The Purple Womb

Book excerpt: Ethel E. Sims lives in San Diego, CA with her husband of over 30 years. "Living life and working together in the Lord" is their life long pleasure. They are The Elect, called to church family leadership and social ministry development. They enjoy Christian music, travelling, and reading. They have one son, two daughters, two sons-in-love and three beautiful MeMe- BeBe girls, all living in Southern California. She is involved in launching a new literary project called The Purpose Womb (TPW)(TM). TPW is the branding of her life purpose message and the public platform for promoting, publishing, and marketing her BOU'QUE literary designs, collections, and special editions. Her Southern roots in Grambling, Louisiana stems into Jonesboro-Hodge and Shady Grove where she began her early childhood education. She is the youngest of three siblings and was raised by single, divorced Biology and Chemistry teacher. Being part of a nurturing, extended family has made her the woman she is today. She enjoys power-shopping, social-walking, and designing interior spaces. Ole fashioned home cooking, unfermented fruit-tea parties, Cajon style soul food family gatherings, and restaurant dining are favorites, too. As an Alumni of National University, she holds her Masters and Undergraduate degrees in Business Administration. She uses her formal education, certified training, and life skills coaching to advocate for children, youth, and families. Ethel Sims is an Executive Director of a grass-roots non-profit organization where she provides leadership and community service to help combat poverty, child abuse, and family dysfunctional behaviors. She teaches child-parent leadership and parenting classes for foster-kinship and community families. Her professional expertise consists of Real Estate, Business Entrepreneurship, Child Development, Youth-Urban Education, and Social Economic Development. She is a lifetime member of The Who's Who - Women in Business and is a licensed Real Estate Broke, by profession. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business Administration and is a certified Child and Family Care Ministry Executive.