Give Me a Year: An Essay for Leaders and Teachers That Labor in Redemptive Love and Sacrifice

Have you ever been stuck to the point of paralysis, where moving just seems to be almost impossible? In Give Me a Year, author Dr. Donetrus G. Hill presents a tool to redefine what's possible and remove barriers in the face of opportunity.
He offers a refreshingly honest depiction of how life's perils are designed to build character and strength. Hill encourages, empowers, and energizes you through knowledge, faith, and testimony, providing guidance to rediscovery and self-realization.
Give Me a Year implores you to follow your dreams, go for your goals, and be bold and consistent in your quest to accomplish the most outlandish of aspirations. It encourages you to live out loud and embrace the things about you that make you, you. Don't give up on your life, marriage, relationship, children, family, career, degree, ministry, weight-loss goals, writing a book, starting a business, or buying a house.
Praise for Give Me a Year
We are not invincible. We all need balanced, emotional construction, whether temporary or constant. Dr. Donetrus Hill infuses Scripture with his personal narrative to give us strong building blocks for life in Give Me a Year. Opening his own wounds to mirror our own, Hill lets us know that with God's grace, not giving up on yourself, and learning to love and live is an open road we can all travel. His words bring humor and powerful transparency. It's a read that has your name on every sentence.
-Marsha Bonhart, Retired Journalist

Dr. Donetrus Glenn Hill is a native of Saginaw, Michigan, but was raised in Shreveport, Louisiana. He is the son of Lillian and Donald. He has one younger sibling, Rondray. Donetrus shares life with the most phenomenal woman on the planet, Cornelia. Together, they share the joy of raising their amazing son, Roman. They have special children in Rhema, Calvin, Roget, Terrance, Kevin, and Carlton. Dr. Hill is a graduate of Wiley College, where he completed his bachelors of science degree in biology and furthered his education by obtaining a masters of science in sports medicine from the United States Sports Academy and a doctorate in educational leadership and management from Capella University, where he was an honor graduate with distinction. His research design was centered on the cultivation of scholarly outcomes for at-risk and disenfranchised students.

Dr. Hill is a licensed minister that has delivered messages to various churches across the United States. Dr. Hill is a certified science teacher in the state of Texas, is a nationally certified principal in Texas and Ohio, and is a licensed superintendent in the state of Ohio. Dr. Hill is also nationally certified by the Center for Teacher Effectiveness to provide technical assistance in classroom management and differentiated instruction. Dr. Hill has conducted seminars and presentations to diverse crowds of educators both nationally and internationally.