QUEEN

We are in the midst of Women’s History Month and it all about empowerment! With all the negativity between women portrayed on television these days and being labeled as real, I would like to submit to you this one thing…..that’s not my reality! In my writing, I encourage women to be strong despite circumstance and to lean on each other. To never feel like you are alone in this thing called life. I would like to take this time to thank every female who has been there for me. From my great-grandmother and grandmothers to my mom, aunties, godmothers to that talented, blessed princess child of God, my niece! My sisters-in-Christ, line dance sisters, business and performance networking sisters, sisters I grew up with and sisters I have met further along the way. This is for you!

 I kicked off my Diva Love tribute on my website this month to recognize and reciprocate the support of the women who have been instrumental in launching my dreams. Not only have I been inspired and uplifted by these women who I know, but I have benefited from the kindness of strangers, as well. Women who have simply heard about me, or have seen me out there on the grind and felt a kinship, have garnered me with offers of assistance and words of encouragement. Such was the case with the newest member of my sister circle, Nicole, of Refours Boutique in Durham, NC. She will be offering some fabulous fashion this weekend at the Women’s Empowerment Expo in Raleigh and helping to spread the word about my novel, The Divorcée Chronicles: Diary of a Divorcée Diva. I thank my sisters. Now, go thank yours!

Thanks be to God for all women and to you I dedicate my latest work, Queen!

I’m not pristine

But still a man died to make me Queen

There’s been no recital

I was born to wear this title

You see I am the child of a King

I wear His armor beneath my gown

And righteousness is my highest crown

I don’t sweat the prize for He told me just reach for it

And in His time it will be mine

There’s no strife in my life

His burden is light

He lifts me up

Overflows my cup

Sets me upon a hill

With dreams and destiny fulfilled

I stepped in the furnace but came forth as gold

With riches untold

Not just the kind that you count

But you’ll figure it out

When you look me over and see no hint of smoke

No singe in my hair

No evidence that I’d ever been there

If you’re still baffled at what kept me alive

How I survived

It’s no wonder you see

He lives in me

And while the fire was blazing

He said with a voice so amazing

Oh, Princess Child of mine

Just trust and abide

Then as He opened the gate and gazed at me

He guaranteed that while it won’t be easy being royalty

You’ve passed the test, you’ve been set free

And one day you will be

QUEEN!

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