Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore, and Me

By Jamie Burgess

  • The Other Wes Moore is born

    1975

  • I was born

    1978

  • Author Wes Moore is born

    1979

  • Author Wes Moore's father dies

    1982

  • The Other Wes Moore is arrested / Author Wes Moore moves in with his grandparents

    1984

  • The Other Wes Moore's brother was shot

    1984

  • The Other Wes Moore has his first experience trying drugs

    1990

  • I met my "first love

    1993

  • I graduated from high school

    1996

  • I got married

    2001

  • I gave birth to my first child

    2003

  • 2005

    I gave birth to my second child

  • 2008

    I gave birth to my third child

  • 2010

    I gave birth to my fourth (and last) child

  • I enrolled at BRCC to pursue my dream of becoming a hospice nurse

    2016