When Kendra Busbee's 30-year-old daughter Kristine Smalls received her doctorate in psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, she wanted everyone to know about her daughter's...
When Kendra Busbee’s 30-year-old daughter Kristine Smalls received her doctorate in psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, she wanted everyone to know about her daughter’s achievement. Smalls was always a dedicated student who attended kindergarten through 12th grade without a single absence.She decided her daughter’s sizable efforts deserved sizable recognition. So she went big. Busbee, of Camden, New Jersey, rented a billboard.
Busbee surprised her daughter by telling her they were having an outdoor celebration due to COVID. Family and friends gathered in a parking lot, and when the mom and daughter arrived, Jay-Z’s song “Public Service Announcement” was playing. As the artist sang the lyrics “allow me to reintroduce myself,” Smalls saw similar words above a larger-than-life digital version of herself on a nearby billboard. Busbee posted a video of the moment on Facebook.
“You must be my shining star,” Busbee wrote in a Facebook post displaying Smalls standing below the billboard. “You were going to shine no matter where you are! I am the proudest mommy bean. I love you Dr. Kristine S. Smalls.” Smalls was surprised seeing her likeness on the billboard, but not by her mom’s gesture. Busbee is a single mother to Smalls and her brother who worked two jobs for most of their lives.. “She kind of outdoes herself every time.”pass the billboard, which Busbee rented for a month. She hopes the billboard provides an uplifting message to those who see it.. “For our Black kids and our Brown kids, to let them know that anything is possible.
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