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Love, loss, faith, and football collide in this raw, heart-stirring memoir about two people finding each other-and themselves-through tragedy, healing, and the unpredictable turns of life. When Aikisha loses her mother, her world falls apart. Just when she needs him most, Willie-a Super Bowl champion and larger-than-life figure in her quiet Mississippi hometown-shows up. But he's not just there to comfort her. He's there to finally face what he's been running from: real love, real responsibility, and the broken pieces of his past that still have a hold on him. Told in alternating perspectives, this powerful true story takes readers deep into the private struggles behind public success. From locker rooms to hospital rooms, late-night prayers to whispered hopes, the couple must navigate grief, miscarriages, family dysfunction, and the pressure of building a life together when the world expects them to fail. This isn't just a story of romance, it's a story of redemption. Of a woman determined to become a mother. Of a man learning how to love without fear. And of a God whose mercy meets us in the middle of our mess.

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Aikisha Holly Colon is a media personality, entrepreneur, author, and nonprofit executive whose voice sits at the intersection of culture, community, and conversation. A native of Jackson, Mississippi, she is a graduate of Robert M. Callaway High School and Clark Atlanta University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Media Arts with a concentration in Radio/TV/Film and a minor in English. While at CAU, she was initiated into Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, grounding her professional journey in sisterhood, service, and leadership.With more than 15 years of experience in broadcasting, branding, and social media marketing, Aikisha launched her career at WSB-TV (ABC Atlanta) before becoming a host on The Midday Show for Atlanta's pioneering internet radio network, Beehive FM. She is a former reality television personality on Oprah Winfrey Network's Belle Collective. Today, she continues to use her voice and platform as the co-host of the F...It! Podcast alongside her husband, former NFL player and Super Bowl Champion Willie Colon, where they tackle faith, family, finances, and real-life conversations with humor, honesty, and heart.Aikisha is also a lifestyle contributor for BrownStyle Magazine and a published author, co-writing the forthcoming book Faith and Fertility with her husband-a raw, transparent exploration of marriage, faith, and their journey through infertility.Beyond media, Aikisha is a dynamic entrepreneur and community leader. She is the co-owner of Bricks & Hops Beer Garden in the Bronx, New York, President of the Holly-Colon Development Group in Jackson, Mississippi, Brand Designer of the Aikisha Colon Collection with Bamblu Sleep and serves as President and Executive Director of the Willie & Aikisha Colon Foundation, which focuses on education, health and wellness, economic development, and youth sports in their home communities of Jackson, MS and the Bronx, NY. Her family also carries a historic legacy as landowners dating back to the founding of Farish Street in 1896, and remains committed to preserving and revitalizing the Farish Street Historic District.Above all, Aikisha is a devoted wife and mother to William IV, Holly, and Asia (niece), bringing authenticity, purpose, and passion to every space she enters-whether it's a stage, a panel, or a community she serves.

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