Book excerpt: A single mother at the age of nineteen, author Tonya Molton shares how she overcame being just another statistic labeled by society. With the love of God and his grace and mercy, she prevailed. A Christian mother, real estate broker, life coach, writer, and inspirational speaker, Molton chronicles her story in Raising and Loving Him. Based on the wisdom of the Book of Proverbs, she offers wide-ranging advice for raising a healthy, positive, and productive male—from finances, to spirituality, relationships, real estate, credit, retirement, love, and more. Through her personal experiences rearing a young man alone, Molton describes the importance of properly equipping young boys with the right tools to allow them to move through life proudly and enable them to connect to love. Molton understands that motherhood means different things to different people, but she believes it means complete self-wholeness and the sharing of one’s completeness. Raising and Loving Him discusses that how, until you are whole inside, you can’t provide what’s needed outside to make a young man whole.