up.  That night I think I called everybody I knew shoot I even people I didn’t know to see if anyone had any relatives I could stay with for the summer.  I forgot to mention I had only one week to find a place to stay and figure out how I would get to LA.  To make a long story short I ended up finding a place to stay two days before I was suppose to be in LA. 

A cousin of mine had a friend who stayed out there and said I could stay with her for the summer. Once again I went to my mother let her know I found a place to stay and of course her response was “you don’t that girl, who is she, she might be dangerous, etc etc etc the questions were coming once again.  And once again this was one of those times I didn’t want to listen.  I ended going to LA buying my own  one way ticket on Southwest airline because I could not afford to buy a round trip and my  mama sure wasn’t about to buy my ticket because she didn’t think I should go.  I told myself I’ll worry about how I would get back when the time comes.

Now I’m in LA my plane just landed and I’m calling my cousin friend the girl I’m suppose to stay with and I get no answer.  I think I called her about 10 more times and all the times still no answer, so next person I call is my mother, and lord knows I didn’t  want to tell her that my cousins friend was not answering the phone.  Eventually I had to tell her because I wanted my cousin to call her friend to see what was going on.  The first words out of my mothers mouth was “see people don’t like people living with them that girl probably didn’t know how to tell you no so she’s not answering the phone you.  Gone ahead and get you a room at the airport and we gonna have to book you a one way ticket home.” 

After I hung the phone I told myself I did not come all the way to LA only to see LAX airport and go back to Detroit.  This time I listen to my mother I got a hotel room near the airport and I prayed all night. I prayed so hard, I was praying and crying at the same time.  I tried calling my cousin friends one last time and still no answer. The next morning my phone rings and it’s my cousin friend apologizing said she lost her phone and that she was on her way to pick me up from the airport.  You don’t know how happy I was to hear her voice.

My next call was to Edmonds Entertainment advising them that I was in town and that I would be reporting for work tomorrow.  I remember talking to the girl at Edmonds Entertainment and she asked me how I’d be getting back and forth to work being that I was from Detroit and I told her the bus.  Lawd have mercy when I told her the bus she almost had a heart attack I thought I said something wrong the way she was acting.  She then told me if she would have known I’d be catching the bus she would have never hired me for this internship.  This lady almost had a nervous break down because she was so scared for me to catch the bus to work.  Lawd have mercy here we go again I wanted to tell her lady I am from Detroit and I catch the bus every day how different can it be.  Telling my self again I’ll deal with it when the time comes but for now I’ll be bussing it to Edmonds Entertainment.

I know this story is really long so I’m about to cut it short, just so happen my cousins apartment ended up being right around the corner from Edmonds Entertainment.  Instead of me having to catch the bus I was able to walk to my internship everyday because I was only a couple blocks away.  See how God works if something is meant for you let nothing or no one stand in your way.   That ended up being the best summer of my life and led me to where I am today.

 NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS, NEVER LET ANYONE STAND IN THE WAY OF YOUR DREAMS, AND NEVER STOP WORKING TOWARDS YOUR DREAMS NO MATTER WHAT.  YOUR HARD WORK WILL SOMEDAY PAY OFF TRUST ME!!!!!!!!!!!-

“> -Twana Tells”

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