03/25/2025
I share this pic every now and again , in hopes it will inspire someone to keep pushing!!
In this pic everything may have “looked” all good but I was going through my storm. I had been in Atlanta for about a year, struggling my ass off. This pic was taken in 2013 at an extended stay motel (before I started grooming) that at the time I called home. Me, 2 dogs and a parrot. About 2 months prior to this my apt was broken into 2 times. Everything that I valued was taken. I was fighting for extra shifts at the Cheesecake Factory. I worked 7 days a week double about 3 times a week and still couldn’t afford maintain financial stability, let alone live a “Happy” life. Before I found this extended stay motel I was staying “pillar to post”, crashing at co workers homes (with my animals) until my stay was no longer welcomed. I lived in my car until for a few weeks until I totaled it. When I reached out to family for help, their solution was for me to move back home to New Orleans and honestly that wasnt an option for me. I was determined yet broken, confused , depressed, lonely and had too much pride to let the people closest to me know what I was going through. But through all of this I remained a fighter and didn’t allow my situation to deter me from my dreams... I kept grinding and kept going!! Looking back at it now, l’m thankful for everything that i have been through because it truly prepared me for and made me the person/BOSS I am today! I wouldn’t be who i am without my struggle.l’m sharing this in hopes to inspire someone not to give up. Hard times will come. You gotta keep fighting and keep grinding. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and every step you take, you get closer. Although, my life isn’t perfect I live a fulfilling life that i am happy with and I have a lot of things to be grateful for!!.... if i can do it, YOU CAN DO IT TOO!!!
Happy Tuesday beautiful people