The strongest muscle in the body is the TONGUE. You can make what you want of that fact, but I think it has more to do with the power of words, good and bad.

Center Point is a small town in the overall scheme of things. But with the internet, it’s the center of the universe, just the way places like Birmingham, Bessemer, Midfield, Cardiff, Sylvan Springs and Graysville are too. You go online and say what you want and that’s it — someone in New Guinea might be reading it two hours later.

But all this ability to communicate can come up and bite you in the ass.  Turns out I got nailed with a defamation lawsuit for something I said about someone on the web. I didn’t know it could happen, and in fact the case was thrown out of court. But that wasn’t before I spent $3800 on a lawyer to help me fight it.

And that was NOT money I had to spare. So I did what my father taught me: use your resources for the problems at hand. That was the first time I considered a car title pawn store. Except this one is online — I used Car Title Loans in Center Point to get me that cash.  It was fast and convenient, a great way to find money when you need it.

My friend Shonda told me that in 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined.

I lived through Katrina so I have an idea about that. We drove out of it, but not before the winds started blowing. First we drove to Texas, then went back after the storm, then just left it all behind.  There wasn’t much left when we got back to the Lower Ninth Ward, so we drove to Fairfield. And that’s where we’ve been ever since.

It’s been a whole new start for me, my sister and my mother. My brother stayed in Texas. And when we needed money just to rent an apartment, we had almost nothing except my car. Actually, we lived in the car for a few weeks. Then I went to the internet at the public library in Birmingham, and found a car title loan company. I had my car title. I knew to take it with us when we left. And it came in handy, because I got us a loan from Car Title Loans in Fairfield. They are a car title loans company that doesn’t care where you’re from or what you need the money for.  It’s cash, plain, simple and fast. And that’s what we needed to get an apartment. Once we had a place to live, we could get set up for work and bring in money for everything else. I still have that car, it’s been what got us through it all.