Biography book reports on ben carson mom

Sonya Carson’s life motto is “Learn to do your best and God will do the rest.”  Her story is fascinating and worth knowing, especially because her son might be the next president of the United States.

Dr. Ben Carson, a respected neurosurgeon, has been rising in the polls. He has an amazing story, and credits his success in life to his mother. Dr. Carson said, “I not only saw and felt the difference my mother made in my life, I am still living out that difference as a man.” What was the difference that Sonya Carson made in the lives of her children?

Ben Carson’s mom grew up in a foster home and received only a third-grade education. She was thirteen years old when she met and married Robert Carson, a twenty-eight-year-old minister. The couple moved to Detroit and had two sons together. Later Sonya discovered that her husband was a bigamist with another secret family. Ben was eight years old and his brother, Curtis, was ten when their parents di