Meet Denisha
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We Don’t Cry, We Try is a movement and a catchphrase we should all adhere to empower our greatness, which lives inside all of us. It should be applied to our daily lifestyle. We Don't Cry, We Try is for families, teachers, coaches, and communities to uplift one another.
You don’t want to miss updated videos on our YouTube channel, where you and your family can get doses of motivation for anything ranging from riding a bike without training wheels to teaching yourself how to juggle.
Other services will soon include motivational speaking engagements and apparel to add to our go-getter swag! We Don’t Cry, We Try, y’all!
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Mom, Author, Speaker.
While Denisha Alphonse attributes her desires to write from the encouragement of her grandfather as a child, her passion grew from writing a paper on Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye in college. Denisha graduated from Mercy College with a B.A. in Communications in NY.
After the passing of her son at six months old due to his illness in 2007, Denisha wanted nothing more than to be a great mother to her two boys, born in 2010 and 2013. She realized that she didn’t want her kids to have the feelings of regret that she felt for not taking sound advice from prominent adults in her life.
Another realization came when trying to communicate with the kids through their divided attention and unwillingness to listen. Denisha thought she really wanted to say something instead of yelling at them. She noticed that the catchphrase “We Don’t Cry, We Try” made their eyes divert to her, and she could start the conversation about how we were going to move forward from their breakdown. Denisha always wanted to teach, but decided that writing motivational books and incorporating encouragement with a rhyming format could be her way of teaching the world!
