Rikki Gillum is the author of Beware: Growing Inside, A Journal of Enlightenment for the Completion of Any Project, the songwriter and vocalist of the CD, Beware: Growing Inside, Songs of Enlightenment, and has been a single parent of seven children for 18 years and is now the single-parent grandmother of two beautiful granddaughters whom she is raising. Ms. Gillum is a motivational speaker on the topics of new-aged grandparents’, teen and young adult issues, and holistic living.