I am a wife, mother of three, attorney, author, speaker, consultant, and ministry leader—and I am lovingly known by many as “Aunt Ames” or “Mamie.”

My life’s work has been shaped by both professional calling and personal devotion: rooted in faith, anchored in family, and guided by a deep desire to love and serve others well - especially single mothers with no to little support.

For more than two decades, my professional and ministry work has intersected with advocacy, missions, nonprofit leadership, program development, and service to vulnerable women and children.

Today, much of that work is focused specifically on maternity housing in Georgia.

I currently serve as Director of Operations for Metzudah Maternity Supportive Housing, a ministry of Prepare for Babies in Augusta, Georgia. This allows me to continue doing what I love most—helping transform a ministry’s vision for serving mothers and babies into strong, thoughtful, sustainable operations.

Through Sitting At His Feet Ministries, I also work with maternity home leaders, boards, ministries, pregnancy help organizations, and community partners who are building or strengthening residential programs for pregnant women and mothers. Currently, I am piloting an after-care support program in Georgia with single mothers and their children who are near and dear to my heart.

As a Georgia attorney, I bring a unique perspective to this work. I understand that successful ministry requires both heart and structure. Compassion matters deeply—but so do sound policies, strong programs, healthy organizational systems, thoughtful documentation, leadership development, accountability, and operational sustainability.

My work is not simply theoretical. It has been lived, built, refined, and learned alongside the women, staff members, volunteers, leaders, churches, donors, and communities who make this work possible.

I am particularly passionate about helping Georgia organizations understand and implement maternity supportive housing under Georgia’s Betsy’s Law framework.

I also love writing, speaking and teaching - ultimately, sharing with others what the Lord has gifted to me as I have sat at His feet and felt the safety, unconditional love and forgiveness that only He can offer our brokenness.

Whether I am speaking from a conference platform, training a maternity housing team, teaching single mothers how to bake sourdough bread around my kitchen, sitting around a boardroom table, rocking a little one on my front porch while her mother cries it out, sharing the highs and lows of our day around the dinner table with family and friends, or encouraging women through my testimony, my desire is the same: to meet women right where they are, love them well, and point them back to the feet of Jesus—the place where grace meets us, healing begins, and we are reminded who we are and Whose we are.

My life verse:

“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves… defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
Proverbs 31:8–9

Because every mother matters.

Every child matters.

And the work we do today can change the trajectory of generations.