My momma always told me and my lil’
sister that if we ever feel ashamed about how we make our money no matter where we at in life then we shouldn't be doing it. I was 17 years old and working my first job at Popeyes in Plattenville, Louisiana. I
was working every few days out the week 4 pm until closing, especially on the weekends.
When
I found out I was pregnant in February of 2017, I cried tears of joy. I
immediately knew that my husband and I were about to become parents and our lives were going to change. Within the change that was happening suddenly in our lives already, so was my secondary lymphedema in my ankles and primarily in my left foot.
When
I was growing up my two siblings and I would make it our mission to
gift our mother something for Father's Day. All three of us have
different fathers. My biological father was deceased. My sister's suppose father is now deceased and our younger brother's father is a
deadbeat. My siblings and I never experienced love or the proper
guidance that could have come from our Father figure. Our mother was
always putting herself down talking about how nobody wants her because
she's not any spring chicken.
There will be days that your faith will be place to the test. Keeping
a very open prayer life with God can help you through many of your darkest moments.
Here is a prayer that I have created and have prayed to God that has help me to
increase my faith. I pray that you can use this prayer to increase your faith
as well.
There
will be people who will bring up your past to belittle you! They will use something that you have probably told them personally that you might be embarrassed about to hit you where it hurts. One of the reasons why
someone may try to use your past against you is simple, “They are
envious of you and the person you are becoming.” It’s something or many things about you that they admire.
I
recently had to let a friendship go gracefully. We both talked it out
and I decided to let my thoughts and feelings known. I ended the
friendship because I realize that I was the issue! The advice that she
once received from me did more bad than good. I was causing so much
confusion within her relationship with her boyfriend that I wasn't even
aware of until she told me.
This
year was the very first year of my four years of serious YouTube
content creating that I started taking my channel and content seriously.
I have been unemployed since the fall of September 2017 after leaving
my part-time job with full-time hours as a bank teller and turning in my
letter of registration. It was one of the most relieving and yet
bittersweet experiences that I ever felt in my life.
For the
past 10 years of living with lymphedema, I chose not to allow it to define me.
My lymphedema does not hold me back from achieving and accomplishing my goals.
I am fortunate to not have my lymphedema worse than what I do. I truly thank
God for my health and strength every day. For I have grown to be more accepting
of my lymphedema.