Danielle Koonce

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On a Spiritual Journey, making today my best day (because you never know what's waiting for you around life's corners).

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The same way I approach pictures is the same way I approach motherhood...just give it my best shot in the moment. 🧡
Happy Birthday to the Lady in Red, my big sister, @chasitymelvin. Love you so much. Most people know you through basketball. I have the privilege of knowing the pianist who played all her recital pieces perfectly, the bookworm who loved Encyclopedia Brown, the cat lover who adored Garfield, the music lover who played her casettes, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and Natalie Cole's "Miss You Like Crazy," over and over again. The honors student who excelled in every class. The homecoming queen, volleball, basketball, track and softball all-around athlete. The world traveller and lover of egg sandwiches. The cooker of one, perfect, pancake because that way you don't have to worry about making mistakes. The sibling who never got a spanking (that's still amazing to me). I'm so glad I know so many facets of you. Cheers to new dimensions. 🥂❤️
Easter in pictures...Sarah's joy was resilient. Jimmy did the best he could for as long as he could. RK visited 2 urgent cares prior to service... and the ER afterwards where a bead was successfully removed from his ear. Just a typical Sunday for #TeamKoonce. 🤷🏽‍♀️
Since I know he's not going to share...it is my honor to introduce the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach and Assistant Linebacker's Coach for the Fayetteville State University football team! I'm so proud of him. He has always had a passion for helping people get strong-not just physically but mentally. Since we've been married (almost 11 years ago), Richard has volunteered for several schools-ECU, Maryland, Howard University, Fayetteville State, Lakewood High School, and High Point High School in Maryland. It was tough working full-time and finding the opportunity to be in the environment he truly loves. God is so faithful and TeamKoonce is so thankful!
Joy personified.
On the last day of Black History Month we honor North Carolina native, George Moses Horton, born enslaved on the Horton plantation in North Hampton County in 1797. Upon an estate sale of the Horton family, George was sold and divided from his family and willed to another Horton brother in Chatam County. After teaching himself to read George began reciting poetry, becoming so good at it that students from neighboring UNC Chapel Hill would buy poems from him to give to their love interests. George quickly envisioned the idea that if he could write and publish a book of his poems he could buy what he most wanted, his freedom. In 1829 with the help of sympathetic admirers, George published his first book of poetry, The Hope of Liberty, becoming the first Black man to publish in the South. The book would be reprinted and a biography written by Phyllis Wheatley was added in 1838. Despite George's fame and prominence, he was never able to purchase his freedom and it wasn't until after the Civil War that George, who was about 68 years old, experienced what he had worked his entire life for, freedom. George lived the rest of his life in Philadelphia, continuing to write and although it is not known how George died, records show that George was one of the Black Americans who opted to return to Africa during the Liberian migration. In 1996, almost 200 years after his birth, North Carolina inducted George into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame. In 2006, UNC Chapel Hill named a dormitory after him and June 28th was declared "George Moses Horton" day in North Carolina in 1976.
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