New Beginnings! My goodness! It has been a HOT minute since I have written something in The Queen’s Initiative…almost 8 months to be exact. So much has been going on in my life and I just wanted to take some time to jot down my thoughts and thank God for the many blessings that He … Continue reading New Beginnings

I'm just a girl but I'm on fire! It has been a while since I've posted on my blog but things have been amazinglywell. One of the things that I am most proud about is my progress on my mentalhealth journey and my physical health journey. For years, I didn’t realize thatthey both went hand … Continue reading This Girl is on Fire!

Today, I hung out with my mom and after I dropped her off at home, I was in deep thought, and I became emotional. Anybody that knows me knows that my mom and I are SUPER close. Just like any mother and daughter, we have our rough moments but when I look back over my … Continue reading To The One that Stayed

During this season of gratefulness and thanksgiving, I felt that it was only right that I took some time to recognize some of the people that have really made an impact on me. For this blog entry, I am going to focus on three people that have been on my heart lately. I really want … Continue reading A Season of Thanks

Today’s post is a shorter one but here goes… I don’t know about you all but this week has been a doozy for me! I have tried my best to smile and keep it going but it has been a whirlwind. I have been working on being slow to anger and trying to be as … Continue reading Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself: Self Preservation is the Key

Healing...is...not...for...the...WEAK. It's been a while now and I decided that I was tired of being a victim and that it was time to take my power back. I thought that this was going to be a pretty decent process but boy was I wrong...I have never cried, broken down, or been so busy with learning … Continue reading Healing my Broken Heart

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair. It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare. But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in the dark Where there ain’t been no light. ---excerpt … Continue reading Life for Me Ain’t Been no Crystal Stair

The past nine months have been so hectic and busy for me. I haven't been writing on my blog as much as I would have liked to but hey...here I am now to update everyone :). I was enrolled in a wonderful, yet challenging program for my professional career and here I was thinking that … Continue reading I Believed that I could…and I did! Proud 2022 GOAL Graduate!!

Wow...I can't believe that it is 2022 already! The last four months of 2021 were transformative to me in so many ways. I temporarily moved to another state and I was away from my husband, mother, and dog and that was truly hard to do. I did it because God spoke to me and told … Continue reading What will 2022 B 4 U?