Psalm 27:10 "When My Father and Mother Forsake Me, Then My ABBA Will Take Me Up"

“When My Father and Mother Forsake Me, Then My ABBA Will Take Me Up” (Psalm 27:10) is a powerful Memoir written from the broken and poignant voice of an African-American Man- William W. Hemmans III.

It draws on the reader’s deepest emotions as they live with him, his life on the streets, experiencing innumerable trials, journey towards manhood and self discovery. Hemmans’s life was one of abandonment; by parents, by family, by foster systems, social systems and educational systems. All of these contributed to relegating him to being insignificant statistically, a man-child who should not succeed. Traumatized emotionally, isolated, neglected and victimized, he struggled for acceptance and to understand his purpose.

Today, William tells his story; the lessons learned in perseverance, the unquenched thirst to be somebody. It is a story about a spirit that could not be destroyed and it crosses genders, race, creed, age, time and distance. He provides the solution to others who may have or may fall victim to similar circumstances. Defeat or falling does not have to be a permanent state of existence.

This book is phenomenal and revolutionary as it brings you into a young mind struggling against every negative force; sex, violence, self destructive/life threatening behaviors, alcohol, anger, hatred, bitterness, drugs, loneliness, mass ridicule and scorn. This mind questions the temporary solutions given by way of the Mental Health Field and argues against false solutions of accompanying medications. The Author attests the only permanent solution is spiritual.

William W. Hemmans III received an A.A. Degree in Pre-Law from Manatee Community College, a B.S. Degree in Political Science and a Minor in Psychology from Florida A&M University and is presently aspiring for a Masters of Divinity Degree with a Concentration in Counseling through Liberty University. Mr. Hemmans also has goals to achieve a dual JD/M.B.A. Degree. William has served as an Executive Director and Program Director of Community Center’s, Case Management for the Department of Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Counselor for Adolescents and Adults.

William W. Hemmans III