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From Lumps of Coal To Beautiful Diamonds by Jasmine
McNealy ___________________________________________
Plumb,
aka Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, was born in Indiana,
but raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She describes her self as an “airline
brat.” “ I lived just outside
of town. It seemed like everyone there worked for an airline,” Lee said.
“My dad worked for Delta so I fit right in.” Like
many people, Plumb had what could be called the typical high school
experience. “I enjoyed the
social aspect of high school, not the studies, unfortunately,” she stated.
“Being a teenager is never easy, but for the most part, I came
through it pretty well. It helped
that I had an older brother to look up to and who looked out for me, and
parents who loved me enough to stay involved in my life.” It
wasn’t just her brother and her mother she looked up to as a teen.
Plumb also lists the late Audrey Hepburn as one of her biggest
role models. “She had timeless
style and grace,” she explained. “She
also had a disease my doctors thought for a time that I had, so I felt a
connection with her.” Although
her mother, brother and Audrey Hepburn have made a huge impact on her life,
Plumb is quick to point out that there have been many other people who
have helped her along the way. “There have been many different people: God,
my husband, my closest friends and family. Their constant show of support in
my life and love for me helped me hang in there no matter how big or small the
circumstance.” For
Plumb, music is much more than just entertainment. “It’s a means to
communicate and that’s very important to me. You can appreciate it, learn
from it, grow from it, be inspired by it, be challenged by it, even create
it.” She
also encourages youth to get involved with music. “If it is a passion of
yours, like it is mine, of course I would encourage that.” she said.
“Some take passionate things, such as music, and force them to be a
part of who they are for the wrong reasons. Your passion should never be work
in the emotional sense. If it’s
a passion, it tends to be quite natural and something you’re drawn to
without having to really think about it.
I would encourage any person, youth or adult to find what creative
passion drives then and utilize that. Be
it art, dance, theater, music, or even business.
There is a creative and passionate way to do almost anything.”
When
asked if she could offer youth one piece of advice, she said she couldn’t.
Instead, she hopes to offer all people, not just youth a positive direction
through her life and music. “I can only live a life that hopefully
influences them in a positive way and points them in the direction of grace
and being gracious.” Plumb approaches every aspect of her life with strong faith, passion, and graciousness. She lives each day wrapped in the love of her family, her friends and God. Perhaps this helps explain her breakout success and, in turn, helps to explain her definition of success that she states as “being faithful with every opportunity given.”
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If
you haven’t heard the name Plumb on your favorite radio station yet,
then you’re tuning in to the wrong station.
Through
her music, Plumb encourages people to reflect on their hardships, which
she refers to as “beautiful lumps of coal”, and realize that these
hardships have made us who we are today.