A Rose Is Still A Rose
Hi Queen,
I have missed writing so much, I didn’t realize how much peace and joy engaging in this hobby brought me until I went on an unintentional hiatus. I shared last year that at the age of twenty-nine, I received a medical diagnosis that changed the trajectory of my life. So there will be times that I will have to take breaks to focus on being the best version of myself because we can’t pour into others from an empty cup. I managed to put my disease into remission in less than a year, but on my break, I had a lot of time to think about how mundane my life had become and how I allowed food to comfort me. This resulted in me gaining more than seventy pounds over the course of five years and I became hypercritical of everyone around me, but I didn’t even like myself. In September of 2021 I had to commit to the process of changing my life both internally and externally, I could either stay stagnant or take a leap of faith and do the hard work.
Though I have found success on WW (Weight Watchers) I realized that with faith the size of a mustard seed we truly can move mountains, but you must first surrender control to God. In less than two years I went from being unemployed and living at home to moving into my own place, working in an industry that I love and fulfilling my dreams of starring in a commercial , being featured in Essence Magazine and speaking to hundreds of people about diabetes management. Even though I didn’t see myself living with Type 2 diabetes at the age of 31, God used what I viewed as a set back for a major comeback.
