About

Welcome to the life lessons of Jana Williams (a.k.a. Yahna)! As a middle-aged mother continuously riding the motherhood learning curve, I am increasingly appreciating the maturity, experience, and knowledge that comes with each degree of success achieved in this parental education.

I have gone from receiving both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Business Administration to working as an administrative and human resources professional for over fifteen years to homeschooling my youngest child for two years.  After my son’s return to the public school system, post-homeschooling, I decided to create a recipe for the ideal use of my time, talents, and efforts at that point in my life.  In August 2018, I created this recipe by mixing an activity of interest (writing) with a focus of affection (memoirs of interactions with my children).  The mixing of these two essential ingredients originally resulted in my use of this blog as an outlet for motherly expression. My goal was to nurture others (in true motherly fashion) in the areas of personal and professional development, especially in the realm of a content creator’s and/or a creative entrepreneur’s journey.

Further on down the creative line, my family inspiration led me to the rewarding path of writing my first book, Playground Instruction for the Growing Adult. My book writing journey (chronicled in the “DOM Writer’s Block: A Writer’s Journey” section of this blog) started in February 2019, when I took off on The Road to Authorship. I trekked along that road until September 2019, when I self-published my first book. At that point, I started on a new road as a self-published author and I continue on this exhilarating journey toward pursuing my writing dreams to this very day.

Furthermore, I opened up my Teachers Pay Teachers and Classful stores, offering reading and writing resources for adults and children, in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Then, in April 2022, I decided to spread my love of writing further and offer my content writing as a service to others who could utilize such assistance. 

And because I’m an all-around literacy advocate, I couldn’t leave my other love, reading, out of the mix. In August 2023, I took my love of reading to the next level and entered into the foray of online reading tutoring, becoming a Certified Reading Tutor for a tutoring company. And let’s just say that online reading tutoring is MY JAM! So much so that my private reading tutoring services started in June 2024. Exciting stuff, indeed!

You can see that Degrees of Maternity has grown into ALL THINGS LITERACY. I am a true literacy advocate through and through. Have been and always will be. So, come along on this growth journey of reading and writing encouragement, entertainment, and education. I promise, it won’t disappoint.