My First Love

About the Book

Hello! My name is Harminme Love, pronounced “harmony,” and first, let me say thank you for choosing to read my book. I figured just my songs alone weren’t enough, and I should tell the stories that inspired them as well. Just like Tomika, I started out writing poetry at a young age—around twelve—and it was when I turned thirteen when my first song was written. Writing songs was not something I set out to do and was due to my mother’s disciplinary actions, where it all began. My mother would beat me repeatedly till one day, hitting me would no longer break me down, and I physically acquired a numbness to her lashes on my flesh.

About the Author

I was born in a small town in North Carolina, where everyone knows everyone by first and last name. Like most teenagers, I rebelled against my parents not feeling they wanted me never the less loved me. I didn't know or learn SELF LOVE till I was in my early 30s; because I thought what made any woman whole or complete was a man. I was misguided as child and learned long tough life lessons from my mother and other women who I crossed paths. I am not flawed, or perfected by any means, but when I LOVE it is with ALL of me. My heart is tainted/stained with hate and distrust and hope that the saying "that time heals all wounds" means my time has yet to come...My First Love is my first book and just like me its not perfect it was very emotional for me to write about many things and people I wanted to forget so as I wrote forward, I often didn't look back... I want girls, children to have the courage to speak up and speak out. It is said that "high blood pressure" is a silent killer and being silent against those who wronged you is a power you give them making them think they are unstoppable, untouchable, when really once you break your silence that power is now yours and theirs taken away.