The Struggle: My Life and Legacy

Live life until you run out of life! is the inspiring mantra of eighty-seven-year-old Bernice Sims. She was born during The Great Depression, a protester during the Civil Rights era, and a young single mother who raised six children.

Sims has penned her struggles to offer hope and encouragement to future generations. The Struggle, written from her Pensacola, Florida nursing home room, shares Sims' life growing up poor in segregated Alabama and how she overcame countless obstacles to become known as a "memory painter." The Struggle will inspire readers of all ages to press through their own struggles, recognize opportunities, and to follow their dreams.