This story of great faith, perseverance, and walking in your true identity can also be yours. As this small-town girl did, you get to CHOOSE the new direction you want your life to take at every twist and turn. You can CHOOSE whether you will be the victim or the victor in your story. You get to CHOOSE to be an overcomer. The same power God graced her with to be an overcomer is available within each of you. Just look within to see that you are 'Perfectly Imperfect,' God will use everything in your story to make you the best version of who He created you to be.
A small-town girl from a family of fourteen leaves home at eighteen years of age and embarks on a journey that leads to love, loss, and many lessons learned. The challenges, obstacles, roadblocks, and experiences she calls her C.O.R.E.s. wasn't what she imagined for herself. Yet, despite the twists and turns she encountered along the way, she found the courage, support, faith, and determination to persevere through the heartbreaks, broken relationships, lost friendships, death of loved ones, and even through the 'D' word, divorce, which leaves many women broken, distraught, and hopeless.
This story of great faith, perseverance, and walking in your true identity can also be yours. Like this small-town girl did, you get to CHOOSE the new direction you want your life to take at every twist and turn. You get to CHOOSE whether you will be the victim – or - the victor in your story. You get to CHOOSE to be an overcomer. The same power God graced her with to be an overcomer is available within each of you. Just look within to see that you are 'Perfectly Imperfect,' and God will use everything in your story to make you the best version of who He created you to be.
You are the author of your life's story. And, as former First Lady, Michelle Obama, says in her story, Becoming, "Even when it's not pretty or perfect. Even when it's more real than you want it to be. Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own." I echo that senti- ment, "Own It!" because it is UNIQUELY YOURS – UNIQUELY YOU! Every new day, chapter, and season of our life can be whatever we want. Are you willing to make the decision, do the work, and sometimes take the risk to keep 'overcoming' your C.O.R.E.s, and create the life you want?
Like so many other 'real life' stories of triumph and overcoming life's C.O.R.E.s by great women such as Alicia Keys, Cicely Tyson, Jane Fonda, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Rebekah Gregory, Stacey Abrams, and Viola Davis, just to name a few. We found acceptance and healing within and offer encouragement to other women who are experiencing the same challenges we've faced. You are not alone.