Who is Tenika Watson? Many people have wondered, many people have assumed, and few have truly known the story of her life beyond the tabloid coverage of the car crash that paralyzed the late Teddy Pendergrass. My Life Is No Accident is a memoir spanning five decades. Tenika Watson survived multiple childhood traumas including bullying in her small home town and abduction by an abusive aunt. She later experienced the thrills, dangers, and vices of the big city in the 1970s. Tenika was finally on her way to stability as a model and performer in 1980s Philadelphia when her path crossed with the famed singer Teddy Pendergrass, who offered her a ride home. When the brakes of his car failed and they slammed into a tree, Pendergrass was paralyzed for life. In the aftermath of the accident and the subsequent media frenzy, Tenika was thrown into a downward spiral when it was publically revealed that she had been born male. My Life is No Accident covers her early childhood through her fall and recovery after the crash. It is a story of innocence, family, coming of age, love, struggle, and overcoming adversity. It is the story of a child who was the victim of abuse and neglect, a young woman who struggled to live as her true self, a private person who was unwillingly forced into a damaging spotlight, and a mature woman who has finally come forward to tell her story in the hope of helping others. Much has been said about Tenika Watson. This memoir finally allows her the agency to speak for herself in her own words.