Dr. Vernita Baldwin
Dr. Vernita Baldwin
Author/Chaplain
Dancing With Broken Bones reveals a combination of personal life experiences, challenges and triumphs, ups and downs, victories and defeats. This personal commentary, Dancing With Broken Bones, chronicles the life of an untrained dancer through various life experiences and presents various narratives on how the movements and the nuances of dance steps can serve as a therapeutic route of escape and as a coping mechanism with life itself. These are personal life experiences presented through the lenses of a dancer. I hope the stories will entertain, enlighten, or inspire you to embrace your own dance...for such a time as this. Shall we dance?!
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About the Author:
Dr. Vernita Baldwin
Dr. Vernita Baldwin is a native of Jackson, Mississippi. She is a graduate of Jackson State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; and she earned a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry Degrees from the Virginia University of Lynchburg (Lynchburg VA). She is a Diamond Life Member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Through the years, Dr. Baldwin continues to serve as a Lead Police Chaplain (Hampton (VA) Police Division). Her career in the field of chaplaincy has provided great experiences in spiritual support to hospice patients and families, to police officers, professional support staff and the local community. Her heart and soul is found in serving with police officers providing pastoral care behind the thin blue line. Dr. Baldwin currently serves a 4-year Hampton City Council appointment as a Faith-Based Representative on the Hampton Neighborhood Commission. Dr. Baldwin brings a wealth of experience as a chaplain, counselor, instructor, community and public service advocate. With warmth and intellect, she is a proven natural bridge-builder in civic and faith partnerships which benefit the overall health of the larger community. She finds her greatest joy in her two sons, Trae and Anthony.
Vivian Stevens
“Once I picked up this book, I didn’t want to put it down until I had finished reading. Dr. Baldwin encourages and inspires us to keep dancing throughout the trials, rejections and betrayals of life. Thank you my sister for sharing your story. Get your copy.
— Sherry Burton Brown
NICU Nurse Case Manager, Retired
“"This memoir depicts how we can continue to dance even with damage to our most supportive structures. The dance does not stop, because if you stop there is no second act.”
