The life journey of Deondra Parks. An African American Queen, who misplaced her crown not knowing how to find it. Through the portal of her debilitating life, she goes through transformations that would leave you on the edge of your seat, in awe. "She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future, Proverbs 31:25" is the mantra of Deondra. Growing up in an abusive home, experiencing molestation, racial discrimination amidst the family, and a list of other traumatic encounters. This woman has taken life one day at a time in search of understanding the path she was given to beat.The dark voyage haunted Deondra. There were demons that she would have to face, and trolls she would revisit upon crossing multiple bridges in her life. She never stopped. Deondra went from one dark experience to another calamitous misfortune coupled with individuals fused to her. The gloom spread thick on every path visited in her life. There was nothing, and no thing that she did not experience. Life seemed to be happening before she was ready. No template, no blueprint, just trial and error, death, and damnation.Bound by self-mutilation, Deondra remained powerless to circumstances and situations that controlled her. From sexual abuse, being written off, suicidal attempts and a host of other deprivations the dark place she was in only affirmed she deserved nothing of value. As she transitioned into adulthood more darkness and more enemies was attached to her. There seemed to be no end to the plight of death that kept pulling at the hem of this woman. Soon as Deondra felt she had come out of her curses, she met a man who would change her life. This man changed how she saw the dark parts of her sordid past. He gifted her three times in her journey, and he taught her some very valuable life lessons. The uncovering of what this man's role was is riveting. "I just want you to know you are a pion, you are nothing to me and never will be."Another wound, another unlit path. When will things get better? How often should one go through repeated processes and not learn a lesson? How do you learn a lesson if you are searching in the dark? What happens when Deondra sees the switch on the wall and realizes her change happened When the Lights Came On....